Hong Kong’s first astronaut to give live space lecture to students on Wednesday
First Hong Kong astronaut Lai Ka-ying will deliver a live lecture from space to students and teachers at her alma mater on Wednesday morning,...
To match China’s economy, India must accept its investment
Although President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a brief exchange last week at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek,...
Malaysian woman who stabbed boyfriend to death over sex demand gets 12 years
A Malaysian court has nearly doubled jail time for a woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death for demanding sex after ruling that the...
A year on, Nepal remembers 76 lives lost in protests that ousted government
Dozens of young people congregated at Nepal’s burnt-out parliament building on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of deadly anti-corruption protests that toppled the former...
China rallies Central Asian police chiefs on terrorism threats, energy and trade
China’s top police officer has pledged deeper cooperation with his Central Asian counterparts to crack down on terrorism, separatism and extremism, while strengthening measures...
Thieves steal art worth millions from Renoir Museum in France
Published: 3:54pm, 8 Sep 2026Updated: 4:10pm, 8 Sep 2026 Two thieves broke into a museum dedicated to French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in southern...
Philippine ex-speaker stashed billions of pesos ‘he could no longer hide’: prosecutors
Martin Romualdez, a cousin of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, accumulated so much wealth over the past three years that he had to convert...
Australian group calls for ties with US ‘war machine’ to be severed
A grass-roots group associated with Australia’s ruling Labor Party has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government to break from “the American war machine”...
Eager capital prompts IPO plans for more Chinese makers of brain-computer interfaces
A handful of home-grown Chinese companies involved in brain computer interfaces (BCIs) are moving towards initial public offerings (IPOs) on onshore markets, taking advantage...