Hong Kong boosts flood response with new robot deployments
Published: 9:21pm, 14 Apr 2025Updated: 10:28pm, 14 Apr 2025 Four new robots will be deployed to severely flooded areas in Hong Kong to help...
China’s largest iPhone factory resumes hiring after Trump spares electronics from tariffs
Apple supplier Foxconn Technology Group has resumed recruitment at the world’s largest iPhone factory, located in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, following a...
Indonesia’s Bali raises alarm over rise in sham marriages to evade legal curbs
Lawmakers in Bali are sounding the alarm over a growing trend of sham marriages between foreign nationals and locals – a tactic increasingly used...
Tariff flip-flops and why Trump’s attack on China is misguided
As of Sunday evening US Eastern Time, when this piece was being drafted, US President Donald Trump suggested that he is indeed considering a...
Dutch exports to China tumble as chip machine giant ASML clears back orders amid US bans
Dutch exports to China dropped dramatically in March, a sign that shipments from ASML Holding – the world leader in the producer of lithography...
Hong Kong activist in legal fight to allow women to wear shorts in prison
A Hong Kong government lawyer has urged a court to dismiss an activist’s judicial challenge against a prison rule barring women inmates from wearing...
Former aide to Taiwan’s security chief expelled from DPP over spying allegations
Published: 8:26pm, 14 Apr 2025Updated: 8:41pm, 14 Apr 2025 Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has expelled a former aide to Joseph Wu –...
Former Malaysian leader Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who extended political freedoms, dies at 85
Published: 8:12pm, 14 Apr 2025Updated: 9:11pm, 14 Apr 2025 Former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a moderate who extended the country’s political freedoms...
Hong Kong lawmakers urge clarity on fee waivers under new healthcare charges
Published: 8:06pm, 14 Apr 2025Updated: 8:39pm, 14 Apr 2025 Hong Kong lawmakers have called for clearer information on medical fee waivers under a revamped...