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1. Singapore court rules man, 97, mentally capable to remarry, dismisses son’s suit

   A Singapore court has dismissed a man’s attempt to have his 97-year-old father declared mentally incapable for wanting to marry his long-time mistress, with the judge saying that mental capacity should not be determined solely by age or appearance. The elderly man, who is still chairman of the chemical company he founded in the 1960s, had been conducting an extramarital affair with his secretary...

2. Japan’s love for Chinese noodles; AI’s Year of the Horse forecasts: 7 Lifestyle highlights

   We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. How did China’s dan dan mian noodle dish become so popular in Japan? It seems an unlikely match. Japanese cuisine traditionally venerates light, clean flavours and the essence of each ingredient. So how did the country...

3. As ICE cracks down, some of America’s biggest names are speaking out

   No longer confined to the partisans and activists, the fierce backlash against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has begun to break out across American culture, spanning the worlds of business, sports and entertainment. Bruce Springsteen released a new song on Wednesday that slammed “Trump’s federal thugs”. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman told employees that “what’s happening with ICE is...

4. How China’s 5,100-year-old dams challenge Western narratives on despotism

   While some Western scholars have maintained that the development of large-scale water projects fostered what they called “Oriental despotism”, new archaeological evidence from China has presented a different story. According to the Key Laboratory of Archaeological Science and Cultural Heritage Protection at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the study has pushed the history of large-scale...

5. Hong Kong customs seizes 14,080 smuggled slimming jabs bound for Macau

   Hong Kong customs have seized more than 14,000 weight-loss injections bound for Macau, days after the South China Morning Post exclusively reported on their suspected illegal sale without prescriptions in the city. The Customs and Excise Department said on Thursday that injections, tobacco products, and other smuggled goods seized from a river trade vessel at Black Point, Tuen Mun, last...

6. Malaysia’s Anwar orders officials to file anti-corruption report within a week

   Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has given Malaysia’s top enforcement officials a week to prove they are serious about stamping out corruption and smuggling, warning that those who feel they are unable to deliver should step aside. “My patience is wearing thin,” Anwar said, urging the officials to declare within seven days whether they were “not yet ready” to carry the responsibility entrusted to...

7. Why tech billionaires like Jensen Huang and Elon Musk enjoy rock star treatment in China

   Not long ago, a humble fruit stall in Shanghai saw its sales skyrocket when Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, dropped by for some food. Meanwhile, a once-obscure village in southern China has become a tourist hotspot, drawing over 10,000 visitors daily, simply for being the hometown of Liang Wenfeng, the founder of the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek. During Tesla CEO Elon...

8. Malaysia’s ‘free mixing’ water musical festival draws ire from PAS

   The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) has voiced its opposition to the coming water musical festival set to take place in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. Selangor PAS Youth chief Mohamed Sukri Omar said having an open large-scale event involving “free mixing and a festival-like atmosphere” should be reviewed. “It should be reviewed in terms of values, decorum, local cultural sensitivities and...

9. Hong Kong transport official defends compulsory bus seat belt rules amid backlash

   A senior transport official has said Hong Kong’s hilly landscape and the prevalence of short-haul journeys on highways justified the need for a mandatory seat belt rule, adding that bus companies will deploy ambassadors to bus stops to raise awareness, particularly among elderly passengers. Transport Department safety director Stella Lee Yim-fong defended the regulation, which has been in effect...

10. China’s ‘gold fever’ sparks US$1 billion scandal as trading platform collapses

    The sudden demise of a major gold trading platform has rocked the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, leaving tens of thousands of retail investors with combined losses totalling more than 10 billion yuan (US$1.4 billion), according to investors and domestic media reports. Chinese retail investors have rushed to capitalise on the unprecedented rally in global gold prices in recent months, leading...