Here’s why you can’t shake those unhinged political texts
Election 2026You might be receiving political texts even if you’ve never made a political donation.You might be receiving political texts even if you’ve never...
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Cancer and Water Quality Concerns Take Spotlight in Iowa’s Governor, Senate Races
DES MOINES, Iowa—Water quality concerns have swelled into one of the most prominent issues shaping how Iowans across 99 counties will vote in the...
200 nations at Cop17 commit to biodiversity goals amid missed opportunities
Published: 7:16pm, 31 Oct 2026Updated: 7:20pm, 31 Oct 2026 Nearly 200 nations have struck hard-fought agreements at a UN biodiversity summit, but the outcome...
With ‘Kissinger moment’ over, US and China urged to foster new ‘bridge builders’
Beijing and Washington have been urged to foster a new generation of talent to bridge gaps between the countries and strengthen people-to-people exchanges amid...
China places former Sinopec and CNOOC boss Fu Chengyu, 75, under corruption probe
Published: 6:48pm, 31 Oct 2026Updated: 6:56pm, 31 Oct 2026 Fu Chengyu, the former chairman of leading oil giants Sinopec and China National Offshore Oil...
Google joins OpenAI and Anthropic in promising new scraping controls
The new robots.txt directive will prevent the companies from scraping content for generative AI training.
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Hong Kong’s first ‘Halloween Month’ surges to a finale as revellers pack streets
Published: 6:30pm, 31 Oct 2026Updated: 12:49am, 1 Nov 2026 Revellers packed Lan Kwai Fong dressed as golden Buddhas, Lipton tea drink cartons and bottles...
Hong Kong may raise GDP forecast as growth could hit 5-year high: Paul Chan
Published: 6:20pm, 31 Oct 2026Updated: 10:14pm, 31 Oct 2026 Hong Kong’s annual economic growth may hit a five-year high, the finance chief has said,...