Research reveals mismatch between China’s fertility incentives, local birth rates
How much do financial incentives and other means of support influence the decision to have children, or how many to have? In China, the...
What on earth is a 1,900-year-old Roman grave marker doing in a US garden?
An American family cleaning up their overgrown backyard in New Orleans made an extremely unusual find: under the weeds was a mysterious marble tablet...
Trump’s latest tariffs trigger record cryptocurrency liquidations
Cryptocurrency market traders have been hit by record liquidations just days after bitcoin hit a fresh all-time high, with volatility triggered in large part...
Across Mexico, deadly downpours and flooding kill at least 27
Published: 12:08pm, 11 Oct 2025Updated: 12:10pm, 11 Oct 2025 Heavy rainfall in Mexico has left at least 27 people dead and more missing, authorities...
Canada rejected 160 Hongkonger work permits from 2021 to 2024 over false claims
About 160 Hongkongers were denied work permits under a bespoke Canadian migration pathway between 2021 and 2024 due to fraudulent information, according to the...
China’s lesson for the US: it takes more than chips to win the AI race
Published: 12:00pm, 11 Oct 2025Updated: 12:05pm, 11 Oct 2025 When Alibaba Group Holding’s CEO Eddie Wu Yongming took the stage at the company’s annual...
‘Nothing left’: Palestinians return to rubble in Gaza as truce takes effect
Published: 11:19am, 11 Oct 2025Updated: 11:46am, 11 Oct 2025 Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on...
Damaged coral reefs in Hong Kong may take years to recover, green groups warn
Damaged coral reefs in a Unesco-listed geopark in Hong Kong may take years to recover, environmentalists have warned, after a government investigation found that...
South Korea’s president causes a stir with cooking show cameo amid fire crisis
South Korea’s Chuseok harvest festival, typically a time of national celebration, has been overshadowed by political mudslinging after President Lee Jae-myung’s appearance on a...