Stinking rich: Malaysia eyes land routes to boost durian trade in China
Published: 11:49am, 21 Oct 2026Updated: 11:50am, 21 Oct 2026 Malaysia is negotiating with Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia to establish overland transit routes for...
Singaporean parents jailed after 8-month-old son dies from severe abuse
Published: 11:12am, 21 Oct 2026Updated: 11:13am, 21 Oct 2026 A Singaporean couple who regularly abused their first child after he was born, resulting in...
Only 3% of Hong Kong firms have fully integrated AI into workflows, survey finds
Only 3 per cent of Hong Kong companies have fully integrated AI into their workflows, with many facing hurdles including resistance to organisational change...
Russian satellite’s close approach to European spacecraft highlights orbital risks
A Russian satellite moved within just 100 metres of a European commercial spacecraft that supports Ukraine’s military at the weekend, orbital tracking data showed,...
Inside scorching Pakistani factories making clothes for global fashion brands
Machines whirred around Siddiqui as her vision blurred and her heart hammered. The garment factory on the outskirts of Karachi was sweltering. The room...
China university offers course pushing students to call strangers to build confidence, social skills
An unconventional course at prestigious Nanjing University encourages students to call strangers to hone their social skills, challenging the traditional value of “do more,...
BBC slashes 100 jobs, pulls channels amid ‘immediate cost pressures’
The BBC announced more than 100 job cuts and the closure of two channels Tuesday as the cash-strapped UK broadcaster aims to save £500...
Taiwan admits paying for retired US general to observe largest annual war games
Taiwan’s defence ministry has confirmed for the first time that it has allocated funding for the US Indo-Pacific Command to send a retired general...
Burnham’s Britain can learn from Trump in engaging with China
Getting relations with China right is widely seen as Britain’s epoch-defining challenge. It is also one it is woefully unprepared to face. So concluded...