Hong Kong finance chief upbeat about 2026 outlook on back of 3.2% growth
Published: 6:21pm, 28 Dec 2025Updated: 6:23pm, 28 Dec 2025 Hong Kong’s finance chief has struck an upbeat tone about the city’s economic outlook for...
Brigitte Bardot, French film legend dead at 91
Published: 6:19pm, 28 Dec 2025Updated: 6:53pm, 28 Dec 2025 French film legend Brigitte Bardot, a cinema icon of the 1950s and sixties who walked...
Why Saudi Arabia might not fulfil spending pledge to US amid China-America rivalry
Published: 6:00pm, 28 Dec 2025Updated: 6:19pm, 28 Dec 2025 Saudi Arabia has pledged to boost investments in America to nearly US$1 trillion, but according...
China paralysed man, who can only move a finger and a toe, creates smart farm system, start-up
A paralysed Chinese man who can move only one finger and one toe has successfully developed a smart farm control system and founded a...
650 Hongkongers on Taiwan group tours confirmed safe after ‘terrifying’ quake
Published: 5:21pm, 28 Dec 2025Updated: 6:04pm, 28 Dec 2025 More than 650 Hongkongers on group tours to Taiwan have been confirmed safe following a...
South Korea closes 4,000 schools permanently amid demographic crisis
More than 4,000 elementary, middle and high schools across South Korea have shut their doors as the country’s student population shrinks, new data shows....
China’s anti-corruption campaign claims 3 more top military officers
Three more top-ranking Chinese officers have been expelled from the national legislature, becoming the latest to fall foul of an anti-corruption campaign sweeping through...
Hong Kong’s Starry Lee seeks to unite lawmakers, but quiet about Legco presidency
Published: 4:35pm, 28 Dec 2025Updated: 6:48pm, 28 Dec 2025 Hong Kong’s Starry Lee Wai-king has said her roles as a delegate to the National...
Likening Trump’s AI mission to the Manhattan Project is sadly mistaken
US President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order for the “Genesis Mission”, a national campaign to use artificial intelligence (AI) to boost...