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Nearly three decades after its return to Chinese sovereignty, Hong Kong is once again at an important crossroads. The recent decision by the United States not to renew “The President’s Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization” has once again focused international attention on the city’s future. For some, it represents another chapter in the geopolitical competition between Washington and Beijing...
The future of a mainland Chinese film calling for reunification with Taiwan has been thrown into uncertainty as it faces a surprising backlash from nationalistic voices. The Belief tells the story of how in 1683, Emperor Kangxi of the Qing dynasty ordered Shi Lang, the admiral of the Fujian navy, to lead the Qing army to a major victory over the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan, which considered itse...
Hong Kong businesses can leverage Xinjiang’s connectivity with Central Asia to expand into new markets while the city’s financial, trade and professional services can help businesses in the region enter Southeast Asia, according to political analysts. But an economist and a textile industry veteran have warned of potential risks for Hong Kong businesses building ties with Xinjiang in northwestern ...
Indonesia wants to build a financial centre to rival Singapore, Hong Kong or Dubai, but analysts say the real work of persuading global investors has barely begun. Parliament’s passage of the enabling legislation on Tuesday laid the legal foundation for the hub, marking a milestone in President Prabowo Subianto’s push to attract more foreign capital into Southeast Asia’s largest economy and lift g...
Hong Kong cancelled all storm warnings at 7.10pm on Sunday as Typhoon Noul moved away from the city, with airport operations resuming after roughly 360 flights were grounded. The weather will remain unsettled on Monday, according to the Hong Kong Observatory. “Under the influence of an active southwesterly airstream to the south of Noul, there will be showers and squally thunderstorms over Hong Ko...
About 360 flights were cancelled in Hong Kong for Sunday, the Airport Authority has said, while the Observatory has lowered the storm signal to No 1 as Typhoon Noul moves further away from the city. Apart from flight disruptions, more than 190 cross-border high-speed rail services were also cancelled on Sunday. “When Noul no longer poses a threat to Hong Kong, the Observatory will cancel all tropi...
About 350 flights were cancelled in Hong Kong on Sunday but most were expected to resume in the afternoon, according to the Airport Authority, while the Observatory said the No 3 storm signal was lowered to No 1 at 3.20pm as Typhoon Noul moved further away from the city. Apart from flight disruptions, more than 190 cross-border high-speed rail services were also cancelled on Sunday. “When Noul no ...
About 350 flights were cancelled in Hong Kong on Sunday but most were expected to resume in the afternoon, according to the Airport Authority, while the Observatory said the No 3 storm signal would be lowered at 3.20pm with Typhoon Noul moving further away from the city. Apart from flight disruptions, more than 190 cross-border high-speed rail services were also cancelled on Sunday. “When Noul no ...
About 350 flights were cancelled in Hong Kong on Sunday but most were expected to resume in the afternoon, according to the Airport Authority, while the Observatory said the No 3 storm signal would remain in force for some time with Typhoon Noul moving further away from the city. Apart from flight disruptions, more than 190 cross-border high-speed rail services were also cancelled on Sunday. The O...
About 350 flights have been cancelled in Hong Kong on Sunday but most will resume in the afternoon, according to the Airport Authority, while the Observatory has lowered the No 8 storm signal to No 3 at 12.40pm as Typhoon Noul moves further away from the city. Apart from the 350 flights, more than 190 cross-border high-speed rail services have also been cancelled on Sunday. “Noul is moving steadil...
About 350 flights have been cancelled in Hong Kong on Sunday but most will resume in the afternoon, according to the Airport Authority, while the Observatory has said it will lower the No 8 storm signal to No 3 at 12.40pm as Typhoon Noul moves further away from the city. Apart from the 350 flights, more than 190 cross-border high-speed rail services have also been cancelled on Sunday. “Noul is mov...
The Observatory will lower the No 8 storm signal to No 3 at 12.40pm as Typhoon Noul moves further away from Hong Kong, but more than 700 flights and over 190 cross-border high-speed rail services have been cancelled on Sunday. “Noul is moving steadily into inland Guangdong, starting to depart Hong Kong while weakening progressively. However, gale force southwesterly winds are still affecting parts...
The Observatory will consider lowering the No 8 storm signal to No 3 between noon and 2pm as Typhoon Noul moves further away from Hong Kong, but more than 700 flights and over 190 cross-border high-speed rail services have been cancelled on Sunday. “Noul is moving steadily into inland Guangdong, starting to depart Hong Kong while weakening progressively. However, gale force southwesterly winds are...
The No 8 storm signal will remain in force at least until noon, the Hong Kong Observatory has said, with more than 350 flights and over 190 cross-border high-speed rail services cancelled on Sunday as Typhoon Noul batters the city. “Noul is moving steadily into inland Guangdong and weakening progressively, but gales are still affecting many places over Hong Kong, with occasional storm-force winds ...
