Choices that will define Asia’s AI future are coming into focus

We are fortunate to live at an incredible moment in history. As more and more AI applications have become available, people have turned to them…

Plainly, Trump doesn’t really care about the midterms

With a month still to go before America’s mid-term congressional and gubernatorial elections, the prospect of a “blue wave” of Democratic success in the House…

Hong Kong’s happiness index slips as survey identifies ‘lost’ millennials as unhappiest age group

Hong Kong’s overall happiness has slipped this year, with the city’s millennials standing out as its unhappiest age group, a new survey has found. The…

They’re running out of gas

Hong Kong arrests 9 over fuel smuggling as oil prices surge

Hong Kong arrested nine people in a city-wide operation targeting illicit fuel activities, authorities said on Wednesday, as surging global oil prices continue to put…

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Hong Kong judges and judicial officers set for 2% pay rise following last year’s freeze

Judges and judicial officers have been recommended to receive a 2 per cent salary increase for this financial year, following a pay freeze last year…

Why your roads don’t get fixed

How Yemen’s renewed civil war could set the whole region ablaze

The Middle East has seen many explosions of violence in recent years. But while the US-Iran war has grabbed the headlines this year, the rapidly…

Indonesia’s bourse rebuild is really a monetary policy story

For decades, the Indonesia Stock Exchange has run like a members’ club, where the brokers who trade on the IDX also own it. But that…

Hong Kong police open child abuse probe after video of 10-year-old carrying beer goes viral

Hong Kong police have reportedly launched an investigation into whether a 10-year-old girl filmed carrying bags of beer could be the victim of child abuse,…

US-Australia hypersonic push no silver bullet against China

The inaugural flight-test release of a US air-launched hypersonic weapon over an Australian weapons range demonstrates both nations’ push for standoff hypersonic strike, yet the…

Taiwan accuses Hong Kong residents of hiring 4 people to spy on lawmaker critical of China

Four people were charged after allegedly surveilling a Taiwanese lawmaker and his family two years ago, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Taipei prosecutors alleged that two…

Tiananmen vigil organiser Chow Hang-tung files appeal against subversion sentence

Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organiser Chow Hang-tung has filed an appeal against her conviction and sentence under the Beijing-imposed national security law. The 41-year-old activist…

Trump finds it’s funny to joke about Iran bombing California

In a stemwinder of a speech in Nebraska, our mentally ill president joked around that if Iran took out Los Angeles and San Diego, it…

West Kowloon art hub’s deficit widens to HK$998 million amid rising operating costs

Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA) has recorded a growing deficit of HK$998 million in the last financial year, as rising revenue failed…

When Asia’s central banks turn bond vigilante on Trump

TOKYO – For decades, the US enjoyed a remarkable luxury: its two biggest creditors, Japan and China, kept showing up at Treasury auctions with checkbooks…

China warns France, Germany against ‘protectionist’ trade tools

China called on France and Germany to steer clear of “protectionist” trade measures on Tuesday, after their leaders urged the European Union to develop a…

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