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1. Nose length is best indicator of penis size, Japanese researchers find

   A new study by researchers in Japan has found a stronger correlation between nose length and penis size than with hand or foot size. Researchers at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine analysed autopsy data from 124 men, measuring various body parts and comparing them to each man’s “stretched penile length” – the length of the penis when gently pulled while flaccid. Their findings, published...

2. Taiwan faces new unease after Xi-Trump summit leaves island sidelined

   In a high-stakes bilateral exchange where Taiwan has historically been an enduring flashpoint, the unusual silence was deafening. Last week’s summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump produced a rare omission – no mention of Taiwan at all in official readouts from both Washington and Beijing. The rare departure from diplomatic tradition has left the self-ruled...

3. Japan bullying victim becomes ‘world’s most beautiful’ after US$650,000 plastic surgery

   A man from southern Japan who was bullied as a child spent more than 100 million yen (US$650,000) on plastic surgery to transform himself into what he calls “the world’s most beautiful person”. Allen, 33, from Kochi prefecture, was taunted for his laugh lines and gentle personality throughout his school years, according to the Japanese media outlet Matomedia. His classmates would overlook his...

4. Fun or nuisance? Singapore’s pickleball fever leaves neighbours on edge

   Under the floodlights of a street football pitch dotted with cement-covered potholes, 69-year-old retiree Lilian Sek beams as she whacks a hollow orange plastic ball through the night sky in the southern neighbourhood of Telok Blangah in Singapore. Behind her, a laminated sign on the back of the court reads “Please lower your volume” and reminds players of the quiet hours between 10.30pm and 7am...

5. ‘He’s a friend of mine’: Trump says he will visit India despite tariff tiff

   US President Donald Trump has said he will visit India at the urging of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the latest sign of a possible thaw in a trade dispute that has soured the two countries’ relationship. “He’s a friend of mine, and we speak, and he wants me to go there, and we’ll figure that out, I’ll go,” Trump told reporters on Thursday, calling Modi a “great man”. Trump said the visit “could...

6. No more mercury in your mouth: toxic metal’s use as tooth filling to end by 2034

   Mercury, a fixture of dentistry for more than 175 years, is finally set for extinction. Countries around the world agreed on Friday to phase out the use of mercury-based dental amalgams by 2034 in a decisive step towards protecting human health from the toxic metal. At a conference in Geneva, signatories to the Minamata Convention on Mercury – aimed at protecting humans and the environment from...

7. Hong Kong travel agencies target National Games windfall amid tourism upsurge

   Hong Kong travel agencies are capitalising on the National Games by offering package tours for mainland Chinese visitors to attend sporting events in the city this month, with golf and rugby proving most popular. Timothy Chui Ting-pong, executive director of the Hong Kong Tourism Association, said tour groups organised by his company were generally smaller in scale, with mainland visitors...

8. How to survive a bear attack in Japan: 5 tips from the country’s leading expert

   Bears have killed a record 13 people across Japan since April, with a steady flow of reports of the animals entering homes, roaming near schools and rampaging in supermarkets. Hajime Nakae, the country’s leading medical expert in treating bear attack victims, knows all too well the damage that the powerful animals can inflict on humans. Here, the professor of emergency and critical medicine at...

9. 6 of the best: the billion-dollar biotechs putting China on the map

   The ferocity of China’s biopharmaceutical investment boom this year – fuelled by record-breaking licensing of commercial rights to global giants after a three-year slump – may have surprised casual observers. But according to Helen Chen, one of the most respected analysts and advisers in China’s life sciences space, the supercharged sector’s real renaissance came two years earlier. In December...

10. Hong Kong to extend free use of public hospital mortuaries from 3 to 28 days

    The three-day exemption from new mortuary charges effective next year at Hong Kong public hospitals will be extended to four weeks, the government has said, after the move sparked controversy. The Health Bureau and Hospital Authority made the announcement on Saturday after the funeral sector criticised the tiered fee structure earlier this week, saying it would penalise families for delays in...