Hong Kong IPO boom at risk as cornerstone backers get cold feet, sources say
Exuberance among cornerstone investors in Hong Kong’s booming initial public offering (IPO) market seems to be fading, forcing some issuers that had hoped to...
Police recover HK$30 million in gold swapped for fabric softener in hotel theft
Published: 4:06pm, 8 Oct 2026Updated: 5:27pm, 8 Oct 2026 Hong Kong police have recovered about HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) worth of stolen gold and...
Chinese team says its all-in-one mini artificial pancreas offers next-gen diabetes care
Chinese scientists have created a wearable all-in-one device combining a glucose sensor and insulin micropump that they say paves the way for a fully...
US AI firm Anthropic enables Chinese-language options for Claude chatbot
US artificial intelligence company Anthropic has introduced Chinese-language options to its Claude chatbot in supported markets, even as it continues to block users from...
Abby Choi’s ex-father-in-law a ‘cunning old fox’ who clung to her wealth, court told
Published: 3:29pm, 8 Oct 2026Updated: 3:37pm, 8 Oct 2026 The mother of slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung has described her daughter’s former...
Britain downscales and renames Jerusalem consulate after Israel orders closure
Published: 3:27pm, 8 Oct 2026Updated: 5:10pm, 8 Oct 2026 Britain and Israel announced on Thursday that the nearly 200-year-old British diplomatic mission in Jerusalem...
Anwar’s push to return Myanmar to Asean sparks criticism over weakened leverage
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday said Malaysia would do “whatever is possible” to strengthen cooperation with Myanmar and fully reintegrate the diplomatically isolated...
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North Korea decries medical aid, says ‘nothing to give or receive’ from Seoul
North Korea’s Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un, denounced on Thursday South Korea’s plans to provide medical equipment aid to Pyongyang,...