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A Hong Kong man has been returned to a Philippine prison in what his legal team condemned as “illegal detention”, after severe weather halted his deportation following his release. Tang Lung-wai’s Philippine lawyer, Blessie Rose Carpena, told the South China Morning Post that prison authorities escorted Tang to the Bureau of Immigration last Friday. […]

Taipei, [Taiwan] August 31 (ANI): The next phase of artificial intelligence growth will be driven by the large-scale deployment of integrated computing systems as the industry enters the 'true industrialization of AI,' a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) executive said Monday, Focus Taiwan (CNA English News) reported.April Li , TSMC's AI and […]

Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], August 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Monday. India and Armenia share friendly relations rooted in the historical ties between the people of […]

New Delhi [India], August 31 (ANI): India will develop another one lakh semiconductor engineers under the second phase of its semiconductor programme, Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, as the government seeks to strengthen the country's talent pool and build a complete semiconductor ecosystem.The minister, speaking after the launch of […]

VMPLMumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 31: For long-term investors, one question matters most: can your investment manager consistently create value, cycle after cycle? Tata AIA Life Insurance's record offers a clear answer. As of 31 July 2026, the Multi Cap Fund, Top 200 Fund and India Consumption Fund have each outperformed the S&P BSE 200 over both […]

BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) edged up in August from a month earlier, signaling improved business sentiment amid policy support and weakening extreme weather effects, while new momentum drivers continued to gain steam, official data showed Monday.The PMI for China's manufacturing sector stood at 49.8 in […]

(260831) -- BISHKEK, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Aigul Japarova, wife of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, jointly visit a traditional culture exhibition of Kyrgyzstan at the National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Aug. 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

More than 99 per cent of homeowners at Hong Kong’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court have accepted a government buy-out of their flats, leaving just 17 households facing potential compulsory acquisition after the scheme closed on Monday. By the cut‑off time at 5pm on Monday, 1,967 or 99.1 per cent of the estate’s 1,984 flat owners had returned acceptance […]

Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], August 31 (ANI): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday, arrived in Bishkek, where he was received by Kyrgyzstan's Deputy Cabinet Chief, IRNA News Agency reported.According to IRNA, Pezeshkian is visiting Kyrgyzstan to participate in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states and the Shanghai Plus […]

Seoul [South Korea], August 31 (ANI): Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) has announced mass production of its next-generation LPDDR6 memory, with the technology set to debut in Xiaomi's upcoming 18 Fold smartphone in September, according to a report by The Korea Herald.The announcement puts CXMT ahead of South Korea's Samsung […]

By Ayushi AgarwalBishkek [Kyrgyzstan], August 31 (ANI): Kyrgyzstan's defence officers and representatives of the Congress of Women of the Kyrgyz Republic on Monday shared their experience of meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the officers highlighting the growing defence ties between India and Kyrgyzstan.Speaking to ANI, Captain Taalaibek of the […]

The Indian PM spoke of expanding trade with Iran and called for protecting commercial shipping and seafarersIndia wants to "expand and diversify" its trade relations with Iran, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prime told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday, while also calling for freedom of navigation and the protection of seafarers amid the Middle […]

Hong Kong’s flagship technology hub at the border received a better-than-expected six bids from conglomerates and hi-tech firms for its inaugural land tender by the deadline on Monday, with industry leaders describing the project as a springboard for mainland Chinese firms going global. The Loop Hong Kong Park Company, which operates the Hong […]

Washington will roll out new secondary sanctions targeting Tehrans partners every week, Treasury chief Scott Bessent has saidThe US is preparing to unleash "financial violence" against Iran by rolling out new secondary sanctions every week, with banks first in line, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said. Foreign banks dealing with Iranian funds could […]

Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], August 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met various people from Kyrgyz communities in Bishkek, ahead of his participation in the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in the Kyrgyz capital on Monday.Among those who met PM Modi were members of the Indian and Kyrgyz cultural and yoga communities, who shared […]

