Hong Kong expo opens in Victoria Park, as stalls target bargain hunters
Attendees of Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo say they will spend cautiously, as operators brace for impact of economic ...
Recent ‘drone’ sightings are mostly manned aircraft and not a threat: FBI
A month after suspected drone sightings in New Jersey first began capturing public attention, senior Joe Biden administration ...
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Russia using ‘significant number’ of North Korean troops to storm Kursk, Ukraine says
Russia has begun using North Korean troops in significant numbers for the first time to conduct assaults on Ukrainian forces battling to hold an enclave in Russia’s Kursk region, President Volodymyr ...
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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 ...
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A looming HK$100 billion deficit is a reminder of the downside of reliance on asset-related income from land sales and stamp duties
Hong Kong faces a deficit of about HK$100 billion in the 2024-25 financial year, thanks to substantial revenue shortfalls.
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 figures told an AI forum in Shanghai on ...
Iran arrests singer for giving online concert without hijab
Parastoo Ahmadi, who was accompanied by four male musicians, wore a black sleeveless and collarless dress but no headscarf.
Syrians on a shopping spree in former rebel stronghold
Dana in Idlib province was cut off from the rest of the country until the fall of the Assad regime despite its proximity to ...
Nearly half of young Hongkongers say they are ‘failures’, survey finds
Feelings of failure mostly due to academic performance, according to Hong Kong Christian Service, which urges more mental ...
‘You can’t turn him into Chow Yun-fat in one go.’ Stephen Chow’s Fight Back to School coup
Known for lowbrow comedies and playing the underdog, Chow was successfully recast as a suave hero, playing a cop undercover ...
In Hong Kong, AI is bringing conversations about wartime atrocities into the classroom
Project allows students to engage in dialogue with interactive testimonies, including from ‘comfort women’ and Nanking ...
US starts relocating Marines from Japan’s Okinawa over base grievances
In 2012, the US said it would redeploy 9,000 Marines from the island where communities complain bases are an unfair burden.