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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 ...
Argentina’s Javier Milei says he expects to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration
China’s Xi Jinping and other world leaders have been invited, but no foreign head of state has attended such an event in at ...