Will Marcos’ shipbuilding push deliver lasting capacity for Philippines?
The Philippines has a rare opening to turn its geography, skilled workers and deepening ties with Japan into a stronger maritime industrial base, but...
Wartime apology author and Japan-China ‘bridge’ Yohei Kono dies at 89
A prominent backchannel political figure between Japan and China has died, days before a reported planned trip meant to ease deep bilateral tensions. Yohei...
Singapore charges construction firm, boss over Tanjong Katong sinkhole lapses
Ohin Construction, its managing director and several employees were charged on Thursday over alleged lapses linked to the sinkhole that appeared in Singapore’s Tanjong...
Scott Pelley’s firing from 60 Minutes offers Hong Kong food for thought
Before Scott Pelley was fired from 60 Minutes last week, he accused CBS’s editor-in-chief of “murdering” the programme he had served for over two...
For 5 million years, whales have come to this place in the Indian Ocean to die
Published: 9:00am, 12 Jun 2026Updated: 9:31am, 12 Jun 2026 Chinese deep-sea explorers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have discovered the largest “whale-fall...
Roche’s global survey highlights urgent need to shift diabetes care from disease treatment to mental wellbeing
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Nearly one in ten people in Hong Kong now live with diabetes,...
Chinese woman suffers pancreatitis after 6-day starvation, binge-eating once weekly
A 25-year-old woman in China has been diagnosed with acute pancreatitis after she followed an extreme weight-loss regime which consisted of eating once a...
Thailand’s popular ‘Princess Bha’ dies, aged 47: royal palace
Published: 8:51am, 12 Jun 2026Updated: 1:01pm, 12 Jun 2026 Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the king’s eldest daughter, has died aged 47, the royal palace...
Can Hong Kong cash in on ecotourism without trashing its natural treasures?
Published: 8:30am, 12 Jun 2026Updated: 8:33am, 12 Jun 2026 A sea of 500 tents covered the white sands of remote Ham Tin Wan in...