Russian snipers kill 4 Islamist hostage-takers to end deadly prison siege
Russia’s security services shot dead four inmates on Friday who had taken hostages at a penal colony, fatally stabbed four of its staff and...
2 injured, including police officer, when driver tries to smash past Hong Kong roadblock
A 6km (3.7 mile) police chase of a suspicious vehicle ended when the driver of the pursued car failed to smash his way through...
US Fed chair says ‘the time has come’ to start cutting interest rates
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said on Friday that the “time has come” for the United States to start cutting interest rates, adding that...
With US rate cuts on the horizon, the glass looks half full again
August for leading central bankers means a trip to Jackson Hole. That’s where the Kansas Federal Reserve Bank is hosting central bankers, finance ministers,...
IB examiners’ plans to clamp down on ‘time zone cheats’ will fail: Hong Kong expert, pupils
A Hong Kong education expert and pupils have raised doubts about new rules to be imposed on International Baccalaureate (IB) exams and insisted they...
PLA Rocket Force bans 3 universities from procurement activities over ‘bid-rigging’
The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force – which oversees China’s arsenal of nuclear and ballistic missiles – has accused three universities of bid-rigging and...
Migrant care workers seek Hong Kong help with wages frozen over mainland money-laundering probe
A group of care workers from mainland China has appealed to Hong Kong authorities to help get back HK$1 million (US$128,270) frozen by cross-border...
US national security adviser to meet Wang Yi in China in first for Biden administration
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will travel next week to Beijing to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, marking the first trip to...
Thailand extradites Malaysian fugitive to China over US$14 billion cryptocurrency scam
A Malaysian businessman accused of leading a fraud syndicate has been extradited from Thailand to China in a case involving more than 100 billion...