No joy for Australia’s Albanese as opposition slams ‘antisemitic’ T-shirt
Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley on Tuesday condemned Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for wearing a Joy Division T-shirt despite the origin of the UK...
Time for China to set an explicit household consumption target
The Chinese planning season is in full swing. Ahead of the formal release of the 15th five-year plan (running from 2026 to 2030) next...
Ex-teacher gets 2½ years’ jail in Hong Kong for obscene acts with son, child porn
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a former teacher to 2½ years in jail for engaging in obscene acts with her son and producing...
Japan’s PM slammed for ‘currying favour’ with Trump over Nobel Peace Prize plan
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has been accused of “taking flattery to the extreme” after she informed US President Donald Trump on Tuesday about...
150 tonnes of donkey skin among HK$200 million smuggling bust in Hong Kong
Hong Kong customs has uncovered two major sea smuggling cases, seizing suspected illicit goods worth about HK$200 million (US$25 million), including 150 tonnes of...
‘RoboCop’? Chinese policeman beats paralysis with spinal interface implant
In the 1987 American action film RoboCop, protagonist Alex Murphy is a police officer in a dystopian 21st-century Detroit when he is mortally wounded...
Hong Kong building quality won’t fall by allowing mainland standards: minister
Published: 3:00pm, 28 Oct 2025Updated: 3:08pm, 28 Oct 2025 Hong Kong’s construction quality will remain world-class, even as authorities introduce more materials and standards...
Ex-mother-in-law of Hong Kong’s Abby Choi jailed for 1½ years for obstruction
The former mother-in-law of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has been jailed for 1½ years for obstructing a police investigation into her...
Jurassic spark: Dobot revives feathered dinosaur to take robotics beyond the factory floor
Shenzhen-based robotics company Dobot has unveiled a lifelike robotic recreation of Sinosauropteryx – a small, feathered dinosaur that lived around 130 million years ago...