The launch of Guinea’s US$20 billion Simandou iron ore project marks a globally significant milestone. The event on Tuesday at Guinea’s Morebaya port, attended by Chinese and regional African leaders, saw the departure of the first shipment of or...

Two men caught inscribing positive words and their names on rocks at 35 historical sites on China’s Mount Tai in a single day claim they did so to “change their fate”. The case gained national attention on November 7, when China’s Supreme Peo...

A landslide in Indonesia’s Central Java killed six people with 17 missing, state news agency Antara reported on Saturday, after prolonged, heavy rains. The landslide on Thursday in the city of Cilacap buried a dozen houses in Cibeunying village, An...

Hongkongers living in mainland China have been urged to vote in the coming Legislative Council election, with authorities planning to set up a special polling station at the newly opened airport terminal. The Hong Kong government’s Beijing office o...

Hong Kong police have arrested two men for allegedly vandalising campaign materials for the coming Legislative Council election. Police said on Saturday that officers found three vandalised election campaign posters hanging from the Tong Mi Road foot...

In a recording studio in Dhaka, voice-over artist Rubaiya Matin Gity dubs the latest Turkish soap opera to become a megahit in Bangladesh – a pop culture trend that reflects growing ties between the two countries. “Yasmeen! Yasmeen! I have fallen...

A double-decker bus crashed at a stop near Hong Kong airport on Saturday, leaving at least 18 people injured. Police said they had received a report from a Citybus driver at 3.16pm that his vehicle had crashed into a planter by a bus stop close to th...

A recent Financial Times front-page lead, headlined “Tech stocks suffer $1.2tn AI sell-off”, was followed a few days later by a comment elsewhere that tech stocks were the only cloud over an otherwise sunny Wall Street. Weather forecasters would ...

Legislative Council election candidates competing for Hong Kong Island seats have vowed to fight for more job opportunities for ethnic minority communities and ensure their voices are heard. The contenders made the promise on Saturday at the first of...

Bangladesh is bracing itself for a landmark court verdict on Monday that could see its self-exiled former leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, with the case potentially fuelling an already combustible political climate...

A viral video of primary school pupils in eastern China saluting teachers on cold mornings has sparked a storm of outrage online. The incident happened at Jianqiao Primary School in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, a century-old institution known for its...

Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro is running out of options to avoid prison, after judges on Friday rejected his appeal against a 27-year sentence for a botched coup bid. Bolsonaro lost the 2022 elections and was convicted in Septe...

More than 3,000 mainland Chinese and Macau drivers have registered for a scheme that allows them to leave their vehicles near Hong Kong airport before boarding a flight, with the city’s transport chief hailing the opening of a car park for the poli...

Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, opened positions in two of China’s leading autonomous driving companies in the third quarter of this year. The state-owned company bought about 1.4 million shares ...

Once awash with venture capital, Asia’s start-up ecosystem is now weathering a deep freeze as investors reassess their risk exposure amid global economic uncertainty and China’s growth slowdown. For regional entrepreneurs, the flight of risk capi...

The slump in China’s property market has not yet bottomed out and will continue to be a drag on economic growth, former finance minister Lou Jiwei warned, calling for expansionary fiscal and monetary policies as well as structural reforms to counte...

A suspected wartime bomb has been found at a construction site at Hong Kong airport, prompting police to evacuate workers and dispatch explosive ordnance disposal officers to the scene. Police said on Saturday that officers were alerted by a construc...

Protesters in Pokemon costumes stomped around the United Nations climate conference on Friday to send a message to Japan: end financing of coal and natural gas projects across Southeast Asia and other regions of the Global South. The Stop Japan’s D...

A woman from Taiwan who was sexually harassed by a man on the street in Japan was shocked when police said they could not help her. The woman said online that on November 5 she had been slapped on her behind by a Japanese man on a street in the city ...

Alibaba Group Holding on Saturday dismissed a Financial Times report alleging its connection with the Chinese military and questioned if the accusation was an attempt to sabotage US President Donald Trump’s recent deal with Beijing. The report said...

A cache of confiscated explosives detonated inside a police station in Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least nine people and injuring 32 others, police said on Saturday. The blast occurred in the Nowgam area of Srinagar, the region’s main cit...

China’s biggest airlines have offered full refunds for flights to Japan after Beijing told Chinese citizens to avoid travel to the country, marking an escalation in a row over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s suggestion that Tokyo could d...

At Jeil Market in South Korea’s Bucheon, Gyeonggi province, few ever imagined that a truck would surge into the crowd, as one did on Thursday, killing two people and leaving 19 others injured. “The truck came barrelling in just as I stepped forwa...

A year after arriving in Hong Kong in 2017, Filipino domestic helper Maria Nemy Lou Rocio took out a HK$25,000 (US$3,200) loan from a local bank to settle her family’s debts and provide for her three children at home. The 44-year-old had learned fr...

