Death toll rises to 44 after days of torrential rains, floods in Mexico
At least 44 people were killed in Mexico after days of heavy rains and flooding, the government said on Sunday. Advertisement Torrential rains from...
China’s Wingtech says Dutch court freezes control of Nexperia amid ‘national security’ dispute
In a move that could dent China’s relations with the European Union, Chinese technology company Wingtech said control of its Dutch subsidiary Nexperia has...
US trade envoy Jamieson Greer calls China’s new rare earths curb a ‘power grab’
Published: 1:05am, 13 Oct 2025Updated: 1:14am, 13 Oct 2025 US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Sunday that the US reached out to China...
Deputy director of Beijing office overseeing Hong Kong meets media delegation
The new deputy chief of the central government’s liaison office in Hong Kong has made his public debut, meeting a media delegation from the...
Photographs and fingerprints: Europe begins automated border checks
From Sunday, non-EU travellers entering Europe’s Schengen open-borders zone will be photographed and fingerprinted at border crossings, as the European Union rolls out its...
Man arrested at Hong Kong station after 13kg of cocaine found in suitcase
Published: 10:39pm, 12 Oct 2025Updated: 10:51pm, 12 Oct 2025 Police have arrested a man at a railway station in northern Hong Kong after discovering...
Coming home? Israel expects last hostages to be released early on Monday
Published: 10:27pm, 12 Oct 2025Updated: 10:53pm, 12 Oct 2025 Israel expects all hostages held in Gaza to be freed early on Monday, a spokeswoman...
Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid intensify as winter approaches
Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight into Sunday, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter. Advertisement This came as...
Hong Kong urges children to get vaccine jabs as flu kills unvaccinated girl, 13
Published: 9:00pm, 12 Oct 2025Updated: 9:33pm, 12 Oct 2025 A 13-year-old girl who had not received the seasonal influenza vaccination has died in hospital...