‘Belongs to everyone’: wheelchair dancers move beyond boundaries in Hong Kong
At a rehearsal studio in Hong Kong on an early February morning, a group of 12 dancers gathered around a table, hands on deck...
EU bans Chinese bodies from critical tech programmes, including AI and chips
Researchers in China have been excluded from the European Union’s most advanced collaborative technology programmes. However, specialists in the sectors affected say the impact...
5 European nations to make drones by tapping Ukraine’s war experience
Five European nations have announced a new programme to produce low-cost air defence systems and autonomous drones using Ukrainian expertise hard-won over the past...
Views of corruption in Philippines worsen as ‘grease money’ dents confidence
The Philippines has fallen in a global corruption perception ranking, as allegations of financial wrongdoings and court cases surrounding a multibillion-peso flood-control programme have...
Why the IMF is right to press Japan on its fiscal risks
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is at last showing a bit of spirit. While it might not yet be attacking the egregious economic and...
The rail ahead: as high-speed lines saturate China, how far can their global reach extend?
Chinese railway giants look set to scout Eurasia in the years ahead to build high-speed train lines as the domestic market matures and some...
‘Incredible’: China cabby drives foreign influencers on 4,000-km trip sees snow for first time
Two China-based foreign influencers who hired a taxi driver to take them on a 4,000-kilometre trip from the south to the north of the...
Hong Kong to spend HK$6.8 billion buying back fire-ravaged Tai Po flats
Hong Kong authorities will spend about HK$6.8 billion (US$870 million) to buy back homes damaged in the deadly Tai Po fire from flat owners,...
Unearthed temple in Nepal sheds new light on Buddha’s early life
Nepal’s Lumbini has long anchored the Buddhist pilgrimage map as the Buddha’s birthplace. Nearby, however, stand the fortified ruins of Tilaurakot – believed to...