Singapore raises air-con temperatures in public spaces to save energy amid fuel crisis
Government facilities in Singapore will take steps to reduce electricity consumption to boost the nation’s energy resili...
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Mining revolution: China’s 500-tonne ‘underground carrier’ tunnels a kilometre to mine ore
The fearsome-sounding “Gangtie Jiliang” is designed to do what no machine has ever done before: delve straight down, kil...
China woman, 89, climbs from 27th to 21st floor of building to escape locked bedroom goes viral
A brave 89-year-old grandmother climbed from the 27th to the 21st floor on her building’s outer wall after accidentally ...
Hong Kong halts raw oyster sales from French brand over possible gastroenteritis link
Hong Kong food safety authorities have ordered an immediate halt to the sale of oysters from a French brand after the pr...
US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to cause major fuel price drop: Hong Kong economists
A two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran is unlikely to significantly ease fuel prices in the near term w...
China biotech flow picks up as Everest seals US$250 million deal
China’s biopharmaceutical sector is seeing an uptick in deal-making, with sovereign wealth funds from Singapore and the ...
Frustration, speculation mount in Japan as search for missing boy drags on
Frustration and desperation are growing in Japan amid a search for an 11-year-old boy who disappeared more than two week...
China-backed solar project powers up in Laos amid Iran war energy shock
China has completed one of Southeast Asia’s largest solar power projects in Laos, at a time when regional economies are ...
North Korea tests electromagnetic weapon and carbon fibre bomb: state media
North Korea conducted a slew of new weapons tests, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said, including one involvin...
AI fuels global trade growth as China-US flows shift, McKinsey finds
Artificial intelligence has emerged as the driving force behind global trade growth, fuelled by a surge in data-centre b...
Chile exposes smuggling ring that shipped US$917m in stolen copper to Chinese buyers
Chinese buyers were the end destination of a five-year smuggling pipeline that drained an estimated US$917 million worth...
Iran war: is the US shifting away from its strategy of precision strikes?
Whether the US-Israeli war on Iran wraps up quickly or drags on, the repercussions will be felt for years, reshaping war...
Bondi won’t appear before US lawmakers over Epstein files, Justice Department says
Former US attorney general Pam Bondi does not plan to appear for a planned interview with a House of Representatives com...
Asia’s flood of cheap Ozempic generics opens gates to weight-loss abuse
As Asia grappled with the impact of the Iran war, a major pharmaceutical milestone quietly made the headlines. On March ...
Thailand confirms deaths of 3 cargo ship crew in Gulf attack
Thailand’s foreign minister confirmed on Wednesday the deaths of three Thai crew members of a cargo ship struck by Iran ...
Macron greets French detainees back in Paris after ‘terrible ordeal’ in Iran
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday welcomed two French nationals who returned to Paris after spending almost four ye...
Israel says battle in Lebanon continues despite Iran war truce
Israel renewed its strikes in southern Lebanon and urged residents in parts of Beirut to evacuate on Wednesday, after Is...
Easter box office takings twice that of 2025 break despite exodus of Hongkongers
Despite the net outflow of Hongkongers over Easter, cinema box office takings over the first four days of the holiday mo...
PLA troops facing Taiwan Strait and Japan simulate response to nuclear attack
The People’s Liberation Army division responsible for the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait carried out a decontamina...
Hong Kong car owner loses HK$500,000 in fuel membership card scam
A Hong Kong car owner has lost HK$500,000 (US$63,800) to scammers posing as petrol company staff who exploited surging f...