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Australian air authorities are investigating the pilot who flew over his island destination after falling asleep on his Piper Navajo plane, like the one in this file photo. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Commercial pilot falls asleep, flies past destination island by 46km

28 Nov 2018 - 3:26am 1

Malaysian police seized 47 pens and 336 notebooks containing Bible verses. Photo: AP

Malaysia to deport four Finns for distributing Christian items

28 Nov 2018 - 1:44am 1

This is not the first time that the Philippine government has warned about traffickers. Photo: Dickson Lee

Alert over Filipino workers being trafficked from Dubai to Iraq

27 Nov 2018 - 10:49pm 2

Hassan al-Kontar and a supporter from Canada share a light moment after his arrival in Vancouver. Photo: AP

Syrian refugee finally leaves Malaysia after 7 months stuck in airport

27 Nov 2018 - 5:42pm 1

Rights groups say indigenous people need better protection. Photo: AFP

Killing of US missionary prompts protection call for tribals

27 Nov 2018 - 9:55pm 2

The passenger was removed from the Jet Airways flight after typing ‘terrorist’ into his phone. Photo: Reuters

Passenger’s Snapchat selfie sparks terror scare on Indian flight

28 Nov 2018 - 5:06am 3

eBay is eyeing Asian markets as it looks to expand. Photo: EPA

eBay targets Japanese market as it sets its sights on Asian expansion

28 Nov 2018 - 5:05am

Intelligence agencies have arrested the senior French civil servant who worked at the Senate on suspicion he passed confidential information to North Korea. Photo: AFP

Senior French civil servant arrested on suspicion of spying for North Korea

28 Nov 2018 - 6:28am

South Korea's Prosecutor General Moon Moo-il wipes away tears. Photo: AP

Seoul apologises to former vagrants who were ‘enslaved’ by the state

27 Nov 2018 - 8:45pm

Rescuers stand with a pigmy killer whale after it was transported to Rarawa Beach in the far north of New Zealand. Photo: AP

6 beached whales saved in New Zealand - a day after 145 died

27 Nov 2018 - 5:57pm

The arrest of Nissan’s former chief executive Carlos Ghosn has stunned the business world. Photo: AP

Carlos Ghosn’s dramatic fall from business superstar to suspect

27 Nov 2018 - 2:06pm

A fire at a construction site in Japan that killed four people. Photo: EPA

Japan’s labour shortage proves deadly for foreign workers

27 Nov 2018 - 10:53pm

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A worsening trade dispute between the US and China plunge the global economy into a recession. Photo: AP

Top asset manager warns of global recession if trade war escalates

28 Nov 2018 - 9:07am

Older Chinese exercise in Ditan Park in Beijing in June 2016. Beijing's parks have become a common place for older people to spend their time in the morning, where they can gather with friends or take care of their grandchildren. Photo: Simon Song

Longfor launches its first retirement home – still a novelty in China

28 Nov 2018 - 8:01am

US President Donald Trump (left) looks on as Jerome Powell, then his nominee to become chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaks at the White House in Washington on November 2. Photo: Reuters

Trump calls Federal Reserve ‘much bigger problem than China’

28 Nov 2018 - 9:25am 3

A SM Development Corp. condominium development stands under construction in the Manila Bay area of Manila on May 2, 2018. Photo: Bloomberg

More families of overseas Filipinos buying homes amid weak peso

28 Nov 2018 - 7:01am

Chinese artificial intelligence company iFlytek is now removing politically sensitive words, phrases and names from its popular translation app, iFlyTranslate. Photo: Bloomberg

China’s iFlytek censors politically sensitive terms on its translation app

28 Nov 2018 - 6:03am

Beijing has only sold a third of the land it aims to supply in 2018. Photo: Reuters

Beijing scores US$4.5 billion in record land sales with eased controls

27 Nov 2018 - 10:59pm 1

China’s ‘consumption upgrade’ trend undeterred by US-China trade war, study says

China’s ‘consumption upgrade’ undeterred by US-China trade war

28 Nov 2018 - 1:24am 2

US likely 'biggest loser' if iPhones, laptops go on tariff list

US likely 'biggest loser' if iPhones slapped with tariffs

27 Nov 2018 - 10:59pm 40

China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump will meet in Buenos Aires on Saturday as they seek to resolve the trade war between the two countries. Photo: AFP

