US ‘sexpert’ deported from Bali, Japan schools shun Kyoto: 7 Asia highlights

Hong Kong’s Leung Chun-ying has received a top honour from Cambodian officials in recognition of his contributions to healthcare, with the former city leader revealing that his charity hopes to clear a backlog of cataract-related blindness cases in the country. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Neth Savoeun on Monday awarded Leung the Knight Grand Officer class…

China logged a welcome uptick in spending on services during the just-concluded eight-day “super golden week” public holiday, as the country’s transport hubs handled record numbers of passengers. Chinese transport authorities logged 2.432 billion passenger trips – a record high and a 6.2 per cent year-on-year increase – during this year’s extended holiday, which combined…

Organisers of the Hong Kong Victoria Harbour Race are considering recruiting mainland Chinese lifeguards to increase the participant limit to beyond 10,000 after more than 3,700 swimmers, including National Games medallist Siobhan Haughey, joined Saturday’s annual event. Hong Kong China Swimming Association President Ronnie Wong Man-chiu told the media after the event that the key…

The Ambalat Block sits in a remote corner of the Sulawesi Sea, but the choices Indonesia and Malaysia make there will echo far beyond Borneo. After years of stop-start talks and periodic flare-ups at sea, both sides now say they plan to pursue joint economic development of the block’s rich oil and gas reserves, with…

My life’s mission has been to create safe, beneficial AI that will make the world a better place. But recently, I’ve been increasingly concerned about people starting to believe so strongly in AIs as conscious entities that they will advocate for “AI rights” and even citizenship. This development would represent a dangerous turn for the…