Swiss bar owner put in pre-trial detention over deadly New Year’s Eve fire
Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died in an Alpine bar fire during a New Year’s...
Online predator ‘White Tiger’ on trial in Germany over crimes against children
A German juvenile court started the so-called “White Tiger” trial on Friday in which a man is accused of multiple sadistic online crimes including...
No amount of money can buy Greenland, local lawmakers tell Trump
There is no sum of money from Donald Trump that would persuade Greenlanders to join the US, two Greenlandic lawmakers in the Danish parliament...
Hong Kong hospital A&E department visits fall 12% after new fees take effect
Visits to accident and emergency (A&E) departments at Hong Kong’s public hospitals have dropped by nearly 12 per cent since a new pricing regime...
Argentina repays US emergency loan, boosting Trump’s economic strategy in Latin America
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Friday that Argentina has fully repaid an emergency currency loan that generated “tens of millions” in profit...
Trump-Xi diplomacy put to test thanks to tit-for-tat Covid lawsuits
In 2025, even as US President Donald Trump sought to stabilise trade ties with Beijing, two Republican-led states were moving in the opposite direction,...
Hourly services at first automated Hong Kong public car park partially resume
Hourly services at Hong Kong’s first automated public car park have partially resumed following a suspension of operations for an urgent system update just...
Trump ‘cancelled’ second attacks on Venezuela after prisoner release, eyes oil investments
US President Donald Trump said on Friday he called off a second wave of attacks on Venezuela after the government, whose leftist president was...
El Nino could cost Hong Kong US$300 billion and shorten life expectancy: study
Extreme weather brought about by the El Nino phenomenon could cost Hong Kong as much as US$300 billion over the 21st century, according to...