China’s Tongji University punishes top cancer researcher Wang Ping for misconduct
A top Chinese university has taken disciplinary action against its leading cancer researcher after finding academic misconduct in a 2025 Nature study. The study,...
Iran war threatens next harvest, UN official says. Which countries are most at risk?
Conflict in the Middle East is threatening the coming planting season, a UN official has warned, as countries already reeling from fertiliser shortages and...
Private firms can help stop Western sanctions from ‘strangling’ China’s military: general
The Chinese military must increase the private sector’s role in research to prevent Western sanctions from “strangling” the country’s efforts at defence innovation, a...
Rubio meets Pope Leo at Vatican to defuse tensions with Trump
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio left the Vatican on Thursday after seeing Pope Leo in what was expected to have been a fraught...
Why Beijing wants provinces to find their own ‘productive forces’
As Beijing increasingly sees the country as a chessboard, the central government is no longer simply asking every province to grow faster; it wants...
India’s military turns to green energy options as Iran war prompts new strategy
Published: 7:47pm, 7 May 2026Updated: 7:53pm, 7 May 2026 India’s military is exploring alternative energy sources amid surging oil and gas prices caused by...
Appeals court overturns murder conviction of man who killed girlfriend, orders retrial
A Hong Kong appellate court has quashed the murder conviction of a jobless man who allegedly beat his girlfriend to death and hid her...
Hong Kong restaurants can apply from May 18 to become dog-friendly venues
Published: 6:54pm, 7 May 2026Updated: 6:56pm, 7 May 2026 Hong Kong restaurants will be able to apply for licences from May 18 to allow...
Nations race to trace passengers of hantavirus-hit cruise ship
Countries worldwide scrambled on Thursday to trace people who had left the cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak before it got marooned off...