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 ...

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has extended its suspension of all flights to and from the Middle East until the end of April amid the ongoing conflict in the region. All services between Hong Kong and the Middle East were first suspended on February 28 following a joint United States-Israeli attack on Iran. The suspension has been extended ...

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Hong Kong is rapidly consolidating its role as Asias premier design and creative hub. By aligning strategic policy with both local and national development plans, the city is attracting investment, fostering cross border collaboration, and scaling creative enterprises. Anchored by ...

Hong Kong lawmaker Gary Chan Hak-kan has been impersonated in a scam that defrauded a victim of HK$38,000 (US$4,849), with the legislator calling the act despicable. Police said on Wednesday that it received a report from a woman the previous day, stating that she had received a call from a man who allegedly impersonated another person and persuaded her to ...

The smoke rising from Babitha Sivadasans kitchen in rural Kerala carries a scent that belongs to her grandmothers era. I have started cooking with firewood, said Babitha, who began rationing her half-empty cooking gas cylinder after failing to secure a refill from her Indian Oil distributor. The agency hasnt taken bookings in a week. As the Iran war enters ...

A framework proposed at an Asean ministers meeting is set to propel disaster management to the top of the agenda for the bloc, further easing cooperation and decision-making in a region facing nearly US$18 trillion in disaster risk exposure. Analysts say the proposal, if implemented, would help strengthen anticipatory action that could enable the bloc to ...

Chinas leading planemaker is seeking to replicate the C909 regional airliners success in Laos, drawing on the experience as it steps up its sales pitch in Southeast Asia a vital step in its effort to eventually rival Boeing and Airbus. The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) has ambitious plans in the region and beyond and is laying the ...

From around the turn of the century, a revived Confucianism was all the rage. Mainland Chinese academia heavily promoted it. Beijing politicised it as compatible with communist ideology. For state propaganda departments, Confucianism was repackaged as a cultural product for foreign consumption. That wave of interest subsequently died down, along with the ...

A Hong Kong womens rights group has criticised authorities for allowing controversial British-American influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are facing rape and human trafficking charges abroad, to enter the city, saying the decision contradicts the governments commitment to womens safety. As the brothers continued to publicise their activities in the ...

An injured cow on a Yuen Long highway brought rush-hour traffic in northwestern Hong Kong to a standstill on Wednesday morning, prompting authorities to urge residents to use rail services. The Transport Department said on Wednesday that several lanes near Kam Sheung Road MTR station on the Kowloon-bound Tsing Long Highway had been closed after an animal ...

Iran confirmed on Tuesday the death of its powerful national security chief, after Israel said he was killed in an air strike and vowed to hunt down and neutralise Irans new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. The death of Ali Larijani represents a major blow to Iran, whose long-serving leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed less than three weeks ago in ...

Malaysian police in Melaka are tracking a 22-year-old man after a video showing him attacking his pregnant wife outside a karaoke centre in Kota Shahbandar went viral on social media. State police chief Deputy Commissioner Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said a report on the incident was lodged by the victims mother at 1.17am on Monday. He said preliminary ...

The authorities in a grass-roots community in eastern China have trended on social media for its redundant flesh in exchange for beef weight-loss initiative targeting local residents. Since the Shanbei Community in Liangxi District, Wuxi, Jiangsu province, launched the creative health campaign on social media on March 9, more than 2,400 people applied to ...

Fang Daining, a key scientist in Chinas hypersonic weapons programme, has died at the age of 68, according to an image of an obituary notice that began circulating on Chinese social media last week. Early online discussions included claims that Fang, who was also a Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) member, the countrys highest academic title in science and ...

Proposed designated laws to streamline land-use approval procedures for the Northern Metropolis megaproject will not undermine the authority of Hong Kongs town planning body, some experts have argued while urging the government to establish clear key performance indicators (KPIs) to strengthen market confidence. Observers were responding to a package of six ...

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is leaving the fight with Iran and heading back to port, a US official familiar with the matter said, after a fire broke out in its laundry area and left at least two sailors with non-life-threatening injuries. The Ford will travel from its current location in the Red Sea to Souda Bay, on the Greek island of Crete, ...

A Japanese government agency has opened discussions on imposing a ban on children accessing social media sites, potentially following Australias lead in prohibiting under-16s from the most popular online platforms. Experts say it is far too early to determine whether the Australian experiment is a success and can be replicated in Japan, although there is a ...

The wealth management businesses of Chinese investment banks in Hong Kong are growing faster than those of international rivals, as a buoyant initial public offering (IPO) market and rising cross-border flows strengthen their competitive edge. Chinese investment banks are seeing accelerated growth because [their] base is smaller and the current market ...

A Chinese national and a Kenyan man were charged Tuesday with unlawfully dealing in wildlife species after they were found in possession of hundreds of live ants stored in specialised tubes. The case was the latest focused on the alleged smuggling of ants in the East African country, where authorities last year described a growing trend in the trafficking ...

Lawmakers in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday rejected legislation that would have made Scotland the first part of the United Kingdom to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives. Members of the Edinburgh-based legislature voted 69 to 57 against a bill that would have let people in Scotland with six months or less to live seek help to end their life. ...

Nvidia is restarting the production of one of the companys chips that is designed to comply with US export restrictions on China, CEO Jensen Huang said at a press conference on Tuesday. The company had halted manufacturing last year of its H200 chip, which is based on its ageing Hopper technology, because of increasing regulatory hurdles in the US and ...