Ex-rapper Balendra Shah to run for Nepal PM after youth-led protests
Published: 1:29pm, 29 Dec 2025Updated: 1:36pm, 29 Dec 2025 Two popular leaders have formed an alliance ahead of March parliamentary elections in Nepal that...
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China sets yuan fixing rate at 15-month high amid offshore gains
China’s central bank has set the yuan’s daily reference rate at its strongest level in 15 months, as the currency strengthened in offshore trading...
Japan as a nuclear power, China’s first female C919 captain: 5 weekend reads you missed
We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would...
Hongkongers head to East Coast Boardwalk as ‘final piece of puzzle’ opens
Published: 12:46pm, 29 Dec 2025Updated: 1:14pm, 29 Dec 2025 People are flocking to a new boardwalk extension described as the “final piece of the...
Nepal probes illegal matchmaking as China cautions citizens over ‘bride buying’
Nepal is stepping up scrutiny of illegal cross-border matchmaking after authorities uncovered cases in which brokers and online intermediaries were marketing Nepali women as...
Train derailment in Mexico kills at least 13, injures dozens
Mexican authorities said on Sunday that at least 13 people were killed after an Interoceanic Train carrying 250 people derailed in the southern state...
Weak Turnout Seen in Myanmar’s Phased Election, First Since 2021 Coup
Under the shadow of civil war and questions over the poll’s credibility, the initial round of Myanmar’s phased general election closed on Sunday, with...
America in Photos: Trump Takes NORAD Santa Calls, Helicopter Crash, and Winter Storm
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Shocking! China’s 600M Empty Homes Could House Half the World, No Need for New Builds for Centuries
In 2023, deputy director He Kang of the National Bureau of Statistics, publicly stated, “There is currently an oversupply of housing. How many vacant...