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Central Asia can become a strategic logistics hub for Hong Kong as wars in the Middle East and Europe persist, with cargo volume between the…
Current Affairs
For Malaysia’s Rohingya refugees, survival is just the start
For nine days, Nurul Nisa was crammed onto one of four fishing boats with 130 others, fleeing her village in Myanmar in search of safety….
Calls grow to tighten child protection rules after baby Danny case in Hong Kong
A recent series of child protection controversies, including a couple refusing a DNA test to register their home-born baby, has prompted calls for Hong Kong…
What does Singapore lose when the wrecking ball swings?
Tey Yong How remembers running along the shores of eastern Singapore as a child, the sea breeze mingling with the smell of sizzling seafood.
Birthday dinners…
China’s nuclear weapons scientist Du Xiangwan clarifies role in nation’s war on waste
One of China’s most prominent nuclear scientists has publicly clarified his role in the country’s rapidly expanding waste-to-energy sector, following years of speculation linking nuclear…
Missing US student found dead in Japan
An American student who disappeared while on a family holiday in Japan was found dead outside Kyoto, his mother wrote in a social media post…