Netanyahu orders West Bank closure after attack on Israelis ends in gun battle
Published: 4:29pm, 23 Oct 2026Updated: 5:25pm, 23 Oct 2026 Palestinian militants wounded five Israelis in an attack on Friday before being killed in a...
Hong Kong marks hottest ‘Frost’ solar term on record at 32.3 degrees Celsius
Hong Kong recorded its highest-ever temperature for the traditional Chinese calendar’s “Frost” solar term on Friday, with the weather forecaster warning of a very...
Typhoon Champi grounds hundreds of Taiwan flights, threatens Shanghai and Japan
Published: 4:00pm, 23 Oct 2026Updated: 7:34pm, 23 Oct 2026 Flight disruptions and cancellations surged across East Asia as Typhoon Champi approached Taiwan on Friday,...
China’s humanoid robots hunt for work in South Korea as Seoul bets on physical AI
This article was first published by The Korea Times in a partnership with the South China Morning Post. Chinese humanoid robot makers are accelerating...
Malaysia’s oil-rich Sarawak heads to polls, forcing Anwar into yet another federal test
Published: 3:51pm, 23 Oct 2026Updated: 3:52pm, 23 Oct 2026 Malaysia’s oil-rich Sarawak state will dissolve its assembly on Monday in a test of political...
China’s head transplant advocate Ren Xiaoping completes landmark spinal surgery in Russia
Published: 3:44pm, 23 Oct 2026Updated: 3:50pm, 23 Oct 2026 Ren Xiaoping, who once vowed to perform the world’s first human head transplant, has operated...
Hong Kong constable paralysed in 2005 knife attack laid to rest with full honours
Published: 3:42pm, 23 Oct 2026Updated: 6:47pm, 23 Oct 2026 Hong Kong’s top government officials and police officers paid their final respects on Friday to...
WHO warns Africa faces ‘complex’ Ebola outbreak as virus reaches Nigeria
The World Health Organization has warned that Africa faced a “complex” Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, marking the...
Typhoon Champi disrupts more than 70 flights between Hong Kong and Taiwan
Published: 2:39pm, 23 Oct 2026Updated: 6:32pm, 23 Oct 2026 More than 70 flights between Hong Kong and Taiwan have been cancelled as Typhoon Champi...