A 61-year-old woman in Guangdong province underwent brain surgery in early April to remove an 8cm-long parasitic worm after suffering prolonged mystery health problems. Doctors linked the infection to a childhood inciden...
Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po announced that Hong Kong will reveal a new group of "strategic enterprises" on Monday, with some firms carrying market capitalisations of up to HK$100 billion. The incoming companies s...
A single father known as Dicky Yau declined further public donations after a viral video showed him struggling to pay a mechanic following a motorcycle breakdown in Kuala Lumpur. The video prompted an outpouring of finan...
Three people in California have been convicted for staging fake bear attacks on luxury vehicles — including a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes — to fraudulently claim nearly US$142,000 in insurance payouts. The Californi...
Veteran ship mechanic David Chan, in his seventies, faces an uncertain future as a planned marina development threatens to displace the Po Chong Wan temporary industrial area where he has worked for decades. Chan represe...
Filipino girl group BINI became the first P-pop act from the Philippines and the first Southeast Asian girl group to perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The eight-member group delivered a 45-minute s...
China has expanded humanitarian and agricultural aid to several African nations, including drought relief signed during Vice-President Han Zheng's Nairobi visit and food shipments to Somalia, Togo, Zimbabwe, and Zambia b...
Pope Leo, the first American pope, moved to downplay tensions with US President Donald Trump on Saturday, claiming media reporting on his earlier remarks had not been fully accurate. His comments in Cameroon about the wo...
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta criticised parties opposing the women's reservation bill, saying their arguments lacked substance and reflected an anti-women mindset. She expressed deep disappointment that the legislati...
Members of the Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation (APTF) staged a protest in Ongole, accusing the coalition government of failing to fulfil election promises to address long-pending employee and teacher issues two years ...
A resident of Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh flagged that India's Census 2027 self-enumeration portal displayed a Chinese place name for his hometown — a location beyond the Line of Actual Control. Officials said the is...
Residents are calling for the creation of a separate Arani district, arguing it would attract government infrastructure funding and improve civic amenities for the local population....
Iran has completely closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to a U.S. port blockade, with the Revolutionary Guard navy warning vessels in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman that approaching the strait will be treated as co...
Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Sinha unveiled a memorial dedicated to officer Thapa, who was killed during Pakistani shelling in the 2025 conflict, honouring his sacrifice....
Experts at a two-day tabletop exercise held at National Chengchi University in Taipei warned that Taiwan's civil defence and energy preparedness are dangerously inadequate, describing existing plans as 'too romantic' for...
Countries across Southeast Asia are moving to restrict minors' access to social media amid growing concerns over mental health and online safety. Indonesia became the first in the region to implement such a ban last mont...
One accused in a daylight bank robbery in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, was detained by the Railway Protection Force on an express train near Aurangabad's Nabinagar station and subsequently arrested. Police have launched a ...
In the TCS Nashik communal case, neighbours of Nida Khan — named in one of nine FIRs for allegedly speaking ill of Hinduism — say they rarely saw the family, with the door often locked. The case continues to draw scr...
In a historic departure from its longstanding policy of minimal economic intervention, Hong Kong is preparing its first-ever five-year plan under the direction of Chief Executive John Lee. Veteran civil servant Janice Ts...
For Autism Acceptance Month, three individuals — Rupak Rajendra Munje, Ashwath Radha Mohan, and M. Ramanathan — are spotlighted for remarkable accomplishments, with the piece noting that mainstream attention for peop...