Malaysia’s plan to take on ticket touts is music to concertgoers’ ears
Published: 9:19am, 12 Aug 2025Updated: 9:56am, 12 Aug 2025 Malaysian lawmakers are seeking to criminalise ticket “scalping” for big-name concerts, which has seen an...
China’s Wing Loong-2 is a UAV workhorse with an overseas advantage
From Nigerian raids on Boko Haram’s hideouts to Saudi strikes at Houthi positions along the shores of the Red Sea; from Pakistani sorties across...
Chinese man spends US$120,000 on 300-year gym membership, then owner vanishes
A man in eastern China has sued a gym after he paid it more than 870,000 yuan (US$120,000) for memberships lasting 300 years before...
Hong Kong’s Cathay offers first post-Covid voluntary unpaid leave in 2 quarters
Published: 8:30am, 12 Aug 2025Updated: 8:48am, 12 Aug 2025 Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has offered voluntary three-month unpaid leave to cabin...
China presses ahead with Southeast Asia port expansion as US tensions simmer
China is pushing forward with several projects designed to boost its trade ties with Southeast Asia – including a major port upgrade in Brunei...
Unpacking North Korea’s ‘unusual’ reaction to this year’s US-South Korea drills
North Korea has issued a notably restrained response to next week’s annual US–South Korean military exercises, signalling an effort by both sides to cool...
Shaolin’s ‘CEO monk’ scandal may prompt overhaul of how temples are run in China
China’s fabled Shaolin Temple, nestled in forest at the foot of a holy mountain in Henan province, is known as the cradle of kung...
Citing China’s ‘significant steps’, Trump extends US tariff truce
Published: 3:05am, 12 Aug 2025Updated: 5:55am, 12 Aug 2025 US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order extending by 90 days the tariff...
Trump confirms ‘unprecedented’ deal to let Nvidia sell lower-end chips to China
Published: 1:06am, 12 Aug 2025Updated: 4:30am, 12 Aug 2025 US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had personally negotiated a deal with...