Hong Kong invests HK$30 million in water pipe robots to detect leaks
Published: 7:35pm, 1 Sep 2025Updated: 7:36pm, 1 Sep 2025 Hong Kong authorities have invested HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) in developing water pipe robots, modelled...
Taiwan taps young blood for security council as it faces Beijing and Trump
Taiwan has injected new blood from the younger generation into its security team as it seeks to tackle growing threats from Beijing and navigate...
SMIC to take full control of chip foundry as China’s fab industry consolidates
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s largest contract chipmaker, said it planned to buy all of a foundry it controls as the nation’s fab...
Singapore issues correction order to US comedian over censorship claims
A correction order under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) has been issued to US comedian Sammy Obeid after a row...
Xi, Putin and Modi are grinning and smiling, but at whom?
Published: 6:11pm, 1 Sep 2025Updated: 6:50pm, 1 Sep 2025 Three major world powers – China, India and Russia – all with various frictions with...
China nurse leaves kids in dash to save life of epileptic man at railway station
A nurse in China who bit off her fake nails and dashed hundreds of metres in a railway station to save a man who...
Japan and South Korea face record heat as climate change bites
Japan and South Korea sweltered this year through the hottest summers since records began, their weather agencies said on Monday. Advertisement Temperatures the world...
India’s ‘dead economy’ growth hailed, but Trump’s tariffs pose risks
India’s stronger-than-expected economic growth of 7.8 per cent in the April–June quarter has been hailed by leaders as a resounding retort to US President...
Chinese scientists’ discovery may pave the way for self-charging smartwatches
Chinese scientists have created the world’s first rubber band that converts body heat into electricity, potentially paving the way for smartwatches and other wearable...