Xi’s leverage ahead of Trump meet, Hong Kong schools: 5 weekend reads you missed
Published: 12:30pm, 11 May 2026Updated: 1:22pm, 11 May 2026 We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed...
How Philippine prison kingpins ran Japan, South Korea crime rings
The prison cell, it turns out, is no obstacle to running a criminal empire. All you need is a smartphone, an encrypted messaging app...
A big step forward for optical core of China’s Taiji gravitational wave project
In the sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem, humans build “gravitational wave antennas” to broadcast to the cosmos. Now, Chinese scientists have made a step...
Teenager charged after assault on Singaporean blogger Amos Yee at anime event
A teenager was charged on Monday with assaulting controversial blogger Amos Yee over the weekend at an anime convention in Singapore. Bosco Chun Ho...
Singaporean killed in Dukono eruption ‘didn’t go for social media’: family
Speaking about her stepbrother Timothy Heng, Tessa Oh said that his family knew him to be someone who put others before himself and showed...
Hong Kong may broaden at-risk elderly support after recent deaths, minister says
Published: 10:00am, 11 May 2026Updated: 10:30am, 11 May 2026 Hong Kong authorities may widen support to cover more younger elderly residents to bolster protection,...
Hong Kong right to move to extend long arm of the law to claw machines
You can’t buy happiness, they say. But we “buy” dopamine fixes all the time. Just whip out the smartphone and we easily go down...
China confirms dates for President Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing
Published: 9:04am, 11 May 2026Updated: 10:57am, 11 May 2026 US President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to China from May 13 to...
Thailand’s Thaksin steps out of jail into landscape where old rivals hold sway
Published: 9:00am, 11 May 2026Updated: 1:26pm, 11 May 2026 Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Monday after serving eight...