A moving services manager has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison for molesting his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter at home and filming and photographing the assaults, with a Hong Kong judge imposing a heavier penalty to reflect the impact on the vulnerable child. Deputy District Judge Ivy Chui Yee-mei said on Monday that a deterrent sentence was […]

"The rice from China is soft, and it doesn't waste firewood," said Judith Mbah, 38, who cooks for 12 internally displaced persons. "We mix it with beans and a little oil. The children call it 'sweet rice' and ask for it every day."YAOUNDE, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- At dawn in Mbende, a neighborhood in the resort town of Limbe in Cameroon's Southwest Region, […]

ODDAR MEANCHEY, Cambodia, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Lak Sineth, a 29-year-old single mother in Cambodia's northwestern Oddar Meanchey province, has seen her livelihood transformed since she began working at a local banana plantation in 2022.The plantation, operated by Longfruiter Anlong Veng Oddar Meanchey Agriculture Park Co., Ltd., is close to the border with […]

The government’s push to boost short-term public housing supply has suffered a setback after it lost an appeal against a court decision overturning conditional approval for building 12,000 flats on part of Hong Kong’s oldest golf course. In a judgment delivered on Monday, the Court of Appeal found that the official endorsement of the project’s […]

The leaders of Russia, China and India have gathered in Bishkek for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summitRussian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Kyrgyzstan where he is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.The three national leaders will later attend the annual summit of the […]

The leaders of Russia, China and India have gathered in Bishkek for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summitRussian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Kyrgyzstan where he is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.The three national leaders will later attend the annual summit of the […]

by Xinhua writer Zhang YunlongBEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- China's summer movie season is on track to close Monday with total box office revenue estimated at around 12.5 billion yuan (1.84 billion U.S. dollars), up slightly from about 12 billion yuan a year earlier, marking a second consecutive year of growth for the June-August window, according to data […]

(260831) -- BEIJING, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Passengers walk on a platform at the Yangzhou East Railway Station in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, Aug. 31, 2026. The 62-day summer travel rush officially concluded on Monday. (Photo by Meng Delong/Xinhua)

Hong Kong authorities have arrested 50 people, including some with alleged triad backgrounds, in a crackdown on bid-rigging activities involving 27 housing estates and buildings and about HK$500 million (US$64.1 million) in contracts. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), police and antitrust regulator the Competition Commission on Monday […]

(260831) -- ODDAR MEANCHEY, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Workers wash fresh bananas at the packing factory of a Chinese-invested banana farm in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia on Aug. 30, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Fresh banana exports to China lift incomes in NW Cambodia's border province" (Photo by Van Pov/Xinhua)

(260831) -- NUWAKOT, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 30, 2026 by a mobile phone shows Chinese rescue experts boarding a helicopter to carry out search and rescue operations in Bidur, Nuwakot, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. The death toll from the devastating mudslide in Nepal has risen to 903, with 4,247 people still missing as of 9 a.m. local […]

(260831) -- RIYADH, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Saudi Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha speaks during a government press conference ahead of the LEAP 2026 Tech Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 30, 2026. Alswaha on Sunday hailed China's scientific and technological progress, expressing the kingdom's pride in its […]

From big banks to fashion brands, tenants are taking advantage of potential lower rents for retail space in Hong Kong’s prime areas as they utilise eye-catching locations to boost visibility towards customers, according to agents. HSBC is unveiling its first flagship branch at the Capitol Centre, which was previously occupied by fashion retailers such as […]

Hong Kong’s retail sector recorded growth for a 15th consecutive month in July, with the government reporting a 4.5 per cent increase year on year, although the pace of expansion slowed amid adverse weather and continued outbound travel by residents. Retail sales value for the month reached HK$31 billion (US$4 billion), while sales in the first seven […]

(260831) -- CHONGQING, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- First graders pose for photos at the entrance of a primary school in Beibei District, southwest China's Chongqing, Aug. 31, 2026. Primary and secondary schools in some parts of China welcomed the first day of the new semester on Monday. (Photo by Qin Tingfu/Xinhua)

Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], August 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met people from various communities in Bishkek, ahead of his participation in the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in the Kyrgyz capital on Monday.Among those who met PM Modi were members of the Indian and Kyrgyz cultural and yoga communities, who shared their […]

Bishkek [Kyrgyzstan], August 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at the memorial in Bishkek ahead of his participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Summit.The statue was unveiled by PM Modi during his visit to Kyrgyzstan in the year 2015.The Prime Minister also met people from various communities in Bishkek. PM […]

Bidur [Nepal], August 31 (ANI): As the death toll from Nepal's devastating flash floods climbed to 903, families of missing people gathered at Bidur, making rounds of help centres, checking lists of missing and deceased persons and waiting anxiously for information about their loved ones. Many broke down while recounting their last contact with those who […]

The long-standing rivalry between Asia’s two leading financial centres is heating up. As Hong Kong and Singapore compete harder for investment talent, tax incentives for fund managers have emerged as the new battleground. A government bill working its way through Hong Kong’s Legislative Council would result in sweeping changes to tax rules on carried […]

Kathmandu [Nepal], August 31 (ANI): The death toll in the devastating flash floods in Nepal has risen to 903, up from 788, according to the latest data released by Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) on Monday. The disaster has also left around 4,247 people missing, while 10,451 people have been rescued so far, the […]

BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- A network of insect-tracking radars is being expanded across China to help farmers battle migratory pests that threaten the country's food supply.In east China's Zhejiang Province, a key migration corridor where northern and southern rice-growing regions meet, a radar station operates at the edge of a paddy field. When a small […]

More than 900 people who worked in hydropower projects and 592 foreigners are among those missing six days after the disasterRescue teams in Nepal are still trying to contact the more than 900 people believed to be trapped in hydropower construction sites, six days after a flash flood devastated the country's northern mountainous region bordering Tibet.The […]

GYIRONG, Xizang, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- An ice-rock avalanche originating from a high-mountain glacier in Nepal has been identified as the cause of a devastating mudslide that struck Gyirong Port in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Aug. 26, local authorities said Sunday.A glacier on the Mount Langtang Lirung in Nepal fractured at an altitude of […]

TIANJIN, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese silk and decorative motifs found their way into the art of 18th-century European courts, while European tastes and designs came into contact with Chinese porcelain.At an exhibition at the Tianjin Museum in the northern Chinese metropolis, more than 150 Italian artifacts offer a vivid glimpse into the rich cultural […]

TAIPEI, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Recent economic data from Taiwan show a widening gap between a booming high-tech manufacturing sector and traditional industries that continue to struggle.Industry groups and economists on the island say the persistent imbalances call for a more balanced allocation of industrial resources, so that the rapid expansion of one […]

BISHKEK, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- "See that mountain? That's garbage. The smell is unbearable," local resident Aktan Akylbekov told Xinhua. "But now things are gradually changing for the better."In December last year, a waste-to-energy plant, built by China's Hunan Junxin Environmental Protection Co., Ltd., was officially commissioned at the foot of Bishkek's […]

A student has admitted forging a reference letter to secure admission to a doctoral programme at a university in Hong Kong, after repeatedly failing to secure a place despite high hopes for her academic career. Fanling Court heard on Monday that 31-year-old Li Zuer from mainland China pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining services by deception. She […]

Hong Kong police have arrested an 87-year-old man after the gravestone of late film star Linda Lin Dai was found damaged. Lin’s grave at St Michael’s Catholic Cemetery in Happy Valley was discovered with its marble altar covered in cement. In response to South China Morning Post queries, a police spokesman said officers had earlier received a report […]

(260831) -- GENEVA, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Musicians perform at the Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" in Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2026. The Chinese folk music concert "A Panorama of Hunan" made its debut on its five-country European tour here on Sunday. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

(260831) -- LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Carolina Gomez Lagerlof, chair of the European Science Fiction Society, speaks at an exchange event with Chinese representatives during the 84th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Orange County, California, the United States, on Aug. 29, 2026. Chinese science […]