Trump’s stance on tariffs could lead to global financial meltdown

27 Nov 2018 - 7:49pm 15

In the run up to Brexit in March, committing to new developments in London over a multi-year period remains a risky proposition. Photo: Reuters

London’s biggest office landlords brace for Brexit fallout

27 Nov 2018 - 7:47pm

Hong Kong and China stocks drop as concerns about trade war resurface

Hong Kong, China stocks drop as concerns about trade war resurface

27 Nov 2018 - 5:34pm

AXA on Tuesday became the second foreign insurer in three days to announce plans for a wholly-owned company in mainland China. Photo: Reuters

AXA to pay US$662 million for full control of China joint venture

27 Nov 2018 - 10:10pm 1

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Accusations are being painted onto suspects’ homes in Guangxi region. Photo: thepaper.cn

How Chinese county tries to shame fraud suspects into surrendering

28 Nov 2018 - 8:47am

An environmental protection education banner proclaims: “We breathe the same air, have the same responsibility, and take the same action.” Photo: lfwmfw.gov.cn

The catchphrases of 40 years of Chinese slogans

28 Nov 2018 - 8:01am

Zhang Donghong, who moved to Shenzhen in 1985, with her daughter Zhong, who is now 28. Photo: Handout

Inside China’s test zone: the eyewitnesses to Shenzhen’s rise

28 Nov 2018 - 8:34am

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow at a briefing in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

Larry Kudlow plays up prospect ‘a deal can be made’ between Trump and Xi

28 Nov 2018 - 7:05am 5

Journey to prosperity: how a generation climbed China’s social ladder

28 Nov 2018 - 8:32am 6

Haruka Nakaura shows the bruises on her face, arms and body (left) and earlier, with Jiang Jinfu. Photo: Shanghaiist

Japanese police issue arrest warrant for Chinese actor over abuse claims

28 Nov 2018 - 6:31am 1

The QN-506, China’s answer to Russia’s Terminator, on show in Zhuhai in November. Photo: Army Recognition

How China’s Terminator is showing the way for military-civilian tie-ups

28 Nov 2018 - 2:51am 7

Chinese scientist He Jiankui claims he helped make world's first genetically edited babies: twin girls whose DNA he said he altered. Photo: AP

China to investigate whether gene-edited twin experiment broke law

28 Nov 2018 - 6:32am 20

Xu Nanping chided the US’ proposed limits on technology imports to China, saying Beijing has responses to restrictions in hand and development will simply step up a gear. Photo: Thomas Yau

US technology export controls will not defeat China, says official

27 Nov 2018 - 9:34pm 17

China’s ‘consumption upgrade’ trend undeterred by US-China trade war, study says

China’s ‘consumption upgrade’ undeterred by US-China trade war

28 Nov 2018 - 1:24am 2

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping attend a business event in Beijing last year. The US president has turned up the heat in the trade war ahead of their meeting this week. Photo: AP

China ‘won’t get away with vague promises this time’ in talks with US

27 Nov 2018 - 11:22pm 106

Top Beijing official attacks US over WTO reforms, and says China economy is not as developed as claimed

China influence on global economy ‘overestimated’ says top Beijing official

27 Nov 2018 - 11:52pm 17

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More Than Blue film review: Taiwanese remake of Korean melodrama is as frustrating as the original

More than Blue: frustrating Taiwanese remake of melodrama

28 Nov 2018 - 7:04am

TikTok users taking part in the “Gaga dance challenge”, a recent craze that swept the Philippines.

Why crazy popular app TikTok spreads joy whatever your age

27 Nov 2018 - 9:03pm

Filmmaker who revealed horrors of Mao’s Chinese gulags talks about exposing the hidden China

Under-the-radar filmmaker telling the hidden China stories

27 Nov 2018 - 8:16pm

The Orang Laut, or sea people, were alternately loyal subjects of Melaka and Johor, to where Singapore’s original inhabitants fled, and pirates who terrorised merchant ships.

