U.K. graduates face a shrinking job market, with advertised graduate vacancies plunging 45.6% year-on-year to a record low in July as employers cut hiring amid wider economic pressures and growing use of AI.
Chinese scientists have built a 250-kilowatt plant that makes hydrogen and fresh water from seawater in a single system, reusing the electrolyzer's waste heat to raise electrical efficiency by 14.4%.
Nearly 8,000 severely disabled Singaporeans from lower-income households have received almost S$50 million (US$39 million) in long-term care financial support through the government's ElderFund scheme since its launch in 2020.
A Singaporean woman convicted of promoting prostitution at a chain of massage parlors in Washington state is the third citizen of the city-state named on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's "worst of the worst criminal aliens" list.
Seven travelers were caught trying to bring more than S$200,000 (US$156,300) in undeclared cash into Singapore during a Sept. 22-28 checkpoint operation that found 67 people breaking border rules.
British expat Barry Mattacott, 63, was traveling by motorcycle from Quy Nhon to Da Nang when Google Maps led him onto a mountainous road, where he got lost and suffered a flat tire before police came to his aid.
A 28-year-old laboratory technician at a Russian anti-plague institute died in Siberia on Oct. 2, days after she reportedly broke a test tube of plague bacteria, leaving about 200 people under medical observation.
Five public universities made the top 10 of U.S. News & World Report's 2027 undergraduate business rankings, with the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School at No. 1.
Malaysia's Road Transport Department (JPJ) has taken action against 1,346 foreigners, including 223 Singaporeans, for traffic offenses in Johor over the past four months.
A lawyer in Singapore has shown off the Chanel jewelry and Dior bags she won at an online auction of luxury goods seized in the country's S$3 billion (US$2.34 billion) money laundering case.
Most foreigners and international students in Australia can no longer apply for a student visa from within the country under new rules that took effect on Oct. 2.
The fourth plenum of the 14th Party Central Committee opened in Hanoi on Monday, with General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam delivering the opening remarks.
More than 7,600 workers and engineers are racing to complete the expansion of Phu Quoc International Airport, which is scheduled to begin operations in April 2027 ahead of the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.
Philippines authorities arrested more than 200 "mostly Chinese" foreign workers in the country's largest crackdown on illegal online gaming operators this year, the immigration bureau said.
Rising tuition and tighter U.S. visa and work rules are prompting more Vietnamese students to consider universities in Singapore and Hong Kong instead.
Indonesia has suspended the chief of a West Java prison and four senior officers after state inspectors found more than 10 apartment-style houses where inmates allegedly paid to live.
Authorities in the Chinese city of Nanjing have removed a kindergarten principal and disciplined 11 officials after a former teacher reported that cooks washed mops and drain covers in the wok used for children's meals.
A Singaporean livestreamer recently shared how he got a racist slant-eye gesture after asking a man in the Swiss village of Giswil for help lifting his fallen bike during his first motorcycle trip through Europe.
A woman was escorted off a Batik Air flight at Singapore's Changi Airport after refusing to hand a large cardboard box to cabin crew, delaying departure by about an hour.
Ho Chi Minh City recorded 3,810 lightning strikes during heavy thunderstorms on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, including more than 2,000 ground strikes, which represent the highest daily totals recorded in nearly two years.
Japan's capital Tokyo is the only Asian city to rank among the world's 20 highest-performing cities in 2026, placing ninth globally in Oxford Economics's Global Cities Index.
Ho Chi Minh City will implement widespread traffic adjustments starting Oct. 10 as sections of Cach Mang Thang Tam and Nguyen Thi Minh Khai streets become one-way to accommodate metro construction.
Thai Airways CEO Chai Eamsiri said Friday that the airline's board had fired him following the flag carrier's chaotic response to severe flooding in Bangkok last week.
Vietnam's civil servants and public employees will get a seven-day Lunar New Year break from Feb. 4 to Feb. 10, 2027, under a holiday schedule the government has approved.
