Trump picks Richard Grenell as envoy for special missions
Published: 9:10am, 15 Dec 2024Updated: 10:22am, 15 Dec 2024 US president-elect Donald Trump on Saturday said his former intelligence chief Richard Grenell would run...
From Teresa Teng to Chiung Yao: Taiwan’s lost age of cultural sway over mainland China
When news broke earlier this month of the death of Taiwanese writer Chiung Yao, mainland fan Nicole Li was flooded with childhood memories of...
Hongkongers in England, Wales extend record birth numbers under BN(O) scheme
Hongkongers in England and Wales had more than 2,120 babies last year, extending their record high figures since the introduction of a bespoke immigration...
China mistress sues woman who refused to divorce husband after receiving US$165,000 from her
A Chinese mistress paid a “divorce fee” of 1.2 million yuan (US$165,000) to the legal wife of her married lover, only to have her...
Forget ‘night vibes’, Hong Kong needs tourism lessons from Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul
Global tourism has staged a dramatic comeback from the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 1.1 billion international tourists recorded in the first nine...
Will AI enhance or undermine Asia’s elections?
Across Asia, the rise of artificial intelligence is posing a dilemma for democracy. From the Philippines to South Korea, governments and politicians are grappling...
Isak Andic, founder of Spain’s Mango fashion chain, dies after falling in ravine: reports
Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish clothing retailer Mango, one of Europe’s largest fashion groups, with nearly 2,800 stores worldwide, died on Saturday in...
ABC to pay US$15 million to Trump library to settle defamation suit
ABC News has agreed to pay US$15 million toward Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle a lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion...
Chinese laser scientist ‘Crazy Li’ arms small drones with metal-cutting beam
A squad of fully armed soldiers follow closely behind a Humvee armoured vehicle, cautiously advancing through the ruins of an urban battlefield. About a...