How easy is it to ride with Hong Kong’s 5 premium taxi fleets? Only 1 passes test
Published: 9:00am, 2 Aug 2025Updated: 5:42pm, 2 Aug 2025 Four out of Hong Kong’s five new premium taxi fleets failed to accept hire requests...
Lost China diver survives 5 days underwater, lives on cave fish until rescue
A Chinese diver miraculously survived five days and nights trapped in an underwater cave, leaving netizens in disbelief and shock. Advertisement The incident unfolded...
Hong Kong lowers all rainstorm signals, hours after year’s second black warning
Published: 8:51am, 2 Aug 2025Updated: 1:19pm, 2 Aug 2025 This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please...
Hong Kong’s MTR adopts AI-powered systems for train deployment, crowd control
Hong Kong’s rail giant has implemented two AI-powered systems to help formulate train deployment and crowd control plans for major events at Kai Tak...
All-out thaw: can India and China unfreeze icy ties at last?
When Indian pilgrims set foot in Tibet again this summer, their arrival heralded a new beginning for India and China, five years after a...
Trump Fires Labor Statistics Chief After July Jobs Report
President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 1 that he has directed the termination of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Writing...
ByteDance finds median service length of employees at about 3 years
Social media giant ByteDance, owner of TikTok and its Chinese sibling Douyin, says the median service length of existing employees was 2.9 years, while...
US Treasury secretary says meetings with Chinese have ‘advanced our talks’
Published: 6:49am, 2 Aug 2025Updated: 6:52am, 2 Aug 2025 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that meetings with his Chinese counterparts this...
Trump Talks to Press While Departing the White House
President Donald Trump talks to the press at 4 p.m. ET on Aug. 1 while departing the White House en route to Bedminster, New...