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Civil rights activist Jolovan Wham leaves the State Court after a hearing in Singapore on November 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Singapore activist Jolovan Wham on trial for organising forum

1 Oct 2018 - 10:38pm 3
Country prioritises assistance in much-needed areas after learning from mistakes handling aid after 2004 Aceh tsunami

Indonesia open to overseas aid after earthquakes, tsunami

1 Oct 2018 - 11:21pm
A protest against billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi and India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the wake of the Punjab National Bank banking fraud scandal in New Delhi. Photo: AFP

Indian fugitive Nirav Modi’s assets seized in London, NYC

1 Oct 2018 - 6:06pm
An LGBTI activist celebrates India’s overturning of a law criminalising gay sex. The Indian court’s verdict has inspired campaigners seeking a similar move in Singapore. Photo: EPA

Gay sex: is Singapore ready to come out of the legal closet?

1 Oct 2018 - 10:18pm 7
The toilet museum in Kita-Kyushu, Japan. A Japanese maxim has it that “the restroom is the face of the household” – but Nagoya appears not to have heard. Photo: The Washington Post

Japan’s ‘least attractive city’ hits another bum note

1 Oct 2018 - 10:18pm
epa07059427 Relatives look for tsunami and earthquake victims in body bags at a police station, in the aftermath of earthquake in Palu, Indonesia, 30 September 2018. According to reports, at least 832 people have died as a result of a series of powerful earthquakes that hit central Sulawesi on 28 September 2018 and triggered a tsunami. EPA-EFE/STR

Indonesia starts to bury its dead in mass, 100-metre-long graves

1 Oct 2018 - 3:10pm
Hundreds of tourists from city visiting island nation expected to return home as airport operations resume at Osaka’s Kansai International Airport

Tourists stuck in Japan after typhoon grounds Hong Kong flights

1 Oct 2018 - 11:21pm
The government expects the death toll to rise significantly with rescuers are yet to even reach the epicentre of the disaster

Inmates break free as Indonesia scrambles to deal with quake, tsunami

1 Oct 2018 - 7:01pm 5
South Korean Army soldiers search for landmines near the demilitarised zone in 2010. Both Koreas have now promised to remove mines on both sides of the border, as part of their recent deals to ease decades-long military tensions. Photo: AP

South Korea starts removing mines, but will the North do the same?

1 Oct 2018 - 10:18pm 1
Pedestrians carry a bag as they walk against a strong wind after Typhoon Trami hit the city of Kagoshima on Kyushu island. The storm left four people dead, authorities said. Photo: AFP

Typhoon Trami leaves at least 4 dead, travel chaos after hitting Japan

2 Oct 2018 - 12:24am 1
Denny Tamaki, who won the Okinawa gubernatorial election with his anti-US base policy pledge, waves to his supporters. Photo: Kyodo

Why this man’s victory could weaken PM Abe’s grip on power

1 Oct 2018 - 10:18pm 1
Japanese legislator Denny Tamaki celebrates his victory, dancing with supporters in the election for Okinawa governor in Naha city, where he defeated a ruling-party-backed candidate supported by Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Photo: AP

Abe suffers Okinawa election defeat over new US base

1 Oct 2018 - 10:18pm 3
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Elon Musk (pictured in 2016) will remain as Tesla’s CEO. Photo: Reuters

Tesla shares rise on Musk’s deal with regulators and Model 3 numbers

2 Oct 2018 - 3:20am
Dubbed the fourth industrial revolution, the development of AI encompasses a wide range of technologies that can perform tasks characteristic of human intelligence, such as understanding language and recognising objects. Photo: Shutterstock

China has ambitious AI game plan but success needs cooperation

2 Oct 2018 - 2:22am 9
A recent string of investments, including in smart retail, is expected to help drive Tencent’s shift to more enterprise solutions

Tencent restructures with eye on industrial internet as gaming business slows

1 Oct 2018 - 9:17pm
Prospective investors queue up for Vanke Property (Hong Kong)’s Le Pont project in Tuen Mun, where 347 flats were on sale, on Sunday. Photo: Edmond So

Buyers snap up Hong Kong’s first property launch after prime rate rise

1 Oct 2018 - 10:53pm 3
South Korea’s overheated property market is a result of cheap credit in the past few years. Photo: Bloomberg

South Korea’s overheated property market to hurt economic growth

1 Oct 2018 - 8:01pm
While Ma is known to be a visionary and a charismatic orator, Zhang is more reserved and is seen by many to be a steady and reliable choice to lead Alibaba in the future

Alibaba’s CEO tells employees not to ‘live for KPIs’

1 Oct 2018 - 10:53pm
The rush of transactions are fuelled by developers’ land bids and en-bloc sales. Photo: Roy Issa

Singapore home prices rise despite additional curbs

1 Oct 2018 - 7:01pm
A general view from Shanghai Tower Observation Deck showing Shanghai World Financial Center. Photo: EPA

Foreign investors are stepping into China’s real estate amid the shadow banking crackdown

1 Oct 2018 - 9:19pm
Tencent’s stricter controls over underage gamers come amid Beijing’s call to protect children’s health, with the government blaming the country’s widespread myopia on the playing of video games.

