Sweden doubles prison terms for gang-related crimes
Sweden has introduced tougher penalties for gang-related offences, allowing courts to impose prison sentences up to twice as long as before, as the country...
Chinese test pilot who landed plane safely after cabin leak given first-class merit award
Chinese President Xi Jinping has honoured a veteran naval test pilot with a first-class merit award for defence science and technology. The pilot, Yang...
Boy, 14, among 57 arrested in crackdown on triad-linked debt collection ring
Hong Kong police have arrested 57 people, including a 14-year-old boy, in a crackdown on triad-linked illegal debt collection. Police said on Saturday that...
Japan ends rescue at quake-hit shopping centre after explosion kills 7
Japan’s Kumamoto prefectural government said on Saturday it has ended rescue operations at an Aeon shopping centre where seven workers died in an explosion...
China’s Detroit Is Dead: 4 Million Flee This City, Car Graveyard Everywhere
Looking down from above at the inventory yard of FAW-Volkswagen in Changchun, the scene looks like a “car graveyard.” Thousands of black and white...
Why China’s JL-3 made waves with first submarine-based missile test in over 40 years
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried out a missile test in the Pacific last month. The July 6 launch – in which a dummy...
As China’s catch-up era ends, what’s standing in the way of tech innovation?
As China’s era of catch-up growth fades, experts warn that profound issues in research culture and institutional incentives may hamstring the country’s ambition to...
Hong Kong leader to hold town hall on Sunday to gather views on twin blueprints
Published: 4:54pm, 1 Aug 2026Updated: 6:46pm, 1 Aug 2026 Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and his ministers will hold the first district...
China ‘warmest library’ welcomes homeless, honours late regular with statue
Hangzhou Library, located in eastern China’s Zhejiang province, is affectionately dubbed “the warmest library” because it opens its doors to beggars and scavengers, even...