Grass-roots enthusiasm has played the main role in shaping China’s online nationalist narrative and has pushed celebrities to follow, according to a study published in the American peer-reviewed journal Science Advances last week. Contrary to the c...

It has been six months since the national polls concluded in Singapore, but the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) is not resting on its laurels. A popular line among party faithfuls is that the PAP begins preparing for the next election the day af...

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would likely sue the BBC next week for as much as US$5 billion after the British broadcaster admitted it wrongly edited a video of a speech he gave but insisted there was no legal basis for his claim. The B...

A dedicated seafarers club in Hong Kong has high hopes that the opening of its redeveloped nine-storey guest house on Tuesday will see members of the maritime industry once again coming to stay for crew changes. The Mariners club, which is run by the...

The Nexperia factory in Dongguan, in the heart of southern China’s Pearl River Delta, has long been a poster child for successful globalisation. Since its launch in 2000, the plant, which covers an area the size of 10 football fields, has operated ...

US President Donald Trump said he had made “progress” on Venezuela in regard to halting the flow of drugs amid speculation that his administration was preparing to strike targets in the country. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday...

A charity football tournament brought cheers across Hong Kong’s Happy Valley Recreation Ground, with 260 players, including under-10 to under-12 boys and girls, players with Down syndrome and adults, taking part in the event. The tournament was joi...

A Hong Kong-invested chip start-up on Friday debuted a processor named after the city’s landmark mountain Lion Rock, a development that is set to elevate the city’s standing in the semiconductor landscape. The RISC-V-based data centre chip from S...

South Korea and the United States have released a long-awaited joint document detailing their recent trade and security agreements, including Washington’s approval for Seoul to build nuclear-powered submarines. However, analysts warn that key gaps ...

China has discovered a rare gold deposit in the Kunlun Mountains near the western border of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, according to government geologists involved in the survey. Initial estimates suggest its total gold reserves could exceed 1,...

As 161 finalised hopefuls compete in Hong Kong’s second “patriots-only” Legislative Council elections, they will have just a few weeks to make themselves and their policy platforms known to the wider public. Some with political backgrounds alre...

While I maintain a regular functional fitness routine, let’s be honest – swimming, cycling and running have never been my strong suits. So when the chance came up to train for one of the toughest sports – triathlon – with an experienced coach...

Southeast Asian economies have a “transformative” opportunity to enter the world’s critical mineral supply chain amid China-US trade tensions, a senior Asian economist said. Critical minerals – essential raw materials for the production of hi...

The husband of China’s first cryogenically frozen woman, who suffered from lung cancer, has ignited moral debate after starting a new relationship while his wife is in cold storage. Sports industry professional, Gui Junmin, 57, made the decision to...

Hong Kong authorities have warned hikers to be mindful of people taking part in a high-profile trail running race on Lantau Island over the weekend, as the route passes through a popular sightseeing spot. The Agricultural, Fisheries and Conservation ...

For four long months and counting, the residents of Bang Ban, a low-lying district in Thailand’s ancient city of Ayutthaya, have lived their lives under water. Elderly residents must be ferried to safety by raft, schools stand closed and under the ...

President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he was scrapping US tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swathe of other commodities – a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high con...

A restaurant in central Thailand was bursting with a stream of customers coming for a unique dining experience: enjoying a meal while sitting in floodwaters, surrounded by live fish they bring into the establishment. Since an adjacent river breached ...

As China’s global influence grows, the landscape of China studies is undergoing a profound transformation. Scholars both within China and internationally are confronting new challenges, from escalating geopolitical tensions and mutual distrust – ...

I never thought I would write about my grandfather’s funeral – my paternal grandfather’s, to be exact. The distinction matters, for all the years spent memorising how to address everyone in the family properly. Unlike in English, where “grand...

US President Donald Trump called Thailand and Cambodia on Friday to bolster the peace deal he brokered after fresh clashes erupted between the Southeast Asian neighbours, the White House said. Trump co-signed a truce between the two countries on Octo...

A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion. The AI company Anthropic said this week that it had disrupted a cyber operation that i...

The crisis surrounding the chipmaker Nexperia erupted into a war of words on Friday, with the company’s Chinese and Dutch arms trading barbs, while Beijing slammed the Dutch minister involved. The fiery exchange, which took place over several hours...

Beijing on Friday voiced deep concern and issued a stern warning to Tokyo against shifting its non-nuclear policy, after comments by Japan’s prime minister about Taiwan sharply escalated tensions between the two countries. Sanae Takaichi, who took ...

A bus rammed into a bus stop queue during Stockholm’s afternoon rush hour on Friday, killing three people and injuring three others, police said. The driver had been arrested and a manslaughter investigation opened, according to police. But they ga...

Donald Trump said Friday he knew “nothing” about an email from Jeffrey Epstein suggesting the US president knew about the disgraced financier’s sexual abuse. “I know nothing about that. They would have announced that a long time ago,” Trump...