Hong Kong halts raw oyster sales from French brand over possible gastroenteritis link
Hong Kong food safety authorities have ordered an immediate halt to the sale of oysters from a French brand after the product was possibly...
US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to cause major fuel price drop: Hong Kong economists
A two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran is unlikely to significantly ease fuel prices in the near term without a complete end...
China biotech flow picks up as Everest seals US$250 million deal
China’s biopharmaceutical sector is seeing an uptick in deal-making, with sovereign wealth funds from Singapore and the United Arab Emirates joining Chinese state-backed investors...
Frustration, speculation mount in Japan as search for missing boy drags on
Frustration and desperation are growing in Japan amid a search for an 11-year-old boy who disappeared more than two weeks ago in a rural...
China-backed solar project powers up in Laos amid Iran war energy shock
China has completed one of Southeast Asia’s largest solar power projects in Laos, at a time when regional economies are stepping up efforts to...
North Korea tests electromagnetic weapon and carbon fibre bomb: state media
North Korea conducted a slew of new weapons tests, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said, including one involving an electromagnetic weapon system and...
AI fuels global trade growth as China-US flows shift, McKinsey finds
Artificial intelligence has emerged as the driving force behind global trade growth, fuelled by a surge in data-centre buildouts at a time when geopolitical...
Chile exposes smuggling ring that shipped US$917m in stolen copper to Chinese buyers
Chinese buyers were the end destination of a five-year smuggling pipeline that drained an estimated US$917 million worth of stolen copper from Chile, authorities...
Iran war: is the US shifting away from its strategy of precision strikes?
Whether the US-Israeli war on Iran wraps up quickly or drags on, the repercussions will be felt for years, reshaping warfare, geopolitics and energy...