The No 8 storm signal will remain in force until at least noon, the Hong Kong Observatory has said, with more than 350 flights and over 190 cross-border high-speed rail services cancelled on Sunday as Typhoon Noul batters the city. “Noul is moving steadily into inland Guangdong and weakening progressively, but gales are still affecting many places over Hong Kong, with occasional storm-force winds ...
Skirmishes between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia intensified, as a pause in the nearly two-week run of nightly US strikes on Iran raised fresh questions about President Donald Trump’s strategy in the war. The Houthis, Islamist militants based in Yemen and backed by Iran, said they fired missiles and drones at facilities linked to oil giant Saudi Aramco in the Red Sea port towns of Jizan and Yanbu...
German authorities on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van ramming near Berlin’s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others. Chancellor Friedrich Merz described what happened late on Saturday evening as “an attack on our society”. Police and prosecutors asked for help in finding the 21-year-old suspect, whom they identified as Abdul B. They s...
A van slammed into people gathered for Berlin’s famed LGBTQ event on Saturday, killing one person, injuring at least 16 others and prompting police to call off the celebrations and a concert in the German capital hours after they had begun. Police said some of the victims had life-threatening injuries. In a social media post, police called on everyone to leave the site of the event immediately as ...
A car drove into a crowd during Berlin’s famed LGBTQ parade on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least 15, prompting police to call off the event in the German capital hours after it had begun. Police said some of the victims had life-threatening injuries. Firefighters and ambulances were out with many emergency workers at the scene to attend to the victims. In a social media post, poli...
A car drove into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride celebrations on Saturday evening, injuring several people, Berlin police said. Police said on social media that they were responding with emergency services to an incident in the city’s central Tiergarten park close to the Brandenburg Gate, where a vehicle had struck multiple people. “We are searching intensively for suspects,” police said. Hundr...
On July 13, more than 200 leading economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates, signed an open letter organised by the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Its warning was stark: artificial intelligence may drive an economic transformation “larger than the Industrial Revolution” compressed into a fraction of the time, and that we “must act now” to build the institutions to steer it. We agr...
The Democratic Party in Maine picked its new candidate for a key US Senate race on Saturday, after the original nominee was pressured to drop out over sexual misconduct allegations. Delegates to a hastily organised nominating convention picked Troy Jackson, a former state senate president, to go up against Republican incumbent Susan Collins. “Thank you, Maine. In 101 days, we will defeat Susan Col...
One morning in February 1784, a converted privateer called the Empress of China sailed out of New York harbour. It was bound for a country almost no one aboard had ever seen – China, then ruled by the Qing dynasty. Six months later, it dropped anchor at Canton, the only port where the Qing government allowed Western maritime trade. At the time, the Declaration of Independence was less than a decad...
A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries factory is expected to be the Japan centre for the development and assembly of the next-generation fighter jet to be produced by Japan, Britain and Italy, sources close to the matter said on Saturday. The three members of the trilateral Global Combat Air Program are discussing the roles each will play in the design and manufacture of the jet, with Britain to set up it...
Hong Kong police have smashed a syndicate that used provocatively dressed foreign women to sell drugs at pubs and entertainment venues, arresting three people and seizing HK$5.2 million (US$663,080) worth of narcotics. The arrests came during an operation carried out on Friday to target the income sources of triad societies, Chief Inspector Man Cheuk-hei of the Kowloon East regional anti-triad uni...
As the size of artificial intelligence models expands beyond 1 trillion parameters, a new concept is dominating the computing landscape: “supernode”. At this year’s World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), China’s top AI summit, domestic chipmakers from Huawei Technologies to Biren Technology showcased new hardware designed to knit hundreds or thousands of chips together to act as one gian...
Two men died when a light aircraft crashed into a single-family home in the northern German state of Lower Saxony on Saturday. A police spokesman reported that initially one body was recovered from inside the aircraft in Ganderkesee, near Bremen. The second body was found later. Emergency services had been searching for the missing second passenger for hours. The aircraft is believed to have taken...
At least one person died when a light aircraft crashed into a single-family home in the northern German state of Lower Saxony on Saturday. A police spokesman reported that one body was recovered from inside the aircraft in Ganderkesee, near Bremen. It was initially unclear whether anyone else was on board the aircraft when it crashed. Search operations by the fire department were still under way a...
Hong Kong lawmakers have said they gained new insights on how best to assist the government in creating the city’s first five-year plan following an unprecedented study trip to Beijing that wrapped up on Saturday. Upon returning to Hong Kong, Legislative Council president Starry Lee Wai-king shared key takeaways from the week-long trip, highlighting a delegation meeting with Xia Baolong, director ...
China finished the first high-speed railway tunnel under the Yangtze River on Friday, marking a major step forward in the construction of a line that will one day connect the inland of the country with the coast. The 11.9km (7.4-mile) Caiyuanba Yangtze River Railway Tunnel links two districts in Chongqing and will be a key link in a high-speed line between two key hubs in the southwestern megacity...
