China cleaner inspired by university students gets into graduate school after year of self-study
A university cleaner in southwestern China has secured a place in a master’s programme after a year of self-study while raising two children. Li...
Hong Kong tycoon bets China will overtake US economy ‘in next decade or so’
Hong Kong property tycoon Gordon Wu Ying-sheung has predicted that China will overtake the US as the world’s largest economy in the next decade...
Magnitude 7.8 quake strikes Philippines with 1 killed, ‘many buildings’ damaged
Published: 8:26am, 8 Jun 2026Updated: 12:10pm, 8 Jun 2026 A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least one person, collapsing...
Japan prepares to drop its pacifist mask as the right rises
Japan appears to be edging ever closer to a referendum on its pacifist constitution, after a realignment of parliamentary forces delivered the supermajority needed...
Christian Eriksen ‘conscious’ after another on-field collapse in Denmark match
Christian Eriksen was conscious and undergoing further tests in hospital after collapsing on the field again while playing for Denmark’s national team on Sunday...
Hong Kong police warn World Cup fans against using overseas betting sites
Hong Kong police have warned football fans that using overseas betting websites could breach local gambling laws even if the platforms claim to be...
European powers back Zelensky’s call for summit with Putin
Published: 6:22am, 8 Jun 2026Updated: 11:45am, 8 Jun 2026 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received the backing of the leaders of the UK, France and...
China adds warheads as nuclear powers ‘walk away’ from disarmament: SIPRI
China expanded its nuclear warhead stockpile over the past year and might have increased the number deployed with operational forces, a Swedish think tank...
Nobel laureate James Heckman on the value of risk-taking, and China’s ‘common goal’
Published: 6:00am, 8 Jun 2026Updated: 11:21am, 8 Jun 2026 James Heckman is the Henry Schultz distinguished service professor of economics and public policy and...