The dust has settled and Hong Kongs eighth Legislative Council is getting ready, with new lawmakers finding their way. There were quite a few surprises, looking at the results. With many new candidates and political groups vying for seats, the contest for the directly elected geographical constituencies was highly competitive. Some candidates were fielded ...

A woman in China, who spent eight million yuan (US$1 million) on cosmetic surgery to make her look like the actress Fan Bingbing, has been forced to change her life after the stars reputation collapsed. The woman even married a man who had surgery so he could resemble Fans then boyfriend, Li Chen. He Chengxi, 31, is from a wealthy family in Shenzhen, ...

The world has not slid into a simple USChina bipolar order but has become two superpowers and many strong powers, veteran Peking University scholar Wang Jisi has warned, pointing to a relationship plagued by structural confrontation, deep misunderstandings and rising risks of conflict. In a wide-ranging virtual conversation on Friday at the University of ...

A bystander who rushed towards and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach attackers has won praise from leaders around the world. Extraordinary footage of the civilians actions began circulating on social media on Sunday, shortly after two men, later identified as a father and son, started shooting into a crowd gathered to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah. The ...

Geely Auto, mainland Chinas second-largest carmaker by sales, has doubled down on its push to improve vehicle reliability by launching a 2 billion yuan (US$283.5 million) facility for safety tests, bucking the trend of price competition in the worlds largest automotive market. The centre, the worlds largest of its kind, reflected Geelys determination to ...

Christmas celebrations will be muted in Hong Kong following the citys deadliest fire in seven decades, business leaders say, as they try to balance the need to generate revenue with public mourning for the 160 victims. After the inferno that tore through Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on November 26, many parties, gatherings, concerts and ceremonies were either ...

Chilean voters elected the most right-wing president in 35 years of democracy on Sunday, with official results showing arch-conservative Jose Antonio Kast with a thumping victory and his rival quickly conceding defeat. With about 80 per cent of the votes counted, Kast had 58 per cent of the vote, an unassailable lead over Jeannette Jara, a Communist Party ...

As the holiday season approaches in the United States, the rush for Christmas gifts is straining manufacturers thousands of kilometres away in Southeast Asia, where supply chain shocks triggered by US tariffs are hitting exports of everything from mittens and headphones to toys. Manufacturers have spent much of the past year trying to adapt to the tariffs, ...

Taiwanese brand Nap Tea drew long lines when it opened its first Hong Kong store in Mong Kok in February. The chain has since expanded aggressively, opening its ninth outlet in the city this month. What truly surprised us was our breakthrough in quickly building a loyal base of repeat customers, said co-founder Dan Lin. Rent is indeed a major challenge in ...

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said there is no plan for a ceasefire as the country reported the first civilian death from a Cambodian rocket attack after eight days of intense fighting. There was no plan nor agreement by the Thai government for a ceasefire with our enemy as of 10 p.m. last night, Anutin wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday, after ...

There has been no contact with Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi since her arrest in Iran at the end of last week, her supporters said on Sunday, urging the Islamic republic to release the campaigner and dozens of others arrested alongside her. Mohammadi, who won the 2023 Nobel Prize, was detained on Friday after addressing a memorial ...

Liu Cixin is the most influential contemporary science fiction writer in China. He is best known for his trilogy that starts with The Three-Body Problem, for which he won a Hugo Award for best novel in 2015. The trilogy earned international acclaim and has been adapted for television in both Chinese and English. Born in 1963 and raised in Shanxi, Liu ...

World leaders voiced horror and revulsion at Sundays mass shooting in which 15 people were killed and dozens injured at Sydneys Bondi Beach. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the shocking and distressing attack, which Australian police are calling a terrorist incident, was beyond comprehension, after assailants fired on a gathering celebrating ...

Farmers sprayed manure on government offices and kept up roadblocks in southern France on Sunday in protest against a mass cull of cows as officials urged Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to urgently intervene. Many farmers in southern and southwest France have been incensed by the use of police force and the governments mass slaughter policy to contain the ...

Following the deadly attack on a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Australia of not taking decisive action to tackle antisemitism. Netanyahu said in a statement that he had warned Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in a letter four months ago, stating that the Australian governments ...

Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the governments archaeological events that aim at drawing more tourists to the country. The giant alabaster statues, known as the Colossi of Memnon, were reassembled in a renovation project that lasted about two decades. They ...

Days after Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023, killing some 1,200 people and sparking the devastating war in Gaza, an inverted red triangle was spray-painted on the front of a Jewish bakery in Sydney. It was the first of a string of antisemitic incidents in Australia. Sixteen months and thousands of arson, firebombing, graffiti and hate-speech incidents ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky has signalled that Ukraine could accept security guarantees from the US and Europe as a way to prevent future Russian aggression, and substitute for its long-term goal of joining Nato. Kyiv, which for years has seen membership in the alliance as a way to ensure its future security, has altered its rhetoric amid continued ...

The odds seemed impossible: a shoestring Chinese start-up founded in 2023 with just 1 million yuan (US$142,000) taking on Elon Musk tech legend, disrupter in space and CEO of Tesla who is valued at half a trillion dollars. But in less than two years, EngineAI Robotics, led by CEO Zhao Tongyang, created the T800 a robot that delivers Bruce Lee-style ...

Filipino domestic helpers who survived Hong Kongs deadliest fire in decades say they have no intention of leaving the city, even though they were traumatised by the tragedy. Some of 35 survivors attending a full-day fair at St Johns Cathedral in Central on Sunday told the Post about their ordeals after losing all their personal belongings in the inferno ...

Hong Kongs national security police have arrested a woman for allegedly taking part in illegal drills as officers continue operations against a group accused of conducting militarystyle combat training aimed at subverting the government. A police spokesman on Sunday said the 26yearold woman was taken into custody on Friday night on suspicion of committing ...

A proposal to invite Taiwan to next years US-led Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac) military exercises has been removed from defence policy legislation progressing through Congress, raising concerns in Taipei that Washingtons political calculus may be shifting. Some analysts have warned that the removal of language approved by the US Senate in the 2026 National ...

The recently released US National Security Strategy (NSS) marks a sharp geographic and political turn. It moves the western hemisphere to the top of the agenda and pushes Asia and with it, visible China-centric great power competition down a notch. This does not mean China no longer matters. Rather, it means Washington now sees China partly through the ...

Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said Sundays Longines Hong Kong International Races had been one of the greatest days of Hong Kong racing, despite a scary incident that saw a man run onto the Sha Tin track during the biggest race of the day. As the field for the HK$40 million Hong Kong Cup turned for home, a man ran onto the ...

China has set a deadline for local governments to settle the outstanding payments they owe to companies, calling it essential for improving the countrys business environment amid an economic slowdown. All arrears less than 500,000 yuan (US$70,870) must be cleared by the end of the year, said Xiao Weiming, deputy secretary general of the National Development ...