HKEX to lower minimum float for more companies to tap IPO boom
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which recently reclaimed the crown as the world’s largest market for new listings, announced new rules on Friday...
US’ containerised launcher ‘poses threats to regional security’: China’s military
China’s military has warned that America’s new containerised missile and rocket launch system could “seriously undermine regional strategic stability”. Advertisement A commentary in PLA...
China HR boss threatens job-rejecting woman, cites ‘spirit of contract’ breach
Published: 6:00pm, 1 Aug 2025Updated: 6:42pm, 1 Aug 2025 A university graduate in eastern China who said she was threatened with blacklisting by a...
Will Bangladesh veer from its India-China middle path?
When a Bangladesh air force jet slammed into a school on July 21, killing 31 people, India was the first country to respond –...
50 workers in Hong Kong owed over HK$7 million as another eatery closes
About 50 workers in Hong Kong are seeking to recover more than HK$7 million (US$892,000) in unpaid wages and other payments following the shutdown...
‘Shop King’ Tang Shing-bor’s family sells Hong Kong hotel at throwaway price
Hong Kong developer Wang On Properties and US investment firm Angelo Gordon have jointly acquired a hotel in Mong Kok from the family of...
Judge Blocks DHS Bid to End Protected Status for Immigrants From Honduras, Nicaragua, Nepal
A federal judge on July 31 blocked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from ending temporary protected status (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of...
Ethics Panel Recommends Trump Ally Be Disbarred Over Effort to Contest 2020 Election
A District of Columbia disciplinary panel recommended on July 31 that former Attorney General Jeffrey Clark be disbarred for writing a proof-of-concept letter that...
UK promises no extradition of resettled Hongkongers on political grounds
Britain has reassured Hongkongers settled in the country that they will not be handed over for “politically motivated purposes” under its plan to reinstate...