Hong Kong jobless rate ‘could persist as uncertain economy, AI reshape market’
Simon Leung, an experienced event coordinator in the social work sector, has been unemployed for nearly 18 months and said he would settle for...
Chinese unicorn Z.ai, Alibaba Cloud team up to deploy new AI agent
Chinese artificial intelligence unicorn Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu, has joined forces with Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit to push a new general-purpose...
NZ Soldier Caught Giving Secrets to What He Thought Was a Foreign Power
A New Zealand soldier has been dismissed from the army and sentenced to two years in military detention after being court-martialed for handing over...
France Sends Minister to New Caledonia in Bid to Rescue Peace Plan
France’s overseas minister Manuel Valls is in New Caledonia after a landmark peace deal unravelled, with a major pro-independence group rejecting it despite having...
China’s Rare Earth Shipments to US Jump After Trade Truce
China’s exports of rare earth metals rebounded further in July, with shipments to the United States hitting their highest level this year, new customs...
China exports of permanent magnets up, EU biggest buyer with ‘fast-track’ route
Published: 10:05am, 21 Aug 2025Updated: 11:09am, 21 Aug 2025 China’s exports of permanent magnets rose to a six-month high in July, marking a second...
Subaru Delivers Experimental UAV to Japan’s ATLA for Manned-Unmanned Teaming Research
On July 9, Japanese aerospace and vehicle manufacturing giant Subaru Corporation delivered an experimental fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to Japan’s Acquisition, Technology &...
Bottled water brands seize on Hong Kong procurement scandal to promote products
Published: 9:48am, 21 Aug 2025Updated: 11:07am, 21 Aug 2025 Some bottled water brands in Hong Kong are taking advantage of a growing government procurement...
Beijing floods should spark rethink in disaster preparedness
When I first arrived in Beijing in the summer of 2012, I was greeted with what local authorities called “a historically rare storm”. Trains...