Why the IMF is right to press Japan on its fiscal risks
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is at last showing a bit of spirit. While it might not yet be attacking the egregious economic and...
The rail ahead: as high-speed lines saturate China, how far can their global reach extend?
Chinese railway giants look set to scout Eurasia in the years ahead to build high-speed train lines as the domestic market matures and some...
‘Incredible’: China cabby drives foreign influencers on 4,000-km trip sees snow for first time
Two China-based foreign influencers who hired a taxi driver to take them on a 4,000-kilometre trip from the south to the north of the...
Hong Kong to spend HK$6.8 billion buying back fire-ravaged Tai Po flats
Hong Kong authorities will spend about HK$6.8 billion (US$870 million) to buy back homes damaged in the deadly Tai Po fire from flat owners,...
EPA Repeals Biden-Era Mercury Standards for Coal-Fired Power Plants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Feb. 20 it would repeal Biden-era rules that further limited mercury and hazardous air pollutant emissions...
Unearthed temple in Nepal sheds new light on Buddha’s early life
Nepal’s Lumbini has long anchored the Buddhist pilgrimage map as the Buddha’s birthplace. Nearby, however, stand the fortified ruins of Tilaurakot – believed to...
Hitler’s childhood home becomes a police station in US$24 million revamp
Turning the house where Adolf Hitler was born into a police station has raised mixed emotions in his Austrian hometown. “It’s a double-edged sword,”...
New US 10% global tariff will have ‘limited impact’ on Hong Kong: treasury chief
The new 10 per cent global tariffs imposed by the United States will only have a “limited impact” on Hong Kong, the city’s treasury...
600 Guangdong drivers enter Hong Kong as thousands apply for new scheme
About 600 motorists from Guangdong have driven their vehicles into Hong Kong urban areas during the Lunar New Year holiday under a new scheme...