Is there any way back for Hong Kong’s crisis-hit restaurant sector?
Published: 8:30am, 20 Aug 2025Updated: 8:35am, 20 Aug 2025 Hong Kong’s restaurant sector is in crisis, with a wave of closures, shrinking margins and...
Hong Kong exchange’s confidential filing option lures tech listings
Nearly half of the biotech and technology start-ups seeking initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong are opting for confidential filings under a new...
Controversy as Solomon Islands freezes out all Pacific Islands Forum partners
With the next Pacific Islands Forum poised to convene in Honiara next month, the Solomon Islands’ decision to exclude all external dialogue partners has...
US, Nato planners start to craft Ukraine security guarantee options
US and European military planners have begun exploring post-conflict security guarantees for Ukraine, US officials and sources said on Tuesday, following US President Donald...
Court rejects house arrest for Colombia ex-president Alvaro Uribe during appeal
Bogota’s superior court has overturned a judge’s order that former Colombia President Alvaro Uribe be held on house arrest while he appeals convictions for...
Ex-owner of world’s largest rhino farm arrested for trafficking
South African police said they arrested on Tuesday the former owner of the world’s largest rhino conservation farm on charges of smuggling the horns...
The ancient Chinese city that dreams to become the world’s biotech powerhouse
Could a city best known for its classical gardens and ancient canals emerge as China’s answer to Boston – the global epicentre of biotechnology...
China is not inciting anti-Japan hatred. It is simply remembering
This year, China marks the 80th anniversary of its victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression – part of the broader victory...
US sentences Chinese national to 8 years for smuggling arms to North Korea
The US has sentenced a Chinese national to eight years in prison for illegally exporting firearms, ammunition, and other military items to North Korea...