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1. Workers stage protest to demand wages owed by contractor involved in Tai Po fire

   A group of construction workers have staged a demonstration at an upscale residential estate undergoing renovation in Hong Kong to demand that the contractor involved in the deadly Tai Po fire settle their unpaid wages, with two climbing up the erected scaffolding as part of the protest. About 15 workers on Wednesday held banners and chanted slogans outside Baguio Villa in Pok Fu Lam at around...

2. Taiwan’s defence ministry slams TPP’s ‘unworkable’ military spending plan

   Taiwan’s defence ministry on Tuesday pushed back against an opposition party proposal to cut a planned NT$1.25 trillion (US$40 billion) special military budget to NT$400 billion and drop plans for the “T-Dome” layered air defence system. It said the plan would not only be unworkable but could also undermine the island’s defence readiness in the face of mounting military pressure from...

3. ‘Don’t blindly follow’ US changes to infant vaccines, Hong Kong tells parents

   Hong Kong health authorities have warned parents not to “blindly follow” overseas changes to childhood immunisation schedules, including the flu and hepatitis B birth dose, after the US scaled back its routine vaccine recommendations for infants. The Health Department’s Centre for Health Protection issued the warning on Wednesday in response to a controversial overhaul by the US Centres for...

4. Trump warns Iraq against returning former prime minister to power

   US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to end all US support for Iraq if Nouri al-Maliki, a former prime minister with ties to Iran, returns to the post. Trump, in his latest blatant intervention in another country’s politics, said that Iraq would make a “very bad choice” with Maliki, who has been nominated as prime minister by the largest Shiite bloc. “Last time Maliki was in power,...

5. Partnerships, not plants: Chinese companies rethink overseas expansion strategy

   As Chinese companies accelerate their overseas expansion, industry leaders are urging a more partnership-driven approach rather than simply building factories abroad – a strategy they say could help ease growing concerns about excess capacity. As it pushes further into global markets, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group will prioritise partnerships over rapid capacity build-outs, vice-chairman Daniel...

6. Operation Santa Claus: law firm volunteers dig deep with Hong Kong elderly

   On a sunny Saturday, 25 employees from the Hong Kong law firm Deacons spent the morning working side by side with 18 elderly volunteers, weeding, tilling the soil, and transplanting seedlings, while sharing laughter and lessons on organic farming and healthy eating. The event on January 24 took place on the rooftop of Metroplaza in Kwai Fong, at an urban farm run by Farm the City, one of 13...

7. Malaysian man arrested after illegal sea crossing to see pregnant second wife in Indonesia

   A 46-year-old man from Perak in Malaysia sneaked out of the country to visit his pregnant second wife without his first wife’s knowledge. He landed in hot water when he was arrested while returning from Indonesia via an illegal route. His passport was being held by his first wife. The man, a lorry driver, who just arrived from Tanjung Balai in Indonesia, told officers he had travelled to Medan...

8. US congresswoman Ilhan Omar sprayed with unknown substance in town hall attack

   A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar before being tackled to the ground on Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting. The incident occurred in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have come to a head after agents fatally shot an intensive care nurse and a mother of three this month. The audience cheered as the man, who was wearing...

9. China has a drug that could help India battle deadly Nipah virus outbreak: study

   A Chinese drug could help manage outbreaks of Nipah and prevent the spread of the deadly virus that has no vaccine or cure, researchers said. The virus has a fatality rate of up to 75 per cent and the most recent outbreak in the Indian state of West Bengal has infected at least five people. While the virus has no approved treatment, researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology have found...

10. Philippines steps up patrols around ‘significant’ gas find amid security concerns

    The Philippine military and coastguard have stepped up security around a newly announced natural gas discovery off Palawan, treating the operation as a test case for protecting future offshore energy projects in contested waters, according to officials familiar with the deployment. The expanded patrols cover Malampaya East-1, a fresh gas and condensate find about 5km from the existing Malampaya...