Lab-grown meat lands on Hong Kong plates as Australian start-up Vow begins sales

Hongkongers can get their first taste of cultured meat, also known as lab-grown meat, after an Australian food-tech start-up became the first producer of such products to start sales in the city. The Aubrey, a Japanese bar and restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental, introduced two dishes featuring Sydney-based Vow’s cultured Japanese quail on Tuesday. Hong Kong is...

Australian on trial in Bali for alleged drug possession

DENPASAR: A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali on Thursday (June 13) began the trial of an Australian man who faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted of possessing methamphetamine under the country's tough drug laws. Troy Andrew Smith, from Port Lincoln in South Australia, was arrested on April 30 after police...

Aussie climber with severe mountain sickness carried down Mt Kinabalu

KOTA KINABALU: An Australian climber who developed severe acute mountain sickness (AMS) had to be carried down from Mount Kinabalu on Saturday (Nov 11). The 24-year-old woman was assisted by the fire department’s Mountain Search and Rescue (Mosar) team from the Laban Rata rest house. A department spokesman said they earlier received a call from a mountain...