Booking system considered to protect popular Hong Kong hiking trail from crowds
Authorities are considering a pilot booking system for one of Hong Kong’s most popular hiking routes and creating a new marine park at Sharp...
Singapore’s Pritam Singh is facing cracks in his party. What does this say about the opposition?
Just over a year after consolidating its status as Singapore’s main opposition, the Workers’ Party (WP) is grappling with internal fissures as chief Pritam...
Israel and Lebanon agree to renew fragile ceasefire, create Hezbollah-free zones
Published: 7:43am, 4 Jun 2026Updated: 7:49am, 4 Jun 2026 Israel and Lebanon agreed Wednesday to renew their fragile ceasefire and create a number of...
It’s back – revived TEDxHongKong challenges assumptions and reframes beliefs
Hong Kong is an international economic powerhouse brimming with talent and capital, but how much of that has trickled down to local communities? This...
Taiwan opposition leader promotes cross-strait peace during US trip
The need for Beijing and Washington to pursue “reconciliation and cooperation” and avoid war is the central message of her US trip, Taiwan’s main...
US House votes to stop Iran war in rebuke to Trump
The Republican-led House voted on Wednesday to halt the war with Iran, breaking with US President Donald Trump on an unpopular foreign conflict that...
US Treasury Secretary Bessent says China eyeing more Boeing purchases ahead of Xi visit
Published: 6:03am, 4 Jun 2026Updated: 6:13am, 4 Jun 2026 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Wednesday that China is “very interested” in additional...
First Trump, then Putin go to China. Does great-power diplomacy now hinge on Beijing?
Despite recent back-to-back visits to Beijing by US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, no new trilateral framework or major diplomatic breakthrough...
US and ‘Five Eyes’ allies warn of LinkedIn China spying threat
Published: 5:47am, 4 Jun 2026Updated: 5:57am, 4 Jun 2026 The US and its “Five Eyes” intelligence partners issued what they said was an unprecedented...