The UN nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday that Iranian authorities had reported projectile impact on the grounds of the countrys only operational nuclear power plant that caused no damage. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed by Iran that a projectile hit the premises of the Bushehr NPP on Tuesday evening, the Vienna-based agency ...

The chief designer on the J-20 stealth fighter jet has been removed from the website of Chinas national research institute, amid a sweeping campaign to stamp out corruption in the defence sector. Yang Wei, 62, had been listed as a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the top academic body for science and technology. But as of Monday, his name was no ...

Singapore sits just one degree north of the equator, where the air rarely drops below 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit) and humidity clings year round. It is, by most measures, one of the worst places on Earth to cool a data centre. Yet the city state crams more into its small footprint than almost anywhere else. Home to more than 70 facilities and ...

Distrust in Australian police among Queenslands Indian diaspora is set to deepen after an officer was caught on body camera hurling expletives at an Uber driver, leading the victim to sue the force in federal court. The officer said, f*****g Indians, mate, they are a bunch of f*****g perverts to a colleague in 2023, before they charged the man with ...

Tencent Holdingss net income stayed largely in line with analyst expectations in the fourth quarter of 2025, registering a 17 per cent jump amid an artificial intelligence boom that is reshaping the global economy and fuelling a frenzy in China. The tech giants quarterly profits reached 64.7 billion yuan (US$9.4 billion) on a non-IFRS basis, just shy of ...

Hong Kong could introduce pilot schemes for booking campsites in the city before the National Day holiday in October, as authorities revealed that 32 people were prosecuted for offences in Sai Kungs country parks over the Chinese New Year holiday period. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan told the Legislative Council on Wednesday that most ...

In April 2020, as the world struggled with the Covid-19 pandemic and soldiers from India and China moved towards a large-scale border stand-off, New Delhi amended its foreign direct investment (FDI) policy to require prior government approval for all investments from countries sharing a land border with India a measure directed at China. Nearly six years ...

Mainland Chinese authorities say peaceful reunification will solve Taiwans energy supply fears that have been sparked by hostilities in the Middle East, insisting that the removal of barriers between the two sides of the strait will ensure the smooth flow of resources. Chen Binhua, spokesman for the mainlands Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said ...

A Hong Kong bus driver union has hit out at a companys guidelines asking drivers to save fuel amid surging oil prices by switching off air-conditioning when they are not carrying passengers, arguing that such policies pose safety risks. In a statement on Wednesday, the Motor Transport Workers General Union also called on public bus firm KMB to allow for ...

We have put together stories from our coverage on electric and new energy vehicles from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Geely beats BYD sales in first 2 months of 2026 to become Chinas top carmaker Geely Auto has gained the upper hand in mainland Chinas ...

Former Australian chief justice Anthony Mason, who was one of the first non-permanent judges to join the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and oversaw many of its early key constitutional cases, has died at the age of 100. Tributes from current and former city officials poured in for the late jurist on Wednesday, just a day after he died. Mason is widely ...

Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has integrated its QClaw AI agent as a mini-program in its flagship WeChat app as it pushes to expand adoption of its OpenClaw-based tool. It said QClaw was now accessible as a mini-program inside WeChat after an upgrade on Wednesday that allowed users to transfer files to their personal computers. QClaw was launched last ...

A recent radio programme by Australias national broadcaster made several baseless claims about Singapores political system, Singapores High Commissioner to Australia, Anil Nayar, said on Tuesday. Nayar noted in his response that the programmes host and several of his commentators called Singapore a one-party state, an autocracy and verging now on a flawed ...

Satellite images are beginning to be released, giving a glimpse into the toll of the Iran war, with ships ablaze in an Iranian port and destroyed buildings at an American base. Information has so far been scarce about the damage being done across the Middle East, particularly when its inside closed military facilities, since the start of the war on February ...

One of the profound tragedies in life is the burial of the youngest among us. In Neolithic China (9,0001,500 BC), urn burials were often designated for the deceased children and infants. While urn burials for older babies have been extensively studied, there remains little understanding of burial customs surrounding stillbirths, miscarriages, or newborns ...

Chinese scientists say they have turned E coli into a cancer therapy that can colonise tumour cells, as well as produce and deliver an existing cancer drug directly from within, reducing the toxic side effects of traditional chemotherapy. The research, performed on mice with breast cancer, paved the way for targeted cancer treatments in future, said the ...

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] The second Hong Kong International Cultural Summit will take place from 22 to 23 March at the West Kowloon Cultural District (WestK), with museum directors, arts administrators and cultural leaders from around the world expected to attend as the city prepares for its annual Art ...

Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong Chung-yiu has lost an appeal against his conviction and jail sentence of six years and two months for abetting a riot at the Legislative Council Complex during the 2019 anti-government protests. In a written judgment delivered on Wednesday, the Court of Appeal also dismissed the complaints by six others convicted in the ...

Nepals prime minister-in-waiting came to power on a promise of change. Now he faces the monumental challenge of taking on a system weighed down by corruption and poor governance while meeting the towering expectations of the millions who backed him and his anti-establishment party. Balendra Shah a rapper, engineer and former mayor of Kathmandu popularly ...

Closing struggling Hong Kong schools in the short term will prevent future problems for parents, the education minister has said, warning that the city has already exhausted all mitigation measures to reduce the impact of the shrinking pupil population. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin said on Wednesday that the problem of under-enrolment ...

Cubas leader on Tuesday said the US would face unbreakable resistance if it tries to take over the impoverished island nation, as communist authorities scrambled to fix a nationwide electricity blackout. Cubas government has been under increasingly crushing pressure, with Washington enforcing an oil blockade and openly stating it wants to end the nearly ...

A bakery in Malaysias Sarawak state has set tongues wagging with its premium cake offerings sold at eye-watering prices, as Muslims countrywide this week stock up on sweets and delectable treats to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Cakes, chocolates and sweet biscuits are must-haves in the homes of the nations 20 ...

HSBC Holdings plans to raise US$2.5 billion by issuing two tranches of additional tier-1 (AT1) bonds, marking the reopening of such offerings after the US and Israel war on Iran rattled global financial markets. The biggest lender in Hong Kong and Europe by assets said in a stock exchange filing before the market opened on Wednesday that it intended to ...

The teachings of philosopher and psychologist John Dewey, who was a major 20th-century education reformer, still resonate with teachers around the world today. He believed that learning is a social, communal process requiring students to build their own understanding based on personal experience and involves a continuous, lifelong journey, rather than ...

Irans air strikes on the Gulf states have turned the spotlight onto Chinas dilemma in trying to develop long-term relations with those nations but also with their arch-rival Iran. Strikes on all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members in retaliation for US and Israeli attacks on Iran have hit both American military assets stationed in those countries and ...