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POLITICS4d agoNew HK$122 million lifeguard outsourcing contract sparks public spending concernsA controversial decision by Hong Kong authorities to award a lifeguard and first aid services contract worth more than HK$122 million (US$15.6 million) to a company previously found to have failed to provide the required staffing at swimming pools has sparked concerns over whether public funds are being used prudently. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department on Saturday defended the decision, saying it was satisfied with Spotlight Enterprises’ performance over the past two years and that it...South China Morning Post
MILITARY4d agoJapan to buy Ukrainian interceptor drones from SkyFallJapan's Ministry of Defense has signed a contract to purchase interceptor drones manufactured by Ukrainian company SkyFall.Ukrinform [en]
SCI & TECH4d agoSpirit of Hong Kong Awards: biotech firm eyes cervical cancer test breakthroughHong Kong biotech entrepreneur Ricky Chiu Yin-to is seeking to make cervical cancer screening easier through urine-based HPV testing, using sample-concentration technology developed by his company. His company, Phase Scientific, made its name during the Covid-19 pandemic through its rapid antigen test, Indicaid. The product received US emergency-use authorisation in July 2021, was used in Hong Kong community testing and sold in more than 30 countries. At the start of the pandemic, the firm...South China Morning Post
WORLD4d agoSSO delivers impressive sampler of programme for upcoming China tourThe SSO, with new music director Hannu Lintu and violinist Chloe Chua, will tour seven cities from Oct 13 to 25.straitstimes · singapore
POLITICS4d agoTaiwan defends peace and freedom as Beijing condemns Lai's speechPresident Lai Ching-te says Taiwan wants peace but will not give up its freedom and calls for respect for its people's right to exist, as Beijing condemns his National Day speech.nationthailand · thailand
WORLD4d agoMore support needed for ethnic minority children with special needs, charity saysA non-profit children’s education organisation in Hong Kong has urged the government to expand support services for preschool-aged ethnic minority children with special needs to more districts, after a pilot project found that 95 per cent of participants showed improvement. Heep Hong Society said on Sunday that many ethnic minority families faced multiple barriers when seeking support for children with special educational needs (SEN), including language difficulties, financial constraints and...South China Morning Post
HEALTH4d agoWhy warm welcomes can’t stop Malaysia’s doctor exodus from BorneoOn Facebook, public hospitals in Malaysia’s Bornean states have been rolling out “Selamat Datang” [welcome] banner posts to embrace medical staff reporting for duty. Tawau Hospital on Sabah’s east coast recently published a group photograph welcoming newly arrived medical officers. Kinabatangan Hospital posted similar banners hailing arrivals across various departments, while in neighbouring Sarawak, Kapit Hospital accompanied its greeting with a portrait of a newly arrived doctor. But behind...South China Morning Post
POLITICS4d agoJapanese Foreign Minister speaks with Rubio after assassination in Okinawa and ICC sanctionsEl diálogo entre los responsables de relaciones exteriores de Japón y EE.UU. se centró en el asesinato en Okinawa y sanciones a la CPI. Rubio ofreció cooperación.Pese a las tensiones por las sanciones, ambos líderes acordaron reforzar la alianza bilateral, enfrentando un entorno de seguridad desafiante.Clarín
DISASTER4d agoWildfires threaten Indonesia's orangutans as rescuers find injured animalsJAKARTA: Wildfires sweeping across parts of Indonesia's Borneo island have left endangered orangutans struggling to survive, prompting rescuers to evacuate animals found injured, stranded and surrounded by thick haze.thestar_my · malaysia
SCI & TECH4d agoHangzhou is doubling down on tech – minus the viral hypeA year ago, a Unitree robot kickboxing could light up social media. When DeepSeek released its latest open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model, developers around the world rushed to test it. This year, however, Hangzhou’s latest technology bets have barely made a ripple. The city’s “New Eight Steeds” – eight deep-tech companies in fields ranging from smart glasses and inference graphic processing units (GPUs) to compute-in-memory chips and space computing – are a very different proposition...South China Morning Post
WORLD4d ago‘The First Taste of Loneliness’ Review: A Sentimental but Affecting Study of Family Life After BereavementChinese director Gu You's 'The First Taste of Loneliness' is too often maudlin, but rights itself whenever it focuses on everyday details.headtopics · united states of america
POLITICS4d agoBar Association urges proxy cap, electronic voting to curb building bid-riggingThe Hong Kong Bar Association has suggested capping the number of proxies a person can hold at homeowners’ meetings, without restricting who may act as a proxy, stressing that improving transparency and introducing an electronic voting system could help to deter abuse in large-scale maintenance procurement. Speaking to the South China Morning Post, association chairman Jose-Antonio Maurellet expressed reservations about a government proposal to restrict an owner’s representative to a relative or...South China Morning Post
