‘Nothing will change’: Gen Z Filipinos’ faith in the future is fading
Published: 11:57am, 3 Sep 2025Updated: 12:49pm, 3 Sep 2025 On humid afternoons in Balanga, a few hours west of Manila, 23-year-old communication arts major...
Thailand acting leader moves to dissolve parliament to block rival’s PM bid
Published: 11:31am, 3 Sep 2025Updated: 12:22pm, 3 Sep 2025 Thailand’s acting prime minister has moved to dissolve parliament, his party said on Wednesday, after...
One of Earth’s biggest icebergs is breaking up, could disappear in weeks
Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked among the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart in warmer...
Why Labubu craze is just the start of China’s branding boom
Call them China’s Sputnik moments: DeepSeek. BYD and Xiaomi cars. A robot Olympics in Beijing. Huawei’s resurgence. And Labubu. Advertisement Labubu did its job....
Jungkook warns fans he will ‘lock in’ intruders after stalker breaks into home
BTS member Jungkook has vowed strong action against repeated invasions of his privacy after a woman was arrested for breaking into his home. Advertisement...
China influencer builds mini underground for cats; video gets 100 million views
A handicraft influencer from central China has spent four months building a mini underground station for his cats. Advertisement Some netizens suspected the feline...
China parades new weapons in show of ‘strategic ace’ deterrence – as it happened
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Why has Hong Kong women’s life expectancy hit record high? What about the men?
A higher level of engagement in society is among the reasons Hong Kong women’s life expectancy has reached a record high, experts have said,...
‘No easy solutions’: did Indonesia’s Prabowo inherit a poisoned chalice?
Indonesia’s wave of unrest has put President Prabowo Subianto under intense pressure less than a year into his term, as he grapples with deep-seated...