US honours Republican titan Dick Cheney, with Trump off the funeral guest list
Dick Cheney, celebrated as a master Republican strategist but defined by the darkest chapters of America’s “war on terror”, was honoured on Thursday in...
US is not attending G20, White House says, denying South African leader’s comment
Published: 2:09am, 21 Nov 2025Updated: 2:52am, 21 Nov 2025 The United States government has indicated that it has had a “change of mind” and...
UK PM Keir Starmer to visit China in January, Sky News reports
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit China at the end of January, Sky News reported on Thursday, in what would be the first...
‘Too little, too late’: Former UK government slammed for initial Covid response
A public inquiry released on Thursday slammed the former UK government’s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic as “too little, too late”, and said...
Trump to host New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at White House on Friday
US President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani are set to meet at the White House on Friday, the president said...
Urgent plea for heart donation as Hong Kong teacher, 44, fights for life
Published: 11:52pm, 20 Nov 2025Updated: 1:29am, 21 Nov 2025 Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority is appealing for a heart donation to save a 44-year-old man...
Olympian Vivian Kong parries jabs with ‘fighting spirit’ in Hong Kong poll race
Published: 10:50pm, 20 Nov 2025Updated: 11:40pm, 20 Nov 2025 Hong Kong Olympian Vivian Kong Man-wai admitted she was a newcomer to the tourism field...
Singaporean Amos Yee released on parole from US prison after child porn sentence
Singaporean Amos Yee on Thursday was released from a United States prison on parole. Advertisement Yee, now 27, was serving time at Danville Correctional...
Chief scientist at China’s top warship-building research institute detained
The chief scientist at a university that plays a major role in developing China’s navy has been detained as part of an investigation into...