85 business heavyweights pledge to support Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis

Enterprises also sign agreements among themselves on 32 projects, with investment amounting to more than HK$10 billion.

Deepfake extortion targets Singapore officials, highlighting growing cyber threat

More than 100 Singapore public servants, including five ministers, were targeted, prompting calls for better cyber threat education.

UK transport minister quits over decade-old mobile phone fraud case

Louise Haigh’s fraud conviction was related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.

Singapore hangs fourth drug trafficker in less than a month

Tehran had urged the government to ‘reconsider’ the execution of Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad, a Singaporean-Iranian man.

New World Development names Huang Shaomei CEO as Eric Ma steps down after 2 months

Ma replaced Adrian Cheng as CEO in late September after the group reported a US$2.53 billion loss, its largest since inception in 1970.

Japan eyes Australia’s under-16 social media ban amid addiction worries

Australia has approved laws that stipulate fines against social media platforms for failing to ban children below 16 from having accounts.

Paris joins clampdown on holiday apartment rentals, blamed for housing shortage

French capital takes advantage of new law to curb apartment rentals to tourists. Officials say practice limits housing supply for residents.

Pilot scheme for cross-border ambulance transfers to Hong Kong begins on Saturday

Patients in Shenzhen and Macau eligible for scheme, with health professionals on both sides of border conducting assessments to avoid abuse.

Chinese man says he defaced Yasukuni Shrine with ‘toilet’ graffiti to protest Fukushima discharge

Jiang Zhuojun pleaded guilty to charges of damaging property and disrespecting a place of worship.

Hong Kong Palace Museum urges vigilance over fake online posts seeking artefacts

It says it has no connection to social media posts claiming to offer high prices to private collections on behalf of Hong Kong museums.