Will AI enhance or undermine Asia’s elections?
Across Asia, the rise of artificial intelligence is posing a dilemma for democracy. From the Philippines to South Korea, governments and politicians are grappling...
Isak Andic, founder of Spain’s Mango fashion chain, dies after falling in ravine: reports
Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish clothing retailer Mango, one of Europe’s largest fashion groups, with nearly 2,800 stores worldwide, died on Saturday in...
ABC to pay US$15 million to Trump library to settle defamation suit
ABC News has agreed to pay US$15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion...
Chinese laser scientist ‘Crazy Li’ arms small drones with metal-cutting beam
A squad of fully armed soldiers follow closely behind a Humvee armoured vehicle, cautiously advancing through the ruins of an urban battlefield. About a...
Innovation, fostering unity among tasks for Hong Kong’s John Lee: observers
Hong Kong’s leader has three pressing challenges following his duty visit to Beijing, observers have said – fostering social unity, promoting innovative decision-making and...
US, regional diplomats discuss Syria’s future, Arabs seek assurances from Turkey
Top diplomats from the United States, Turkey, the European Union and Arab nations met in Jordan on Saturday for talks on Syria as regional...
Hong Kong cyclists and minibus driver stop traffic with heated dispute
A group of cyclists and a minibus driver had a fiery exchange of words in a dispute on a busy road in Hong Kong’s...
Japanese women join the sake industry despite traditional exclusions
Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi checks the temperature of the mixture fermenting at her family’s 150-year-old sake brewery, Koten, nestled...
Cyborg cockroaches can now be mass-produced in a robotic factory. Pleasant dreams
Researchers have taken the concept of cyborg insects to the next level – automated mass production that could turn out cybernetically controlled bugs every...