Eurovision to bar countries at war from hosting
Published: 3:26am, 13 Aug 2026Updated: 4:06am, 13 Aug 2026 Eurovision Song Contest organisers announced rule changes on Wednesday excluding any country in an armed...
1 killed in Israel’s first Gaza strike in over a week
Israel on Wednesday carried out its first air strike in more than a week in Gaza, both sides said, breaking a relative lull as...
Tourists rush to Mount Etna as it erupts, alarming Italian guides
Spectacular images of lava flowing down the slopes of an erupting Mount Etna have drawn flocks of tourists to the Italian volcano – to...
Zhu Rongji: reformer who led China’s economic transformation through ‘minefield or abyss’
“Regardless of what lies ahead – be it a minefield or a deep abyss – I will forge ahead unswervingly, dedicating my entire life...
Erdogan wants Turkey-Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact to draw more countries
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he hoped more countries would join a defence agreement signed last week between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and...
Hong Kong baby food producer recalls pastas over rice weevil scare
Published: 11:12pm, 12 Aug 2026Updated: 3:45am, 13 Aug 2026 A Hong Kong baby food producer has voluntarily recalled several products from store shelves as...
China is sending scientists to Iran for rare earth ‘exploration and processing’
Published: 11:00pm, 12 Aug 2026Updated: 11:42pm, 12 Aug 2026 China is expanding its scientific collaboration with Iran into the strategically sensitive field of rare...
Fearing deflated China demand, US soybean growers pivot to new buyers and biofuel
US soybean growers are “adapting” to a steep decline in China-bound exports by selling to third countries and the American biofuel sector, compensating enough...
Hong Kong’s subdivided flats are turning into heat traps. But what’s the fix?
Retiree Yang Fangxin’s 72 sq ft rooftop home, located on the ninth floor of a 62-year-old building in Sham Shui Po, has become a...