Lula secures surprise win to retain Brazil presidency
Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva staged a surprise comeback to secure a fourth term in office, extending a presidency that has overseen...
AI chip surge lifts South Korea to record surplus, behind only China
Published: 4:39pm, 26 Oct 2026Updated: 5:03pm, 26 Oct 2026 South Korea earned US$116.63 billion more from the world than it spent in the second...
China may well be the next big competitor for Asian migrant labour
For decades, China was one of the world’s largest sources of migrant labour. Its workers staffed factories at home and built infrastructure abroad. But...
What Hongkongers need to know about the latest changes to the MPF scheme
Hong Kong employees will have better control over the management of their compulsory retirement savings under the Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) starting from December...
‘Fed up’ Malaysian sultan rebukes scandal-hit pilgrimage fund, demands accountability
A Malaysian ruler has demanded accountability over the mismanagement of a pilgrimage fund, where a government rescue, criminal proceedings against former officials and half-hearted...
Could new US investment curbs complicate China’s biotech licensing surge?
Chinese biotech firms face fresh headwinds in their global expansion as Washington’s proposed outbound investment restrictions threaten to disrupt deal structures, even though drug...
Chinese video AI models beat US rivals in visual quality, but lag on safeguards: HKU study
Chinese AI video-generation models have surpassed leading US rivals in visual quality, but several fall behind in safety safeguards, according to researchers at the...
In Australia, Sydney’s second airport blows some passengers off course
Sydney’s new multibillion-dollar airport has already confused some travellers, with passengers mistaking the new facility for the Australian city’s existing airport and even booking...
930 evacuated, 1 injured as fire breaks out at Hong Kong waste-to-energy plant
Published: 3:18pm, 26 Oct 2026Updated: 3:21pm, 26 Oct 2026 A fire broke out on Monday at Hong Kong’s waste-to-energy incinerator on an artificial island...