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1. Quick-thinking villagers in Malaysia’s Sabah stop runaway train with rail trolley

   A group of quick-thinking villagers swooped to the rescue of a runaway train in the East Malaysian state of Sabah on Tuesday, sacrificing a vital motorised rail trolley to force the carriage to stop. The incident unfolded at about 7.30am as the train was carrying passengers – including teachers and families with young children – on their regular morning commute from Tenom to the Pangi...

2. Why some Singaporeans are saying no to having children amid ‘existential’ fertility crisis

   Even if market researcher Joey Lau were a millionaire and could devote all her time to her family, she still would not want children. The 34-year-old Singaporean said the risks facing young people today – from social media-driven mental health pressures to climate change – were too high to justify bringing a child into the world. “I feel like the only reason that I would want to have a child is...

3. US patrol flights over South China Sea drop 30% as focus shifts to Middle East

   US land-based reconnaissance aircraft sorties over the South China Sea decreased by around 30 per cent month on month in February, according to a Beijing-based think tank, as the US deploys assets to the Middle East. The South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) said on Monday that only 72 US reconnaissance aircraft sorties were detected over the South China Sea in February....

4. Will Apple’s budget-priced iPhone 17e make a splash in China’s tough smartphone market?

   The iPhone 17e, the entry-level addition to Apple’s latest iPhone 17 series, faces an uphill battle in China’s highly competitive smartphone market, according to analysts, as presales for the new handset start on Wednesday. The new budget-priced iPhone “lacks competitiveness”, said IDC China research manager Guo Tianxiang, who pointed out that the handset “still uses outdated moulds, with the...

5. Hong Kong logs warmest winter on record, averaging 2 degrees Celsius above normal

   Hong Kong experienced its warmest winter on record between December and February, according to the city’s forecaster, with a mean temperature of 19.3 degrees Celsius (67 Fahrenheit) – two degrees above normal. The Hong Kong Observatory on Tuesday also attributed the unseasonably warm February to a weaker-than-normal northeast monsoon over southern China for most of the month, resulting in a mean...

6. South Korea to finally get fully functioning Google Maps

   South Korea will soon no longer be one of the few countries where Google Maps does not work properly, after its security-conscious government reversed a two-decade stance to approve the export of high-precision map data to overseas servers. The approval was made “on the condition that strict security requirements are met”, the ‌Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a...

7. HSBC chairman floats ‘IPO connect’ for Hong Kong, Shenzhen ahead of China’s ‘two sessions’

   Beijing should create a “connect” scheme for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Greater Bay Area to allow mainland Chinese and Hong Kong investors to buy into new listings across the border, HSBC Asia-Pacific chairman Peter Wong Tung-shun said on the eve of China’s annual “two sessions” meetings. “If investors in both Shenzhen and Hong Kong are further allowed to participate simultaneously...

8. Trump’s tariff wars reshaped US-China trade – at what cost to American firms?

   China would have bought nearly 60 per cent more goods from the United States in 2025 if not for US President Donald Trump’s trade wars, according to a former chief economist at the US State Department. That shortfall would have reached about US$90 billion for the year, wrote Chad Bown in an article published on Tuesday by the Peterson Institute for International Economics, where he is a senior...

9. China youth share struggles instead of flaunting wealth, embrace ‘comparing misery’

   An increasing number of young people in China have, in recent years, begun to reject the previous generation’s tendency to flaunt wealth and success. Instead, they are embracing a new trend known as “reverse comparison” concerning income and struggles. Rather than pursuing branded or high-end products, Generation Z, who were born around the year 2000, are opting for affordable items and...

10. What Hong Kong travellers stuck in the Middle East need to do as war spirals

    More than 400 Hongkongers have reported being stranded in the Middle East after major airspace closures triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran disrupted dozens of flights between the city and the region. There are no signs yet of when they might return home, even as major transit hubs including Dubai airports resumed limited operations. US President Donald Trump has said military operations...