China’s ‘super catalyst’ turns waste water into fertiliser building block, tripling output
A team in China has designed a catalyst that can transform nitrate pollution from agricultural and industrial waste water into ammonia – the chemical...
Norovirus outbreak on Caribbean Princess cruise ship sickens over 100 guests
More than 100 people aboard a cruise ship that departed from Fort Lauderdale in Florida last month have fallen ill from norovirus, according to...
China scrambles to close AI security gap as Anthropic, OpenAI pull ahead with new models
While leading US artificial intelligence developers such as Anthropic and OpenAI unveil new models with enhanced cybersecurity capabilities, China is also aggressively scaling up...
Indonesia finds bodies of 2 Singaporeans killed in Mount Dukono eruption
The search for two missing Singaporean hikers after a volcanic eruption of Mount Dukono was still hampered by continuous eruptions and bad weather on...
Turning the tables: how 3 Hong Kong mothers are spinning trauma into hope as DJs
Published: 10:00am, 10 May 2026Updated: 10:24am, 10 May 2026 Amid the crackle of vinyl records and the nostalgia of Cantonese golden oldies, Holy Lee...
Divorced from reality? Japan’s joint custody reform divides parents
Yasuyuki Watanabe has not seen his daughter in more than 15 years. But he is not celebrating the landmark custody reform that Japan has...
Hantavirus-hit cruise ship reaches Spanish port for WHO-led evacuation
A cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak is headed for Spain’s Canary Islands, where most of the nearly 150 people on board...
Is Hong Kong’s cultural hub of West Kowloon emerging as ‘Central 2.0’?
Hong Kong’s West Kowloon is poised to emerge as the second-most important office sub-market after Central with the completion of new buildings that will...
Rise of China complicates ‘authoritarian’ vs ‘democratic’ binary
There is growing unease in how we describe political systems today. Words that once seemed clear no longer illuminate as they should. “Free”, “democratic”,...