Hong Kong’s Asean charm offensive bags US$1.5 billion Malaysian bond listing
Hong Kong’s push to draw Southeast Asian companies and markets into its financing orbit has scored a milestone, with the Malaysian government preparing to...
Strong quake hits southern Japan, tsunami alert issued
Published: 3:50pm, 28 Jul 2026Updated: 4:47pm, 28 Jul 2026 Japan issued a tsunami alert after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the country’s southwest on Tuesday,...
China-made vessel carries record number of EVs in shipment from Shanghai to Europe
China has shipped a record number of electric vehicles (EVs) overseas from a Shanghai terminal, carried by a new generation of China-built car carrier...
Hong Kong tutorial centre owner gets 6 years, 4 months in jail for molesting 5 boys
Published: 2:49pm, 28 Jul 2026Updated: 3:33pm, 28 Jul 2026 The owner of a Hong Kong private tutorial centre that ceased operations has been jailed...
Hong Kong can learn from Beijing for revamp of public inquiry hotline: lawmakers
Published: 2:28pm, 28 Jul 2026Updated: 2:45pm, 28 Jul 2026 Hong Kong authorities should revamp their public inquiry hotline to better handle residents’ complaints by...
India spared worst of US ‘forced labour’ tariffs, but hard talks loom
Published: 2:25pm, 28 Jul 2026Updated: 3:27pm, 28 Jul 2026 India has been spared the worst of Washington’s latest tariff action, but analysts say much...
Myanmar approves death sentence in crackdown on scam centres
Myanmar’s military-backed parliament approved a law on Tuesday that authorises capital punishment for those who detain or violently coerce victims into working in online...
Chinese husband jumps into deep well to stay with wife after cicada hunt goes wrong
A woman in eastern China who was catching cicadas one evening with her husband accidentally fell into a sewage manhole, while the spouse, worried...
Holding by-election to replace disgraced lawmaker low priority, John Lee says
Published: 1:33pm, 28 Jul 2026Updated: 3:07pm, 28 Jul 2026 Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has indicated that a by-election to fill the legislative...