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US envoy Kushner meets Netanyahu after visiting Hamas leader

Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday, a day after holding a rare meeting with Hamas’ leader in Cairo in a bid to push forward the US president’s Gaza ‌plan. Netanyahu, whose ruling coalition is trailing in Israeli

17 Aug, 06:25 pm
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South Korea on edge over Trump’s call to cut military drills, goodwill for Kim

US President Donald Trump’s call to “substantially” reduce US-South Korea military drills has revived speculation that he is trying to persuade North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un to attend another summit between them even though Kim has expressed no such interest. Trump’s comments in a social media po

17 Aug, 06:22 pm
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Can China follow its own ‘technological path’ amid growing AI rivalry with US?

China’s ability to set its own technological course in the face of sustained US export restrictions may be the key factor in the two countries’ contest over artificial intelligence, a prominent analyst has argued. Zheng Yongnian, dean of the school of public policy at the Chinese University of Hong

17 Aug, 06:00 pm
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Senior Hong Kong policeman loses appeal over jail term for HK$26m mortgage fraud

A Hong Kong court has dismissed an appeal by a senior police officer against his 6½-year jail sentence for fraudulently securing more than HK$26 million (US$3.31 million) in mortgages by concealing his affiliation with the force. In a written judgment delivered on Monday, the Court of Appeal upheld

17 Aug, 06:00 pm
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Hong Kong’s sports sector in 2024 helped generate extra HK$46b in value

Hong Kong’s sports sector helped to generate an extra HK$46 billion (US$5.9 billion) in value for the economy in 2024, the year local athletes clinched two gold and two bronze Olympic medals, with a lawmaker calling for targeted policies to build on that success. The Census and Statistics Department

17 Aug, 05:45 pm
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Malaysia to scrap 55-year-old university law, but will campus reform follow?

Malaysia may finally scrap the university law that generations of students have blamed for stifling campus dissent, but activists and academics say the harder fight will be over what comes next. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has promised to abolish the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971, b

17 Aug, 05:12 pm
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China’s economy cools amid debate about risks of global crisis

China’s retail sales growth trailed expectations, the pace of industrial output expansion slowed and a drop in investment worsened as its economy struggled to regain pace at the start of the second half of the year. July retail sales rose by 0.6 per cent, missing the 1.3 per cent expectation among e

17 Aug, 05:00 pm
HK Free Press

Taiwan’s leader says government to propose record defence spending for 2027

Taiwan’s government will propose record defence spending for 2027, President Lai Ching-te said on Monday, as the island democracy faces growing military pressure from China. Beijing claims Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to use force to annex the island of 23 million people.

17 Aug, 03:59 pm
HK Free Press

Subdivided flat residents swelter in heat that feels like 52°C, climate NGO finds

Residents living in “shoebox” flats and other inadequate housing have experienced temperatures that feel like 52 degrees Celsius this summer, a climate NGO has found. The CarbonCare InnoLab said in a press conference on Sunday that it took temperature and humidity readings at 86 househol

17 Aug, 01:01 pm
HK Free Press

Hong Kong police launch internal probe into officer over viral dog-ear dancing clip

The police force has launched an internal investigation into an officer who appeared in a viral video dancing in uniform with a dog-ear filter. The clip gained traction on platforms in mainland China, including Douyin, the mainland’s version of TikTok. It was captioned “It’s too hot. Let

17 Aug, 07:50 am
HK Free Press

Chinese ship sets off for Europe through Arctic, halving travel time

A Chinese container vessel has set sail for Europe through the Arctic, part of new weekly service on a route that cuts shipment times in half but which environmental groups warn could speed up the melting of polar ice. The “Dubai Tower” left the eastern port city of Ningbo on Saturday ev

16 Aug, 07:06 pm
HK Free Press

Powerful quake off Indonesia kills 20, sparks mass evacuations

By Arnold Welianto and Dessy Sagita in Jakarta Rescuers combed through debris for survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake struck off Flores island in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 20 people and sending thousands fleeing. As the full scale of the disaster unfolded, rescue official Fathur

15 Aug, 01:31 pm