Nearly 100 companies filed new listing applications in Hong Kong in January, marking a strong start to 2026 for initial public offering (IPO) activity. A total of 95 companies applied to list on Hong Kongs main board, while one sought a place on the Growth Enterprise Market, which primarily served smaller and growth-stage firms, according to a report from ...

French IT company Capgemini will sell its US subsidiary Capgemini Government Solutions, it said on Sunday, after coming under pressure to explain a contract the latter signed with US immigration enforcement agency ICE. French lawmakers, including Finance Minister Roland Lescure, had asked the company to shed light on the contract amid concern over the ...

Adidas has expressed concern over a womans complaint about a staff member and other customers opening the curtain of a fitting room at a Hong Kong branch on two occasions while she was inside, saying it would review its facilities and store operations. The German sportswear giant issued a response on Sunday, four days after the woman took to social media to ...

Israels ambassador to China has hailed the historical connections between the two countries and called for closer socioeconomic ties in a rare column for Chinese state media. Eli Belotserkovskys signed Chinese-language article for state news agency Xinhua comes amid global conversation over the Board of Peace, US President Donald Trumps newly created body ...

State media has released rare footage of one of the PLA Navys most advanced destroyers warning off foreign aircraft near Taiwan with electronic jamming missiles. The footage, part of a series by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV on the countrys naval power, involved the Yanan, a Type 055 guided-missile destroyer. CCTV said it was the first time the Yanan had ...

Pakistan forces were hunting on Sunday for the separatists behind a string of coordinated attacks in restive Balochistan province, with the government vowing to retaliate after more than 120 people were killed. Around a dozen sites where the attacks took place including the provincial capital Quetta remained sealed off, with troops combing the area a day ...

Hong Kongs public expenditure growth should not exceed that of its revenue despite signs of improving finances, Paul Chan Mo-po has said, while noting that the market expects increased government investment to speed up economic development. But the financial secretary on Sunday also painted a rosy picture for the citys retail sector, revealing that sales ...

A man in southeastern China who extracted 191 grams of gold from discarded SIM cards has sparked a sales frenzy. However, the man has warned of the serious safety risks involved in the process. Known online as Qiao, the man hails from Huizhou, Guangdong province, and specialises in refining precious scrap metal. On January 20, he posted a video showcasing ...

For business owner Tracy Sung, flat-hunting in Hong Kong was complicated by two things her pets and the intense competition in the rental market. Sung, who used to live in a 500 sq ft flat in Happy Valley, had to offer more than the landlords asking price to secure an 800 sq ft property in Tseung Kwan O. The 28-year-old is paying about HK$35,000 (US$4,480) ...

In its latest efforts to reinforce the Communist Party line in Chinas armed forces, the PLA Daily took aim at one particular invasive species: big rats. The rats were eating away at the PLAs budget and undermining combat readiness, the military mouthpiece said, and had to be eradicated. [We] must take strong and forceful measures to crack down on corrupt ...

Hong Kongs tourism chief has struck an upbeat note on tourist arrivals during Lunar New Year and expressed confidence that visitor numbers will cross the 50 million mark by the end of the year. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said she was optimistic about a year-on-year increase in tourist arrivals over the Lunar New Year ...

Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kongs largest developer by market capitalisation, puts another 350 units on sale in its Sierra Sea project after four rounds of sold-out flats in January, reflecting returning buyer appetite in the worlds most expensive property market. The batch at phase 2B included 244 two-bedroom and 106 three-bedroom units, with ...

Myanmars junta called for ex-civil servants who quit their jobs in protest over the coup five years ago to report back to work, pledging to remove absent state employees from blacklists on Sunday. After the military snatched power in a coup on February 1, 2021, tens of thousands of public workers, including doctors and government administrators, left their ...

The number of suspected scams involving unusually high and belated compensation claims for minor or non-existent traffic accidents in Hong Kong has doubled to more than 70 in less than a week, according to the security minister. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung told a radio programme on Sunday that the increase was recorded after publicity ...

China did not slip into outright deflation last year and that in itself matters. When weak global demand, geopolitical frictions and a prolonged property correction weighed heavily on sentiment, consumer prices stayed marginally positive. The latest data suggests an economy not in free fall but navigating a transition towards more balanced and sustainable ...

A Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific flight had to return to Kaohsiung after take-off on Sunday morning due to a technical problem, with around 200 passengers affected. A spokesman for Cathay Pacific confirmed flight CX449 returned to the Taiwanese city shortly after departure due to an unspecified technical issue. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience ...

It started out as a family reunion story but soon took a darker turn. A 45-year-old woman identified only by her surname Bu, had lost contact with her family for more than a decade and was found in late 2024 in a rural area in Heshun county in the central Chinese province of Shanxi, more than 100km (62 miles) from her home. Bu had an advanced university ...

A man in China has used more than 2,600 metres of aluminium thread to weave a horse ornament as a gesture to welcome the Year of the Horse. The golden figurine is named Mythical Horse Embracing Auspiciousness according to its creator, Yang Guang. Its front two legs are lifted high, two back legs stand on the ground and its head is turned back. The animals ...

Almost a decade after launching the Vision 2030 programme to diversify its oil-dependent economy, Saudi Arabia is redirecting its spending away from attention-grabbing futuristic urban projects into sectors that hold more promise to deliver results. Since last year, the programme has undergone a review following a US$8 billion writedown at the end of 2024. ...

Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Norways future queen from a previous relationship, was initially welcomed into the royal family, but now, facing trial accused of four rapes, he has become a liability. The 29-year-old, who was born before his mother Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby married Norways Crown Prince Haakon, goes on trial in Oslos district court on Tuesday ...

Come Thursday, barring a last-minute change, the final treaty in the world that restricted nuclear weapon deployment will be over. New START, the last nuclear treaty between Washington and Moscow after decades of agreements dating to the Cold War, is set to expire, and with it restrictions on the two top nuclear powers. The expiration comes as President ...

The English version of a book about the popular poker-like Chinese card game Guandan has been accepted by libraries at top universities in the United States. The acceptance marks a milestone in efforts to spread knowledge about the game to the world. The Essence of Guandan, or Guandan Xin Fa in Chinese, was written by Yu Mingyang, an economics professor ...

In a new memoir No Borders: Journeys Across Islands And Continents, renowned historian Wang Gungwu traces his life across Malaya, London, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, sharing both personal anecdotes and perspectives on the changes in China and the modern world. In the excerpt below, Wang reflects on his impressions of Singapore after arriving from ...

Elon Musk wants to bring the production of its Optimus robot to the US amid electric carmaker Teslas plan to pivot towards manufacturing humanoids, smart machines that could one day serve as part of the workforce at American factories. That ambitious initiative, however, was expected to remain dependent on Chinas vast and fast-developing robotics supply ...

Indias government dismissed a reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Israel made by Jeffrey Epstein in an email in 2017. The US Justice Department released 3 million pages of material related to the late financier, a convicted sex offender, on Friday. In an email addressed to a Y. Jabor in July 2017, Epstein referred to Modis trip to Israel, ...