Tributes flow in as Hong Kong mourns Tung Chee-hwa, pioneering first leader
Hong Kong is mourning the death of Tung Chee-hwa, the city’s first leader after its return to Chinese sovereignty and a respected elder statesman,...
Police widen criminal probe into Reform UK over foreign funding claims
British police said on Wednesday a criminal investigation into the populist Reform UK party would be widened to include allegations made in a documentary...
Indonesia’s wildfire emissions surge to world’s highest, data shows
Indonesia is facing a surge in emissions from wildfires burning through parched stretches of forest and peatland on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra,...
Tung Chee-hwa hailed as visionary leader who helped build US-China relations
Published: 11:08pm, 9 Sep 2026Updated: 11:13pm, 9 Sep 2026 Hong Kong’s first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, who died on Tuesday, has been lauded as...
Japan’s China-facing military build-up confronts labour, budget and political limits
Published: 11:00pm, 9 Sep 2026Updated: 11:22pm, 9 Sep 2026 The risk of a conflict over Taiwan is shaping Japanese defence planning, with Tokyo shoring...
14 killed as explosion rocks Syria arms depot: authorities
An explosion at an arms depot in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province killed 14 people on Wednesday, the local health department said, without specifying the...
Singapore’s DBS sued for US$1 billion in alleged 1MDB-linked claim
Published: 10:12pm, 9 Sep 2026Updated: 10:39pm, 9 Sep 2026 Singapore’s DBS Bank is being sued for an estimated S$1.298 billion (US$1.03 billion) in damages...
US scrambles to match China’s air-breathing hypersonic missiles with Darpa programme
A year after China unveiled the world’s first operational air-breathing hypersonic missiles, the United States is launching a programme to double down on developing...
EU plan aims to help cities crack down on Airbnb, holiday rentals
European cities will gain more leeway to curb short-term rentals such as Airbnb under new EU plans that aim to bring down housing costs...