Chinese woman dates 20 men, asks for iPhones, sells them to help fund flat purchase
The recent disclosure of a scam involving a cross-dressing man posing as a woman has brought about the re-emergence of a previous case that...
Marcos has promised gifts galore. Can the Philippines afford them?
It felt like Christmas in July in the Philippines this week, as President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr delivered his State of the Nation Address on...
Woman, 35, to deny making false statement to secure Hong Kong study permit
A 35-year-old woman accused of falsely claiming to have studied at a top US university to secure a Hong Kong study permit plans to...
Why is Shenzhen adjusting China’s first pilot personal bankruptcy scheme?
Published: 12:45pm, 30 Jul 2025Updated: 12:57pm, 30 Jul 2025 The southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen plans to introduce a stricter supervisory mechanism for...
Ancient ‘lamp shells’ practised social distancing, fossil find in China reveals
Ancient “lamp shells” – bottom-dwelling invertebrates that once ruled the oceans – may have used hundreds of bristle-like structures to “social distance” in a...
Hong Kong police arrest 82, seize HK$9 million in anti-triad operation
Published: 11:07am, 30 Jul 2025Updated: 11:57am, 30 Jul 2025 Hong Kong police have arrested 82 people and seized HK$9 million (US$1.1 million) of cash...
Hong Kong stocks trade lower on disappointment over China–US trade negotiations
Concerns about trade tensions between China and the US drove Hong Kong stocks lower for a second day, as the world’s two largest economies...
China says Japan’s space defence guidelines ‘threaten security and stability’
China has hit out at Japan over its new space defence strategy, calling it a threat to security and stability. Advertisement Japan unveiled the...
Why Indonesians behaving badly in Japan fuels official concerns
A string of controversial incidents involving Indonesian nationals in Japan has fuelled talk of a looming ban on workers from the Southeast Asian nation,...