‘It’s tough, but good luck’: China eatery refunds meal payment to job-seeking pair
A street snack eatery in Shenzhen refunded 13 yuan (US$2) to uplift two young university graduates new to the city, and the gesture moved...
‘Nobody said anything’: Malaysia confronts its deadly school bullying problem
The guilt hangs heavily over Jerry* whenever his mind drifts back to his school days in Kota Kinabalu and that quiet “awkward kid” he...
10-metre whale carcass discovered in Mirs Bay, Hong Kong authorities say
Published: 7:30am, 6 Sep 2025Updated: 7:45am, 6 Sep 2025 A severely decomposed 10-metre-long (33-foot-long) whale carcass has been found in Mirs Bay, Hong Kong...
Trump signs order to rename Pentagon the Department of War
Published: 7:01am, 6 Sep 2025Updated: 7:10am, 6 Sep 2025 US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to rename the Department of...
China’s multipolar ambition is making the US sit up and fire back
At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin this week, the choreography was striking. Chinese President Xi Jinping, flanked by Russian President Vladimir...
China’s biotech industry is gaining on the US. Can tariffs hold them back?
Published: 6:00am, 6 Sep 2025Updated: 7:54am, 6 Sep 2025 In the summer of 2015, a time when China’s pharmaceutical market was in a phase...
Trump suggests India is moving towards ‘deepest, darkest’ China orbit
Published: 5:26am, 6 Sep 2025Updated: 6:27am, 6 Sep 2025 US President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that India is drifting towards China’s orbit, even...
Canada’s Carney unveils billions in relief hit by Trump and China tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday rolled out a multibillion-dollar relief package for businesses battered by tariffs imposed by both the US and...
Navy Seals killed North Korean civilians in botched 2019 mission: US report
US Navy Seals shot and killed a number of North Korean civilians during a botched covert mission to plant a listening device in the...