Extreme heat grips Hong Kong as labour groups urge district-level index
Hong Kong remained gripped by extreme heat on Wednesday with temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) in parts of the city, prompting labour...
Demuth Will Face Klobuchar in Minnesota’s Race for Governor
Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth won the state’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, defeating My Pillow founder Mike Lindell, endorsed by President Donald...
China’s quant funds have an edge on foreign rivals, even as Beijing curbs trading speed
China’s quantitative funds have built trading strategies so closely tailored to the mainland market that foreign rivals cannot replicate them, even as a regulatory...
Beijing’s tree die-off reveals hidden risks of rapid underground water recovery
At a time of year when Beijing’s vegetation should be at its greenest, thousands of trees of various species in a park in the...
Colombian woman pulled alive from rubble as earthquake death toll tops 200
Published: 12:15pm, 12 Aug 2026Updated: 3:39pm, 12 Aug 2026 Colombian rescuers pulled a 32-year-old woman alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on...
Vietnam starts construction of its largest warship yet
Vietnam has started construction of a new domestically designed anti-submarine frigate that is set to become the Vietnam People’s Navy’s (VPN) largest surface combatant...
HKEX pushes ahead on extended trading hours discussions as it prepares paper: sources
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will push ahead with talks on extending stock market trading hours by releasing a discussion paper, even as...
Trump’s Plane Switch Echoes Long History of Presidential Travel Deception
WASHINGTON—When The Washington Post reported on Aug. 10 that President Donald Trump had secretly switched aircraft in Turkey last month in what resembled a...