Gaokao reforms could leave Chinese public vulnerable to pseudo-history, top academic warns
China’s secondary school students are dropping history as an exam subject, a trend that could leave the public more vulnerable to distorted narratives in...
Quake-prone Indonesia’s first nuclear power plant plan stokes safety fears
Coal-dependent Indonesia is reviving decades-old plans to build nuclear power plants that were put on hold following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan,...
Hong Kong rules out Wang Fuk Court buy-back extension as 100 owners hesitate
Published: 11:24am, 23 Aug 2026Updated: 11:33am, 23 Aug 2026 About 100 homeowners, or 5 per cent, at fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Hong Kong...
Moderate Earthquake Shakes Eastern Japan, Injuring More Than 30 People in Tokyo Region
TOKYO—A moderate earthquake rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, early Sunday, injuring more than 30 people, most of them lightly, officials said. There...
Are humanoid robots the future? Chinese makers instead highlight practical design
Humanoid robots were still among the biggest crowd-pleasers at this year’s World Robot Conference (WRC) in Beijing, though other types of robots, such as...
Bites to bytes: Thai street food app feeds into hunger for authenticity
Bangkok’s best street food has always existed on a kind of mental map for Thai food writer Choltanutkun Tun-atiruj. It is built from habit,...
Tech paradox: fear of being left behind drives China non-programmers to build own AI tools
Published: 10:49am, 23 Aug 2026Updated: 10:50am, 23 Aug 2026 A growing number of non-programmers across China are developing their own AI tools, primarily motivated...
China builds world’s first custom plant immunity system for epidemic response
Chinese scientists have created an AI-guided platform to engineer custom plant immune receptors to rapidly combat emerging diseases that threaten plants, including commercial crops...
Canada’s Carney refuses to take Trump’s ‘bait’, confronting US in trade war
Published: 9:46am, 23 Aug 2026Updated: 10:27am, 23 Aug 2026 Siding with Canadians weary of provocations from Washington, Prime Minister Mark Carney stood up to...