Underprivileged students get into festive spirit with cupcake decorations
Published: 9:16am, 17 Dec 2024Updated: 11:24am, 17 Dec 2024 About 20 secondary school students from a Hong Kong charity took part in a Christmas-themed...
China father nearly dies of heart attack while tutoring son over homework dispute
A father in China nearly died of a heart attack while helping his teenage son with homework, reigniting discussions about the intense academic pressure...
Half as fast as Chinese trains, Paris-Berlin direct daytime high-speed rail service begins
Published: 8:48am, 17 Dec 2024Updated: 12:05pm, 17 Dec 2024 French and German rail operators have launched the first direct high-speed rail link between Paris...
25 years after returning to China, is diversification working for Macau?
When Cantopop legend Jacky Cheung Hok-yau chose Macau as the first leg of his 10th concert tour in June 2023, it marked more than...
China’s integrated circuit output slows in November while imports climb amid stockpiling
China’s integrated circuit (IC) output increased 8.7 per cent year on year to 37.6 billion units in November, as growth slows amid an intensifying...
Could South Korea’s Constitutional Court overturn Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment?
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has begun deliberations on President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment over his failed martial law decree, leaving him with slim but not...
Russia to boost its ballistic arsenal with new missiles and testing, commander says
Published: 7:51am, 17 Dec 2024Updated: 9:58am, 17 Dec 2024 Russia is boosting its ballistic arsenal with new strategic missile systems, plans maximum-range launches and...
Canada Finance Minister Freeland resigns as PM Trudeau deals with declining popularity
Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s most powerful and loyal minister, said on Monday she was resigning from the cabinet...
Hong Kong police warn online selling platform Carousell being used for scams
Published: 12:01am, 17 Dec 2024Updated: 12:28am, 17 Dec 2024 Hong Kong police have warned residents about scammers posing as customers on the popular online...