Japan pledges US$3 million for Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea water decline
Japan has partnered with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to support Kazakhstan’s efforts to address the decline in the Caspian Sea’s water level driven...
Lebanon’s president urges US solidarity as Israeli troops occupy south
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday urged the United States to stand by his country, after reaching a US-backed framework deal with Israel aiming...
Nobel-winning materials scientist Omar Yaghi joins China’s Tsinghua University from the US
Published: 9:00pm, 4 Jul 2026Updated: 9:03pm, 4 Jul 2026 Omar Yaghi, the winner of last year’s Nobel Prize for chemistry, has left the United...
Beijing sends new coastguard force into waters east of Taiwan
Beijing on Saturday rotated a new coastguard task force into waters east of Taiwan. The second such deployment in about a month came days...
Hong Kong police arrest driver after high-speed chase ends in 5-vehicle crash
Published: 8:23pm, 4 Jul 2026Updated: 9:05pm, 4 Jul 2026 Police have arrested a man on suspicion of dangerous driving and trafficking dangerous drugs after...
Italian rice crops suffer in drought, worst European heatwave ever
Summer came too early to Europe’s most important rice-growing region, and weeds are taking over Sharon Angoli’s parched paddies in Italy’s Pavia province. “That...
Renowned neurobiologist and former taekwondo captain Chih-Ying Su leaves US for China
Celebrated neurobiologist Chih-Ying Su, who specialises in research on the sense of smell using fruit flies and mosquitoes, has left her position as faculty...
Hong Kong Legco chief urges higher standards after lawmaker’s drink-driving arrest
Published: 7:46pm, 4 Jul 2026Updated: 9:51pm, 4 Jul 2026 The president of Hong Kong’s legislature has urged fellow members to be “more rigorous in...
Hong Kong’s third medical school hires 300 teachers, expects to raise intake to 200
Published: 7:30pm, 4 Jul 2026Updated: 7:50pm, 4 Jul 2026 Hong Kong’s third medical school has recruited about 300 teachers and expects its annual student...