Wall Street rises towards more records as oil prices slip
The US stock market is rising towards more records on Friday after Apple, Estee Lauder and other big companies became the latest to deliver...
Beijing backs Cuba, Brazil slams BYD slave labour conditions: Latin America relations reads
We have selected six of the most interesting and important news stories covering Latin American relations from the past few weeks. If you would...
Uber to buy cab-ordering platform FlyTaxi ahead of ride-hailing regulation
Uber has announced it is acquiring the Hong Kong-based online cab-hailing platform FlyTaxi to expand its taxi services, ahead of the implementation of a...
Will Japan’s new arms export rules spark a high-end defence boom?
Japan has overhauled its overseas arms transfer regulations, a move analysts said paves the way for the country to export high-end weapons and defence...
Ukraine sees path to Japanese arms after Tokyo eases export rules
Published: 9:40pm, 1 May 2026Updated: 9:58pm, 1 May 2026 Japan’s relaxation of its weapons-export rules opens a path for talks that could one day...
Hong Kong police investigate ‘suspicious’ fire after man dies in fall
Published: 9:31pm, 1 May 2026Updated: 9:50pm, 1 May 2026 Hong Kong authorities are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out in a residential flat,...
Why Singapore, Thailand are among the world’s ‘happiest’ economies
Singapore and Thailand ranked among the world’s “least miserable” economies in an annual index compiled by a Johns Hopkins University economist, who said Southeast...
More Hongkongers can drive to Macau under expanded travel scheme
Published: 8:58pm, 1 May 2026Updated: 9:12pm, 1 May 2026 More Hong Kong permanent residents will soon be able to drive to Macau for work,...
4 killed in second Indonesia train crash in days
Published: 8:55pm, 1 May 2026Updated: 8:56pm, 1 May 2026 A train hit a car in Indonesia on Friday, killing four people including two children,...