Temasek to Singapura to Raffles: Singapore’s early history

27 Nov 2018 - 6:11pm

Robin Hood film review: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx in rubbish reboot

How not to reboot a film: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx in Robin Hood

27 Nov 2018 - 5:05pm

Christie’s auction sale of Wood And Rock, a painting by Song dynasty poet and artist Su Shi, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: Sam Tsang

Song dynasty painting fails to break record for Chinese artwork

26 Nov 2018 - 11:21pm 1

Hong Kong Sinfonietta music director to step down in 2020 after 18 years at the helm

Yip Wing-sie, music pioneer, to pass baton at Hong Kong Sinfonietta

27 Nov 2018 - 1:10pm 1

Vikrant Massey (left) and Ali Fazal as Bablu and Guddu Pandit, two brothers who find themselves in a dangerous power play in Amazon Prime’s new Indian drama, Mirzapur. Picture: YouTube

With Mirzapur, Amazon Prime eyes India’s millions of internet users

26 Nov 2018 - 1:56pm

Max Richter: there’s a tremendous earthquake going through our culture at the moment

Max Richter on why he rescued Four Seasons from elevator music

26 Nov 2018 - 7:19pm 1

Martin Amis’ Invasion of the Space Invaders is a homage to retro arcade games. Photo: Shutterstock

Pac-Man pleasures: Martin Amis’ ode to video games reissued

26 Nov 2018 - 9:01pm

Diplo is an American DJ and producer that’s made his name in EDM.

DJ Diplo leaves the EDM bro life behind for new sound

26 Nov 2018 - 6:33pm

Peter Finch plays the news anchor who loses it in Network (1976). Photo: Alamy

‘There is no America: there is no democracy’: Network revisited

26 Nov 2018 - 11:24am

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“A whole generation of people feels unrepresented”: Lee Cheuk-yan. Photo: Sam Tsang

Pan-democrats and localists urged to work together after by-election loss

28 Nov 2018 - 8:47am 1

Hong Kong closes gap with Singapore on prosperity index, with institute saying residents enjoy greater level of personal freedom

City closes gap on Singapore thanks to greater level of personal freedom

28 Nov 2018 - 9:19am 2

Beijing should adopt Hong Kong’s free market economy and turn Greater Bay Area into largest free-trade zone in China, says former top Shenzhen official

Expand city’s free market economy to Greater Bay Area, Beijing urged

28 Nov 2018 - 9:14am 2

Beverage giant Vitasoy owns Vitasoy milk and Vita Lemon Tea among other brands. Photo: Winson Wong

74 per cent of drinks cartons in landfill from Vitasoy – firm ‘must recycle’

28 Nov 2018 - 7:01am 5

Health officials in Hong Kong have followed their counterparts in the US and Canada in warning people to avoid eating romaine lettuce, which has been linked to an E coli outbreak that has caused dozens of people to become ill. Photo: Getty Images

Hong Kong halts sale and import of E coli-linked romaine lettuce

28 Nov 2018 - 2:55am 1

A warning sign at the Hung Hom station construction site; the construction work is led by Leighton Contractors (Asia) for the MTR Sha Tin to Central Link. Leighton Contractors (Asia) was barred from bidding for government contracts 15 months because of its work was found to be substandard. Photo: Nora Tam

Leighton manager is asked at inquiry if company had collective ‘lapse’

28 Nov 2018 - 3:13am 6

Hong Kong lawmaker accepts primacy of Beijing in bid to keep village election hopes alive after official questions his politics

Localist running for village post asked to clarify self-determination views

27 Nov 2018 - 11:47pm 2

Flu vaccination services have been suspended at public hospitals and outpatient clinics. Photo: AFP

75,000 doses of flu vaccine from batch with impurities used in Hong Kong

28 Nov 2018 - 7:33am 14

A poster for pro-establishment candidate Chan Hoi-yan hangs on a street corner after she won the West Kowloon by-election in Hong Kong. Photo: AP

Pro-Beijing paper accused of running illegal campaign ad on election day

27 Nov 2018 - 10:29pm 11

Alex Tan (centre) reads out a gratitude letter by his son to the teachers at the Think school. Photo: Dickson Lee

Tearful parents call on government to give beleaguered school new site

27 Nov 2018 - 10:29pm 2

Top Beijing official attacks US over WTO reforms, and says China economy is not as developed as claimed

