Philippines’ Duterte says he is ready to face ICC in The Hague over drug war - ‘hurry up’
Rodrigo Duterte taunts lawmakers that they might ‘miss the pleasure’ of seeing him in the International Criminal Court due to his age.
Sri Lanka’s election sees surge in female candidates, but can it break patriarchal norms?
While analysts welcome the increase, they caution that more women in politics alone won’t challenge patriarchal norms and achieve true gender equality.
Shenzhen’s soaring R&D spending rivals Beijing, dwarfs Hong Kong amid China’s tech drive
The southern city put nearly US$31 billion into R&D last year, driven partly by robust spending from tech giants like Huawei.
China’s widebody C929 ambitions could be lifted by US, European plane-part giants
China is on a path toward self-sufficiency, but advanced plane parts from overseas remain essential to its aviation dreams.
Trump may end the Ukraine war but no one is walking away a winner
No side remains unscathed, whether it’s Russia’s stagnation, Ukraine’s territorial loss and economic devastation, or the EU’s cost crises.
Hong Kong to consider appealing against lenient penalties in industrial accident cases
Ho Kai-ming, undersecretary for labour and welfare, says government ‘saddened’ by four recent fatal incidents that occurred within a week.
Siobhan Haughey says having pool named after her at SCAA was not even on her ‘bucket list’
The sports club invited former coaches and members of her old swimming school to attend the naming ceremony in Causeway Bay.
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun marks roll-out of 100,000th EV by paying homage to Tesla’s Elon Musk
The Chinese smartphone giant reached that production landmark in just 230 days since launching its SU7 electric sedan.
TSMC extends dominance of semiconductors with 56% share of global lithography systems
AnandTech and The Register indicate that TSMC’s share of global EUV systems has grown from 50 per cent to 56 per cent between 2020 and 2023.
Zhuhai car attack victims heard sound ‘like earthquake’ but had no time to escape: witness
A member of a local exercise group says an SUV ploughed into people from behind while they were using a trail in the southern Chinese city.