Tencent uses facial recognition to detect minors playing games

1 Oct 2018 - 5:01pm 1
Investors monitor stock prices at a securities company in Shanghai on September 25. Despite an inflow of foreign cash, thanks to recent listings of Chinese stocks on key emerging market equity indices, mainland investors have shown scepticism about the state of the Chinese economy. Photo: AFP

Bullish foreigners or bearish locals: who is right about China stocks?

1 Oct 2018 - 10:38pm 4
An employee works on a carbon fibre production line at a factory in Lianyungang, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province, on August 9. China’s PMI fell in August, setting alarm bells ringing in the manufacturing sector. Photo: AFP

Why China must not be coy about firing up growth

1 Oct 2018 - 10:38pm 1
Chinese President Xi Jinping (second right) says rising unilateralism and protectionism is forcing China to become more self-reliant, and “it’s not a bad thing”. Photo: Xinhua

As trade war rages on, China looks inward to keep economy rolling

1 Oct 2018 - 10:43pm 22
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US President Donald Trump speaking outside the White House on Monday following the announcement of a new trilateral trade agreement among the US, Mexico and Canada. He said it was not yet time to resume trade talks with China. Photo: AP

Trump calls it ‘too early’ to resume trade negotiations with China

2 Oct 2018 - 3:55am 3
Despite trade war tensions US states and private enterprises are continuing to build cooperative ties with China. (Photo: AFP

US states and private firms build ties with China despite trade war

2 Oct 2018 - 4:21am 1
Dubbed the fourth industrial revolution, the development of AI encompasses a wide range of technologies that can perform tasks characteristic of human intelligence, such as understanding language and recognising objects. Photo: Shutterstock

China has ambitious AI game plan but success needs cooperation

2 Oct 2018 - 2:22am 9
China plans to be a world leader in Artificial Intelligence by 2030

China plans to be a world leader in Artificial Intelligence by 2030

1 Oct 2018 - 10:31pm
An uninhabited island in the disputed Spratly chain. An American warship passed through waters near the islands on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Beijing faces growing challenges to its South China Sea claims

1 Oct 2018 - 11:21pm 65
Shanghai pensioner says high-pressure tactics led to her spending vast sums on products

Drug firms ‘brainwashed’ retiree into buying US$73,000 of health products

1 Oct 2018 - 5:24pm 3
Event at Washington embassy highlights difference in the two sides’ perspectives as senior Trump aide Matt Pottinger delivers blunt message

US tells China: we want competition, not cooperation

1 Oct 2018 - 5:53pm 150
No deaths reported after blaze that reduced many of the houses in Xiaozhai village on the Longsheng rice terraces to ashes

Fire devastates historic village on China’s iconic rice terraces

1 Oct 2018 - 10:43pm
The woman was caught in the trap in mountains near her home on Friday. Photo: Sina

Wild boar trap left in the woods snares unsuspecting grandmother

1 Oct 2018 - 5:10pm 2
Chinese President Xi Jinping (second right) says rising unilateralism and protectionism is forcing China to become more self-reliant, and “it’s not a bad thing”. Photo: Xinhua

As trade war rages on, China looks inward to keep economy rolling

1 Oct 2018 - 10:43pm 22
The three Chinese sisters spend about six hours a day online telling stories and singing songs for their 260,000 followers. Photo: Handout

How three disabled sisters in China created a living for themselves

1 Oct 2018 - 10:43pm 3
Maldivian president-elect Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on September 24, the day after the election. Photo: Reuters

Vote re-energises Maldivian democracy, but new leader won’t push China away

1 Oct 2018 - 8:21pm 8
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Cardi B leaves a police station in Queens, New York on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Rapper Cardi B arrested in connection with New York strip club fight

2 Oct 2018 - 4:03am
The young rapper stands out from the rest of grime music, with its violent, anti-gay messages. Instead, he uses his sexuality as a way to deal with the prejudice he has faced since he first uploaded videos to YouTube

How grime star Karnage Kills is fighting back against homophobia

2 Oct 2018 - 3:25am
Director Paul Feig explores some dark psychological territory, with lots of laughs, but the fact the proactive leading roles are played by women is what sets it apart from others in this genre

