Japan’s Osaka Expo draws 25 million people despite initial hiccups
Japan’s World Expo Osaka is coming to an end on an unexpectedly high note on Monday, having drawn a record 25 million visitors despite...
‘Modern slavery’: child labour still common in Pakistan
From the age of 10, Amina has been scrubbing, sweeping and cooking in a middle-class home in Pakistan’s megacity of Karachi. Advertisement Like millions...
QBZ-191 assault rifle allows Chinese small arms to gain tactical and export edge
China’s small arms – less conspicuous than its cutting-edge fighter jets but just as significant – are undergoing a major transformation. Advertisement The QBZ-191...
China wife exposes husband’s 16-year affair as mistress shows up at family funeral
A woman in eastern China exposed her husband’s 16-year affair after she spotted his mistress dressed in mourning clothes at his father’s funeral, as...
Advance flu shots, Hong Kong doctors tell parents and schools after girl’s death
Published: 1:45pm, 13 Oct 2025Updated: 2:58pm, 13 Oct 2025 Hong Kong schools and parents should bring forward vaccination appointments for children and strengthen control...
Hamas releases 20 living hostages as Trump declares Gaza war over
Published: 1:28pm, 13 Oct 2025Updated: 4:59pm, 13 Oct 2025 Hamas handed over the 20 surviving Israeli hostages on Monday under a ceasefire agreement, as...
Malaysia calls off search for missing couple from China on Sabah dive island
The search for two Chinese tourists who went missing at Mantanani Besar Island, a dive island off Sabah’s coast in Malaysia, has been called...
Fury as Malaysia’s gang-rape suspects allowed to sit for exams
Malaysians have demanded that four students arrested for allegedly raping another pupil be suspended before they can take their final-year exams, in a case...
Li Auto CEO Hong Kong’s highest-paid executive, Webb-site shows
Published: 12:46pm, 13 Oct 2025Updated: 12:56pm, 13 Oct 2025 Chinese electric-vehicle maker Li Auto’s founder and CEO Li Xiang topped Hong Kong’s paid director...