How China is filling a weapons supply gap in Africa’s Sahel left by France and Russia
China is stepping into a weapons supply breach in parts of Africa’s Sahel as authorities in the region cut ties with former colonial power...
Chinese woman pays late boyfriend’s debt, cares for parents even after marrying another man
A Chinese woman who repaid all her boyfriend’s 600,000-yuan (US$82,000) debt and looked after his family for nine years after he died following a...
India central banker Malhotra warns of dwindling money market liquidity
India’s call money market faces risks of dwindling liquidity, posing challenges for monetary policy transmission, the nation’s central bank chief said in a speech...
Buy from official channels, watchdog says after Hong Kong family’s Coldplay ticket ordeal
Published: 5:30pm, 19 Apr 2025Updated: 5:43pm, 19 Apr 2025 Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has warned against buying tickets from unofficial resellers for major events...
Is there a ‘silver lining’ for China in the tariff war with the US?
Donald Trump’s trade war may be a threat to China’s economy, but it may also offer a chance to improve relations with Europe and...
Hong Kong temperatures set to reach 30 degrees Celsius on Monday
Temperatures in Hong Kong will rise to as high as 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) on Monday after a few showers over the weekend,...
Woman brain-dead after Paris cryotherapy session goes wrong
A woman injured during a fatal cryotherapy session at a gym in France’s capital earlier this week is now brain-dead, the prosecutor’s office said...
Hong Kong restaurants brace for 25% drop in business due to Easter exodus
Published: 10:01pm, 18 Apr 2025Updated: 10:20pm, 18 Apr 2025 Hong Kong’s restaurants are expecting business to fall by 25 per cent from usual levels...
Port to deep space: China’s ‘hopeless’ satellites create first Earth-moon nav-com network
The world’s first satellite constellation in Earth-moon space is up and running, after a team of young Chinese engineers recovered two of the spacecraft...