Film noir A Simple Favor turns tables by putting women in leading roles

1 Oct 2018 - 5:16pm
The company Dixon Ticonderoga, now more than two centuries old, has received US government benefits even though it moved almost all of its production to Mexico and China

American pencil giant blurs legal line when battling Chinese rivals

1 Oct 2018 - 7:58pm
Lavishly illustrated volume lifts the veil on life in the Forbidden City by looking at the robes, jewellery, and accessories empresses wore and the sensuous paintings that adorned their walls

Tasteful erotica from Forbidden City feature in book on empresses’ lives

1 Oct 2018 - 7:39pm
Vietnamese revellers dance at a nightclub in Hanoi, days after seven people died from a toxic cocktail of drugs at a dance festival in the city. Photo: AFP

Hanoi ban after drug deaths may ruin Vietnam’s dance music scene

1 Oct 2018 - 6:02pm
Javier Bardem as Pablo Escobar and Penelope Cruz as Virginia Vallejo in a still from Loving Pablo (category IIB, English, Spanish), directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa.

Loving Pablo review: Escobar biopic is confused and unenlightening

1 Oct 2018 - 9:02pm
Michael Hutchence’s last years were turbulent and complicated, which his sister, in her new book, blames partly on a brain injury the Australian rock musician suffered in 1992.

Michael Hutchence’s traumatic brain injury revealed in sister’s book

30 Sep 2018 - 3:01am
A visitor gets to see inside the orchestra via a virtual-reality headset at the Royal Festival Hall at London’s Southbank Centre. Photo: AFP

UK concert hall’s VR tech puts you centre stage with the orchestra

1 Oct 2018 - 3:04pm
Stretching from the Roman empire to Asia, the ancient trade route lured invaders, migrants and merchants to China, and left artefacts rich with multicultural meaning

Centuries-old silver jug conjures up mysteries of the Silk Road

1 Oct 2018 - 3:27pm
Sunmi is the ex-Wonder Girls singer who has become a K-pop star in her own right.

Sunmi, the ex-Wonder Girl and K-pop’s most bankable female star

1 Oct 2018 - 11:12am
Reincarnated Giant is a new collection of Chinese science fiction that shows the evolution of the genre.

Chinese science fiction collection ‘proof of a golden age’ of genre

1 Oct 2018 - 5:58pm
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The man died in Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Photo: Dickson Lee

Probe as patient dies after blunder with ventilation bag

2 Oct 2018 - 12:06am
Civil rights activist Jolovan Wham leaves the State Court after a hearing in Singapore on November 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Singapore activist Jolovan Wham on trial for organising forum

1 Oct 2018 - 10:38pm 3
National Day celebrations ended with a 23-minute fireworks display over Victoria Harbour at 9pm. Photo: Dickson Lee

Pomp, protests and packed trains as Hong Kong marks National Day

1 Oct 2018 - 11:24pm 3
Hundreds of thousands of revellers lined both sides of the harbour for the 23-minute show. Photo: Dickson Lee

Smiley faces and hearts light up harbour in National Day fireworks

1 Oct 2018 - 10:24pm 3
Top Hong Kong representatives want a tax exemption extended to cover everyone with a home return permit. Photo: SCMP

Push for overseas income tax exemption for Hongkongers in China

1 Oct 2018 - 11:51pm 1
The visitors wanted to get photos with a multicoloured mural in the background. Photo: Sam Tsang

Why young mainland tourists are looking for different side to Hong Kong

2 Oct 2018 - 12:39am 8
Prospective investors queue up for Vanke Property (Hong Kong)’s Le Pont project in Tuen Mun, where 347 flats were on sale, on Sunday. Photo: Edmond So

Buyers snap up Hong Kong’s first property launch after prime rate rise

1 Oct 2018 - 10:53pm 3
Winner of the leadership programme Kenneth Choi Man-kin from Everbright Concern Action. Photo: Edward Wong

Organic frozen food project that hires elderly Hongkongers wins vital funding

1 Oct 2018 - 9:19pm
National Day brings Chinese tourists to city on Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, but weak yuan means shopping is not top of their list of things to do

Trains bring 60,000 mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong at high speed

1 Oct 2018 - 11:12pm 45
Police officers film pro-independence marchers carrying the Catalan flag. Photo: Alvin Lum

Flying the flag for independence, protesters give march Spanish feel

1 Oct 2018 - 8:19pm 28
The Chinese journalist appeared to be highly agitated in the video and lashed out at a volunteer asking her to leave. Photo: Facebook

Chinese reporter arrested after assault on volunteer at UK conference

1 Oct 2018 - 11:12pm 207
Luisa Tam details humans’ deep bond with the loyal creatures, and urges against abandoning them as if they were disposable

