Can Peru keep both China and US onside in an increasingly volatile environment?
Last weekend’s US raid on Venezuela has shone a spotlight on the wider strategic concerns in play in South America, including the US-China rivalry...
Malaysia vows crackdown on air force officers’ ‘immoral culture’
Some 20 Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) officers are believed to be involved in immoral activities dubbed “yeye culture”. According to RMAF chief Muhamad...
Changing tastes: China’s new affluent consumers seek quality not extravagance
In a premium supermarket in Shanghai one recent weekend, 33-year-old information technology specialist Zhao Wenyu paused in front of the health food aisle, comparing...
Dutch passenger dies after collapsing on Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong
A 53-year-old Dutch man died on Sunday morning after collapsing on a Cathay Pacific flight from Amsterdam to Hong Kong. Police received a report...
1 dead as fire in Hong Kong high-rise flat forces mass evacuation of residents
A 56-year-old man has died in a suspected electrical fire that ripped through a high-rise flat in Hong Kong’s northwest New Territories, prompting the...
Elon Musk blasts ‘prison island’ UK in showdown over Grok AI sexual images
Elon Musk accused the UK government of being “fascist” after it stepped up threats to block X over sexualised images of women and children...
How China turned a mega-project failure into a defining moment in modern engineering
China has pulled off a daring underground feat, using a multimillion-dollar tunnel boring machine (TBM) to recover its stranded twin beneath the country’s largest...
Have investors missed the boat on Japan’s property market amid tensions with China?
Japan’s property market was less likely to deliver significant rewards to investors because of heightened geopolitical tensions with China, more than a tightened monetary...
How Hong Kong can tackle its silent elderly mental health epidemic
With more than one in three Hongkongers estimated to be 65 or older by 2050, the city must decide whether to spend the coming...