Egypt inaugurates UAE-built US$500 million solar power plant
Egypt inaugurated a US$500 million solar plant in the southern city of Aswan on Saturday as part of its push to boost renewable energy...
Hong Kong expo opens in Victoria Park, as stalls target bargain hunters
Published: 9:31pm, 14 Dec 2024Updated: 9:47pm, 14 Dec 2024 One of Hong Kong’s largest annual bazaars has opened in Victoria Park, with stall operators...
Ghana will not quit IMF deal but wants changes, says president-elect
Ghana’s president-elect John Dramani Mahama has said he will not abandon the country’s US$3 billion rescue package with the International Monetary Fund, but wants...
What’s stopping human-like machine intelligence? Chinese AI experts weigh in
China still has a long way to go to develop its own human-like self-learning software known as artificial general intelligence (AGI), two leading industry...
Syrians on a shopping spree in former rebel stronghold
Crowds of visitors wander brilliantly lit shopping aisles, stunned by the abundance of goods on offer in the heart of the former rebel stronghold...
Nearly half of young Hongkongers say they are ‘failures’, survey finds
Published: 8:31pm, 14 Dec 2024Updated: 8:33pm, 14 Dec 2024 Nearly half of young people in Hong Kong consider themselves “failures”, primarily due to academic...
In Hong Kong, AI is bringing conversations about wartime atrocities into the classroom
In a high school classroom in Hong Kong, a student asks a survivor of the Nanking massacre if she has ever thought about taking...
US starts relocating Marines from Japan’s Okinawa over base grievances
The United States has begun relocating thousands of Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa, Tokyo and Washington said on Saturday, after decades of...
‘Adorable’ Hong Kong panda mascot, 700 sculptures delight cable car visitors
Published: 7:08pm, 14 Dec 2024Updated: 7:41pm, 14 Dec 2024 A lifelike panda mascot and 700 sculptures delighted visitors to Hong Kong’s Ngong Ping 360...