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1. Murder suspect captured in Thailand set to be handed back to Hong Kong authorities

   Thai police have assisted Hong Kong authorities in arresting two fugitives, including a murder suspect who had been on the run for more than three decades, the city’s police chief has said. Speaking upon his return from Thailand on Thursday, Police Commissioner Joe Chow Yat-ming said the two local suspects were linked to a 37-year-old murder case and a separate robbery case respectively. “We had...

2. Xi holds Trump, Putin calls as Iran tensions mount

   Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed Iran in wide-ranging calls with both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as the US president steps up pressure on the Islamic Republic following the bloody quashing of anti-government protests. The US president said on social media that the “excellent” phone call with Xi covered topics including Iran, the Chinese purchase of US oil and gas, and...

3. China’s clean power energising economy, adding a Brazil’s worth of GDP: report

   Clean energy technologies – led by solar power and electric vehicles – drove more than one-third of China’s economic growth last year and over 90 per cent of the rise in investment, according to a new study. China’s clean energy industries generated a record 15.4 trillion yuan (US$2.1 trillion) in economic output in 2025, equivalent to 11.4 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product, the...

4. Malaysia clarifies Trump trade deal: no exclusive rare earth rights for US

   The new reciprocal trade agreement between Malaysia and the United States contains no provisions granting Washington exclusive access to Malaysia’s rare earth elements (REE), according to Arthur Joseph Kurup. The Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister assured the House of Representatives that the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade creates no binding supply obligations or market...

5. Ex-actor Ian Fang deported and barred from Singapore over underage sex offences

   Former actor Ian Fang has been stripped of his Singaporean permanent resident status and will be deported when he finishes serving a 40-month jail term for having sex with a minor. Shanghai-born Fang’s permanent residency was revoked on Thursday, Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) told The Straits Times. Once released from jail, he will be deported and barred from...

6. In Malaysia, study on elected Kuala Lumpur mayor triggers another race debate

   The Malaysian government’s proposed study on whether Kuala Lumpur should elect its mayor instead of being appointed has detonated into what observers call a familiar “cultural war” over race, power and who gets to run the nation’s capital. The feasibility study announced by Hannah Yeoh, a minister from the Chinese-dominated Democratic Action Party, has also drawn criticism that the exercise is a...

7. Hong Kong man jailed for laundering millions through scam-linked bank accounts

   A Hong Kong man has been jailed for nearly four years after admitting to laundering millions of dollars in criminal proceeds through bank accounts linked to investment and romance scams. The 38-year-old defendant was sentenced on Wednesday to 44 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to two counts of money laundering at the District Court in Wan Chai. “To enhance deterrence against the use...

8. China probes mental hospitals over reports patients are being locked up in insurance scam

   China’s top medical watchdog has ordered a nationwide review of the country’s psychiatric institutes following media reports that multiple hospitals in central China had locked up patients – including people who were not suffering from mental illness – as part of an insurance scam. The National Healthcare Security Administration said on Wednesday that its provincial bureaus should hold talks...

9. China’s CATL tests EVs – and lithium’s dominance – with pioneering sodium-ion battery

   Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) has deployed the world’s first sodium-ion batteries in passenger cars, as it aims to stay ahead in China’s fiercely competitive electric vehicle (EV) market amid price volatility in traditional lithium-ion batteries. The company’s new Naxtra battery will be installed in China Changan Automobile Group EVs this week for winter testing in the chilly Inner...

10. Gaza’s violent reality: hundreds have been killed since October ceasefire

    As the bodies of two dozen Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes arrived at hospitals in Gaza on Wednesday, the director of one asked a question that has echoed across the war-ravaged territory for months. “Where is the ceasefire? Where are the mediators?” Shifa Hospital’s Mohamed Abu Selmiya wrote on Facebook. At least 556 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since a US-brokered...