China’s first-tier home prices extend 4-month rebound amid market stabilisation
Published: 11:15am, 15 Jul 2026Updated: 11:20am, 15 Jul 2026 New home prices in four Chinese first-tier cities rose by an average of 0.1 per...
Why scrapping Nepal’s ‘dollar fare’ could leave locals grounded
A plan to make Nepal’s domestic flights cheaper for foreign visitors could end up making them more expensive for citizens, according to airline operators...
Vietnam jeweller rattled by ex-official’s arrest over India-Hong Kong gem-smuggling ring
Phu Nhuan Jewellery, Vietnam’s largest listed jeweller, is facing a crisis of confidence after police detained the former head of its gem certification subsidiary...
Tai Po fire: estate manager deemed ‘pitiful’, but denies acting as consultant
An independent, judge-led committee investigating Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades will hear closing submissions from legal representatives, following 27 sessions of evidential hearings....
Hong Kong issues amber rainstorm warning, urges public to take precautions
Published: 10:22am, 15 Jul 2026Updated: 11:27am, 15 Jul 2026 The Hong Kong Observatory issued an amber rainstorm warning at 10.05am on Wednesday and urged...
Ancient Chinese lord buried with bells meant to silence ancestral war rituals
Imagine, for a moment, that you lived in ancient China, with a rival state threatening your people’s very existence. In the quest for any...
Taiwan’s opposition TPP launches historic first trip to mainland China
The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) has sent its first formal delegation to mainland China since the party’s founding, seeking to maintain cross-strait peace through...
Why and how the media industry can fit into Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan
Mainstream media, particularly in Hong Kong, have historically been conservative in their research and development spending. Media executives prefer to shop for off-the-shelf solutions,...
ANA pilot jailed in Japan for groping flight attendant after work
A pilot of the major Japanese airline All Nippon Airways was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Tuesday for abusing his power to...