Singaporean chip tool maker ASMPT sees steady growth amid AI infrastructure boom
ASMPT, a Singapore-based semiconductor equipment manufacturer listed in Hong Kong, sees steady long-term growth for the company, as the roll-out of more data centres...
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve bill for tougher misconduct penalties
Published: 7:13pm, 23 Jul 2025Updated: 7:33pm, 23 Jul 2025 Hong Kong lawmakers have unanimously given the green light for a bill that will expand...
Reusable cups at Kai Tak will undermine Hong Kong’s green efforts: tourism chief
Published: 7:03pm, 23 Jul 2025Updated: 7:14pm, 23 Jul 2025 Hong Kong authorities have pushed back against a call to use reusable plastic containers at...
What the new US trade deal with Japan means for other Asian allies
A fresh trade deal between Washington and Tokyo, with Japan pledging investments in the US and opening up its long-protected agricultural sector in exchange...
China names Zhejiang-born Ling Zhifeng to head the Special Service Bureau
In a reshuffle of China’s top police agency, a public security chief who has crossed career paths with some of the country’s senior leaders,...
Malaysian security guard says ‘hit me’, counts cost of viral knockout
A security guard in a block of flats in Malaysia thought he had the upper hand when he challenged a resident smaller than him,...
Alibaba unleashes Qwen3 coding model for developers to push AI agent adoption
Alibaba Group Holding is looking to ratchet up the high-performance development of artificial intelligence (AI) agents, with Wednesday’s release of a new open-source coder...
Indonesian ex-minister’s jail term: corruption or ‘politically’ motivated?
A recent prison sentence for a former Indonesian trade minister has raised eyebrows over alleged political motivations, given the defendant’s loyalty to an opposition...
China GLP-1 drug study suggests pound rebound likely after treatment
A Chinese analysis of prescription anti-obesity medications has added to evidence that people who use popular GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic to shed pounds...