Hong Kong can help take yuan global and build Sino-French ties: business leaders
Published: 6:06pm, 8 Oct 2025Updated: 6:59pm, 8 Oct 2025 Hong Kong’s dual status as an international financial centre and offshore renminbi trading hub allows...
Japan engineer goes viral with anime hairstyle, 253 patents, 170kg bench press
A Japanese engineer at Honda has captured online fame for his striking, anime-inspired hairstyle that stands out in the car industry. Advertisement Shotaro Odate...
Trio win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for new form of molecular architecture
Published: 5:58pm, 8 Oct 2025Updated: 6:37pm, 8 Oct 2025 Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M Yaghi won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry...
Indonesian governor’s plan to shame ‘laziest’ staff on social media spurs debate
Published: 5:40pm, 8 Oct 2025Updated: 5:48pm, 8 Oct 2025 An Indonesian official is planning to shame the “laziest” civil servants in his province on...
Philippines and Japan signal defence pact’s depth via aid to quake-hit Cebu
The Philippines and Japan have activated their new defence pact through a joint mission focused on delivering humanitarian aid following the deadly earthquake in...
Pentagon nominee hints at Aukus changes, says Taiwan should ‘pay its way’
The Aukus defence technology-sharing pact between the US, Britain and Australia could be made more “sustainable”, according to the Donald Trump administration’s pick as...
15 killed in India after landslide topples bus amid extreme rain
At least 15 people were killed late on Tuesday after debris from a massive landslide hit a bus in India’s northern state of Himachal...
Brics is slowly but surely chipping away at US dollar dominance
The United States’ use of its currency as a foreign policy tool has jolted much of the Global South. Sanctions, financial restrictions and US...
Singapore executes Malaysian diamorphine trafficker Pannir Selvam
Singapore has executed 38-year-old Malaysian Pannir Selvam Pranthaman for smuggling drugs into the island republic in 2014. Advertisement Singapore-based non-governmental organisation Transformative Justice Collective...