How Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a clandestine escape to the US
Flavio Bolsonaro’s clandestine escape to the United States bewildered Brazil and triggered a frantic search for his whereabouts. The Supreme Court had ordered the...
North Korea fires missile barrage days after rejecting South’s border talks
North Korea fired “around a dozen” short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, Seoul’s defence ministry said, less than a week after...
At least 1 senior official to take rap for deadly Tai Po fire as part of ‘bold’ reforms
Published: 1:39pm, 29 Oct 2026Updated: 1:42pm, 29 Oct 2026 At least one senior official will take the rap for the deadly Tai Po fire...
Google supplier Biwin, GPU leader Moore Threads see stocks plunge despite revenue surge
Published: 1:35pm, 29 Oct 2026Updated: 1:38pm, 29 Oct 2026 Shares of Chinese semiconductor suppliers Biwin Storage Technology and Moore Threads tumbled on Thursday alongside...
Hong Kong teen jailed for 8 years for acid attack on Singaporean tourist
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a teenager with triad links to eight years in prison for splashing corrosive liquid on a Singaporean tourist...
Hegseth fires Pentagon’s top military planner as Trump weighs new Iran strikes
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s top military planner, a defence official said Wednesday, the latest in a series of generals...
Why US allies in Middle East are accelerating direct talks with Iran
Published: 12:42pm, 29 Oct 2026Updated: 4:01pm, 29 Oct 2026 The United States’ Muslim-majority Middle Eastern allies have accelerated talks with Tehran over a new...
Hello Kitty owner Sanrio scraps Japanese TV show Vivant deal over China backlash
Japanese character company Sanrio, owner of popular IPs including Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll and My Melody, has terminated its planned collaboration with the television drama...
Samsung Electronics reportedly ending home appliance sales in Hong Kong
Samsung Electronics is reportedly ending home appliance sales in Hong Kong, months after withdrawing from the mainland Chinese market. Samsung’s Hong Kong office told...