Could Indonesia’s ‘content governor’ rival Prabowo for the presidency in 2029?
Published: 1:00pm, 10 Oct 2026Updated: 1:23pm, 10 Oct 2026 Dressed in his trademark white shirt and traditional Sundanese headcloth, West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi...
Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: explorer inspires youth through glacial field trips
When Wilson Cheung took Hong Kong secondary school students into the Swiss Alps this summer, terrain he had once been able to reach had...
Australia says it won’t buy Russian fuel despite Trump’s diesel agreement
Australia has no need to buy fuel from Russia and said that purchases from there would remain barred so that the country did not...
The hidden heartbreak of losing a pet in Singapore and Malaysia
Growing up in a Malay family in Singapore, Hafeez Hassan feared dogs. He never expected to mourn one like a sibling. “Maybe that is...
Worker prospects in Hong Kong hair, beauty sector not cut and dried amid staff shortages
Hongkonger Terrence Wu Chung-ting puts on an apron, picks up a comb and massages hair essence into a client’s scalp during a treatment for...
Singaporean teenager flown to hospital after falling ill during Lion Rock hike
A Singaporean girl has been flown to a hospital after falling ill during a hike with two other friends at Hong Kong’s Lion Rock,...
Will Taiwan issue derail Washington and Beijing’s latest reset? Analysts are sceptical
Recent interactions involving the US and Taiwan are not expected to derail the current momentum in relations between Washington and mainland China, according to...
Trump slams Norway and Nobel committee after missing out on Peace Prize
US President Donald Trump reiterated his complaints on Friday about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it a disgraceful and embarrassing decision that...
Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: Blind musician with rare birth disease plays her heart out
A year after a seven-hour surgery in Hong Kong in 2025, Cassie Li Pui-ying was on stage at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, playing the drums...