Hong Kong’s basketball betting U-turn ‘aligns with Beijing gambling clampdown’
Hong Kong’s sole legal betting operator and lawmakers were caught off guard by the government’s abrupt decision to suspend the rollout of legal basketball...
Turkey school shooting wounds 16, attacker dead
A former student opened fire at his former high school on Tuesday in Turkey, where school shootings are rare, wounding 16 people including students...
UN warns 8 million in Asia-Pacific risk poverty if Iran war drags on
The United Nations has issued a grim warning about the costs to the Asia-Pacific region of a prolonged conflict in Iran, forecasting job losses,...
Xi calls on Spain to jointly resist ‘law of the jungle’ in a turbulent world
China and Spain should work closely to resist “the law of the jungle” and defend true multilateralism in a turbulent world caught in “a...
Nepal’s trekking trade looks east as Iran war disrupts Western tourist flow
Nepal’s tourism industry is scrambling to offset a sharp fall in Western visitors during the peak spring trekking season, with operators and officials turning...
Israel envoy protests Japanese TV commentator’s remarks about Kushner’s Jewish identity
Israel’s ambassador to Japan and the Simon Wiesenthal Centre have condemned a Japanese political commentator over remarks he made on a morning news programme...
DSE citizenship exam tests students on social awareness and national principles
Hong Kong students sitting the citizenship and social development paper in university entrance exams on Tuesday were tested on the “One Country, Two Systems”...
Hong Kong must go beyond its intermediary role to become a global anchor
The world is undergoing a transformation of historic proportions. Geopolitical rivalry, economic restructuring and technological acceleration are converging to reshape the global order. These...
China turns to central Asia as US blockade in Hormuz chokes global energy flows
As China looks to central Asia for more energy supplies to offset shipping disruptions amid the Iran war, Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang will travel to...