A hospital in east China has used reprogrammed stem cells to treat severe heart failure, with 90 per cent of patients showing significant recovery in heart function after the novel therapy. On Wednesday, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, affiliated with Nanjing University, released the long-term follow-u
Beijing has urged Washington to scrap planned tariffs of up to 100 per cent on imported drones, warning the measures unfairly target Chinese products and threaten global supply chains. The tariffs are not set to take effect until September 3, but Chinese drone shipments to the United States are alre
An aeroplane pilot died on Wednesday after a violent collision with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near a runway at a small airport, but both state troopers aboard the helicopter survived, authorities said. The plane was coming down on the runway and veered into the helicopter that was near
A 33-year-old woman who operated a pet training facility in northern Hong Kong has been found dead after being mauled by a dog, police said. Confirming an earlier South China Morning Post report, investigators said closed-circuit television footage showed the woman working alone at the facility at P
Taiwan has unveiled a record NT$1.12 trillion (US$35 billion) defence budget for 2027, with sharp increases in spending on weapons, ammunition and military operations amid growing pressure from Beijing. The proposed spending – the first to cross the NT$1 trillion threshold – is NT$173 billion, or 18
At first glance, Kim Yo-jong’s latest message to Washington looked like a rebuff to US President Donald Trump’s insistence that he would meet her brother Kim Jong-un later this year. But analysts said the North Korean leader’s powerful sister stopped well short of shutting down Trump’s outreach, usi
A court on the Indonesian resort island of Bali sentenced a Swiss tourist on Thursday to one year in prison for insulting a sacred Balinese Hindu observance. Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, was found guilty of violating Indonesia’s new criminal code by posting social media messages about the Day of Sile
Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging demand for inference, as part of that workload still relies on computing power from a limited pool of high-end chips amid restricted access to Nvidia processors. Compared with training an artificial intelligence model, which relies on
Every summer, China’s gaokao, the national higher education entrance examination, provides an unusually revealing snapshot of household expectations. The critical metrics are not average scores or admission volumes. They are the choices families make about how their children will spend four years of
A rare Hong Kong government incentive for developers will help revive old neighbourhoods such as Sham Shui Po, where redevelopment projects have stalled amid a sluggish property market, analysts have said. They said on Thursday that the bonus plot ratio pilot scheme, due to launch next month, would
Close to 70 percent of upper primary students in Hong Kong say they experience stress brought on by excessive school assessments and testing, a new survey conducted by a local charity and a social work scholar has found. A total of 5,200 pupils in Primary Four to Six were interviewed in the survey,
Hong Kong’s transport authority will aim to drop crosswalk waiting times by 15 to 20 seconds by implementing an artificial intelligence-powered traffic light system, starting with a junction in Causeway Bay next year. The AI system functions by detecting real-time vehicle and pedestrian traffic and
China sentenced the founder of embattled property giant Evergrande to life in prison and fined the group more than US$2 billion on Thursday for offences including fraud, five years after a high-profile default. Evergrande Group was once the face of Chinese real estate, surfing a decades-long propert
Fewer than 30,000 babies were born over the past year, despite the government’s monetary incentives aimed at encouraging fertility. It marks the first time mid-year births have fallen beneath 30,000. According to figures released by the Census and Statistics Department on Tuesday, a total of 2
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested two staff members from local branches of the skincare chain Opatra London over alleged coercive sales tactics. The Customs and Excise Department said in a media briefing on Wednesday that they arrested a 25-year-old woman, Opatra London Hong Kong’s admi
Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison said on Thursday it has filed international arbitration proceedings against Panama over its cancellation of a concession to operate two ports in the Panama Canal. The dispute stems from a Panama supreme court ruling in January that struck down the contract that le
An animal rights NGO is offering a HK$50,000 reward for anyone with information that could assist police in a case involving suspected hamster abuse. In a social media post on Wednesday, PETA Asia said the discovery of two hamsters next to a rubbish bin in Sham Shui Po with severe injuries to their
Hong Kong’s stock exchange reported record profits on Wednesday, thanks to a surge in demand for initial public offerings by tech and artificial intelligence companies, the bourse operator said on Wednesday. The results come as Hong Kong’s IPO market saw a surge in listings from the arti
A 48-year-old man has been sentenced to 22 years in jail after he repeatedly raped his daughter over a period of 10 years, starting when the victim was only 14. Recorder of the Court of First Instance of the High Court Eric Kwok jailed the man, identified as Y.S., on Tuesday, The Witness reported. K
A Hong Kong court has dismissed a father’s “inappropriate” application for a writ of habeas corpus for his infant son Danny, who was born unassisted at home and has been kept in government custody. When granted, a writ of habeas corpus – meaning “to have the body” – would for