Hong Kong families’ well-being levels fall, with gap between rich and poor narrowing, survey finds
Hong Kong families’ overall well-being levels have continued to fall, with the gap narrowing between rich and poor households ...
Hackers breach computer systems of International Baccalaureate authority in bid to ‘cancel’ exams
Hack comes as authority trying to contain cheating scandal that has outraged students, including some in Hong Kong.
Oil giant Shell sells Singapore refinery it built on Bukom island over 60 years ago
The sale of Shell’s assets in Singapore include the refinery on Bukom island, which opened in 1961, and a plant that produces ...
Singapore Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashes at Tengah Air Base after ‘issue’ following take-off, pilot hospitalised
F-16 jet crashed at Tengah Air Base shortly after taking off on Wednesday afternoon. The plane experienced “an issue” during ...
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South China Sea: Philippines fears Beijing’s floating nuclear plants could further militarise disputed waterway
The Philippines has expressed fears over Beijing’s potential plans for installing floating nuclear power plants in the ...
Israel reopens key Rafah crossing for aid to enter Gaza, as US pauses bomb shipment
The Rafah crossing has been a vital conduit for humanitarian aid since the start of the war and is the only place where ...
Hong Kong court hears Jimmy Lai’s finance chief approved payments to tycoon’s assistant without knowing where the money was to be spent
Royston Chow, former Next Digital chief financial officer, said he handed over millions of dollars to Lai’s assistant Mark Simon, but had no idea how it would be spent.
South China Sea: recording of Philippine deal on Second Thomas Shoal simply ‘propaganda’, analysts say
Vice-Admiral Alberto Carlos has no mandate to strike a deal with China, who may have been attempting to shift the blame to ...
FTX says most customers will get all their money back, less than 2 years after catastrophic cryptocurrency collapse
FTX said in a court filing it owes about US$11.2 billion to its creditors. The exchange estimates it has between US$14.5 ...
TikTok tycoon Zhang Yiming now calls Singapore home – as do many Chinese tech titans these days
The billionaire ByteDance founder is living in Singapore while keeping Chinese citizenship, joining a raft of corporate ...
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Critics, opposition slam India’s election body for bias towards Modi’s ruling BJP: ‘extremely compromised’
India’s election authority is facing mounting criticism over its handling of the country’s national polls, even as foreign ...