Lloyd’s List reports China has summoned Maersk again amid tensions involving ports in Panama. The development highlights potential risks to shipping operations and Panama’s role as a strategic maritime hub.
Motorists in Beijing formed long queues at petrol stations Monday as they rushed to fill tanks ahead of a government-announced increase in refined oil prices set to take effect at midnight — the largest hike this year.
Claims that Iran downed a U.S. F-35 — a stealth, supersonic fighter — have circulated, raising fresh questions about the vulnerabilities of stealth aircraft and the effectiveness of air-defence systems.
Four weeks into the Iran war, rising global fuel prices are hitting Southeast Asia — squeezing household budgets and threatening livelihoods like that of a Cambodian teenager who now pays an extra $2 daily for petrol.
Clinicians highlight that 80–90% of health outcomes stem from factors outside medical care, urging wider adoption of “food as medicine” and culinary medicine programmes.
Donald Trump has postponed strikes on Iranian power plants for five days, citing “productive talks” aimed at reducing Middle East hostilities, Al Jazeera reported.
Rising US actions against Iran-aligned groups have pulled Iraq into a wider regional confrontation, worsening political tensions and deepening the country’s economic woes.
Experts warn that threats to punish broadcasters over Iran war coverage reflect wider efforts associated with Trump to reshape free speech, raising concerns about press freedom and self-censorship.
Hong Kong’s Arts Development Council has pledged no cuts to grants for arts groups and artists for three years while launching a review of its grant system amid government-led spending reductions.
Archaeologists at El Caño have unearthed a roughly 1,200‑year‑old elite tomb filled with gold objects decorated with bats and crocodiles, offering new evidence on power and identity in pre‑Hispanic Panama.
China defended ongoing land reclamation in the Paracel (Xisha) Islands, saying the work aims to improve living conditions and the local economy and reiterating its sovereignty claim.
IEA chief Fatih Birol warned that prolonged war in the Middle East could trigger an energy crisis worse than the combined 1970s oil shocks, as Israel struck Tehran and warned of weeks of fighting.
China’s Black Pearl Restaurant Guide announced its 2026 awards on March 23 in Hong Kong, arriving between the Michelin star reveal and the Asia’s 50 Best ceremony and highlighting a concentrated week of culinary recognition in the city.
A 64-year-old container truck driver was injured after colliding with the rear of a fire engine parked on Tuen Mun Road at about 12:15pm, causing his truck to overturn on the busy expressway.
Hong Kong will sign a five-year collaboration with Art Basel by month-end, the first formal partnership between the city’s cultural authorities and the global art fair, linking finance and cultural development.
A viral video from Changchun shows seven dogs that escaped thieves tied to a dog meat shop walking together and protecting an injured companion, drawing 230 million views and renewed calls for stronger animal protection laws in China.
HKUST has launched the NeuroCare Community Project, using a locally developed, first-of-its-kind blood test to screen 6,000 underprivileged elderly for Alzheimer’s over five years.
A Rohingya father in Klang says he has seen his two-year-old only twice from afar after his wife gave birth inside a Malaysian immigration detention centre following the family’s arrest.
Ben Schnetzer appears as deputy sheriff Van Davis in Taylor Sheridan’s The Madison, a new Paramount+ drama led by Michelle Pfeiffer that premiered March 14 and follows a family rebuilding after tragedy.
Senior investment executives at the Milken Institute symposium in Hong Kong urged investors to reassess China, citing rapid technological progress and a perceived easing of geopolitical risk compared with other regions.