China influence on global economy ‘overestimated’ says top Beijing official

27 Nov 2018 - 11:52pm 17

This is not the first time that the Philippine government has warned about traffickers. Photo: Dickson Lee

Alert over Filipino workers being trafficked from Dubai to Iraq

27 Nov 2018 - 10:49pm 2

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Cambodian internet sensation and his mum contemplate the big time after video goes viral

About to hit the big time: multilingual boy in Cambodia video

28 Nov 2018 - 7:56am

More Than Blue film review: Taiwanese remake of Korean melodrama is as frustrating as the original

More than Blue: frustrating Taiwanese remake of melodrama

28 Nov 2018 - 7:04am

Why Twitch earns billions and is the king of game streaming platforms

Why Twitch earns billions and is king of video game streaming

28 Nov 2018 - 3:36am

Airbnb is using location technology so people can stay with nomadic hosts in Mongolia. Photo: Airbnb/what3words

Fancy a stay with Mongolian nomads? Airbnb uses tech to find them for you

28 Nov 2018 - 1:18am

Killing of US missionary John Allen Chau by Sentinelese exposes the main flaw of tribal tourism

How killing of US missionary exposes the trouble with tribal tourism

28 Nov 2018 - 8:30am

Filmmaker who revealed horrors of Mao’s Chinese gulags talks about exposing the hidden China

Under-the-radar filmmaker telling the hidden China stories

27 Nov 2018 - 8:16pm

Hong Kong-raised teen who’s never been on Facebook or Instagram so she ‘can have the best life’

Meet the Hong Kong-raised teen who says no to social media

27 Nov 2018 - 1:40pm 6

TikTok users taking part in the “Gaga dance challenge”, a recent craze that swept the Philippines.

Why crazy popular app TikTok spreads joy whatever your age

27 Nov 2018 - 9:03pm

The Orang Laut, or sea people, were alternately loyal subjects of Melaka and Johor, to where Singapore’s original inhabitants fled, and pirates who terrorised merchant ships.

Temasek to Singapura to Raffles: Singapore’s early history

27 Nov 2018 - 6:11pm

Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu: dumbed down, none of the fun bits of Pokemon Go

Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu is a dumbed down disappointment

27 Nov 2018 - 8:46pm

Hongkonger comes full circle to find home in the apartment block she grew up in

The place she grew up in: a Hongkonger finds home is where she left it

27 Nov 2018 - 6:55pm 1

Nike design chief talks Colin Kaepernick, empowering women, and the future of retail in Asia

Nike design chief talks Just Do It, sneaker culture, and the future

26 Nov 2018 - 1:01am 7

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A student waits outside Think International School’s campus on Boundary Street in Kowloon Tong on November 15. After the Education Bureau suspended operations of Tsung Tsin Think Academy for failing to properly register, 170 children were placed at the Boundary Street facility. Photo: Nora Tam

Education Bureau followed the law in handling Think International case

28 Nov 2018 - 6:31am

A baby that needs a diaper change is unlikely to be quiet, so access to changing rooms via a library is hardly practical. Photo: Shutterstock

Location of baby facilities on university campus deserves rethink

28 Nov 2018 - 5:43am

In Washington, China-bashing isn’t just for hawks any more

28 Nov 2018 - 2:39am 24

Those who call ambulances for trivial or false reasons are hindering the ability of emergency workers to serve those with a legitimate need. Photo: Felix Wong

Abuse of ambulance service should be punishable by law

27 Nov 2018 - 7:07pm 1

China has brushed aside American claims that the “Belt and Road Initiative” was a debt trap for nations. Photo: AP

Beijing needs to take belt and road worries of nations on board

27 Nov 2018 - 10:11pm 2

The right to protest is guaranteed by Hong Kong’s Basic Law. Photo: Sam Tsang

Protests require give and take on all sides

27 Nov 2018 - 10:11pm

Chan Hoi-yan defeated two veteran Hong Kong pan-democratic rivals in the by-election for the Kowloon West seat in the legislature. Photo: Sam Tsang

Pragmatism the real winner in Hong Kong, Taiwan elections

27 Nov 2018 - 10:12pm 6

The Department of Education in China’s Guangdong province has outlined a variety of actions that constitute bullying, whether real or online, with penalties ranging from detention to criminal liability in incidents involving assault. Photo: Shutterstock