Adopting dogs in need in Hong Kong is win-win for owners and pets

1 Oct 2018 - 9:19pm 1
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Carpal tunnel syndrome. Tendinitis. Back and shoulder pains. New mothers are at risk of all kinds of injuries from repetitive child lifting and carrying. We talk to an expert on how to ease the aches

New mothers can suffer all kinds of injuries. How to relieve the pain

2 Oct 2018 - 4:01am
The new Apple Watch Series 4: the 40mm model (left) and the 44mm model. The larger screen allows for more text and icons to be displayed. Photo: Bloomberg

The best just got a lot better: Apple Watch Series 4 review

2 Oct 2018 - 3:57am
Ballet dancers are as fit as professional footballers and basketball players, a study has shown. We talk to three Hong Kong dancers about their fitness, diet and maintenance routines

Too sore to walk: how a ballet dancer feels at the end of a day’s work

1 Oct 2018 - 8:53pm
Fabric vendor Chan Yu-tung in his shop at Yen Chow Street Hawker Bazaar in Sham Shui Po. Photo: David Wong

Fabric bazaar’s relocation could kill its character, fans and traders say

1 Oct 2018 - 6:33pm
An airport, public parks, a hotel, a former hospital, a castle – there’s no shortage of ghostly haunts in a region rife with superstition. What are you waiting for?

On the ghoul trail: 10 of the most haunted places in Southeast Asia

1 Oct 2018 - 11:15am 1
Do open relationships really work? Illustration: Marcelo Duhalde

How you can make an open relationship work, and its pros and cons

30 Sep 2018 - 5:27pm 3
Luisa Tam details humans’ deep bond with the loyal creatures, and urges against abandoning them as if they were disposable

Adopting dogs in need in Hong Kong is win-win for owners and pets

1 Oct 2018 - 9:19pm 1
Alison Tan and Sotiris Tsouris believe that their innovative new sex-tech product can change the way couples think about women’s enjoyment

The Hong Kong couple who want to change the way we have sex

1 Oct 2018 - 11:32am 19
Director Paul Feig explores some dark psychological territory, with lots of laughs, but the fact the proactive leading roles are played by women is what sets it apart from others in this genre

Film noir A Simple Favor turns tables by putting women in leading roles

1 Oct 2018 - 5:16pm
Javier Bardem as Pablo Escobar and Penelope Cruz as Virginia Vallejo in a still from Loving Pablo (category IIB, English, Spanish), directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa.

Loving Pablo review: Escobar biopic is confused and unenlightening

1 Oct 2018 - 9:02pm
Sequinned or metallic, these bags and boots will steal the spotlight

Be bold: the best accessories for autumn/winter 2018

1 Oct 2018 - 6:02pm
Growing health and environmental concerns around big-brand antiperspirants are leading to more deodorants made with naturally antibacterial ingredients and minimal packaging

Six of the best plastic-free natural deodorants put to the test

1 Oct 2018 - 6:35pm
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US President Donald Trump uses a chart to illustrate the complexity of gaining regulatory approval for construction projects during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on April 4, 2017. Photo: AFP

Why China should make America’s infrastructure great again

2 Oct 2018 - 3:45am 1
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump shake hands last November during Trump’s visit to Beijing. Photo: TNS

Kavanaugh inquiry a reminder to China the gloves are off in Washington

2 Oct 2018 - 3:09am 2
Staff of British Airways have thus far rejected the carrier’s compensation offers since it announced their termination. Photo: Edward Wong

British Airways’ sudden sacking of staff is disgraceful

2 Oct 2018 - 1:42am 1
Buildings too close to the water that collapsed as giant waves hit Palu and elsewhere in central Sulawesi plainly show that lessons have still not been learned. Photo: AFP

Grim reality dawns as Sulawesi counts cost of tsunami tragedy

1 Oct 2018 - 10:28pm
The news that the first human infection of the rat hepatitis E virus took place in Hong Kong should prompt extra vigilance from everyone. Photo: Edward Wong

Health chief needs to act after rodent infection

1 Oct 2018 - 10:28pm 1
Yeung Wai-yip, an university graduate who became a bar-bender, poses for a photo at a construction site in Hung Shui Kiu. Hong Kong society has been accused of looking down on blue-collar labourers, even though the city needs them and they can make more money than some university graduates. Photo: Edward Wong

Hong Kong students yet to learn the value of blue-collar work

1 Oct 2018 - 7:01pm
There is an inverse relationship between the wealth of the government and the poverty of large swathes of the population. Photo: Edward Wong

Whatever the true numbers, poverty is a blight on Hong Kong

1 Oct 2018 - 10:18pm 2
An elderly Hong Kong woman makes ends meet collecting cardboard in Sheung Shui in the New Territories. Photo: Sam Tsang

Why growing wealth gap should be a warning for Hong Kong

1 Oct 2018 - 10:28pm
Luisa Tam details humans’ deep bond with the loyal creatures, and urges against abandoning them as if they were disposable

Adopting dogs in need in Hong Kong is win-win for owners and pets

1 Oct 2018 - 9:19pm 1
Investors monitor stock prices at a securities company in Shanghai on September 25. Despite an inflow of foreign cash, thanks to recent listings of Chinese stocks on key emerging market equity indices, mainland investors have shown scepticism about the state of the Chinese economy. Photo: AFP

Bullish foreigners or bearish locals: who is right about China stocks?

