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1. Beauty market aglow: young Chinese splurge on self-care, Fosun-backed firm says

   Young Chinese consumers, including a growing number of men, are splurging on aesthetic medical treatments for physical, emotional and social wellness, according to the CEO of Fosun Pharma‑backed Sisram Medical and its subsidiary Alma, who says Asia’s relatively low penetration offers greater growth potential than North America. “It is a global trend that younger generations, including those [in...

2. Philippine anti-drug unit disbanded after teen accuses officers of rape, robbery

   A Philippine police anti-narcotics team has been disbanded after a teenager accused several officers of raping and robbing her during what authorities later described as a failed drug operation in Cavite, a province south of Manila, triggering a series of arrests and high-level investigations. The Philippine National Police (PNP) said all 15 members of its Drug Enforcement Group – Special...

3. How China turned a cement factory into a haven for mathematicians

   Even as the bombs fall in Ukraine, precisely following trajectories defined by equations, Ukrainian and Russian mathematicians, among others, gather in sunlit rooms beside tranquil Yanqi Lake in an industrial estate north of China’s capital. Here, at the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (Bimsa), they debate string theory over coffee, co-author papers on quantum fields...

4. Singapore orders Apple, Google to stop fake government message scams

   Singapore’s police have ordered Apple and Google to prevent the spoofing of government agencies on their messaging platforms, the Home Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. The order under the nation’s Online Criminal Harms Act came after the police observed scams on Apple’s iMessage and Google Messages purporting to be from companies such as the local postal service, SingPost. In September, the...

5. Economics above politics? India and Canada to resume trade agreement talks

   India and Canada have agreed to restart talks on a long-delayed free-trade agreement, in the strongest signal yet of a thaw in their relations following a two-year diplomatic row triggered by the 2023 killing of a Sikh separatist in British Columbia. The resumption of negotiations underscores both countries’ aim to prioritise economic ties over a resolution to a lingering political issue, even...

6. Multi-storey wall at Hong Kong’s Lee Theatre Plaza catches fire at lunchtime

   An exterior wall of a shopping centre in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay caught fire during the lunch hour on Tuesday. Multiple videos circulating online show the artificial plants lining the wall of Lee Theatre Plaza – opposite Times Square and running from the ground to the third floor – were engulfed in flames. Police said they received multiple reports that a billboard in Causeway Bay caught fire...

7. Malaysian mother calls baby’s killer ‘animal’ after 30-year sentence

   Calling the man who sexually assaulted and murdered her son an “animal”, Malaysian mother Robiatul Adawiah Aziz did not hold back on her thoughts after the perpetrator’s sentencing. Sinar Harian reported that the mother of the nine-month-old boy who was killed four years ago shared her thoughts on social media. “You are so cruel to me that you [sodomised and killed] my child. You are not a human...

8. ‘Godfather of siu mei’ Chan Wing-on, founder of Hong Kong chain Tai Hing, dies

   Chan Wing-on, who founded Hong Kong cafe chain Tai Hing and became known as the “godfather” of siu mei or Cantonese-style roast meats among his peers in the city, has died in his sixties. Tai Hing Group Holdings made the announcement on the Hong Kong stock exchange website on Monday night regarding the founder’s death earlier in the day. “Chan Wing-on has made valuable and significant...

9. Ukraine and Russia exchange deadly strikes as negotiators race to refine deal

   Russia rained missiles and drones overnight on Kyiv, killing six people, authorities said Tuesday, as three people died in Russia’s Rostov region in massive Ukrainian strikes. The heightened attacks came after US President Donald Trump initially gave Kyiv until November 27 - the American holiday of Thanksgiving - to respond to his proposal to end the fighting, a timeline and blueprint that...

10. Canada, Taiwan-based groups seeking to subvert power: Hong Kong’s Chris Tang

    Hong Kong’s security chief has said the two groups the government is considering banning are separatist organisations that intend to subvert state power, warning residents not to work with them. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also vowed on Tuesday to crack down on any attempts to disrupt the December 7 Legislative Council election, after 35 related cases that saw 29 people...