Harsh penalties aren’t the answer to school bullies

27 Nov 2018 - 5:02pm

An effigy of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman accused of blasphemy, is held up during a rally in Karachi, Pakistan, on November 21. Radical Muslims have protested against the Supreme Court’s decision to acquit the woman. Photo: EPA

Populism, zealotry, social media: the trinity that dragged down Pakistan

27 Nov 2018 - 7:49pm 2

Supporters of the Kuomintang’s Kaohsiung mayoral candidate, Han Kuo-yu, react during a campaign rally for the local elections, in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on November 23. Photo: Reuters

Taiwan election results a vote against DPP’s business as usual

27 Nov 2018 - 7:49pm 2

An employee looks at stacks of US dollars at the KEB-Hana Bank in Seoul. Should the US dollar begin to lose some of its strength, Asian currencies may be the ones to pick up the slack. Photo: EPA/Yonhap

Is the US dollar’s crown slipping? And, if so, who will benefit most?

27 Nov 2018 - 10:23pm 2

Supporters of same-sex marriage rights wave rainbow flags at a Taipei rally in 2016. However, Taiwanese voters blocked same-sex marriage laws in a November 24 referendum. Photo: AP

How the lack of gay rights hurts Hong Kong

27 Nov 2018 - 1:20pm 8

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Hongkonger comes full circle to find home in the apartment block she grew up in

The place she grew up in: a Hongkonger finds home is where she left it

27 Nov 2018 - 6:55pm 1

Genital mutilation, sexual assault, gender pay gap: the reality of women’s lives globally

Genital mutilation, sexual assault, pay gap: the reality of women’s lives globally

27 Nov 2018 - 1:11pm

Hong Kong’s ‘recreational clubs’ are remnants of its colonial past; what does that mean for their future?

‘Recreational clubs’ in Hong Kong: up the creek without a paddle?

26 Nov 2018 - 11:07am 16

Philippine mountaineer on her journey to scale the Seven Summits, highest peaks on all the continents

Female Philippine climber set to be first to scale Seven Summits

26 Nov 2018 - 3:55pm 8

Huntress Aigerim Asker trains ahead of the Golden Eagle Festival, in Ölgii, Mongolia, in October. Picture: Zigor Aldama

How female eagle hunters are challenging patriarchy in Mongolia

23 Nov 2018 - 11:20am

Go KiraKira – how to wear metallics and sparkles, just in time for the festive season

Go KiraKira – how to wear metallics and sparkles

26 Nov 2018 - 6:02pm

Crazy Rich Asians’ Henry Golding on the insanity of fame, not being Asian enough, and tribal tattoos

Crazy Rich Asians’ Henry Golding on not being Asian enough

19 Nov 2018 - 2:57pm 7

Vikrant Massey (left) and Ali Fazal as Bablu and Guddu Pandit, two brothers who find themselves in a dangerous power play in Amazon Prime’s new Indian drama, Mirzapur. Picture: YouTube

With Mirzapur, Amazon Prime eyes India’s millions of internet users

26 Nov 2018 - 1:56pm

Viv Snowden (second from right) and her husband, Phil, with one of their daughters and her family, in Denmark, Western Australia. Picture: courtesy of Singlefile Wines

Why Zimbabwean couple sold lucrative mining consultancy to start winery in Australia

27 Nov 2018 - 4:39pm

An old postcard for The Broadmoor, which calls it the “finest all year scenic resort in America”. Picture: Alamy

The Broadmoor at 100: what drew celebrities to this Colorado Springs resort

25 Nov 2018 - 8:00pm

The 1555 book Decades of the Newe Worlde with the word “China”, used in English for the first time. Pictures: courtesy of Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Copy of rare book The Decades of the Newe Worlde on sale in Hong Kong

25 Nov 2018 - 9:51am

Soni Cheng, the guitarist in Hong Kong math-rock band GDJYB. Picture: Sunny Liu

How a self-help book changed Hong Kong rocker Soni Cheng’s life

24 Nov 2018 - 1:57pm

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Big Backyard Ultra proves running really is all in the mind – and it is OK not to run

28 Nov 2018 - 8:06am

Go Beauty Go gallops on after dislodging Tye Angland at Sha Tin on Sunday. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Racing community holds its breath for news on Angland

27 Nov 2018 - 10:16pm

Did Diego Maradona just deliver the worst, or best, post-game interview ever? Photo: AP

Did Maradona just deliver the weirdest post-game interview ever?