A Vietnamese mathematician and his German colleague have helped resolve a 55-year-old mathematical conjecture, using randomness and techniques inspired by juggling to tackle the problem.
A Ho Chi Minh City court on Thursday awarded the owner of six sinking villas over VND1.7 billion (US$65,500) of the nearly VND45 billion she sought over construction next door.
Hope Foundation has expanded its support from children with critical illnesses to financially disadvantaged cancer patients over 18, while continuing to assist children in need.
Vietnamese Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan Anh and newly elected judges from Ghana, Brazil, Tunisia and India were sworn in at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday.
Police in northern Vietnam have rescued 46 karaoke hostesses, at least 12 of them under 16, and instituted criminal proceedings against eight people accused of running a ring that bought and resold girls between karaoke parlors.
Seven-year-old Pham Duc Hieu, who developed end-stage cirrhosis after being diagnosed with biliary atresia as an infant, has received a liver transplant from a brain-dead donor with partial financial support from the Sun of Hope program.
Classrooms, kitchens, toilets and libraries have been put into use for the new school year in provinces across Vietnam, supporting students in mountainous and border areas.
A torrential downpour flooded streets and brought traffic to a standstill from downtown Ho Chi Minh City through its expat hub to roads leading to Tan Son Nhat Airport.
China's top funder of basic research is backing 44 scientists under 35 for 15 years with no short-term performance reviews, judging them on just one thing: whether they are in the lab.
Social media posts claiming to show foreigners stealing metal from railway tracks in Japan, viewed about 4.3 million times, used footage lifted from an unrelated Arabic-language video posted overseas, a Tokyo cybersecurity firm has found.
Hong Kong police arrested an Australian man on Sept. 30 for allegedly carrying an imitation gun into a Yau Ma Tei bar, and arrested him again the same night for allegedly damaging a police station.
For the first time in the history of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, three Asian universities have entered the global top 15, led by two Chinese institutions.
Ho Chi Minh City is bracing for continued heavy afternoon and evening rainfall, with downpours expected to intensify on Oct. 5 and 6, raising the risk of flooding in low-lying areas.
Malaysia's capital topped a global pollution ranking on Wednesday and nearby Singapore came in third, with smoke from wildfires in neighboring Indonesia blamed for the unhealthy conditions.
Japan toughened on Thursday requirements for foreigners wanting to obtain permanent residency, as part of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's push to tighten immigration controls.
Singapore has launched a dating platform for public officials, in the city-state's latest experiment meant to tackle declining marriage and historically low fertility rates.
Japan's top university has appointed scientist Yuko Fujigaki as president, the first woman to lead the prestigious institution in its nearly 150-year history.
Thailand's Immigration Bureau has launched the Thai Immigration (THIM) mobile app to simplify procedures and improve international visitors' stay experience, amid efforts to realize its target of welcoming 33 million foreign visitors in 2026.
Thai Airways International will stop accepting inbound, outbound and transit cargo at its Suvarnabhumi Airport warehouse from Oct. 1 to 6 after flooding in Bangkok left it short of staff and facing a large backlog of goods.
With trial operations set for this month, critical infrastructure like check-in counters and automated baggage systems is rapidly taking shape inside the new VND35 trillion (US$1.3 billion) terminal of Long Thanh mega airport in Vietnam’s southern Dong Nai City.
Heavy rain during Wednesday afternoon’s rush hour triggered severe traffic congestion on roads around Tan Son Nhat Airport, while floodwaters quickly rose across many parts of HCMC.
A wayward shark has become an unlikely celebrity in South Korea, drawing massive crowds, earning plaudits from the local mayor and even moving the stock market.
Passengers departing on international flights from Long Thanh Airport will pay a US$25 service fee, the same as at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport and $5 more than at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport.
China opened four high-speed railway lines totaling 1,142 km on Sept. 28, extending the world's largest bullet-train network ahead of the National Day holiday rush.
A 65-year-old Australian woman has died following cosmetic surgery at City International Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City's An Lac Ward, the municipal Department of Health has confirmed.