1 Oct 2018 - 10:38pm 4
An employee works on a carbon fibre production line at a factory in Lianyungang, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province, on August 9. China’s PMI fell in August, setting alarm bells ringing in the manufacturing sector. Photo: AFP

Why China must not be coy about firing up growth

1 Oct 2018 - 10:38pm 1
Chinese tourists taking pictures on the Broken Bridge in the border city of Dandong in Liaoning province. Photo: AFP

Thanks to Donald Trump, it’s an awful time to be a Chinese abroad

1 Oct 2018 - 3:00pm 95
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The company Dixon Ticonderoga, now more than two centuries old, has received US government benefits even though it moved almost all of its production to Mexico and China

American pencil giant blurs legal line when battling Chinese rivals

1 Oct 2018 - 7:58pm
Sequinned or metallic, these bags and boots will steal the spotlight

Be bold: the best accessories for autumn/winter 2018

1 Oct 2018 - 6:02pm
Stretching from the Roman empire to Asia, the ancient trade route lured invaders, migrants and merchants to China, and left artefacts rich with multicultural meaning

Centuries-old silver jug conjures up mysteries of the Silk Road

1 Oct 2018 - 3:27pm
Alison Tan and Sotiris Tsouris believe that their innovative new sex-tech product can change the way couples think about women’s enjoyment

The Hong Kong couple who want to change the way we have sex

1 Oct 2018 - 11:32am 19
Pico Iyer is blown away by the wind and the wilds of Mongolia – and by the photography of Frenchman Frédéric Lagrange that gets to the heart of a nation in many ways unchanged since Genghis Khan

Mongolia: 40 years of Asia travel and nothing had prepared me for it

1 Oct 2018 - 2:46pm 6
Sarah Driver, then Whitehead, and her brothers in Stanley Market. Picture: Sarah Driver

‘Wonderfully wild and free’: growing up on Lantau in the ’60s

1 Oct 2018 - 2:42pm 1
Tsui Hark’s latest blockbuster highlights how the legendary legal defender’s image has been reinterpreted in contemporary media

A Tang-dynasty ‘whowasit’: the mystery of the real Judge Dee

27 Sep 2018 - 9:52am
The series follows Tammy Chen as Li Nien-Nien as she navigates life and love in Taiwan’s capital. Pictures: Netflix

A Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities on Netflix: must-watch for lovers of Taipei

30 Sep 2018 - 9:41am
Silversea sails from Guam to Kobe, in Japan, aboard the Silver Explorer. Picture: Adrian Wlodarczyk

Two adventurous cruises in Asia that defy stereotypes

29 Sep 2018 - 10:22am
After watching The Business of Being Born, Hong Kong entrepreneur Lindsay Jang dropped her doctor and hired a midwife

How a film showing childbirth as natural changed a mother’s life

1 Oct 2018 - 2:50pm 1
Yasutaka Daimon, the sixth generation owner of Daimon sake brewery. Picture: K. Y. Cheng

The ‘wandering monk’: sake brewer recalls 1960s hippie explosion

30 Sep 2018 - 12:02pm
Susan Jung’s steamed eggplant with spicy sesame sauce. Photography: Jonathan Wong. Styling: Nellie Ming Lee

Don’t like eggplant? Two recipes every hater should try

29 Sep 2018 - 9:18am
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Connections celebrate Beauty Generation’s win in the Celebration Cup. Photo: Kenneth Chan

Stars shine on National Day as they start their march to HKIR

1 Oct 2018 - 10:41pm
Chris Carter in action against Pakistan. Photos: Handout

Hong Kong cricket loses senior player Carter as he pursues an aviation career

1 Oct 2018 - 10:30pm
Joao Moreira returns to scale after a victory at Nakayama on Sunday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Joao Moreira on fire in Japan, now he is ready to be put to the test

1 Oct 2018 - 10:59pm
Beauty Generation gaps his rivals in the Celebration Cup. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Horse of the Year Beauty Generation blitzes rivals in emphatic return

