Alaska summit heralds change of direction for global diplomacy
When Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump on August 15, in Anchorage, Alaska, the geographic significance of the event was not...
Missing Hong Kong father, young son ‘were in Shenzhen, now back home’
Published: 8:15pm, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 8:50pm, 25 Aug 2025 A Hong Kong father and his young son, who were reported missing two weeks ago,...
‘Arrogance of power’: Taiwan’s Lai suffers sharp defeat as both recall bids fail
Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te has suffered his sharpest political defeat yet, as two waves of recall votes against opposition lawmakers collapsed in a...
Protests erupt in Jakarta over Indonesian lawmakers’ ‘excessive pay’
Police fired tear gas and used a water cannon to push back hundreds of demonstrators trying to break into Indonesia’s parliament building on Monday...
‘Terrifying’ Typhoon Kajiki batters Vietnam, blowing roofs off homes
Typhoon Kajiki brought torrential rains to Vietnam’s north central coast on Monday, felling trees and flooding homes, despite wind speeds tapering off from earlier...
Huawei restructures cloud unit to sharpen focus on AI amid tech war
Published: 7:16pm, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 7:20pm, 25 Aug 2025 Huawei Technologies has begun a major restructuring of its cloud computing unit as the Chinese...
Hong Kong’s MTR Corp tile procurement deal under scrutiny
Published: 7:03pm, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 7:47pm, 25 Aug 2025 The MTR Corporation is facing growing pressure to investigate a subcontractor’s procurement of Chinese-made tiles...
China vows to stand maritime ground as Vietnam ‘expands’ Spratlys construction
Published: 6:59pm, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 7:17pm, 25 Aug 2025 Beijing has vowed to defend its maritime rights after a US report that Vietnam has...
Hong Kong police officer acquitted of molesting, assaulting female subordinate
A Hong Kong police superintendent has been acquitted of molesting and assaulting his female subordinate four times over seven months last year, after a...