The Philippine government is weighing whether a United Nations anti-corruption treaty can help track down and extradite a former lawmaker accused of being one of the masterminds behind the billion-peso flood control scandal and believed to be hiding overseas. Presidential press officer and undersecretary Claire Castro said Manila was studying a proposal by ...

Hong Kong customs has, for the first time, uncovered a drug smuggling operation involving an underwater compartment of a large cargo ship, resulting in the seizure of HK$256 million (US$32.89 million) worth of suspected cocaine. The operation last month, supported by intelligence from mainland China and underwater robots, also disrupted what investigators ...

For the philosopher Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, everything is geist, which could be translated as either mind or spirit. So everything is either mindful, spiritual or mental, depending on your preferred translation. He calls institutions objective spirit. This is because ideas are only subjective when they are stuck in peoples heads or in books. Once those ...

Hong Kong police have arrested a school bus driver for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs after consuming marijuana, with one student on board at the time of the incident. Police on Tuesday said they had arrested the 24-year-old, surnamed Yau, after officers noticed the vehicle being driven erratically near the junction of Prince Edward Road ...

Mainland Chinese media are calling for the demolition of a wartime monument in Japan, resurfacing a long-standing point of bilateral tension, as Beijing and Tokyo are locked in a diplomatic row over Taiwan. Yuyuantantian, a social media account run by mainland state broadcaster CCTV, said on Saturday that Japan seized more than 370 stones from the countries ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday announced his second cabinet reshuffle in two years, reassigning senior ministers and promoting new faces as he seeks to bolster his administration ahead of the next general election. The changes follow months of mounting political pressure on Anwars government, triggered by his close allies resignations, ...

China has accused Japan of attempting to mislead the public and hope that somehow the issue would resolve itself after its foreign minister selectively quoted its position on Taiwan from a joint communique that was the foundation of establishing their diplomatic ties in 1972. During a parliamentary session on Monday, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi ...

Beijing has greenlit Biren Technologys initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, as more Chinese artificial intelligence chip designers rush to go public amid heightened investor interest in these stocks. Biren, which designs high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs), received regulatory approval to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange, according ...

Singapores High Court dismissed on Tuesday the first legal challenge in years to the city states mandatory death penalty for certain drug crimes, a blow for campaigners in a year that has seen executions peak. Human rights activists and relatives of three executed drug convicts had petitioned the court, arguing that the mandatory death penalty violates ...

Hong Kong has signed a comprehensive avoidance of double taxation agreement (CDTA) with Norway, marking its fourth such pact this year as the city steps up efforts to strengthen its appeal as an international business and investment hub. Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui Ching-yu signed the agreement with the Government of ...

China has announced anti-dumping taxes of up to 19.8 per cent on pork imports from the European Union, following an 18-month investigation. Effective on Wednesday, the duties ranging from 4.9 per cent to 19.8 per cent, depending on the company will be implemented for a period of five years, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Commerce on ...

A prominent Chinese expert on US affairs says the competitive relationship between Washington and Beijing is likely to remain stable for the rest of Donald Trumps presidential term a prospect crucial for Chinas strategic planning. The China-US rivalry has achieved a resilient balance, Ni Feng, researcher and former director of the Institute of American ...

Fan Zeng, one of the most valuable contemporary painters in China, recently announced the birth of his only biological son while severing ties with his other children, once again bringing family disputes into the public eye. At 87 years old, Fan is celebrated for his remarkable artistry, with his works generating sales exceeding four billion yuan (US$567 ...

Chinese artificial intelligence chip designer MetaX Integrated Circuits will make its trading debut in Shanghai on Wednesday, according to a filing late on Monday, more than a week after industry peer Moore Threads Technologys stellar listing on the citys Star Market. Founded in Shanghai in September 2020 by former engineers at Advanced Micro Devices, MetaX ...

Indias ruling party has seized on the chaotic handling of football legend Lionel Messis appearance in Kolkata to attack the government in West Bengal, turning the Argentinians visit into an election-season test for one of the countrys most politically consequential states. The visit descended into chaos as crowd unrest prompted arrests and an apology from ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on Hong Kongs leader to proactively align with the 15th five-year plan, while offering his full recognition of the local governments work as he extended condolences to the families of victims of the citys deadliest fire in decades. Xi also said on Tuesday that Beijing fully recognised the work of Chief Executive John ...

A total of 3,498 properties around critical security facilities and remote islands in Japan were bought by foreign individuals or entities in fiscal 2024, with nearly half from China, a government study showed on Tuesday. Separately, the government announced it will demand from April 2026 increased disclosure when corporations attempt to acquire forested ...

Nearly one-third of Hong Kong companies plan to increase hiring in the next three months, while professional, scientific and technical services are likely to cut staff, especially junior positions, amid the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, a survey has found. Human resources solutions company ManpowerGroup Greater China released its findings ...

Hong Kongs unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.8 per cent over the past three months, although both the labour force and total employment fell slightly. Preliminary data released by the Census and Statistics Department on Tuesday showed that movements in the unemployment and underemployment rates in different sectors varied in the September to ...

Beijings build-up of maritime facilities in a contested part of the Yellow Sea is expected to trigger more scrutiny from South Korea, a report by a US think tank has warned. According to a report published on Monday by the website Beyond Parallel, operated by the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies, there has been growing Chinese ...

A construction worker lost consciousness after falling from scaffolding at a Hong Kong village house under renovation, amid a string of similar accidents over the past month. Police said they received a call at 10.13am on Tuesday about a 65-year-old male worker who had fallen at the house on Wun Yiu Road in Tai Po. Officers arrived to find the man ...

The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) have selected artists Kingsley Ng Siu-king and Angel Hui Hoi-kiu to represent the city at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026, marking the first time since 2007 that Hong Kong will not be represented by a solo artist. This will be the 13th time that Hong Kong takes part in ...

Standing in the rain outside a suburban Sydney railway station, seventeen-year-old Naveed Akram stares into the camera and urges those watching to spread the word of Islam. Spread the message that Allah is one wherever you can whether it be raining, hailing or clear sky, he said. Another since-deleted video posted in 2019 by Street Dawah Movement, a ...

For over a century, the dream of efficiently concentrating low-grade heat into high-temperature industrial energy has been constrained by a stubborn ceiling: 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit). Now, a team from China has shattered that temperature limit. Using a revolutionary heat pump with no moving parts, they achieved an output of 270 degrees ...

Hong Kong public hospitals will offer flexibility when charging patients at accident and emergency (A&E) departments to smooth the transition to new healthcare payment arrangements from January 1. The Hospital Authority said on Tuesday that people who leave public hospital emergency departments before receiving a consultation will need to pay HK$50 (US$7) ...