1 Oct 2018 - 10:59pm
Hot King Prawn dashes to victory underneath Karis Teetan in the National Day Cup. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Karis Teetan full of praise for future star Hot King Prawn

1 Oct 2018 - 10:59pm
Former Japanese number one Kenichi Tago, now plays in Malaysia. Photos: Facebook/Kenichi Tago

Disgraced Japanese badminton star Tago makes new life in Malaysia

1 Oct 2018 - 4:59pm
Karen Cheung Man-yee [right] wins the Ferei 45km Mac Trail Challenge. Photo: Handout

Surprised Cheung puts Mac Trail Challenge win down to Ben Nevis Ultra

1 Oct 2018 - 3:26pm
Manchester United's Paul Pogba with manager Jose Mourinho after being substituted off against West Ham United. Photo: Reuters

Manchester United crisis deepens as Mourinho matches dismal Moyes record

1 Oct 2018 - 3:02pm
Rene Appel, then Hong Kong windsurfing team head coach, at Stanley in 2015. Photo: Nora Tam

Sailing boss hopes to coax Appel back to save Sports Institute status

1 Oct 2018 - 11:42pm
Shanghai SIPG’s Hulk celebrates a goal during the 2017 AFC Champions League. Photo: AFP

Beijing Guoan players show lack of fight to drop out of Chinese Super League race

1 Oct 2018 - 8:57pm
Tiger Woods cannot stop Jon Rahm in the Ryder Cup singles. Photo: Reuters

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson need to end their Ryder Cup torment

1 Oct 2018 - 8:18am
Hong Kong’s Toby Fenn tries to fight off Japan’s Jose Seru. Photos: Asia Rugby

Asia Rugby Sevens Series: Hong Kong fall to Japan in final of South Korea leg

30 Sep 2018 - 11:03pm
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Domain de la Romanée-Conti 1937 vintage

Rare vintages from the personal cellar of Robert Drouhin to go on auction

2 Oct 2018 - 3:37am
This year’s Monaco Yacht Show, which ended on Saturday, featured 121 superyachts together valued at more than US$3.5 billion. Photo: Shutterstock

Which superyacht at Monaco Yacht Show did Beyoncé charter?

1 Oct 2018 - 4:02pm
Gubelin x Parmigiani Fleurier collaboration bracelet and watch

Gübelin and Parmigiani Fleurier collaborate on new watch

1 Oct 2018 - 3:02pm
Benjamin Clementine performs for guests at the Abbey Road Studios at the launch of Vacheron Constantin’s Fiftysix collection.

Vacheron Constantin launches Fiftysix collection with stylish celebration

1 Oct 2018 - 2:02pm
The 777X will also feature a higher humidity environment along with a lower cabin pressure, boosting passenger comfort.

Inside Lufthansa's new concept in business class on the Boeing 777 jet

1 Oct 2018 - 1:00pm
Less than a year after Ritesh Agarwal brought his business to China, travellers can choose from more than 1,000 Oyo-branded hotels and 87,000 rooms in over 170 cities. Photo: Bloomberg

How this 24 year-old Indian built a US$5 billion hotel start-up empire

1 Oct 2018 - 12:01pm
Houses in Tasiilaq at the edge of Kong Oskars Havn with the mountain Polheim in the background.

10 exotic places that should be on your bucket list

1 Oct 2018 - 10:00am
Sweet and well-balanced, the sparkling sake MIO has a dedicated female fan base.

Happy World Sake Day: 6 of the best rice wine drinks around

1 Oct 2018 - 9:00am
Virgil Abloh’s bottle design for Moët & Chandon’s Moët Nectar Impérial Rosé Champagne

Virgil Abloh designs Champagne bottle for Moët & Chandon

1 Oct 2018 - 2:01am
Redress Design Award finalists’ collections are all made from recycled materials.

How Redress sustainable fashion award winners turned junk into jazz

30 Sep 2018 - 5:03pm
Think Pink afternoon tea at The Langham in Hong Kong

5 Pink October breast cancer awareness activities in Hong Kong and Macau

30 Sep 2018 - 4:00pm
Song Hye-kyo was in Hong Kong to officiate at the grand opening of Sulwhasoo’s exhibition, ‘Sulwhasoo Ginseng Journey’.

