Engineer gets 160 hours’ community service over Queen Mary Hospital lift defects
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Engineer gets 160 hours’ community service over Queen Mary Hospital lift defects

A Hong Kong-registered lift engineer held liable for faulty installation work at Queen Mary Hospital’s new block has been sentenced to 160 hours of community service after being convicted of submitting misleading documents and improperly issuing safety certificates. Eastern Court sentenced Law Wing-chai, 54, on Wednesday for two summary offences under the Lifts and Escalators Ordinance. The senten...

Started beach cleanup group at the age of 10, teen now wins 2026 Barron Prize

Started beach cleanup group at the age of 10, teen now wins 2026 Barron Prize

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At 10, Caymus “CO” Maxson saw beach trash being raked towards the sea and decided to act. Six years later, her youth-led nonprofit Trash Turtles has removed over six tons of debris, cleaned 300+ miles of beaches and recycled 75,000 cigarette butts. Now based in California, Maxson has been named a 2026 Gloria Barron Prize winner.

Tasmania removed invasive rice grass; fish species more than doubled in 3 years

Tasmania removed invasive rice grass; fish species more than doubled in 3 years

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Tasmania’s Duck Bay wetland is showing signs of recovery after years of work to remove invasive rice grass. Circular Head Landcare has reduced the weed from about 50 hectares to five, allowing native saltmarsh plants to return. University of Tasmania scientists found fish species increased from five to 11, with yellow-eye mullet and other species returning to restored areas.

Angry Anderson dies aged 79: Rose Tattoo frontman was a ferocious rock ’n’ roll singer and youth advocate

Angry Anderson dies aged 79: Rose Tattoo frontman was a ferocious rock ’n’ roll singer and youth advocate

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The singer, songwriter, actor and advocate, who has died following a cardiac arrest while touring in Europe, kept his band’s flame burning until the endAngry Anderson has died aged 79, after he was hospitalised following a cardiac arrest while on tour in Germany with the band Rose Tattoo.Gary Anderson was not a nice boy growing up. As one of the founding members of Melbourne motorcycle club the Vi...

China’s stealth fighters, critical minerals from lithium waste: 7 science highlights

China’s stealth fighters, critical minerals from lithium waste: 7 science highlights

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We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. J-50 design team reveals leapfrog tech for China’s next-gen stealth fighters China’s next-generation combat aircraft will be able to fly by themselves if a pilot loses consciousness, navigate without satellite s...

Marcos’ ‘existential battle’ with Sara Duterte intensifies in Philippines

Marcos’ ‘existential battle’ with Sara Duterte intensifies in Philippines

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Sara Duterte, the impeached vice-president of the Philippines, is facing an increasing risk of conviction and a lifetime ban on politics, as allies of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr weigh invalidating key votes of support in her Senate trial. The 24-member Senate, where Duterte is on trial, is expected to debate on Wednesday whether the votes of several absent senators should even be counted. Two ...

Chinese banks, Ant International push instant cross-border digital yuan transfers

Chinese banks, Ant International push instant cross-border digital yuan transfers

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Two Chinese state-owned banks and Ant International have trialled cross-border digital yuan transfers worth hundreds of millions of yuan, marking the latest step in Beijing’s efforts to streamline settlements and promote wider international use of the digital yuan. The Shanghai branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) facilitated its first digital yuan transfer for Ant Internationa...

Glimpses into lives of Roman suburbanites in Bath revealed in rare finds

Glimpses into lives of Roman suburbanites in Bath revealed in rare finds

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Exclusive: Restoration work at Bath Assembly Rooms unearths Roman ditches containing pottery, coins and fragments of a military helmetThe restoration of a Georgian building in Bath once frequented by Jane Austen has unexpectedly provided a tantalising glimpse into the life of the city’s Roman suburbanites.A network of Roman ditches containing pottery, coins, glassware and a fragment of a military ...

Glimpses into lives of Roman surburbanites in Bath revealed in rare finds

Glimpses into lives of Roman surburbanites in Bath revealed in rare finds

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Exclusive: Restoration work at Bath Assembly Rooms unearths Roman ditches containing pottery, coins and fragments of a military helmetThe restoration of a Georgian building in Bath once frequented by Jane Austen has unexpectedly provided a tantalising glimpse into the life of the city’s Roman suburbanites.A network of Roman ditches containing pottery, coins, glassware and a fragment of a military ...

Chinese EV battery giant CATL starts trial production at Hungarian factory

Chinese EV battery giant CATL starts trial production at Hungarian factory

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Contemporary Amperex Technol­ogy Ltd (CATL) has cleared all regulatory hurdles for its mega factory in Hungary, a development that analysts expect will help the world’s largest producer of electric vehicle (EV) batteries extend its reach to international marques like BMW and Volkswagen. Production of battery cells at the €7.3 billion (US$8.35 billion) plant in Debrecen, the second-largest city in ...