Ex-Hong Kong logistics head stripped of award, 3 staff face action in water scandal
Hong Kong authorities will hold three officers from the logistics department accountable over their roles in a bottled water procurement scandal, with its former...
Labubu maker Pop Mart holds first buy-back in 2 years, surging 10% in show of confidence
Shares of Chinese toymaker Pop Mart rallied nearly 10 per cent on Tuesday morning after the company announced its first share buy-back in nearly...
Bangladesh’s student leaders ‘sidelined’ by Islamist allies in poll pact
Bangladesh’s student leaders, one of the main driving forces behind the mass protests that brought down former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in 2024, now...
Hong Kong to feel colder than 11 degrees Celsius overnight due to higher humidity
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China commissions improved frigates and destroyers
As even more advanced surface combatants continue to enter service in the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), the service showcased improved variants of its...
Justice Department Appeals Limits on ICE Tactics in Minnesota
Attorneys for the Trump administration notified a Minnesota court on Monday they were appealing a judge’s order that placed restrictions on federal immigration officers,...
Shanghai maps global financial hub plan to 2035, for world-class and socialist metropolis
Shanghai has laid out a full spectrum of goals on finance for the next five years and beyond, following an unequivocal push by China’s...
Hong Kong set to receive long-awaited inquest verdict on 2012 Lamma ferry crash
The Coroner’s Court is expected to deliver a long-awaited verdict on Wednesday for an inquest into one of Hong Kong’s deadliest maritime disasters, in...
Record snow in Russia’s far east blocks building entrances, buries cars
The biggest snowfall in 60 years on Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula created vast drifts several metres tall that blocked building entrances and buried...