HK$90 million spent on Hong Kong pay-as-you-throw scheme ‘not wasted’: minister
Published: 1:00pm, 4 Oct 2025Updated: 1:28pm, 4 Oct 2025 Hong Kong’s environment minister has defended the spending of HK$90 million (US$11.6 million) on promoting...
Pakistan offers US port access for critical minerals deal: report
Advisers to Pakistani army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir have approached US officials with an offer to build and run a port on the...
Hong Kong hotels packed for National Day break. So why is the industry worried?
Hong Kong’s hotels recorded occupancy rates of more than 80 per cent in the first three days of the National Day “golden week” holiday...
Saudi-Pakistan defence pact poses nuclear dilemma for China
Saudi Arabia’s recent mutual defence pact with nuclear-armed Pakistan is widely seen as a strategic move by the kingdom as it seeks alternatives to...
Hamas ready for peace as Israel prepares ‘immediate implementation’ of Trump plan
US President Donald Trump told Israel on Friday to immediately stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms...
‘New era’: Japan’s LDP elects Sanae Takaichi, poised to be first female PM
Published: 10:49am, 4 Oct 2025Updated: 3:02pm, 4 Oct 2025 Conservative Sanae Takaichi hailed a “new era” on Saturday after winning the leadership of Japan’s...
Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: designer’s fly larvae system recycles food waste
Hong Kong designer-turned-entrepreneur Rosie Chan Man-wai has developed a recycling system that uses black soldier fly larvae and smart automation to turn food waste...
Call to remove Yasukuni’s war criminals sparks right-wing anger in Japan
A leading contender to become Japan’s next prime minister has sparked backlash from conservatives after suggesting the removal of Class A war criminals from...
China’s drug developers stretch to become a global force
When Zhao Hong, chief doctor of China’s leading cancer hospital at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, told his fellow delegates at a Communist...