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Hong Kong societyHong KongSocietySpirit of Hong Kong Awards: biotech firm eyes cervical cancer test breakthroughPhase Scientific founder Ricky Chiu is drawing on his firm’s pandemic exper...
Education in Hong KongHong KongEducationMore support needed for ethnic minority children with special needs, charity saysHeep Hong Society says its pilot project in Hong Kong helped 95 pe...
China technologyOpinionChina OpinionOpinionNi TaoHangzhou is doubling down on tech – minus the viral hypeBeyond kickboxing robots and DeepSeek, the city is making a strategic pivot and be...
Texas, Florida fall in upsets as Georgia-Alabama showdown takes center stageThe Texas Longhorns suffered their first loss of the season to the unranked Oklahoma SoonersBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved ...
AnimalsWorldEuropeTiger kills man who entered big cat enclosure at UK wildlife parkThe animal was not injured and remained inside the enclosure during the incident1-MIN READ1-MIN1 ListenA...
Trump mocks Kamala Harris’ looks as MAGA women guffaw at rambling Tennessee rallyPresident infamously claimed he was a better-looking person than Harris ahead of the 2024 presidential election Bookmar...
US-China relationsChinaPoliticsHow a museum masterpiece’s life-size replica sparked rare US-China collaborationBeijing team’s results based on 14th century Yuan dynasty mural hailed for ‘...
Man dies after tiger attack at Yorkshire zooPolice believe man climbed into area housing two endangered Amur tigers at wildlife park near DoncasterBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved...
IndiaOpinionAsia OpinionOpinionDhruv AtrejaIn AI, India’s choice needn’t be between a US leash or Chinese hookWhat matters most is the ability to take any AI model – American or Chinese –...
"How is it possible that the most expensive military in the history of the world doesn’t have enough ammunition to fight a war?" asks Joshua Keating.
Ukraine warWorldRussia & Central AsiaTrump demands Ukraine get new president, lashes out at ZelenskyA day after unveiling a diesel deal with Putin, Trump accused Kyiv of contributing to g...
Longtime school bus driver fired from her route after allowing student to rescue a kittenThe student’s mother says that her son would have been ‘devastated’ if she had left the kitten behindBookmarkCo...
Angry Trump says Nobel Peace Prize decision is ‘disgraceful and embarrassing’ in new tantrum after snubFormer UN human rights chief Navi Pillay was awarded the prize this yearBookmarkCommentsGo to com...
Former Black Midi frontman cancels US tour after sexual misconduct allegationsFlyers containing the accusations were handed out at show in Vancouver, CanadaBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popov...
United StatesWorldUnited States & CanadaChrista Pike out of hospital and back in prison after surviving US execution attemptThe Death Penalty Information Centre says she is the first pers...
A timeline of developments in AI safety since the attack on Hugging FaceSince OpenAI disclosed this summer that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company in what is now referre...
Almost 1 million Brits suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety, study findsWork-related stress can arise when the demands of work, and the way it is organised and managed, place exce...
As Trump lashes out, praise pours in for Nobel Peace Prize-winner Navi PillayNavi Pillay, a South African jurist and former U.N. human rights chief, won the Nobel Peace PrizeBookmarkBookmark popoverRe...
AviationWorldMiddle EastHouthi attack on Saudi airport kills 12, injures hundredsCalling the strikes ‘not acceptable’, Trump said the US was ‘going to look at’ joining Saudi campaign aga...
The Latest: Isaias weakens after making landfall as Category 2 hurricaneIsaias weakened quickly after making landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast near Destin, Florida, as a Category 2 hurricane Friday even...