October 2026 – Page 69 – From Inside Asia

New mechanism to strengthen oversight of renovations after Tai Po fire: minister

Published: 3:26pm, 10 Oct 2026Updated: 3:31pm, 10 Oct 2026 A three-tier dispute resolution mechanism could help Hong Kong homeowners strengthen oversight of major renovation...

by Emily Hung October 10, 2026 0 comment

World

A fortune, a HK$72m flat and a family feud: inside the Abby Choi murder trial

Published: 3:00pm, 10 Oct 2026Updated: 3:27pm, 10 Oct 2026 A bitter family dispute over the proposed sale of a HK$72 million flat allegedly led...

by Brian Wong October 10, 2026 0 comment

World

Trump casts doubt on Pentagon plan to live stream Fort Hood shooter’s execution

US President Donald Trump cast doubt on Friday on whether authorities will live-stream the firing squad execution of the perpetrator of a deadly attack...

by Agence France-Presse October 9, 2026 0 comment

World

Hong Kong to expand community recycling after shelving waste-charging scheme

Hong Kong will strengthen its community recycling network with measures such as round-the-clock automated collection points after scrapping the waste-charging scheme due to strong...

by Cannix Yau October 9, 2026 0 comment

Tech

Microsoft AI Releases Microsoft-Decision-1: A Qwen3.5-9B Decision-Scoring Model

Add as a preferredsource on Google Microsoft has released Microsoft-Decision-1, a decision model for routing, classification, verification and agent control. Microsoft-Decision-1 is a...

by Patrick Glass October 9, 2026 0 comment

World

How to zoom through new Huanggang Port crossing at Hong Kong’s border

The Huanggang Port will open on Monday after more than six years of redevelopment and rounds of preparatory drills. The 24/7 checkpoint will be...

by Jess Ma,Lo Hoi-ying October 9, 2026 0 comment

World

Gen Z overtakes older collectors as art market spending rebounds globally: report

Gen Z high-net-worth collectors have overtaken older generations as the art market’s biggest spenders, with average fine art expenditure more than twice that of...

by Christina Zhao October 9, 2026 0 comment

World

South Korea: 38 injured as ceiling collapses during Daegu sales event

Thirty-eight people suffered minor injuries on Saturday when part of a ceiling collapsed at a building in South Korea’s southeastern city of Daegu, fire...

by The Korea Times October 9, 2026 0 comment

World

Could Indonesia’s ‘content governor’ rival Prabowo for the presidency in 2029?

Published: 1:00pm, 10 Oct 2026Updated: 1:23pm, 10 Oct 2026 Dressed in his trademark white shirt and traditional Sundanese headcloth, West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi...

by Anand Mathai October 9, 2026 0 comment