China to host 2026 Apec meeting in Shenzhen, ‘vigorously’ push AI cooperation
Published: 11:26am, 1 Nov 2025Updated: 11:42am, 1 Nov 2025 China will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meeting in its southern city of Shenzhen...
Vietnam farmers in no mood to let Trump-linked resort ‘blow everybody away’
Five months after a glitzy groundbreaking ceremony just outside Hanoi, the area where The Trump Organisation-branded US$1.5 billion luxury golf resort was unveiled remains...
Pyongyang warns denuclearisation ‘a pipe dream’ before Seoul-Beijing Apec talks
Published: 10:17am, 1 Nov 2025Updated: 10:33am, 1 Nov 2025 Hours before South Korea and China were set to hold their first summit, North Korea...
Hong Kong must balance superyacht hub ambition with tackling poverty
With over 12,000 registered yachts but only around 4,300 berths, Hong Kong plans to boost its yacht tourism by adding about 1,100 berths at...
No appointment? No entry to White House press officials’ rooms
A new White House rule issued on Friday restricts the ability of credentialed journalists to freely access the offices of press secretary Karoline Leavitt...
Why budget-friendly ‘2-dish-rice’ shops are feeling the pinch in Hong Kong
Inside the cramped premises of Hong Kong Family Food, a two-dish-rice restaurant in Causeway Bay, 59-year-old Lo Hung-wan toils away serving up takeaway meals...
China’s Okinawa remarks challenge militarisation, not sovereignty: analysts
Chinese observers downplayed Beijing’s reference to Okinawans as “indigenous”, saying the comments were primarily a critique of the militarisation of Japan’s southernmost prefecture –...
China boy swallows gold bean during ‘tongue exercise’, relieves himself in hospital
An 11-year-old boy who accidentally swallowed a 10-gram gold bean worth 10,000 yuan (US$1,400) by mistake was told by his mother not to relieve...
Fade to black: Thai vendors go in the red to sell mourning clothes
In a bustling Bangkok market, hundreds of wholesale vendors have been selling black clothing since dawn – several with hefty discounts – in honour...