Hong Kong’s dollar-peg defense is bittersweet for borrowers as Hibor rises
A “low-rate honeymoon” for Hong Kong borrowers has come to an end with an increase in the interest rate banks use to set loan...
Asylum hotel protests continue in UK as government plans new fast-track process
Protests continued in the United Kingdom on Sunday over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers as the government set out plans for...
How Hong Kong can become a cauldron of culinary ingenuity once again
Hong Kong has long celebrated its status as a “culinary paradise” – a city where East meets West across steaming bamboo baskets and sizzling...
‘Ignorance and neglect’ mark flawed US policy in China race: Da Wei
Da Wei is director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy in Beijing. His research focuses on China-US relations and US security...
UK rap group Kneecap defy critics with ‘Free Palestine’ chant in Paris
Published: 5:48am, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 5:56am, 25 Aug 2025 Northern Irish rap group Kneecap, one of whose members faces a British terror charge for...
US envoy criticises France’s lack of action over antisemitism
Published: 5:09am, 25 Aug 2025Updated: 5:20am, 25 Aug 2025 The US ambassador to Paris has upped the pressure on French President Emmanuel Macron over...
Sopranos star Jerry Adler dies at 96
Jerry Adler, who spent decades behind the scenes of storied Broadway productions before pivoting to acting in his 60s, has died at 96. Advertisement...
Homeless man charged with murder after 4 bodies found in France’s River Seine
A French judge on Sunday charged a homeless man, whose identity and nationality remain uncertain, for the murders of four men whose bodies were...
Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s memoir to be published months after her death
A posthumous and “unsparing” memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent accusers, Virginia Giuffre, will be published this autumn, publishing house Alfred A...