TOKYO – Suitcases are being left behind at airports and hotels across Japan in greater numbers as more and more tourists visit the nation. With limited storage space available and high costs... Read more »

BEIJING – A new catchphrase is sweeping China’s social media: The Beauty of the Boom Years. Using apps such as RedNote and Douyin, people are reviving memories of the 2000s and the... Read more »

PARIS : France has warned it may try to block some crypto firms licenced in other EU countries from operating domestically as part of a push to get oversight transferred to the... Read more »

Man used refrigerator to block door of Woodlands HDB room, trapping pregnant girlfriend inside A 28-year-old Singapore permanent resident confined his pregnant girlfriend against her will in the room of a Woodlands... Read more »

This comes as big power contestation, digital connectivity, economic weaponisation and technological advances present complex risks [SINGAPORE] In the face of big power contestation and “economic weaponisation”, Singapore will work to identify,... Read more »

SYDNEY – The authorities in Sydney approved construction of data centres without requiring measurable plans to cut water use, raising concerns that the sector’s rapid growth will leave residents competing for the... Read more »

MINDEF cautions against bulk orders made by individuals claiming to be SAF personnel More Singapore businesses have reported fraudulent bulk orders made by individuals claiming to be Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) personnel,... Read more »

TCG Unite is the new trading card game marketplace for collectors in Asia For many, Pokémon cards were once a childhood pastime, traded in schoolyards, battled with friends, or simply hoarded in... Read more »

Prefer secures US$4.2million in oversubscribed pre-series A funding round, eyes oversees expansions Coffee without coffee beans? It sounds like a ridiculous idea at first, but Jake Berber and Ding Jie Tan, founders... Read more »