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1. Construction worker falls, pierces buttock on rebar at Hong Kong government site

   Hong Kong’s labour authorities are investigating an accident at a government site involving a construction worker who lost his footing and fell onto steel rebar, piercing his buttock. Police received a report at around 10.30am on Thursday that a worker at a Tung Chung construction site under the Housing Department was injured after a misstep. “The victim was passing by the location of the...

2. Malaysia’s Michelle Yeoh up for ‘worst actress’ Razzie for Star Trek role

   The Golden Raspberry Awards on Wednesday released the nominees for the 2026 Razzies, “honouring” last year’s most dubious achievements in film. Among the biggest losers was Disney’s Snow White, which was nominated for worst picture and worst remake. The 2025 adaptation of the Disney classic also netted a worst director nomination for Mark Webb and a worst supporting actor nod for “All Seven...

3. 4 in 10 Hongkongers struggle to distinguish Chinese medicine from supplements

   About 40 per cent of Hongkongers struggle to distinguish between proprietary Chinese medicine and health supplements, according to a survey by a think tank that has developed a tool to assess public literacy in the traditional discipline. Our Hong Kong Foundation on Thursday released the findings of a survey conducted last August, using the tool to poll 800 residents. The think tank said the...

4. Trump agrees Greenland framework after Nato blow-up

   US President Donald Trump announced a framework for a Greenland agreement and ditched threats to invade the Arctic island after a row with Nato allies partly over how to respond to growing Chinese and Russian activity in the region. “This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations,” Trump posted on social media on Wednesday. He also said...

5. Apple slashes prices for Lunar New Year as competition heats up in mainland China

   US tech giant Apple is offering discounts of up to 1,000 yuan (US$144) on selected products to customers in mainland China, the latest promotion from the iPhone maker ahead of an expected holiday shopping wave and heightened competition from local rivals. Promoted as a limited-time Lunar New Year offer, Apple said buyers of iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus from its mainland China website and...

6. Malaysia’s Rohingya face new threat of removal as biometric documentation begins

   Rohingya migrants – including children – held in detention centres across Malaysia are at risk of forced removal, rights advocates warn, as the government carries out a biometric registration scheme to determine who can stay and who will be deported. Tens of thousands of Rohingya, a Muslim minority from Myanmar’s Rakhine State described by the United Nations as among the world’s most persecuted...

7. Why Europe struggles to stand up to Trump

   It’s been one year since US President Donald Trump began his second term. Few analysts and investors doubted Trump 2.0 would be more confrontational and disruptive. Still, the ferocity of Trump’s attacks on the rule of law, institutions and US allies have far exceeded the worst fears of his sternest critics. That a supposed ally is using economic coercion to seize the sovereign territory of a...

8. Unrest in Iran complicates India’s ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy

   India is watching the unfolding events in Iran with concern as a potential change in government in Tehran could reduce its “strategic manoeuvring space” in the region, even as it continues to confront security challenges posed by arch-rival Pakistan and China, analysts say. On Monday, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged that “several thousands” of Iranians had been killed...

9. 3 killed in shooting in Australia, manhunt under way

   Three people were killed and another was wounded on Thursday in a shooting in a town in Australia’s New South Wales state, police said. Emergency services were called to an address at Lake Cargelligo, a town of around 1,500 people, following reports of a shooting, a police statement said. Three people – two women and a man – were dead, and another man was taken to hospital in serious but stable...

10. Malaysian badminton player threatened with knife attack online over performance

    Malaysian badminton player Ong Yew Sin has been urged to make a police report after he and his doubles partner were threatened with physical harm for their perceived underperformance in a tournament, in the latest case of cyberbullying directed at the nation’s sports stars. The 30-year-old shuttler posted on social media that he had received online messages abusing him and threatening physical...