Trump Speaks in Las Vegas as Midterms Approach
LAS VEGAS—President Donald Trump spoke to supporters on Aug. 5 at the Red Rock Casino, continuing a tour of swing states in recent months...
‘Lyrical Maverick’ Peter Lai, who wrote multiple hits for Cantopop stars, dies at 76
Published: 10:00am, 6 Aug 2026Updated: 2:55pm, 6 Aug 2026 Legendary Hong Kong lyricist Peter Lai Bei-dak, who wrote the lyrics to a string of...
What caused a near miss between 2 jets near Tokyo – and what can China learn?
A near-miss on Tuesday involving an All Nippon Airways (ANA) plane coming dangerously close to another jet while approaching Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from Shanghai...
Heaps of documents, endless trials: the herculean workload of Hong Kong’s judges
My 18-year-old summer intern is very scared of me. She spent the entire week watching me sit in front of my computer, in complete...
Hong Kong needs regenerated districts, not piecemeal renewal
Hong Kong’s redevelopment policy is approaching an institutional turning point. Recent government proposals – pilot schemes for additional plot ratios and cross-district plot ratio...
Chinese couple lose US$15 million pig farm in false fraud arrest, raising justice questions
A couple from central China saw their business empire, valued at 100 million yuan (US$15 million), collapse and were plunged into debt after being...
‘Artificial earthquake’ conspiracy theory sweeps Japan after Kumamoto disaster
Claims that the recent magnitude 7.1 earthquake that struck southwestern Japan was man-made have been spreading online, with experts dismissing the theory as unrealistic...
PURE TRASH! China’s Rush-Built EVs Shock The World: 3.6 New Models Every Day, Quality Nightmare
On the evening of July 23, a Huawei Aito vehicle reportedly suffered a catastrophic left front axle failure during a hard braking maneuver, leaving...
Does Beijing really have the power to lift up the Australian dollar?
While global markets watched closely for a joint move by Washington and Tokyo to prop up the Japanese yen this week, Australian dollar traders...