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Hong Kong authorities should act as a “visible hand” to break down barriers erected by vested interests and revive growth momentum through reform under its maiden five-year plan, a former Beijing official overseeing the city’s affairs has said.
The former father-in-law of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung rented a village house flat under false pretences and bought a meat mincer and multiple saws as he allegedly prepared for the model’s killing, a court has heard.
Drinking water has been scarce for over a decade in Taiz, but the problem has reached crisis levels in recent weeks as Iran-backed Houthi rebels besiege Yemen’s third-largest city in their escalating conflict with government forces.
HSBC, the biggest lender in Hong Kong and Europe, will open a new wealth management centre in Abu Dhabi in December, as the lender has not found the conflicts in the Middle East have dampened demand for its wealth business in the region, according to a senior executive.
Hong Kong, China boccia athletes continued to shine on the final day of the Asian Para Games on Saturday as they seized the chance to take home more medals.
Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan on Saturday said a newly launched scheme that eases cross-border yacht visits would usher in a new wave of tourist consumption.
Advanced technologies and additional manpower have been deployed at Huanggang Port to ensure smooth border crossings, Commissioner of Customs and Excise Chan Tsz-tat said on Saturday.
With an incumbent Maine US senator from his own party locked in a tight reelection battle, US President Donald Trump signed an order on Friday to remove 50 percent tariffs on some Canadian…
US markets closed lower on Friday, with investors concerned by rising oil prices, and also looking ahead to a Federal Reserve interest rate policy meeting.
When Wang Junhong was helping Chinese brokerage Guotai Junan International establish a foothold in Vietnam, he had to knock on the door of a familiar Chinese bank.
Kevin Rudd, president of the Asia Society and a former Australian prime minister, described US-China strategic competition as full-on and multidimensional at a Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics event on Friday.
Strategic competition between China and the US and its allies is intensifying across the Pacific islands, with both sides pursuing a growing range of security agreements to expand their influence, according to an interactive mapping tool released this week by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Washington think…
Para fencer Tong Nga-ting has been named Hong Kong, China’s flagbearer at the closing ceremony of the Asian Para Games on Saturday, the China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee announced. Writing on social media, the committee noted that Tong has been outstanding at the Games this year, capturing three medals.
China has unveiled a position paper on outer space governance, prioritising the prevention of space weaponisation while calling for a global framework to protect all nations’ legitimate rights beyond Earth.
Hong Kong’s Urban Renewal Authority has advised property owners under a subsidy scheme against hiring a contractor that failed to install fire safety components in lifts at hundreds of buildings…
Asian shares were mostly higher Friday, rebounding from early losses, while oil prices hovered at their highest levels since May on worries about the war with Iran.
The Health Bureau on Friday announced the launch of patient pairing arrangements under the Community Pharmacy Programme and the annual adjustment of consultation co-payment fees under the Primary…
RTHK signed a memorandum of understanding with broadcaster Chengdu Radio and Television to carry out a series of events there next year, as well as step up people-to-people bonds and cultural…
As regional equities tumbled and hopes for investor stimulus faded, the Hang Seng Index fell to a seven-month low. Attention also remained focused on Beijing’s intensified scrutiny of offshore wealth…
Chinese artificial intelligence model developers DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed export registration procedures and proceeded with open-source releases and overseas licensing activities, according…
Chinese stocks rebounded on Friday after a sell-off dragged the benchmark index into a bear market, as surging trading volumes in the nation’s biggest exchange-traded funds (ETFs) pointed to possible state buying and major companies at the centre of the artificial intelligence trade sought to reassure investors.
Unitree Robotics is developing a “self-evolving” feedback loop designed to allow humanoid robots to write code, run simulations and improve their real-world performance independently, founder Wang Xingxing said, in a move that mirrors a broader push towards “self-improving” artificial intelligence.
Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung received a share of the profits her ex-husband made from investing in luxury watches, the model’s murder trial has heard. Chan Leong-hang, an employee of Aristo Watch & Jewellery in Tsim Sha Tsui, said on Thursday that Alex Kwong Kong-chi sold upmarket timepieces to the shop and asked that the…
A Hong Kong information security watchdog issued an “extremely high risk” warning on Thursday morning over two critical flaws in a widely used web programming language that could allow hackers to execute code remotely and take control of servers.
