Chikungunya vaccine suspended by US after ‘serious’ side effects emerge
US health authorities have suspended the licence for the Ixchiq vaccine against the chikungunya virus following reports of “serious adverse events”, the drug’s French...
Chinese President Xi Jinping sends independence day greetings to Ukraine
Published: 6:00pm, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 6:07pm, 25 Aug 2025 Chinese President Xi Jinping sent his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky a message to mark the...
Japanese woman lives off parents for 8 years, demands ‘star-chasing allowance’
Published: 6:00pm, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 6:11pm, 25 Aug 2025 A well-educated 38-year-old woman from Japan has been financially dependent on her parents for eight...
Hong Kong researchers develop AI model that can detect fertile sperm
A team of Hong Kong researchers has developed an artificial intelligence model that can identify fertile sperm more accurately compared with traditional methods, paving...
Israel strikes Gaza hospital, killing 15, including 4 journalists
Published: 5:35pm, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 6:42pm, 25 Aug 2025 Gaza’s civil defence agency said four journalists were among at least 15 people killed on...
China ups e-commerce delivery fees to stave off harmful price spirals
China’s express delivery industry is responding to a broad government push to limit downward price spirals by raising courier fees in e-commerce hubs, a...
Elon Musk’s xAI joins open-source AI race against China
US tech billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI has open-sourced Grok 2.5, an earlier version of its model series, intensifying the global race...
‘A lot of debt’: who will pay for Malaysia’s US$24 million Gaza aid pledge?
Malaysia’s plan to send 100 million ringgit (US$24 million) in aid to Gaza has become a lightning rod for economic anxieties as Malaysians weigh...
China bets on AI to pump trillions into economy amid national computing push
China is banking on artificial intelligence (AI) to become a new growth engine, and there are projections that it could add several trillion yuan...