🌿 Your Peace Pulse
Explore inspiring stories, grassroots movements, and peace-building initiatives from around the globe.
Browse by Category
76% of addicts in drug rehab run by Hong Kong NGO are readmissions: auditor
Audit Commission calls for publicly funded NGO to make ‘service improvements’ but organisation says relapses common in recovery process.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:
Share on Facebook
Share in Tweet (rip twitter)
Share on LinkedIn
Share on Reddit
Share on Threads
Share on Bluesky
Chinese flight bookings to US in summer decline as tariff war ‘adds fuel to the fire’
Cancellations of flights from China to the US in June have been outnumbering new bookings, according to China Trading Desk CEO.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Geopolitics high on list as Hong Kong trade body searches for new director
Current Trade Development Council executive director Margaret Fong will retire later this year.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Philippines’ new digital nomad visa: a boost for tourism or Pogo loophole?
Strict laws should be put in place to prevent these visas from being exploited by banned offshore gaming operators, critics warn.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:What ancient Chinese history reveals about today’s AI panic
In the sweltering summer of the year 18 CE, a desperate chant echoed across China’s sun-scorched plains: “Heaven has gone blind!” Thousands of starving farmers, their faces smeared with ox blood, marched toward the opulent vaults held by the Han dynasty’s elite rulers. As recorded in the ancient text Han Shu (Book of Han), these […] The post What ancient Chinese history reveals about today’s AI panic appeared first on...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Taiwan condemns Somalia travel ban
Taiwanese are warned against traveling to Somalia or Somaliland for their own safety before the ban is lifted.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:50 years on, Vietnam War’s ecocide still not healed
When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins. Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive grasses. The term “ecocide” had […] The post 50 years on, Vietnam War’s ecocide still not healed appeared...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Global trade war: tensions spill into WTO session over China overcapacity, Trump tariffs
Overproduction focus a ‘waste of time’, Beijing says, stressing real issue is protectionism as US-led group blasts China for alleged subsidies, industrial overflows.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Chinese AI and robotics start-ups from AgiBot to XtalPi respond to Xi’s self-reliance call
The Chinese president met representatives from several AI and robotics start-ups during a visit to Shanghai.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:China firm live-streams employees at work to boost client trust, claims to have staff support
Boss says some firms claim to have in-house teams while outsourcing work, live-streaming can reassure clients of presence of dedicated staff.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong finance chief revises budget deficit to HK$80.3 billion, down 8%
Paul Chan attributes lower figure to increased stamp duty income on stock trading and lower-than-expected departmental expenditure.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:‘Chubby mermen’ take over aquarium in China
The ‘mermen’ train for about two hours after shows.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong auditor finds over 26,600 window inspection notices ignored
Authorities recorded 445 incidents of windows falling from buildings between January 2017 and December 2024.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Senior PLA ideology official Miao Hua removed from China’s top legislature
High-ranking Chinese general is expelled from National People’s Congress following corruption investigation.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:China should seize the climate change leadership crown
The second Trump administration has announced various anti-climate policies under its “America First” strategy. Leaving the Paris agreement, kicking off a trade war, shutting down USAID and drilling for more oil and gas will not only undermine the US’s international reputation but will undermine the global effort to combat climate change. With the US in […] The post China should seize the climate change leadership...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Quick-thinking South Korean police officer rescues woman after silent 112 call for help
The wordless phone call received a rapid police response thanks to Senior Patrol Officer Kim Hye-jin’s instincts and training.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Expat talent in the picture as Xi Jinping visits Shanghai AI hub
Entrepreneur Hamza Boukili was among the welcoming party for Xi’s first inspection trip since the revival of the US-China tariff war.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Australian triple-murder suspect accused of killing with ‘special’ mushroom meal
She is accused of three murders – including her parents-in-law – and one attempted murder, all with death cap mushrooms in 2023.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:New world order: Art of the Deal vs Art of War
The US-China trade war has evolved into a structural confrontation. It is not just about tariffs or technology; it is about two different philosophies of power and time. On one side is a strategy of transactional urgency. On the other, one of systemic patience. This is the contest between Trump’s “Art of the Deal” and […] The post New world order: Art of the Deal vs Art of War appeared first on Asia Times.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:South Korea conducts historic raid on ex-president Yoon’s home amid corruption scandal
Yoon Suk-yeol’s home was raided amid influence peddling allegations involving his wife and close aides.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:US, Philippines flex military muscle with Himars live-fire drills near South China Sea
The use of Himars and NMESIS during the Balikatan exercise demonstrates the allies’ ability to respond to provocations, analysts say.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Earthquake Presents ASEAN With An Opportunity to Reimagine Its Approach to Aid in Myanmar
The Southeast Asian bloc's preferred approach and mechanisms are ill-suited to Myanmar’s contested political realities.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Xi's real test is not Trump's trade war
The real battleground of the current trade war might be China's domestic economy
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Vietnamese Navy Vessel Pays Visit to Cambodian Naval Base
Vietnam People's Navy is the second foreign navy that has been invited to the China-funded facilities at Ream Naval Base since their inauguration.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Fourteen people killed in India hotel fire
Videos showed hotel guests trying to escape by climbing onto the ledges outside their windows.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Pahalgam Attack Tests West Asian Countries’ Neutrality
As the space for bilateral diplomacy shrinks, many in New Delhi will interpret the neutrality of third-party countries as a pro-Pakistan position.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Pakistan claims 'credible intelligence' India is planning an imminent military strike
India has accused Pakistan of supporting militants behind an attack in Kashmir that killed 26 tourists.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:On Ishiba Visit, Japan and Philippines Pledge Further Security Cooperation
United by a shared unease about China's growing maritime assertiveness, Manila and Tokyo have pledged to build on the substantial advances of recent years.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Japan dismisses viral manga, feng shui earthquake rumours as tourist bookings plunge
The Chinese embassy in Tokyo inadvertently added to the fears by warning citizens to take precautions against natural disasters.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui is world’s top high street, beating Madison Avenue, Bond Street
Prime retail rent in TST, as the area is called, was 17,132 (US$22,976) per square metre per annum in the fourth quarter, according to Savills’ report.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Trump fires Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff from Holocaust board
The former US second gentleman, who is Jewish, responded by saying Holocaust remembrance should never be politicised.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Canada now likely has more latitude to work with China if US tensions persist: analysts
‘Almost certain’ that electoral victory led by Prime Minister Mark Carney will prompt review of Ottawa’s commercial relations with Beijing.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Elon Musk teases Grok 3.5 hours after Alibaba’s Qwen3 generates buzz amid US-China AI race
Musk said the latest version of xAI’s Grok model can answer technical questions about rocket engines and electrochemistry.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Tunnels of Memory: Agent Orange and Vietnam’s Asymmetric Struggle for Justice
The Vietnam War, which came to an end 50 years ago this week, has been followed by a similarly lopsided war of historical memory.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:As global players focus on the Arctic, US icebreakers are scarce
Nowhere on earth is global warming proceeding more rapidly than inside the Arctic Circle. Over the past two decades, the Arctic has grown five degrees Celsius warmer. And the trend is accelerating, with the Arctic warming nearly four times as rapidly as the rest of the planet. Climate scientists expect that Arctic median temperatures will […] The post As global players focus on the Arctic, US icebreakers are scarce...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source: