Colorado Program That Benefits Homeschoolers Faces Budget Axe
Lawmakers in Colorado are poised to scale back an education enrichment program for homeschooled children in ongoing efforts to close a massive state budget...
Hong Kong committed to helping mainland China’s health standards ‘go global’
Hong Kong is committed to helping mainland China’s medical and health standards “go global”, with the local health minister hailing the city’s first time...
Israel strikes over 3,500 Lebanon targets in month with 1,000 militants dead: military
The Israeli military said Friday it had struck more than 3,500 targets across Lebanon in the month since fighting with the Hezbollah militant group...
Helium supply shock threatens Asian chipmakers as economic slowdown fears mount
The Iran war is rattling Asian chipmakers as damage to Qatar’s gas facilities chokes off supplies of helium, an essential ingredient in manufacturing products...
Work from home, but we’re watching: Indonesia, Malaysia geo-track remote civil servants
Indonesia and Malaysia have ordered civil servants to work from home to save fuel amid the Iran war but with digital surveillance measures far...
Hong Kong set for thunderstorms and showers on Saturday, Observatory says
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Hong Kong customs seizes HK$280,000 worth of dried shark fins from Panama
Hong Kong customs officers have seized about 162kg of suspected dried shark fins from protected species worth about HK$280,000 (US$35,720) from Panama at the...
3 reasons Xi-Trump summit won’t be a waste of time for China
The Trump administration has assured us that the long-awaited summit in Beijing between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump will now be...
Beijing hails US cooperation as ICE returns suspected drug smuggler to China
A Chinese fugitive suspected of drug-related crimes has been repatriated from the United States and handed to police in China, the first such case...