Alibaba to spin off Banma self-driving business via Hong Kong IPO
Alibaba Group Holding plans to spin off its Banma Network Technology unit through an initial public offering (IPO), as one of China’s largest technology...
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Bus Collision in Afghanistan Claims 79 Lives
KABUL—An overcrowded bus carrying Afghans expelled from Iran crashed in western Afghanistan and at least 79 people were killed, authorities said on Wednesday. The...
Microsoft Scales Back Chinese Access to Cyber Early Warning System
WASHINGTON—Microsoft said on Wednesday it has scaled back some Chinese companies’ access to its early warning system for cybersecurity vulnerabilities following speculation that Beijing...
Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O recorded China’s highest rainfall so far this year. Why?
Published: 11:55am, 21 Aug 2025Updated: 1:38pm, 21 Aug 2025 Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O has experienced the highest cumulative rainfall in China so far...
US report sheds light on North Korea’s hidden missile base near China border
North Korea has quietly built and operated a sprawling long-range missile base near the Chinese border that stores Kim Jong-un’s most advanced strategic weapons,...
‘It’s their continent’: Vance tells Europe to take lead on Ukraine’s security
US Vice-President J.D. Vance said on Wednesday that European countries will have to take the “lion’s share” of the burden of Ukraine’s security guarantees...
Hong Kong jobless rate ‘could persist as uncertain economy, AI reshape market’
Simon Leung, an experienced event coordinator in the social work sector, has been unemployed for nearly 18 months and said he would settle for...
Chinese unicorn Z.ai, Alibaba Cloud team up to deploy new AI agent
Chinese artificial intelligence unicorn Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu, has joined forces with Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing unit to push a new general-purpose...
NZ Soldier Caught Giving Secrets to What He Thought Was a Foreign Power
A New Zealand soldier has been dismissed from the army and sentenced to two years in military detention after being court-martialed for handing over...