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A Philippine tech company has been sanctioned by the United States for allegedly enabling online romance scams known as “pig butchering”, which US authorities say led to more than US$200 million in losses reported by victims…

At last week’s Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, there was one phrase on everyone’s lips: the Genius Act.
Vice-President J.D. Vance used his speech at the event to urge lawmakers to pass the bill – also…

In a gleaming white technology campus half an hour’s drive north of Barcelona, Josep Maria Gomes wants to turbocharge an already thriving partnership between Spain and China.
His job at TecnoCampus, a hybrid facility housing a university…

Hong Kong public hospitals are reviewing blood test results of more than 400 patients after batches of a reagent were found to have quality issues that could produce false positives for prostate cancer.
The Hospital Authority said…

A convenience store in northeastern Thailand has had to contend with an unusual shoplifter – a large male elephant who scoffed down boxes of rice crackers before casually walking out.
The daylight robbery has gone viral in…

More than 22 hectares (54 acres) of ecologically valuable land have been damaged in Hong Kong’s South Lantau and northwestern New Territories, local groups have found, warning that poorly planned tourism development in these areas will…

Mediation training will be offered to property managers in Hong Kong as part of a government pilot scheme, launching next month, to help them better address water seepage complaints from tenants.
Some 120 senior property management staff…

US President Donald Trump’s attempts to force Beijing back to the negotiating table by piling “extreme pressure” on the Chinese economy through a barrage of export controls are doomed to fail, analysts said.
Washington has unveiled new…

Chinese scientists have traced the origins of the “ghost ancestors” of modern Tibetans to the southwestern province of Yunnan through analysis of ancient DNA.
The origins of people living on the Tibetan Plateau – and how their…