HSBC to take Hang Seng Bank private amid worsening property loans
Published: 8:38am, 9 Oct 2025Updated: 8:38am, 9 Oct 2025 HSBC Holdings has announced a proposal to privatise Hang Seng Bank, offering to purchase the...
From Beijing to Hong Kong: 3,000km run to raise US$1 million for disabled
Published: 8:30am, 9 Oct 2025Updated: 8:43am, 9 Oct 2025 A jockey-turned-entrepreneur and his team will embark on a gruelling 3,000km (1,864 miles) run from...
‘Revisionist impulses’: Japan’s new PM seeds concern in neighbouring countries
As Japan prepares to swear in its first female prime minister, old ghosts of the past are threatening to haunt her leadership. Advertisement Sanae...
Li Ka-shing-backed focused ultrasound therapy treats 1 millionth case
Focused ultrasound (FUS) therapy, a sound wave treatment technology that counts Hong Kong’s tycoon Li Ka-shing among its backers, has reached an “inflection” point...
US diplomat fired over romance with Chinese woman
Published: 7:00am, 9 Oct 2025Updated: 7:02am, 9 Oct 2025 US President Donald Trump’s administration said on Wednesday that it had fired a State Department...
6 Hong Kong universities set new record in global top 200
Six Hong Kong institutions have been listed among the world’s top 200 universities, a record for the city, with the British compiler of the...
Joan Bennett Kennedy, wife of late US Senator Ted Kennedy, dies at 89
Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of a US senator, the mother of a congressman and the sister-in-law of a slain president, has died...
How thousands of relics travelled 10,000 miles to ‘protect Chinese identity’
On October 10, 1925, the Forbidden City in Beijing became the Palace Museum. The massive complex of ancient imperial palaces that was home to...
Can North Korea’s Kim Jong-un forge a legacy that goes beyond the bomb?
The ruling party of North Korea is approaching its 80th official anniversary amid an unprecedented rise in the country’s international stature. North Korean leader...