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1. Hong Kong eyes slice of booming ‘NewSpace’ economy as professional services hub

   Hong Kong aims to develop its “NewSpace” economy by positioning itself as a leading hub for finance, insurance, legal and arbitration services, and materials application in alignment with the nation’s development plan. The Chief Executive’s Policy Unit revealed on Sunday that it had hosted a high-level round table on the space economy last week, inviting academics, investors and experts from...

2. China’s GDP rises 5% in 2025 as US trade war fails to knock economy off course

   China has confirmed that it achieved its annual growth target last year despite having to weather an unprecedented trade war with the United States, which may harden Beijing’s confidence as it prepares to roll out its latest five-year plan. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 5 per cent from a year earlier in 2025, in line with the government target of “around 5 per cent”, according...

3. Philippines’ first gas discovery in over a decade offers hope for looming energy crisis

   Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said on Monday that a “significant” discovery of natural gas had been made near the country’s sole producing offshore site. About 2.8 billion cubic metres (98 billion cubic feet) of natural gas was found 5km (three miles) east of the Malampaya Field near the island of Palawan, Marcos said, or enough to provide power to 5.7 million homes for a year. The...

4. Japan struggles to weed out plant threatening agriculture, ecosystems

   The verdant green leaves and dainty white flowers of the alligator weed are becoming a common sight in waterways across Japan. But while the plant, whose scientific name is Alternanthera philoxeroides, may look innocuous, it is an absolute menace according to Koichi Goka, head of the Invasive Species Research Team at Japan’s National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). “We first had...

5. Policy blowback shows why Hong Kong lawmakers must play a bigger role

   The dust has settled on the election of the Legislative Council president, and committees and panels have settled into the new Legco. Most, it seems, are ready to hit the ground running. First on the agenda: dealing with the aftermath of the Tai Po fire. The more immediate matters involve the rebuilding of a community that has lost so much. Equally pressing are the long-standing issues laid bare...

6. China, Chile to explore Atacama Trench in Pacific with ‘tools no other country possesses’

   China and Chile are set to launch a three‑month expedition into the uncharted depths of the eastern Pacific Ocean – a “historic opportunity” to seek new forms of life and geological insights into the causes of earthquakes and tsunamis. Setting off aboard the Chinese research vessel Tan Suo Yi Hao on Monday, the researchers will cover 700km (435 miles) around the Atacama Trench, one of the...

7. China wife sues after discovering late husband’s affair, US$2.8 million transfer to mistress

   A Chinese woman was shocked to discover that her late husband had engaged in a seven-year affair and had transferred nearly 20 million yuan (US$3 million) to his mistress. The discovery prompted the cheated-on wife to file a lawsuit to reclaim the amount. The woman, surnamed Shen from Shanghai, married her husband, surnamed Jin, in July 1999. The couple had a son and a daughter. Jin died in May...

8. HKMA unveils 20-point road map to modernise Hong Kong’s trade finance ecosystem

   The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has unveiled a road map to introduce 20 measures under a five-year initiative aimed at modernising the city’s trade finance landscape and strengthening connectivity with mainland China and Asean trade corridors. Project CargoX, part of HKMA’s Fintech 2030 strategy, would use blockchain and data to help exporters secure bank loans more easily and strengthen...

9. Southeast Asia’s young farmers dig in for the future in ‘call to return to the land’

   A typical day for Aizat Halim begins at 5am, as he sets out on a drive to his fruit farm in Janda Baik, about 50km (30 miles) from his home in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur – a distance that reflects the gap between his current and former lives. Farming, the 31-year-old said, was always his first career choice, despite graduating in marketing from colleges in the US and the United Kingdom. In...

10. Boy, 12, ‘fighting for life’ after Sydney Harbour shark attack

    A 12-year-old boy is fighting for his life in hospital after being mauled by a large shark in Sydney Harbour, Australian police said on Monday. The marine predator struck on Sunday afternoon while the boy and his friends were jumping into the water off the harbour’s Shark Beach. “It was a horrendous scene at the time when police attended. We believe it was something like a bull shark that...