2 volunteers die during rescue after boat capsizes off Australia’s New South Wales coast
Published: 10:29am, 5 May 2026Updated: 12:45pm, 5 May 2026 Two marine rescue volunteers died after their boat capsized while attempting to help a yacht...
Hong Kong should study how Singapore awards infrastructure contracts
As Hong Kong prepares for another major push in public works, one question deserves far more attention than it has received: are we buying...
China fireworks factory explosion kills 21, injures more than 60 people
Published: 9:12am, 5 May 2026Updated: 9:35am, 5 May 2026 A fireworks factory explosion in Liuyang, Hunan province on Monday has killed 21 people and...
AI helps Singapore’s Grab woo tough Southeast Asian crowd, exceed expectations
Singapore’s Grab reported first-quarter profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates, helped by resilient demand for ride hailing and delivery in a market rattled by economic...
China’s fight to keep Darwin Port could help fragile Sino-Australian relations: analysts
Chinese multinational company Landbridge Group’s legal claim regarding Darwin Port – the first case ever brought against Australia at the international tribunal – is...
Ex-China soldier escapes Myanmar fraud centre by scaling wall, masking scent with cow dung
An ex-Chinese soldier has told how he escaped a Myanmar scam hub after scaling a wall, applying cow dung to mask his scent and...
What the public inquiry into deadly Tai Po blaze has revealed so far
The independent committee tasked with investigating Hong Kong’s deadly Tai Po blaze has finished 21 sessions of evidential hearings in three rounds, pointing to...
Penang’s cemetery tours spur interest in pioneers, colonial history
The sounds of passing cars and birds chirping broke the morning stillness at Penang’s Northam Road Protestant Cemetery as visitors began filtering in after...
China’s robots step into real-world roles, from cleaning to directing traffic
Robots are beginning to reshape everyday life in China as the country accelerates its embrace of embodied artificial intelligence, handling tasks from cleaning homes...