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US President Donald Trump deflected criticisms about a decision to secretly fly him out of Turkey on a different aircraft while the White House indicated he was aboard Air Force One, saying the Secret Service and military demanded it in response to unspecified safety threats.
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix’s potential deal to offload a packaging plant in southwest China is part of a strategic pivot towards higher-margin artificial intelligence (AI) memory products, according to analysts.
The rivalry between two of Indonesia’s former presidents is moving onto the political ground where their alliance was first forged, with Joko Widodo’s youngest son preparing to contest the…
For years, quantitative trading was the undisputed darling of China’s stock market, using sophisticated algorithms and artificial intelligence to deliver eye-popping returns and grow into one of the…
Rent for public housing under the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) will increase by 2.85 per cent from October. The HKHS said in a statement on Tuesday that the new rent will be effective from October…
As the government completes a public consultation exercise to craft the city’s own five-year plan to align with national development, the first of this five-part series looks at key questions…
Oil prices touched a one-week high on Tuesday and Wall Street finished lower as traders grew more pessimistic about a potential deal to bring stability to the Middle East and reopen the Strait of…
When Manli Ho saw her father’s name being used to advertise US$40,000 houses in his hometown in China, she was outraged. “He Saved 18,000 Jewish Lives in WWII.
Hong Kong authorities have defended the city’s childhood vaccination programme after the United States scaled back its immunisation recommendations, stressing that public health policies should not be “arbitrarily altered”.
Baptist University has said it is reviewing the security of its information technology (IT) systems after a ransomware group claimed online to have illegally accessed the Hong Kong institution’s data. The allegations were made by “The Gentlemen”, an advanced cybercrime group that first appeared in the middle of last year.
China’s hypersonic weapons can now use the stars for guidance when satellite systems like GPS or BeiDou are jammed or fail, according to a project led by the Guangdong Aerospace Research Academy that passed its final expert review on Monday.
Real estate is no longer among the top life goals of most rich Hongkongers while travel is emerging as a form of investment, according to a new survey by Standard Chartered. The findings were published on Tuesday in the Hong Kong Travel Value Report 2026, in which the British bank interviewed 1,058 affluent Hong Kong residents aged 30 or…
Chinese police have dismantled more than 1,000 gangs and detained about 8,200 suspects, just 10 days after the country’s top security official announced a year-long campaign against organised crime. The Ministry of Public Security said on Monday that the crackdown focused on crimes that had evolved into “more covert” forms and spread…
As demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure surges, Alibaba Group Holding says it can deliver new data centres in a fraction of the usual time while cutting construction costs by 10 per cent through its proprietary modular architecture.
Parents can now submit consent forms electronically for their children’s seasonal flu vaccinations in the upcoming school year if their child’s school is participating in the government's outreach…
Hong Kong and mainland stocks ended lower on Tuesday as investors reassessed prospects for an end to the US-Iran conflict that has pushed up global oil prices.
A lawmaker on Tuesday welcomed plans by the Home Affairs Department to revitalise a popular morning walk trail in Sham Shui Po, describing it as a win-win solution for both authorities and residents.
Ten drivers and motorcyclists have been arrested for dangerous driving following the police's deployment of drones for the first time in a crackdown in areas near Kwun Tong Bypass. The nine men and one woman arrested in the operation, in which the force used drones for aerial patrols and evidence collection, are aged between 25 and 51.
Yes, it’s exactly as strange and wonderful as it sounds
While Unitree Robotics’ early backers are poised for a windfall in one of China’s most closely watched technology initial public offerings (IPOs), retail investors are scrambling for a tiny chance of securing shares.
A restaurant has been barred from hiring non-local workers after it provided false information to the Labour Department in its application to bring in servers, junior cooks, and dishwashers. The department served Waso Cafe in Prince Edward an administrative sanction and terminated the restaurant’s application under the Enhanced…
India has opened the door for charging merchant fees for using the vast digital payments system central to its economy, used by nearly 555 million people to transfer trillions of US dollars.
China’s AgiBot has surpassed its domestic rival Unitree Robotics to become the world’s largest humanoid robot vendor in the first half of 2026, according to new research, as both industry heavyweights…
Hong Kong’s professional body for barristers has asked a court to overturn its own disciplinary board’s decision clearing pro-democracy figure Margaret Ng of misconduct linked to her 2019 protest…
The city’s largest community living room was opened to the public in Tsuen Wan on Monday and is expected to benefit hundreds of subdivided flat households.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on Monday announced they found that over 70 percent of workers across the SAR has adopted artificial intelligence at work – significantly higher than the…
A sharp run-up in global memory-chip stocks is beginning to falter as cooling price growth raises questions over how long the sector’s explosive boom can last, even as artificial intelligence demand…
Police said on Monday they arrested eight people for allegedly operating compensated dating scams involving 80 cases, totalling HK$6.2 million over the past two years.
It’s giving ‘Night at the Museum’ vibes and we’re not complaining
Short of booking a flight, this is about as close to a tropical getaway as TST gets