27 Nov 2018 - 5:30pm

Hong Kong should have a women’s professional soccer league, says star player Wai Yuen-ting

Women’s professional soccer league in Hong Kong is the way to go, says star player

27 Nov 2018 - 10:16pm

Trainer John Moore in the Sha Tin winner’s circle after his horse Just Not Listening won earlier this season. Photos: Kenneth Chan

From Group One to Class Three: the fall of Helene Charisma

27 Nov 2018 - 3:52pm

A firefighter is silhouetted by a burning home along Pacific Coast Highway during the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California. Photo: AFP

Bodybuilder Calum Von Moger rescues animals after almost losing home in fire

27 Nov 2018 - 9:52pm

Phil Mickelson reacts with the winner's belt after beating winning The Match: Tiger vs Phil golf match at Shadow Creek Golf Course. Photo: USA Today

Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods pay-per-view gimmick hints at future of all sport

27 Nov 2018 - 3:05pm

Jockey Sam Clipperton and trainer Caspar Fownes celebrate E Master’s win earlier this season. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Clipperton hopes barrier can lift E Master to another Valley victory

27 Nov 2018 - 5:03pm

A photograph of Billy the Pui O cow used to accompany the announcement of his death. Photo: Facebook/AFCD

After death of Billy the Pui O cow are hikers doing enough to cut out plastic pollution?

27 Nov 2018 - 11:39am 1

Liang Kong being interviewed at his CrossFit gym in China. The sport is exploding in the country for a number of reasons. Photo: Handout

CrossFit booming in China as central government and banks back gym openings

27 Nov 2018 - 10:01am

Sophia Floersch attends a press conference at a hospital in Macau to discuss her injuries and recovery before flying home on Monday. Photo: AFP

Floersch ‘walking again’ after Macau crash; leaves hospital and flies home

27 Nov 2018 - 12:34am 1

Ryan Moore after riding Highland Reel to victory in last year’s Group One Hong Kong Vase. Photos: Kenneth Chan

Capri ruled out of HKIR, Ting fined for table mix-up

26 Nov 2018 - 8:11pm

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The Saint Laurent Kate chain bag in black suede and gold tassels costs US$2,875.

STYLE Edit: Saint Laurent Christmas capsule collection is all about festive cool

28 Nov 2018 - 9:00am

One-minute bio: Valentino Garavani

27 Nov 2018 - 6:01pm

Aaharn’s Sankaya is pumpkin dessert featuring egg coconut custard with noodles on the top

Why are desserts so essential to Thai cuisine?

28 Nov 2018 - 5:51am

A special package for two people, including afternoon tea and an immersive dining experience at the Yangon hotel, is available for ‘STYLE’ readers

Win a free, two-night stay at Myanmar’s Belmond Governor’s Residence

1 Nov 2018 - 9:00am

The Linlithgow Royal Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland is the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots as well as the location for the forthcoming eponymous film starring Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan. Photo: Instagram @visitscotland

Hogwarts and 4 other castles featured in films you should tour

27 Nov 2018 - 3:57pm

Kering to end Yoox Net-a-Porter joint venture to set up own online sales sites for brands

Kering to end Yoox Net-a-Porter online sales joint venture

27 Nov 2018 - 3:41pm

The 2018 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S Coupe ‘is great to drive – a perfect execution of a flawed concept of combining an SUV and a sports car’. Photos: Matthew DeBord/Business Insider

Is Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S Coupe’s SUV-sports car combo good?

27 Nov 2018 - 2:01pm

Chanyeol, the South Korean member of the K-pop boy band EXO, who celebrates his 26th birthday on Tuesday.

Happy 26th birthday, Chanyeol: 4 highlights from the K-pop star's career

27 Nov 2018 - 6:17pm 1

Where did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle go for their babymoon?

