Trump greenlights South Korea nuclear submarine plan ahead of Xi meeting
US President Donald Trump said he had approved plans for South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine in Philadelphia – praising Seoul as a...
CUHK’s culturally tailored predictive tool cuts risks for diabetics in Hong Kong
Researchers from Hong Kong and the United Kingdom have together developed a new predictive model that can estimate the lifetime risk of diabetic patients...
Harvard HIV scientist Xie Zhenfei joins China’s national virus lab in Wuhan
Award-winning Xie Zhenfei, a Harvard University rising star in cutting-edge research aimed at an HIV vaccine, has left the US and joined China’s leading...
Hong Kong police arrest driver after pedestrian hit and injured
Published: 11:26am, 30 Oct 2025Updated: 11:44am, 30 Oct 2025 Hong Kong police have arrested a driver after his vehicle allegedly struck a pedestrian in...
Corpses line street, protests erupt after Rio’s deadliest police raid kills 119
A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew...
Minister ‘angry, ashamed’ after Kuala Lumpur aerotrain breaks down again
Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke has expressed embarrassment and anger over yet another breakdown of the aerotrain service at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal...
Hong Kong’s Scameter app gets upgrade, AI tools to tackle social media scams
Hong Kong police are expanding the functions of the Scameter app to cover suspicious social media content, as online employment and investment ploys have...
‘We have a deal’: Trump reveals breakthroughs after ‘12 out of 10’ Xi talks
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How gold standards ensure Hong Kong’s barristers are on their best behaviour
A young, handsome and up-and-coming barrister one night stumbled upon his girlfriend’s chat messages. The messages led him to pay a surprise visit to...