Police launch 3-week crackdown on distracted driving and pedestrian offences amid surge in road deaths

The Hong Kong police are carrying out a large-scale enforcement operation against distracted driving and pedestrian offences amid a surge of fatal road accidents during…

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Hongkongers studying overseas – the next threat to national security?

There are worrying signs that the new nationally secure future will include increasing efforts to discourage – and in due course perhaps to forbid –…

Chinese activist Zhang Xinyan, wanted by Hong Kong gov’t, finally arrives in Canada after Thailand detention

Chinese activist Zhang Xinyan, who is wanted by the Hong Kong government, has finally arrived in Canada after being detained in Thailand ahead of her…

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Untangling AI’s loop diagrams: the megaphone as market indicator

There is a way to work out which direction markets have been moving without looking at a single price. Watch who is handed the megaphone.…

Bangladesh’s economy stable on the surface, fragile underneath

Bangladesh Bank is beginning to loosen monetary policy from an unusually favorable position on the currency front. Despite persistent inflation and deep strains in the…

Will AI abolish India’s caste system or encode it?

In 2027, India will conduct an exercise of almost unimaginable scale. Hundreds of millions of people will be counted in what the government describes as…

China’s 25-year tax reach will cost it more than it collects

China is now chasing decades of unpaid tax on money its wealthiest citizens moved offshore, in some cases reaching back as far as 25 years.…

The Iran off-ramp Trump keeps driving past

Five months into what historians will likely call the 2026 Iran war, Washington finds itself in a posture it has occupied before, in Vietnam, in…

SpaceX just cracked the AI bubble

2 domestic workers acquitted of illegal dentistry as Hong Kong authorities accused of staging a ‘show’ during arrests

Two Filipina domestic workers have been acquitted of practising illegal dentistry in Hong Kong after the defence raised concerns that authorities staged a “show” during…

Mother charged with abuse after children hospitalised over cannabis candies

A mother of two has been charged with child abuse and remanded in custody after her children took cannabis-infused candies and were hospitalised. Magistrate Philip…

Taiwan probes 17 China-funded firms over high-tech talent poaching

Taiwanese investigators said Wednesday they have raided dozens of locations as part of a probe into 17 Chinese-funded companies suspected of trying to “illegally” poach…

Cathay Pacific’s profit soars 71% to HK$6.2 billion amid Iran war and surcharges for passengers

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said Wednesday that net profit surged 71 percent in the first half of the year, as demand from passengers avoiding…

Hong Kong mulls AI facial recognition-enabled drones to police smoking ban at construction sites, 39 fines issued so far

Authorities have issued 39 fines since a smoking ban at construction sites came into effect last month, with the Labour Department saying it is looking…

China is claiming the right to punish its critics anywhere on Earth

On July 1, China brought into force its Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, converting a decade of Xi Jinping’s doctrine of “forging a…

Brace for higher US interest rates from the Fed

The bond market has been pushing interest rates higher in recent weeks. Though the Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee kept the benchmark federal…

Iran, Ukraine wars escalate oil shortages with few signs of relief

The global energy crisis triggered by two wars is set to worsen, as Ukraine pummels Russia’s refining industry and Iranian attacks continue on Middle Eastern…

Ex-lawmaker slams legislature’s silence on basketball coach’s alleged abuse of students

A former lawmaker has criticised Legislative Council members for not speaking up for students who were allegedly abused by a basketball coach. The coach was…