US adds 2 Chinese firms to trade blacklist over human rights concerns
Published: 11:18pm, 10 Dec 2024Updated: 12:56am, 11 Dec 2024 The United States added two Chinese companies to a trade restriction list on Tuesday for...
Messi, Kowloon Walled City film and ‘playing badminton’: what Hong Kong googled most in 2024
Football legend Lionel Messi, who created a media storm in the city earlier this year for sitting out in a long-awaited game, emerged as...
Why China needs allies in the next mining frontier – the ocean floor
China should shore up alliances with pro-seabed mining countries to control and extract the wealth of critical resources in the world’s largely unexplored ocean...
Syrian rebels name Mohammed al-Bashir head of transitional government
The rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad and are now in power in Syria appointed a transitional head of government on Tuesday to run...
Hong Kong no money-laundering hub, officials tell forum on tackling organised crime
Published: 10:54pm, 10 Dec 2024Updated: 11:19pm, 10 Dec 2024 Hong Kong’s justice minister and customs chief have dismissed claims the city is becoming a...
Mass Evacuation of Philippine Villages Underway After Brief but Major Volcanic Eruption
MANILA, Philippines—About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash...
Yangtze River Drying Up; Is the Three Gorges Dam to Blame?
Friends, can you believe it? The water level of the Yangtze River in Wuhan has dropped by more than ten meters, and all the...
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Urges Putin to Understand the Destructiveness of Nuclear Weapons
OSLO, Norway—Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan and the representative of an organization that won this year’s Nobel Peace...
Q&A: How to Attract Gen Z to Manufacturing Through Authentic Storytelling
Many manufacturers are questioning how to attract Gen Z talent as the industry faces labor shortages and a skills gap. In this Q&A, Emily...