Why North Korea’s wildlife is being hunted to the brink of extinction
Published: 8:00am, 6 Oct 2025Updated: 8:23am, 6 Oct 2025 From tigers and leopards to bears, otters and deer, North Korea’s forests are falling silent....
Hong Kong study finds giving girls toys aimed at boys can boost STEM skills
Published: 7:30am, 6 Oct 2025Updated: 7:34am, 6 Oct 2025 Playing with toys aimed at boys helps children develop spatial skills better than ones designed...
Hong Kong bolsters green finance hub role with new global building certificates
The Hong Kong Green Building Council recently started issuing international certificates for buildings overseas, which is expected to enable more international developers to secure...
Trump does not let government shutdown interfere with Navy’s 250th anniversary
Published: 7:12am, 6 Oct 2025Updated: 7:13am, 6 Oct 2025 US President Donald Trump did not let the government shutdown interfere with a stop in...
Martin Powers on how imperial China’s politics inform Western societies
Martin Powers, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, is a renowned art historian and sinologist specialising in the history of social justice in...
Ancient Pharaonic painting vanishes from Saqqara necropolis, Egypt says
Egyptian antiquities officials on Sunday said a Pharaonic painting has disappeared from the famed Saqqara necropolis just outside Cairo, becoming the latest artefact to...
China needs to chart a new course to become world’s largest importer
In 2009, China surpassed Germany to become the world’s largest exporter of goods, a position it has maintained for the past 16 years. This...
Released Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment by Israeli forces
Published: 5:17am, 6 Oct 2025Updated: 5:46am, 6 Oct 2025 Some of the activists detained while trying to reach Gaza by sea have returned to...
Alabama capital rocked by ‘mass shooting’ as rival gunmen open fire in crowd
Published: 4:24am, 6 Oct 2025Updated: 9:56am, 6 Oct 2025 Rival gunmen shot at each other in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama’s capital...