Bar Association proposes ‘double-track’ approach to criminalising bid-rigging
The Hong Kong Bar Association has proposed criminalising bid-rigging by introducing a “double-track” approach to the Competition Ordinance, describing it as a quick fix...
K-pop moved on from Goo Hara, Sulli and Jonghyun’s suicides. Fans never did
Every year for the past three years, Edward Sugiana has made the same pilgrimage from Vancouver to a memorial hall on the southern fringes...
China’s AI drive seen widening wealth gap, testing ‘common prosperity’ push
China wants artificial intelligence to become a new engine of growth, powering everything from factory upgrades to scientific discovery. But outside the country’s technology...
Gold vs water: Argentina opens glaciers to mining but at what cost to world food supplies?
Beneath the shining white glaciers of the Andean mountains lie valuable deposits of gold, copper and molybdenum which, until recently, were off-limits to the...
With the US, China must choose constructive power over destruction
Foreign affairs are not a series of disconnected episodes. They are a test of whether nations learn from history and act with foresight. The...
Putin says he thinks Ukraine conflict is coming to an end
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that he thought the Ukraine conflict was coming to an end. Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine triggered...
Ex-minister tells UK cabinet to boot Starmer or she’ll challenge him herself
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, reeling from a crushing local election defeat, faced a new setback to his leadership on Saturday when a former...
Hantavirus outbreak: UK to isolate cruise ship passengers in ex-Covid hospital
UK health authorities are gearing up to receive about 24 people from a virus-hit cruise ship, who will be isolated in a hospital once...
Elderly woman tries to shove younger one out of priority seating on MTR train
An elderly woman tried to fight a younger one over priority seating inside an MTR train carriage in Hong Kong, with a clip capturing...