Mainland schools for Hong Kong pupils beat city average in university entrance exams
Published: 5:05pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 5:30pm, 16 Jul 2026 Two of the four schools in mainland China whose students can take Hong Kong’s university...
BYD aims to build 3,000 ‘flash-charging’ stations across Europe within months
Chinese electric car giant BYD is building a network of 6,000 charging stations in overseas markets including Europe, as it looks to turbocharge its...
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang seals Japan robotics push after ‘yakitori summit’
Jensen Huang, chief executive of US artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia, held a “yakitori summit” with Japanese executives from semiconductor materials and components companies while...
Climate disasters compete with wars, markets for distracted world’s money
Capital is finite, as is political bandwidth and public concern. So far, this year has asked all three to stretch further than usual, split...
S. Korean standoff jammer aircraft project rolls forward
South Korea’s procurement of electronic warfare (EW) aircraft – specifically designed for standoff jamming – is proceeding apace, with Bombardier Defense announcing on 14...
Ex-World Bank official warns to diversify away from US markets, people ‘will suffer’
Published: 4:01pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 4:24pm, 16 Jul 2026 A coordinated push towards global market diversification is urgently needed to shield savers from a...
Senior Hong Kong policeman convicted of molesting clerk 3 times at headquarters
Published: 4:01pm, 16 Jul 2026Updated: 4:52pm, 16 Jul 2026 A senior Hong Kong police officer has been convicted of indecently assaulting a subordinate on...
China is building early warning system to spot Earth-smashing asteroids
China is developing an early warning system to spot asteroids that might smash into the Earth, according to the scientist leading the national mission....
Malaysia’s US$47 million investment in Indonesian start-up revealed as fraud
The Retirement Fund Incorporated’s (KWAP) US$47.7 million investment in Indonesian agritech start-up eFishery was the victim of an orchestrated fraud, Malaysia’s finance ministry has...