Economic independence and educational opportunities are enabling women to focus on their own needs, while social media has exposed many to alternative lifestyles.
Thousands of firefighters worked around the clock to contain the city’s deadliest blaze in decades at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po.
Large parts of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia have been stricken by cyclone-fuelled torrential rain for a week.
Japan lodges complaint with China over media filming of Liu Jinsong and Masaaki Kanai after their talks, as diplomatic row worsens.
Indonesian villagers return to damaged homes after eruption of Mount Semeru.
Adored by tourists, Japan’s macaques are fast becoming a pest in the country’s north.
Extended flight deck makes Type 076 one of the world’s largest vessels of its kind, with PLA Navy delivery expected by end of 2026.
China’s EV maker stuns social media after its lifelike robot performs so convincingly that many thought it was a person in a costume.
Chinese Vice-Premier Ding Xuexiang urges nations to honour Paris pledges with fairness and justice, calls for global climate action.
The six-month mission will include experiments involving laboratory mice for the first time that will permanently live in the Tiangong space station.
Trump claims other unnamed nations have been testing their own nuclear weapons.
Communique of the fourth plenary session of the Communist Party’s Central Committee declares Zhang Fengzhong, a senior general with the PLA Rocket Force, is under a corruption probe.
In a 1995 statement, Murayama expressed ‘deep remorse’ over Tokyo’s deeds that left a lasting legacy of bitterness with its neighbours.
Kanchha Sherpa was among 35 members of the team that put Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay atop the peak on May 29, 1953.
Expert says family, school and social life affect students’ stress level most.
Relatives remain hopeful that the 59 who remain missing in the ruins of the boarding school will be found alive.
Some online are calling the man ‘king of the storm’, but photographer Elson Li hopes his images convey risk of such behaviour.
The arms fair also featured asymmetrical warfare weaponry, such as drones and drone countermeasures.
The American, who transitioned from hurdles, beat Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
Developers call these seemingly defiant structures ‘nail houses’ because they stick out like a nail in wood.
Expressionless, blank reactions among young people in various social situations became a point of contentious debate on TikTok and have spilled over to Chinese social media apps.
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