Thai woman suffers 18 years of pain after childbirth, finds needle left in vagina during suturing

Suture needle cannot be removed by doctors, procedure has been postponed three times because it has shifted within her body.

Why didn’t Hong Kong set stricter rules to wipe out its notorious shoebox flats?

Setting a larger minimum size for subdivided flats would have meant delays in supplying homes to those affected, minister says.

South China Sea: new Philippine laws that sparked Beijing’s fury to ‘stress’ foreign ships

Analysts say the Maritime Zones Act and Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act don’t expand Manila’s claims in the waterway, but China is unconvinced.

ByteDance adds video generator to China’s most popular AI chatbot Doubao

The move underscores the TikTok owner’s ambitions to solidify Doubao’s leading position.

Is Trump election good or bad for Chinese property investors in the US? It’s a mixed bag

Trump tax cuts, tariffs will keep interest rates high, but current owners will benefit from his presidency.

1 dead, 16 injured in shooting at Alabama university

Shooting happened as the historically black university’s 100th Homecoming Week was winding down. No arrests were immediately announced.

Haiti replaces prime minister, marking more turmoil in its democratic transition process

Transitionary council fired Garry Conille and replaced him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman previously considered for the job.

Economist Huang Yiping on trade war redux under Trump and China’s stimulus ‘U-turn’

Huang Yiping of Peking University talks the re-election of Donald Trump as and why China needs its own Marshall Plan.

Faced with Trump 2.0, Asia-Pacific leaders must figure out what they truly want

From support for the US military industrial complex to countering China, leaders must start deciding their trade-offs, bottom lines and no-go areas.

Trump advises Russia’s President Putin not to escalate war in Ukraine

In phone call, US president-elect reminded Putin of ‘Washington’s sizeable military presence in Europe’, The Washington Post reported.