Beijing sends new coastguard force into waters east of Taiwan
Beijing on Saturday rotated a new coastguard task force into waters east of Taiwan. The second such deployment in about a month came days...
Hong Kong police arrest driver after high-speed chase ends in 5-vehicle crash
Published: 8:23pm, 4 Jul 2026Updated: 9:05pm, 4 Jul 2026 Police have arrested a man on suspicion of dangerous driving and trafficking dangerous drugs after...
Italian rice crops suffer in drought, worst European heatwave ever
Summer came too early to Europe’s most important rice-growing region, and weeds are taking over Sharon Angoli’s parched paddies in Italy’s Pavia province. “That...
Hard Times in China: Tier-One Cities Ruined — 50M Jobless, Overseas Masters Earn Just $200/Month
Her postgraduate tuition in the United Kingdom reportedly cost more than 20,000 pounds a year, or about 200,000 yuan. Her family spent heavily to...
Renowned neurobiologist and former taekwondo captain Chih-Ying Su leaves US for China
Celebrated neurobiologist Chih-Ying Su, who specialises in research on the sense of smell using fruit flies and mosquitoes, has left her position as faculty...
Hong Kong Legco chief urges higher standards after lawmaker’s drink-driving arrest
Published: 7:46pm, 4 Jul 2026Updated: 9:51pm, 4 Jul 2026 The president of Hong Kong’s legislature has urged fellow members to be “more rigorous in...
Hong Kong’s third medical school hires 300 teachers, expects to raise intake to 200
Published: 7:30pm, 4 Jul 2026Updated: 7:50pm, 4 Jul 2026 Hong Kong’s third medical school has recruited about 300 teachers and expects its annual student...
Chinese scientists’ brain-mimicking chip ‘up to 478 times faster than Nvidia A100 GPU’
Chinese scientists say they have developed a tiny computer chip capable of modelling complex brain structures in real time. According to its developers, this...
Man suffers serious face injuries after being struck by boat at Hong Kong beach
Two people were hurt, including a man who suffered serious face injuries, when they were struck by a boat at a beach in Hong...