‘Boring billion’ to biodiversity boom: China-US team charts early evolutionary upheaval
Chinese and US scientists have shed new light on a dull stretch in the planet’s history known as the “boring billion”, and they say...
Jailed Kurdish leader says ‘ready’ to support Turkey peace drive
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), is “ready to make a call” to back a new initiative by the...
Hong Kong’s winter flu season expected to peak mid-January, expert says
Hong Kong’s winter flu season is expected to peak in mid-January, a respiratory disease expert has predicted, noting holidaymakers were returning from countries experiencing...
Hong Kong gears up for expected influx of arrivals ahead of new year
Published: 7:01pm, 29 Dec 2024Updated: 11:55pm, 29 Dec 2024 Hong Kong checkpoints logged at least 520,000 arrivals on Sunday as border officers geared up...
China’s ‘city of the future’ Xiongan takes another step towards ambitious goals
China’s futuristic megacity of Xiongan – a signature project of President Xi Jinping – has taken yet another step towards completion with a reinforced...
Three die in clandestine English Channel crossing attempt
Three migrants died on Sunday in an attempt to cross the English Channel from France to Britain, a local mayor told journalists. Advertisement The...
China ‘genius’ Blossoms Shanghai actress Wang Ju rises above appearance criticism
Six years after making a phenomenal debut on the girl group reality show Produce 101, pop idol Naomi Wang Ju is now widely recognised...
Woman, 61, dies after falling off steep slope while hiking in Hong Kong
Published: 5:48pm, 29 Dec 2024Updated: 9:51pm, 29 Dec 2024 A 61-year-old hiker died after she fell down a steep hill while trying to navigate...
Air crash tests South Korea’s acting president two days into the job
When South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok arrived at the scene of the deadliest air disaster on the country’s soil on Sunday, he had...