TikTok is going after Yelp and Google Maps with an in-app restaurant guide
For years, the app helped local restaurants go viral. Now, TikTok wants to offer crowdsourced reviews, reservation booking, and curated discovery.For years, the app...
Cruise ship suspends global voyage in Cambodia over fuel prices, hundreds disembark
Hundreds of people permanently living aboard a touring cruise ship were forced to disembark in Cambodia this week after the vessel’s operator said fuel...
Inside Amazon’s Echo hardware event
The company’s low-key product launch was designed to give each device more attention, according to Panos Panay.Oct 28, 2026, 12:46 PM UTCAmazon’s head of...
Police officer denies evidence was contaminated at flat in Abby Choi murder trial
A police officer investigating the alleged murder of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has denied tampering with the evidence he collected from a...
Why Kim Jong-un’s border trip to China differs from past pre-summit playbooks
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s trip to the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday echoed the intense coordination that preceded his previous summits...
US midterms could trigger a debt ceiling showdown worse than 2011
Moritz Kraemer is chief economist and head of research at LBBW (Landesbank Baden-Württemberg), Stuttgart, Germany. Some readers, especially non-Americans, might wonder what the recurring...
Almost all of Amazon’s new Echo gear is available now
You can read all about the new products and buy most of them, too. The fancy Echo Show 16 is coming later this year.You...
Hong Kong to prioritise public transport at Huanggang Port over Halloween weekend
Published: 8:29pm, 28 Oct 2026Updated: 8:30pm, 28 Oct 2026 Hong Kong authorities will give public transport priority at Huanggang Port this Halloween weekend, warning...
Indonesia weighs tighter ketamine controls amid surge in seizures, abuse cases
Rising ketamine abuse and a series of major drug seizures in Indonesia have fuelled calls for tighter controls on the substance, but a proposed...