September’s top K-pop, K-drama and cultural news

30 Sep 2018 - 12:02pm
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The new Apple Watch Series 4: the 40mm model (left) and the 44mm model. The larger screen allows for more text and icons to be displayed. Photo: Bloomberg

The best just got a lot better: Apple Watch Series 4 review

2 Oct 2018 - 3:57am
Dubbed the fourth industrial revolution, the development of AI encompasses a wide range of technologies that can perform tasks characteristic of human intelligence, such as understanding language and recognising objects. Photo: Shutterstock

China has ambitious AI game plan but success needs cooperation

2 Oct 2018 - 2:22am 9
A recent string of investments, including in smart retail, is expected to help drive Tencent’s shift to more enterprise solutions

Tencent restructures with eye on industrial internet as gaming business slows

1 Oct 2018 - 9:17pm
While Ma is known to be a visionary and a charismatic orator, Zhang is more reserved and is seen by many to be a steady and reliable choice to lead Alibaba in the future

Alibaba’s CEO tells employees not to ‘live for KPIs’

1 Oct 2018 - 10:53pm
Tencent’s stricter controls over underage gamers come amid Beijing’s call to protect children’s health, with the government blaming the country’s widespread myopia on the playing of video games.

Tencent uses facial recognition to detect minors playing games

1 Oct 2018 - 5:01pm 1
While big players like Ofo and Mobike focused on first-tier cities and some second-tier ones, Hellobike saw an untapped opportunity in third-tier cities and went for it

It's not easy being No. 3 in China’s ruthless bike sharing market

1 Oct 2018 - 5:46pm 1
Annual occupancy costs in Central average around $307 per square foot a year, topping London’s West End and Beijing’s Finance Street, according to CBRE Group Inc.

Cryptocurrency start-ups take up top-grade office space in Hong Kong

28 Sep 2018 - 2:06pm 1
By nurturing a raft of successful apps, Bytedance has gathered a force of hundreds of millions of users and now poses a threat to China’s largest internet operators.

Meet the 35-year-old engineer behind world’s most valuable start-up

1 Oct 2018 - 2:03pm 1
Everything you have seen in technology innovation in the last eight years, which is a lot if you look back, will effectively be multiplied by three in impact

Connectivity and AI are fast-moving trains which must be caught

30 Sep 2018 - 6:33pm
Ride-hailing has become big business in the world’s most populous country but safety concerns are mounting after murders

China watchdog finds string of safety issues with ride-hailing

28 Sep 2018 - 11:09pm 1
Will SoftBank’s latest investment make China’s ByteDance the world’s most valuable tech start-up?

Will SoftBank’s latest investment make ByteDance the world’s biggest tech start-up?

28 Sep 2018 - 3:03pm
Analysts say much of Tencent Music’s revenue comes from services such as karaoke live broadcasting where admirers tip performers

Tencent Music, bound for US IPO, profits from socially savvy

28 Sep 2018 - 9:47am
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The toilet museum in Kita-Kyushu, Japan. A Japanese maxim has it that “the restroom is the face of the household” – but Nagoya appears not to have heard. Photo: The Washington Post

Japan’s ‘least attractive city’ hits another bum note

1 Oct 2018 - 10:18pm
An LGBTI activist celebrates India’s overturning of a law criminalising gay sex. The Indian court’s verdict has inspired campaigners seeking a similar move in Singapore. Photo: EPA

Gay sex: is Singapore ready to come out of the legal closet?

1 Oct 2018 - 10:18pm 7
Donald Trump’s re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran leaves oil importers with a stark choice: pay punishing prices on the open market, or buy cheaply from Iran and face the wrath of the United States

Asia faces a devil’s bargain over US sanctions on Iran’s oil

1 Oct 2018 - 7:02am 14
Voters in Indonesia are often swayed by candidates’ fame or personality, despite past criminal offences. Photo: EPA

How to win an election in Indonesia

30 Sep 2018 - 1:43pm 4
Beijing might be the biggest loser, but both the American and Chinese economies will take a hit – especially when this war goes beyond trade

China will lose trade war, then things will get really nasty

1 Oct 2018 - 11:37pm 213
Geeta Tandon wants to become Indian cinema’s first female action director. Photo: Handout

Battered bride to Bollywood’s top stuntwoman: meet Geeta Tandon

30 Sep 2018 - 11:33am
Personal diplomacy between the presidents of China and the United States helped break a stalemate over North Korea. Now as both sides launch fresh tariffs, another summit could be key to cooling trade tensions

Xi and Trump may not be friends any more, but ...