Prince Harry & Meghan Markle enjoy babymoon in Fiji

27 Nov 2018 - 11:01am

Wealthy people are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars so that their panic rooms have luxurious fittings, in contrast with the stark panic room featured in the 2002 thriller, ‘Panic Room’, starring Kristen Stewart (left) and Jodie Foster. Photo: Columbia Pictures

Why the super-rich pay US$550,000 for a bar in luxury panic rooms

27 Nov 2018 - 10:18am

Actress Kim Hye-soo (left) and actor Yoo Yeon-seok, the hosts of last Friday’s Blue Dragon Film Awards, smile for the cameras as they walk on the red carpet before the event in Seoul. Photo: Yonhap

‘Ageless’ Korean actress Kim Hye-soo inspires joke at film awards

27 Nov 2018 - 9:01am

One-minute bio: Yohji Yamamoto

27 Nov 2018 - 9:01am

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Chinese artificial intelligence company iFlytek is now removing politically sensitive words, phrases and names from its popular translation app, iFlyTranslate. Photo: Bloomberg

China’s iFlytek censors politically sensitive terms on its translation app

28 Nov 2018 - 6:03am

Did ‘billion-dollar’ gambling loss in Saipan imperil Chinese smartphone maker Gionee?

Did founder’s ‘billion-dollar’ gambling loss imperil Gionee?

28 Nov 2018 - 6:09am

US likely 'biggest loser' if iPhones, laptops go on tariff list

US likely 'biggest loser' if iPhones slapped with tariffs

27 Nov 2018 - 10:59pm 40

Popular Chinese news app Jinri Toutiao offers rewards to stories that quash rumours amid government campaign to 'clean up' online content

Chinese news app Toutiao offers cash rewards to best stories that quash rumours

27 Nov 2018 - 2:11pm 1

Tencent partners with Line on mobile payments in Japan, heating up competition with Alibaba’s Alipay

Tencent partners with Line in Japan on mobile payments

27 Nov 2018 - 10:10pm

Twitch CEO’s advice for tech addicts is not good news for those in China who love attention-seeking apps

Twitch CEO says apps are real tech addiction danger

27 Nov 2018 - 8:39am

There are now a range of artificial intelligence-powered apps to monitor a baby’s sleep pattern and offer parents individualised, real-time recommendations to help a child sleep at night. Photo: Alamy

Help me, AI! My baby can’t sleep

27 Nov 2018 - 1:14pm 1

Chinese food delivery giant Meituan considers consolidating data from its different platforms after loss widens amid price war with Alibaba

Meituan considers consolidating data to cut costs amid losses from price war

27 Nov 2018 - 5:26am

Babytree’s shares rise in Hong Kong debut after cutting IPO size on waning investors’ appetite

China’s largest parenting website rise on debut after cutting IPO size

27 Nov 2018 - 10:59pm

The chip maker caught in US assault on China’s tech ambitions

The chip maker caught in US assault on China’s tech ambitions

26 Nov 2018 - 8:19pm 7

Daniel Zhang Yong, chief executive of Alibaba Group Holding, talks to the media during the company’s Tmall 11.11 Global Shopping Festival in Shanghai on November 11. Photo: SCMP

Alibaba restructures e-commerce, cloud businesses

26 Nov 2018 - 11:10pm 1

The great cryptocurrency crash of 2018 is heading for its worst week yet. Bitcoin sank toward US$4,000. Photo: Bloomberg

Bitcoin’s tumble nears its worst-ever bear markets

26 Nov 2018 - 2:09pm 2

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A burnt car that was flipped upside down during the riot at the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple in Subang Jaya, Selangor, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: EPA

Mahathir denies racial element as violence rages in Malaysia

27 Nov 2018 - 11:50pm 1

This is not the first time that the Philippine government has warned about traffickers. Photo: Dickson Lee

Alert over Filipino workers being trafficked from Dubai to Iraq

27 Nov 2018 - 10:49pm 2

Chan Hoi-yan defeated two veteran Hong Kong pan-democratic rivals in the by-election for the Kowloon West seat in the legislature. Photo: Sam Tsang

Pragmatism the real winner in Hong Kong, Taiwan elections

27 Nov 2018 - 10:12pm 6

Pakistani security personnel take position near the compound of the Chinese consulate in Karachi after it was stormed in an attack reportedly claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army. Photo: EPA

Why attacks on Chinese interests in Pakistan will continue

28 Nov 2018 - 6:58am 4

Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak is facing a painful crawl towards his day in court as authorities continue to open fresh probes to find out the full extent of his involvement in the 1MDB case. Photo: AFP

Najib says he’s ‘lucky’ to avoid sodomy rap over 1MDB probes

26 Nov 2018 - 9:08pm 6

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo: Reuters

Bangladesh election: will Hasina’s China-India balancing act be enough?

