Travellers in Hong Kong can now book door-to-door limousine rides to Macau through Uber, with analysts expecting the new service which costs up to HK$3,500 (US$448) per trip to appeal to more than just well-heeled customers. Analysts said the new service could find favour with business travellers as well as fans travelling in small groups to attend major ...

Indonesia will press on with reforms of its capital markets and go after market manipulators with the full force of the law well ahead of a May deadline set by leading index MSCI, the countrys top economic minister, Airlangga Hartarto, has vowed. A massive sell-off last Wednesday prompted the government to act, as investors exited after MSCI said it would ...

A profound energy transformation is reshaping Shanxi, Chinas traditional coal heartland, where renewable power capacity has officially surpassed coal-fired generation, marking a historic turning point for one of the nations most carbon-intensive economies. The central provinces installed capacity for new energy surged to 90.48 million kilowatts in 2025 a ...

A collision between a speedboat carrying migrants and a Greek coastguard patrol vessel off the eastern Aegean island of Chios has killed at least 15 people, the coastguard said late on Tuesday, while a search and rescue operation involving patrol boats, a helicopter and divers was under way for potentially missing people. The bodies of 14 people 11 men and ...

Beijings bold move to remove top generals accused of corruption reflects its strategic assessment that overhauling the armed forces is more urgent, and that the issue of Taiwan can wait, according to military analysts. The investigation into Chinas top commanders, Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, has left the Central Military Commission (CMC), the countrys ...

The US military on Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone that aggressively approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, the US military said. The Iranian Shahed-139 drone was flying towards the carrier with unclear intent and was shot down by an F-35 US fighter jet, it said. An F-35C fighter jet from Abraham Lincoln shot down the Iranian ...

The Walt Disney Company announced on Tuesday that Josh DAmaro, head of its theme parks division, will replace Bob Iger as chief executive when the entertainment titan steps down in March. DAmaro, 54, will take the helm on March 18 following a unanimous board vote, the company said. He will succeed Iger, who has led Disney for nearly two decades across two ...

Beijing has slammed a Panamanian Supreme Court ruling that nullified Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings right to operate two major ports at the countrys canal as legally unfounded, warning the Central American nation that it could pay a heavy political and economic price. The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said in a commentary on Tuesday that the ...

A secondary school pupil stabbed an art teacher in southern France on Tuesday, leaving the 60-year-old in critical condition, a prosecutor said. The pupil, in a class of early teenagers, stabbed the teacher at least three times. He was later arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, said Raphael Balland, the public prosecutor in the southern city of ...

Hong Kong authorities are considering changing the proposed fine for smoking on a construction site to a fixed penalty of HK$3,000 (US$385) rather than a maximum of HK$150,000. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said on Tuesday that the initial plan was to amend the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, which only stipulates the ...

The British government said on Tuesday it had sent a file of material to police looking into allegations that Labour Party politician Peter Mandelson passed sensitive government information to Jeffrey Epstein. Detectives are assessing whether Mandelson should face a criminal investigation over leaks to the late sex offender. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told ...

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kongs largest developer by market capitalisation, said executive director Maureen Fung Sau-yim resigned with immediate effect on Tuesday due to health issues, according to a stock exchange filing. Ms Fung has confirmed that she has no disagreement with the board of the company and that she is not aware of any matters in ...

China on Tuesday urged the United States to respond positively to Russias offer to maintain nuclear warhead limits ahead of Thursdays expected collapse of a major US-Russia agreement to control nuclear build-up. Beijing also reiterated its refusal to join trilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations with Washington and Moscow, despite repeated calls for such ...

A number of mainland-based suppliers of memory chips and storage solutions are pursuing share listings in Hong Kong, signalling a strategic change in how the sector aims to fuel its global ambitions, according to analysts. The most watched firm is Shanghai-based Montage Technology, a designer of high-speed interconnect chips for data centres, which is ...

Venezuela will ensure Chinas energy, trade and investment interests in the country are secure, Caracas envoy to Beijing said, amid growing concern in Beijing that the US unprecedented assault on Venezuela may complicate its ties with the resource-rich country and the wider region. China and Venezuela are trusted partners who share mutual trust. Both nations ...

Hong Kongs annual fundraiser, Operation Santa Claus (OSC), has wrapped up its campaign this year, raising more than HK$19 million (US$2.4 million) for charitable projects and victims of the Tai Po fire nearly double its target. The campaign, launched on November 4, had aimed to raise at least HK$11 million for 13 charitable projects. However, fundraising ...

South Korea has emerged as one of the countries experiencing the worlds largest outflow of wealthy individuals, in part due to its rigid inheritance tax system. A recent analysis by British consultancy Henley & Partners showed on Tuesday that the net outflow of Korean millionaires last year was estimated at 2,400, double the 1,200 recorded in 2024. The ...

At this turbulent crossroads of 2026, the global order is undergoing a major paradigm shift. This is signalled most vividly by a wave of Western leaders visiting Beijing. From British Prime Minister Keir Starmers historic mission last week the first visit by a UK prime minister in eight years to the high-profile arrivals of Canadian Prime Minister Mark ...

Hong Kongs banking regulator has unveiled four flagship projects, including a quantum computing readiness index, to help the citys lenders stay competitive and secure in the artificial intelligence era. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said the initiatives formed part of its new Fintech Promotion Blueprint, aimed at guiding responsible innovation and ...

A Hong Kong taxi driver has been fined HK$1,000 (US$128) for rude behaviour, having allegedly thrown a passengers change out of the window after she had asked him to slow down. Magistrate Winnie Lau Yee-wan at West Kowloon Court convicted taxi driver Lam Ching-fung of behaving rudely towards a female passenger who had booked his cab from Hong Kong ...

Chinese robotics firms continue to secure fresh financing, including from state-backed funds, as investors shift focus from hardware to the brains of humanoids the software and operating systems that underpin their intelligence. Alongside hardware-centric companies like Unitree Robotics, a new wave of firms is emerging with capital directed towards robotic ...

Chinas 4.5-generation fighter the J-10C appeared at the Singapore Air Show this week amid a drive by Beijing to boost arms sales to Southeast Asia. Last year, the model gained increasing global prominence following reports that it had been used by the Pakistan Air Force to shoot down at least one French-made Rafale fighter operated by India during the two ...

Following the sudden demise of a major gold trading platform in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, another retail-focused operator has suffered a run, stoking fears of contagion in Chinas private market for the precious metal. The platform, Ydd007, is the latest to face trouble. On Sunday, it told investors that it had experienced three severe runs in ...

French police raided the Paris offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as prosecutors summoned its owner Elon Musk for questioning over a widening investigation into alleged offences, including the spread of child pornography and deepfakes. The Paris prosecutors office confirmed the search was part of a probe opened in January last year by its ...

A Chinese research vessel has been operating in Middle Eastern waters close to a US aircraft carrier, according to ship-tracking data, at a time of heightened American military presence near Iran. Chinas Dayang Yihao (or Ocean No 1) has been surveying the Arabian Sea west of India since December 19, according to SeaLight, a maritime analysis group ...