30 Sep 2018 - 10:46am 11
From jaw-dropping property deals to political intrigue, here are three influential – and sometimes controversial – Chinese figures down under

Meet the Chinese businessmen making waves in Australia

30 Sep 2018 - 10:43am 8
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The winners and losers in Duterte’s China play

1 Oct 2018 - 3:44pm 17
Canberra has been thorough in examining its position on a rising China. London’s response is one of complacency verging on indifference

In China puzzle, Australia knows itself. The UK hasn’t a clue

29 Sep 2018 - 4:02pm 14
When boyband BTS spoke to the United Nations General Assembly, it was the logical next step for South Korean soft power – which is taking over the world, one country and one superstar at a time

Girls’ Generation to BTS: how K-pop swept the world – and the UN

29 Sep 2018 - 1:32pm 4
US President Donald Trump with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Chinese leaders are unlikely to be unprepared for the day when the Americans come spoiling for a fight. Photo: AFP

Korean war to trade war, China has a Trump card to play

29 Sep 2018 - 1:24pm 66
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Yen Chow Street Hawker Bazaar textile vendors reluctant to move to new fashion centre Hong Kong

Yen Chow Street Hawker Bazaar textile vendors reluctant to move to new fashion centre

1 Oct 2018 - 6:57pm
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Glass-bottom bridge 80 metres above ground opens in China China

Glass-bottom bridge 80 metres above ground opens in China

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A tour of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau mega bridge China

A tour of China's mega bridge

1 Oct 2018 - 3:51pm
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Meet the Shanghai barber who cuts the hair of NBA stars Lifestyle

Meet the Shanghai barber who cuts the hair of NBA stars

29 Sep 2018 - 12:38pm
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Why this sleeping wild baby panda in China is a really big deal China

Why this sleeping wild baby panda in China is a really big deal

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China’s largest waterfall swells after heavy rains China

China’s largest waterfall just got larger

28 Sep 2018 - 2:49pm
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Is Hong Kong’s high-speed railway the fastest way from A to B? We’re putting it to the test Hong Kong

Putting Hong Kong's new high-speed rail to the test

24 Sep 2018 - 11:00am
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How big is China's high-speed rail network?

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Why China and Russia are getting increasingly close China

China and Russia getting closer by the day

27 Sep 2018 - 4:24pm
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Wreckage of Chinese warship the Jingyuan, which sank in 1894, discovered China

Sunken Chinese warship found after more than century

25 Sep 2018 - 5:08pm
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You don’t want to leave home without this versatile Cantonese phrase Hong Kong

The very versatile Cantonese phrase “ai yah”

24 Sep 2018 - 5:06pm
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Hong Kong unveils newest members’ club – inside a tram carriage Arts & Culture

All aboard the Circus Tram

23 Sep 2018 - 1:01pm
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Cardi B leaves a police station in Queens, New York on Monday. Photo: Reuters

Rapper Cardi B arrested in connection with New York strip club fight

2 Oct 2018 - 4:03am
US President Donald Trump speaking outside the White House on Monday following the announcement of a new trilateral trade agreement among the US, Mexico and Canada. He said it was not yet time to resume trade talks with China. Photo: AP

Trump calls it ‘too early’ to resume trade negotiations with China

2 Oct 2018 - 3:55am 3
US President Donald Trump in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday. Photo: AP

Trump celebrates trade deal with Canada, Mexico as ‘historic’ win

2 Oct 2018 - 4:10am 1
The judges involved in the Bolivia-Chile case at the International Court of Justice. Photo: Reuters

Bolivia’s sea dispute: World court rules in Chile’s favour

2 Oct 2018 - 4:19am
The two winners’ discoveries constitute a landmark in the fight against cancer, according to a statement from the Nobel Assembly

2018 Nobel Medicine Prize awarded for cancer research

1 Oct 2018 - 10:57pm 3
Jean-Claude Arnault, a major cultural figure in Sweden, faced two counts of rape of a woman seven years ago. Photo: AFP

Man at centre of Nobel Literature scandal jailed for rape

1 Oct 2018 - 10:57pm 5
Donald Trump triggered a review of the 1994 trade pact after he called it ‘one of the worst trade deals in history’

US and Canada reach last-minute deal to save Nafta, rename it USMCA

2 Oct 2018 - 1:59am 61
Protesters access to the AP-7 motorway with tyres. Photo: EPA

Catalan separatists, divided a year after banned vote, block roads

1 Oct 2018 - 10:57pm
This handout photo provided by Iran's Revolutionary Guard official website shows a missile being launched at militants in eastern Syria. Photo: AFP

Iran fires missiles at ‘terrorists’ in Syria in revenge for parade attack

1 Oct 2018 - 8:50pm 1
Tara Fares is not the only Iraqi fashion and beauty entrepreneur to have met her death in recent weeks

Murder mystery: 22-year-old Iraqi Instagram star shot in her Porsche

1 Oct 2018 - 10:57pm 4
Hotly contested campaign closely watched by the Kremlin and Western leaders, who saw the vote as a signal for the geopolitical direction of the Balkans

Most Macedonians sit out vote to unlock Nato, EU membership

1 Oct 2018 - 8:50pm
‘We are very concerned about the impact that foreign buyers have on the housing market’

Britain’s PM wants to hit foreign homebuyers with a higher tax

1 Oct 2018 - 8:50pm 2