26 Nov 2018 - 4:21pm 1

A French Navy Rafale fighter jet aboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. Photo: EPA

What a dogfight in court would mean for Modi’s Rafale jet deal

26 Nov 2018 - 9:06am 12

Xi-Trump summit could go either way. But either way, it’s bad

Xi-Trump summit could go either way. But either way, it’s bad

26 Nov 2018 - 8:04am 19

Haunted by the violence: Fatima Bhutto on her new novel

25 Nov 2018 - 8:25pm

‘In Bali, a woman’s feet were cut off’: #MeToo time for Indonesia?

‘In Bali, a woman’s feet were cut off’: Indonesia’s #MeToo time?

25 Nov 2018 - 2:51pm 2

Child-friendly co-working space Trehaus. Photo: Handout

As Singapore’s fertility rate falls, its baby businesses boom

25 Nov 2018 - 5:27pm

Apps like Wahyoo are helping update small businesses for the modern era. Photo: Facebook

Get smart: Indonesia’s ramshackle warung stores go digital

26 Nov 2018 - 1:51pm

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White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow at a briefing in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

Larry Kudlow plays up prospect ‘a deal can be made’ between Trump and Xi

28 Nov 2018 - 7:05am 5

Tine Nys (centre), with her two sisters, in a family photo provided to the Belgian TV show Terzake. Photo: Terzake

Doctors euthanised her because she had mild autism. Was killing a crime?

28 Nov 2018 - 2:54am

Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko warns of ‘full-scale war’ with Russia in wake of dramatic sea clash

Ukraine president warns of ‘full-scale war’ with Russia after sea clash

28 Nov 2018 - 8:04am 1

US President Donald Trump (left) looks on as Jerome Powell, then his nominee to become chairman of the US Federal Reserve, speaks at the White House in Washington on November 2. Photo: Reuters

Trump calls Federal Reserve ‘much bigger problem than China’

28 Nov 2018 - 9:25am 3

Florida man Chris Gursky (left) clings to his hang-gliding pilot in a video of his wild ride in Switzerland. Photo: Chris Gursky / YouTube

Watch: man hangs on for his life after glider pilot forgets to strap him in

28 Nov 2018 - 7:30am 2

A charred passport photo purported to be that of alleged Camorra crime boss Antonio Orlando. The reputed gang boss was in the process of destroying identity documents when police arrested him. Photo: Carabinieri Napoli

Italy captures alleged mafia boss burning ID documents in luxury hideout

28 Nov 2018 - 6:08am

Travel Channel host Andrew Zimmern (shown in 2017), an award-winning chef, samples Taiwanese noodle soup at Happy Stony Noodle in Elmhurst, New York. Photo: AP

Food show host apologises for mocking ‘horses**t’ US Chinese restaurants

28 Nov 2018 - 3:58am 14

Stephen Hillenburg and actress Scarlett Johansson attending the premiere of “The Spongebob Squarepants Movie” at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles in 2014. Photo: Agence France-Presse

‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57

28 Nov 2018 - 5:21am

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (left) and former Trump presidential campaign manager Paul Manafort. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Trump campaign boss Manafort secretly met Assange in Ecuador’s embassy

28 Nov 2018 - 3:54am 3

File photo of deforestation in the western Amazon region of Brazil. Photo: AFP

Greenpeace: Brazil lost ‘1 million football pitches’ of forest in a year

28 Nov 2018 - 1:56am

Beyond North Sentinel: here are 5 other isolated tribes in the world

Beyond North Sentinel: here are 5 other mysterious tribes

27 Nov 2018 - 3:37pm

A woman holding two saws at a protest against the visit of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Tunisia, in Tunis on November 27, 2018. Photo: Reuters

Tunisians protest against Saudi prince’s visit after Khashoggi killing

27 Nov 2018 - 9:24pm 1