Hong Kong’s economic losses from Ragasa may hit billions, experts say
Published: 8:30am, 26 Sep 2025Updated: 8:33am, 26 Sep 2025 Super Typhoon Ragasa may have resulted in billions of Hong Kong dollars in economic losses...
Pfizer’s Metsera acquisition to spur Chinese search for new weight drugs
American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s up to US$7.3 billion acquisition of next-generation weight loss drugs developer Metsera will encourage more research spending on innovative products...
Super typhoons, massive sinkholes: Asia grapples with sobering climate reality
Super Typhoon Ragasa’s trail of devastation across the Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and parts of mainland China has underscored the sobering risks Asia as...
Household income growth holds key to Chinese consumption hopes: ex-official
Published: 8:00am, 26 Sep 2025Updated: 8:05am, 26 Sep 2025 China should make greater efforts to boost household income over the next five years as...
China’s state-owned car giants embrace home-grown tech to dominate EV market
China’s state-owned carmakers are realigning their operations on the mainland, forming tie-ups with domestic partners after relying on foreign marques for decades, as they...
‘I’m innocent’: ex-FBI head Comey criminally charged as Trump targets critics
Published: 7:03am, 26 Sep 2025Updated: 9:50am, 26 Sep 2025 The US Justice Department filed criminal charges against former FBI director James Comey on Thursday,...
Gunman at Dallas ICE facility wanted to terrorise agents, officials say
The gunman who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas hated the US government and wanted to incite terror by...
Why weak links in China’s unrivalled supply chains may not exist in 5 years
Published: 6:00am, 26 Sep 2025Updated: 6:08am, 26 Sep 2025 As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of...
Trump hosts Erdogan as US considers lifting ban on F-35 sales to Turkey
US President Donald Trump held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday and signalled that the United States...