At high-end Hong Kong hotels, rates check in above pre-pandemic highs, outpace market
Hong Kong’s luxury hotels have outpaced the city’s broader hospitality market since last year, with their room rates exceeding 2018 levels as demand recovers,...
2 men sentenced for roles in trafficking fentanyl analogues from China to the US
Two men from the US state of New Jersey have been sentenced this week for their roles in a drug trafficking organisation that imported...
Iran mourners defiant as Khamenei buried: ‘only revenge can soothe the pain’
Published: 6:55am, 10 Jul 2026Updated: 9:18am, 10 Jul 2026 Iran on Friday laid to rest its former supreme leader Ali Khamenei over four months...
Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing expressed regret after shooting, roommate says
The former roommate of Tyler Robinson, who is accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, told prosecutors that Robinson expressed regret a day after...
Asia’s top climate scientist warns of ‘humanitarian disasters’ as Earth teeters
As Super Typhoon Bavi churns towards Taiwan and eastern mainland China, they offer a chilling timely reminder that the world needs to brace for...
Trump’s climate jibes at China and EU just make him look out of date
US President Donald Trump’s negative portrayal of China’s achievements in renewable energy began at a White House meeting with oil executives on January 9...
USDA lowers reported beef export sales by 90% amid growing doubts over data
Published: 4:08am, 10 Jul 2026Updated: 4:45am, 10 Jul 2026 The US Department of Agriculture dramatically lowered its reported beef export sales for late June...
Meet Biomni: the free powerful biomed AI agent turning data into hypotheses
A Stanford University-led team including two Chinese researchers said they built the first general-purpose biomedical AI agent capable of working alongside human scientists, taking...
Ebola outbreak is ‘fastest growing ever’ as 600 die in DR Congo
Published: 1:37am, 10 Jul 2026Updated: 2:00am, 10 Jul 2026 The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is the “fastest growing” ever, African health...