UK’s richest man James Dyson says ‘spiteful’ tax hikes will kill growth
Published: 10:47pm, 4 Nov 2024Updated: 11:01pm, 4 Nov 2024 The tax hikes on UK businesses in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first budget will lead to...
Hong Kong’s Law Society sends warning letters to lawyers linked to 2019 protest fund
Hong Kong’s biggest lawyer group has sent warning letters to some of its members for accepting fees from a now-defunct defence fund for protesters...
Japanese Nuclear Reactor That Restarted 13 Years After Fukushima Disaster Is Shut Down Again
TOKYO—A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it had survived a massive 2011...
Xi Acknowledges Governance Failures? Severe Employment Issues in China | Analysis
Did Xi Jinping just acknowledge the Chinese government’s economic failures? A recent article by Xi Jinping in a CCP journal certainly shows a rare...
Iran slams US deployment of B-52 bombers as ‘destabilising’
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday criticised what he called the United States’ “destabilising presence” after the deployment of B-52 bombers in...
Chinese smartphone giant Oppo, PolyU to launch joint AI research centre in Hong Kong
Chinese smartphone giant Oppo and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University have renewed a collaborative framework agreement, which involves the launch of a joint innovation...
Chinese scientists say they have made converged energy beam weapon a reality
A new type of high-power microwave weapon, which combines electromagnetic waves with ultra-precise timing technology to boost power output to attack a single target,...
Spain rain disrupts Barcelona trains as Valencia continues search for flood victims
Published: 9:48pm, 4 Nov 2024Updated: 10:29pm, 4 Nov 2024 The recurrent storms in eastern Spain that led to massive flooding last week and killed...
Annual tests find secondary pupils’ English abilities fall to record low in Hong Kong
Published: 9:34pm, 4 Nov 2024Updated: 10:04pm, 4 Nov 2024 The English competency of Hong Kong’s Form Three students has dropped to its lowest level...