Hong Kongs private schools could be ordered to cease operating or have their registration revoked if their management is deemed unsatisfactory under new guidelines issued by education authorities. The Education Bureau released a code of practice on Friday for private primary and secondary schools, following reports of poor management including some ...

The Peoples Liberation Army has moved to tighten control over fuel supplies as part of its latest efforts to improve logistics a cornerstone of combat readiness. New regulations issued recently aimed to standardise the process of military fuel management in areas such as procurement, transport, storage and disposal, the official PLA Daily said on Tuesday. ...

Labubu toymaker Pop Mart plans to establish its European headquarters in London, as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met the companys founder during a high-profile China visit aimed at rebuilding Britains economic ties with the worlds second largest economy. That plan was revealed at a closed-door CEO round table on Friday during the UK-China Business Forum, ...

China carried out naval and air patrols around Scarborough Shoal on Saturday just days after joint US-Philippine drills nearby underscoring tensions in the disputed South China Sea waters. The PLA Southern Theatre Command issued a statement on the combat readiness patrols near the shoal, which China calls Huangyan Island. They were aimed at countering ...

Hong Kongs top decision-making body has held 25 per cent fewer meetings in the first 3 years of the current administration compared with the previous two governments, the South China Morning Post has found, with the groups secretariat urging the public to focus on outcomes of the work rather than on the number of gatherings. The Executive Council ...

Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 20 Palestinians on Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire aimed at stopping the fighting. Strikes hit locations throughout Gaza, including lethal ones on an apartment building in Gaza City and a tent camp in Khan Younis, said officials at hospitals that received the bodies. The ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has landed in Tokyo ahead of a meeting with his Japanese counterpart at the conclusion of his visit to East Asia. Speaking to reporters on the flight from Shanghai to Tokyo, the prime minister said he looked forward to discussing both defence and security issues and trade and the economy with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae ...

The new generation of Hong Kong police officers will need iron bones in the face of unrelenting oppression by hostile foreign forces, the security minister has said. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung, speaking at the forces passing-out parade on Saturday, was also moved to tears when he recalled the forces efforts to recover the human remains of ...

A 32-year-old Chinese programmer who died suddenly after working intensively for years received a new work task message eight hours after his death. News of his overwork and death trended online and struck a chord with many people. Gao Guanghui died on a Saturday in November 2025. His wife, who used the pseudonym Li, said that he woke up early that day ...

Flight routes between Europe and China are suddenly crowded with prime ministers and presidents, giving the impression of a continent pivoting eastward. A flurry that began late last year with visits to Beijing by the Spanish king and French president has continued with leaders of Britain, Ireland and Finland, with Germanys chancellor to follow next month. ...

A landslide earlier this week collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), leaving at least 200 people dead, rebel authorities said on Saturday. The collapse took place on Wednesday at the Rubaya mines, which are controlled by the M23 rebels, said Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, spokesman for the ...

Compared with the turmoil threatened by US President Donald Trumps actions in everything from geopolitics to trade, the outcome of Japans parliamentary lower house election, set for February 8, may seem like small beer. Yet it could presage a great upheaval in global finance. The election outcome is widely expected to strengthen the political power base of ...

Some restaurants in Tokyo have ignited controversy for reportedly enforcing age restrictions on their patrons, with some allowing entry only for people over 25 and others permitting those under 40. In Japan, certain eateries in the capital have begun to adopt these age limitations. For instance, some izakaya, or Japanese pubs, explicitly state, No entry for ...

Russias call to revive a troika with China and India is unlikely to be greeted with enthusiasm by New Delhi, with critics pointing to tense border stand-offs and Indias reluctance to be seen as part of an anti-West grouping. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier this month lauded Moscows bilateral ties with Delhi and Beijing, calling for the ...

A man who was sentenced to jail in Singapore over an altercation with the police was released on the same day he was sentenced due to an error in calculating the jail term. Muhammad Fathurrahman Mohd Adzlan was contacted and returned to jail four days later to complete his sentence. In a statement on Friday, a judiciary spokeswoman said Muhammad was ...

Chinese regulators have slapped a 26 million yuan (US$3.7 million) fine on a unit of Kuaishou Technology, operator of the countrys No 2 short video platform, over multiple violations and misconduct in its live-streaming e-commerce operations, signalling tighter oversight of this market segment. Chengdu Kuaigou Technology, a unit of Beijing-based Kuaishou, ...

Wingtech Technology, the Chinese owner of chipmaker Nexperia, is expected to post a loss of between 9 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion) and 13.5 billion yuan in 2025, owing to the Dutch governments takeover of the semiconductor firm, the Shanghai-listed company said in a statement on Friday. Wingtech said that its authority over the chipmaker continues to be ...

Hong Kongs health minister is seeking to amend laws to reform and expedite the complaint system of a medical watchdog, but has warned against arbitrarily adding more non-professionals to the body. Lo Chung-mau said on Saturday that his bureau would table an amendment to the Medical Registration Ordinance at the Legislative Councils Panel on Health Services ...

Hong Kong film producer Tiffany Chen has announced her intention to work until the age of 100, encouraging young people not to rush into retirement. Chen, 67, is the wife of Hong Kong film mogul Charles Heung Wah-keung and is well-known on mainland social media as Madam Heung. She is also the mother of actor Jacky Heung. As vice-chairman of China Star ...

Enterprises across Chinas semiconductor industry recorded hefty profit growth last year, according to their unaudited financial results, driven by the countrys artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout and Beijings push for tech self-reliance. Graphics processing unit (GPU) designer Cambricon Technologies on Friday reported a net profit of 2.2 billion ...

A Nevada jury on Friday convicted Dances With Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse of sexually assaulting indigenous women and girls in a case that sent shock waves through Indian Country. The jurors in Las Vegas found Chasing Horse guilty of 13 of the 21 charges he faced. Most of the guilty verdicts centred on Chasing Horses conduct with a victim who was 14 ...

Hong Kong police have arrested six suspects linked to a 58 million yen (US$376,600) robbery outside a currency exchange shop, including one victim who allegedly served as a mole in the plot. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming said on Saturday that the six people five men and a woman arrested were three Japanese men, two mainlanders and a local ...

Hong Kong must maintain cash reserves to cope with geopolitical shocks and support long-term growth, even with a surplus expected in the governments operating account this year, the financial secretary has said. Paul Chan Mo-po also said on Saturday that the citys economy outperformed forecasts last year, lifted by strong exports to Southeast Asia and a ...

There was no mayday call from the commercial fishing vessel Lily Jean as it navigated the frigid Atlantic Ocean on Friday morning on its way home to Gloucester, Massachusetts, Americas oldest fishing port. The US Coast Guard was notified by the boats beacon that alerts when it hits the water. When rescuers arrived they found one person dead, floating in the ...

Chinas factory activity faltered in January as weak domestic demand dragged down production at the start of the new year, an official survey showed on Saturday. The official purchasing managers index (PMI) dropped to 49.3 in January, from 50.1 in December, below the 50-mark separating growth from contraction. It missed a forecast of 50 in a Reuters poll of ...