WORLD4d agoCGTN: How China uses digital tech to empower women globallyBEIJING, Oct. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CGTN published an article on China's efforts to empower women through digital technologies. Drawing on Peng Liyuan's remarks at the 2026 UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education award ceremony on Friday, the article highlights China's efforts to advance women's digital skills, promote gender equality and expand international cooperation to bridge the gender digital divide. "At that moment, I realized I had to master this technology," said Saba Aliyeva, a participant from Azerbaijan, after trying AI photo editing for the first time during a training program in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, in June 2026. She was among 51 women from 10 countries who took part in two training programs on AI, digital entrepreneurship and technology empowerment, organized to help women from developing countries build skills for the digital age. Their experience reflects China's ongoing efforts to turn digital technologies into practical opportunities for women, a vision also underscored by Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping and a UNESCO special envoy for the advancement of girls' and women's education. In a video address to the 2026 UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education award ceremony on Friday, Peng called on the international community to strengthen vocational education and training for women and expand digital and intelligent education, enabling them to use and benefit from these technologies. She noted that China's use of AI to improve education quality had helped advance gender equality in education and women's all-round development, offering useful experience for countries in the Global South. The demand for such empowerment is substantial. Research by the International Finance Corporation found that greater female participation in e-commerce markets in Africa and Southeast Asia could generate over $300 billion in revenue between 2025 and 2030. China is expanding women's digital skills through national initiatives on digital literacy and rural development, including training programs and support for women-led e-commerce businesses. In 2024, 14,147 women obtained vocational skills certificates as AI trainers, accounting for 42.3% of the annual total. Women also account for more than half of entrepreneurs in China's internet sector and about one-third of workers in emerging fields such as digital trade, e-commerce and livestreaming. China is also sharing its experience internationally. Established in July 2025, the Global Exchange and Cooperation Center for Digital Empowerment of Women reflects the goals outlined by President Xi in a congratulatory letter to the 2024 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forum on Women, in which he expressed China's willingness to work with all parties to promote scientific and technological innovation and women's development through digital empowerment. Beyond skills training, China advocates for inclusive digital governance. Through its Global AI Governance Initiative, launched at the third Belt and Road Forum, China called for eliminating gender bias in AI development. Furthermore, China promoted the resolution on "Enhancing International Cooperation on Capacity-building of Artificial Intelligence," adopted at the UN General Assembly, to improve digital inclusion and promote gender equality. As Peng said on Friday, education for girls and women sows the seeds of hope, nurtures dreams and reaps happiness. By combining practical skills training with international exchanges and cooperation, China is contributing to efforts to ensure that more women can use digital technologies, participate in the digital economy and benefit from the digital transformation. For more information, please click: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-10-10/How-China-uses-digital-tech-to-empower-women-globally-1R7KuZ2GTMk/p.html Copyright 2026 GlobeNewswire, Inc.riauone · indonesia
CONFLICT4d agoYoung men live in fear of being snatched off the streets and sold to Myanmar's armyBBC World
WORLD4d agoHow a museum masterpiece’s life-size replica sparked rare US-China collaborationFor anyone who has visited the Chinese galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, there is one work that stops them in their tracks. Stepping into Gallery 206, home to Chinese Buddhist art, visitors are met by a monumental wall – over 15 metres wide and 7.5 metres tall (nearly 50 feet by 25 feet) – covered in a Buddhist assembly so vast and majestic that it momentarily erases the Manhattan bustle outside. Here stands the Medicine Buddha, a 14th century Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)...South China Morning Post
POLITICS4d agoRubio pledges U.S. cooperation in Okinawa murder caseU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday vowed to cooperate ‌with Japanese authorities investigating allegations that a U.S. Marine murdered a woman in Okinawa, a case that…Japan Today
BUSINESS4d agoIndonesia’s Energy Investment PotentialToo big to ignoreThe Diplomat
BUSINESS4d agoIndian Family Offices Eye Southeast Asia’s StartupsPatient capital, real risk.The Diplomat
DISASTER4d agoPhilippines volcano erupts, creating 6km-high ash cloudAl Jazeera [en]
WORLD4d agoRubio pledges US cooperation in Marine-linked murder caseA US Marine stationed on Okinawa has been arrested on suspicion of killing a 39-year-old woman.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICS4d agoChina’s Bid to Define the ‘Global South’Beijing has adopted its own, quite different, definition of the term.The Diplomat
POLITICS4d agoWhither Japan’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles?A highly contentious debate is in the offing.The Diplomat
WORLD4d agoKimi Antonelli finds pace with upgrades as George Russell pays heavy price for Singapore Sprint crashMercedes endured a mixed Saturday at the Singapore Grand Prix, with Kimi Antonelli qualifying P4 while George Russell starts from the back of the grid.grandprix247 · germany
BUSINESS4d agoChina passenger vehicle retail market slumps 24% in SeptemberChina's passenger vehicle retail market experienced a significant decline of 24% in September. This indicates a notable downturn in a key sector of the Chinese economy.Seeking Alpha Tech
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