96 m. ago Adrian Cheng exits as CTFE director, ending role in Hong Kong family empire

Adrian Cheng Chi-kong is no longer a director of New World Development parent company Chow Tai Fook Enterprises (CTFE), cutting the last tie that connected the former heir apparent to one of the city’s most powerful business empires. His name is no longer listed as a director, according to the Hong Kong Companies Registry, the government body responsible for the incorporation and regulation of companies. It did not indicate when he stepped down from the post. CTFE did not respond to requests for...

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7 h. ago Epstein victims compiling their own list of sex abusers: ‘We know the names’

Victims of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said on Wednesday they were compiling a confidential list of his associates who abused underage girls. US President Donald Trump, a one-time close friend of the deceased financier, sought meanwhile to dampen the enduring political furore over the Epstein case. “This is a Democrat hoax that never ends,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “They’re trying to get people to talk about something that’s totally irrelevant to the success that we’ve...

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7 h. ago Epstein victims compiling own list of sex abusers: ‘We know the names’

Victims of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said on Wednesday they were compiling a confidential list of his associates who abused underage girls. US President Donald Trump, a one-time close friend of the deceased financier, sought meanwhile to dampen the enduring political furore over the Epstein case. “This is a Democrat hoax that never ends,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “They’re trying to get people to talk about something that’s totally irrelevant to the success that we’ve...

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20 h. ago 5 things to know for Sept. 3: China, War on drugs, Epstein files, RFK Jr., Google

5 things to know for Sept. 3: China, War on drugs, Epstein files, RFK Jr., Google  CNN

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22 h. ago Did scam call centres lure missing British teen to Malaysia?

A British teenager who went missing in Malaysia in June may have become the victim of a scam call centre operation, an anti-fraud group has warned, as concerns rise over the country becoming a new hub for the criminal industry. David Balisong, 17, was reported missing after he secretly took a flight from the UK to Malaysia on June 6, carrying nothing but a backpack. Malaysian police said he was last seen by eyewitnesses at the KL Sentral transport hub in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur a day...

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23 h. ago South China’s Greater Bay Area boasts world’s largest innovation cluster

A portion of China’s Greater Bay Area has been named the world’s largest innovation cluster, underscoring Beijing’s drive for technological self-reliance at a time of rising geopolitical uncertainties with the United States. The Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou technology hub – the heart of the bay area plan – has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world’s largest innovation cluster, according to the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) 2025 Global Innovation Index released on...

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31 h. ago US House Oversight Committee releases batch of files in Epstein, Maxwell cases

The US House Oversight Committee on Tuesday publicly posted the files it has received from the Justice Department on the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. The folders contained hundreds of image files of years-old court filings related to Epstein and Maxwell. They also contained video files appearing to be body cam footage from police searches, as well as law enforcement interviews with victims with their faces obscured. The Justice...

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43 h. ago China’s Xi Jinping wants more Luban Workshops worldwide – but what are they?

At this year’s meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), President Xi Jinping said China will launch 10 additional Luban Workshops in the organisation’s member countries over the next five years, providing training slots for 10,000 individuals. Named after the ancient architect and inventor Lu Ban, the project is somewhat low profile compared to others in Beijing’s infrastructure-heavy Belt and Road Initiative. But the vocational education programme has quietly expanded across...

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45 h. ago Man plunges to his death in Hong Kong after falling asleep on rooftop

A man plunged to his death in Hong Kong after falling asleep on a rooftop in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Police said emergency services were called to Po Sing Court on Shek Ku Lung Road in Kowloon City at around 5.50am, after the 21-year-old man was found unconscious on a platform on the third floor. Paramedics rushed him to Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei, but he was later pronounced dead. A source said an investigation showed the victim, a Pakistani man holding a Hong Kong identity...

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63 h. ago Hong Kong schools urged to hold abuse ‘crisis drill’, list of high

Child protection training should be added to accreditation requirements for professions covered under Hong Kong’s coming mandatory abuse reporting system, while schools should compile a list of high-risk students, an NGO and a principal have suggested. The calls were made at the start of the academic year on Monday, ahead of the city mandating 25 professions across the social welfare, education, and healthcare sectors to report suspected cases of child abuse from early next year. Under the...

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2 d. ago Hong Kong, 2 mainland Chinese cities named UN body’s top innovation cluster

A cluster of cities comprising Hong Kong and two others from mainland China has been named the world’s top innovation hub, a feat attributed to a new ranking metric that involves venture capital deals, a United Nations body has said. For the first time in five years, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou cluster surpassed Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan, to claim the number one spot in the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) 2025 Global Innovation Index. The result was announced on Monday at the...

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3 d. ago Nvidia is a victim of an AI cold war between Beijing and Washington

Nvidia is a victim of an AI cold war between Beijing and Washington  The Observer

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3 d. ago Eric Trump heads to Tokyo after Hong Kong for bitcoin firm meeting

Eric Trump is expected to attend a shareholder meeting of Japanese bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet in Tokyo on Monday, as the US president’s family expands its crypto ventures internationally. Eric Trump, the second son of President Donald Trump, was named in March as an adviser to Metaplanet, which holds more than US$2 billion in bitcoin, and his attendance would follow an appearance last week at the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong. American Bitcoin, a miner of the cryptocurrency...

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3 d. ago Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani hospitalised after car crash

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was hospitalised late on Saturday evening after a car crash near Manchester, New Hampshire, a spokesman said. Giuliani, 81, suffered a fractured vertebra and multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg, the spokesman, Michael Ragusa, said in a post on social media. He said Giuliani’s rental car was hit from behind at high speed. Before the accident, Giuliani had been “flagged down by a woman who was the victim of...

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3 d. ago Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair returns as a stage for global names and independent brands 

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] When the 44th Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair and the 13th Salon de TIME open their doors this September at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, not only will they showcase the artistry of global luxury names but also the resilience and creativity of independent watchmakers.  For independent brand creators, in particular, the event offers a rare chance to gain visibility, connect with international buyers and...

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3 d. ago Hong Kong police drugs crackdown snares 418, with boy, 13, youngest arrested

A 13-year-old boy was among more than 400 people arrested in a citywide anti-drug operation over the summer, with Hong Kong police saying he was suspected of trafficking four capsules believed to contain etomidate, previously known as space oil. Police said on Sunday that officers smashed 303 drug cases during the seven-week operation, code-named “Tailbacker”, with 328 male and 90 female suspects arrested. The arrestees, aged between 13 and 73, included 11 boys and six girls. The police force...

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3 d. ago Hong Kong police drug crackdown snares 418, with boy, 13, youngest arrested

A 13-year-old boy was among more than 400 people arrested in a citywide anti-drug operation over the summer, with Hong Kong police saying he was suspected of trafficking four capsules believed to contain etomidate, previously known as space oil. Police said on Sunday that officers smashed 303 drug cases during the seven-week operation, code-named “Tailbacker”, with 328 male and 90 female suspects arrested. The 418 arrestees, aged between 13 and 73, included 11 boys and six girls. The police...

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4 d. ago China opposes U.S. removal of semiconductor firms from validated end

China opposes U.S. removal of semiconductor firms from validated end-user list  news.cgtn.com

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4 d. ago White House moves forward on Trump’s plans for a Department of War: reports

The Trump administration is advancing plans to rename the Department of Defence as the Department of War, the Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on Saturday, citing a White House official, after US President Donald Trump raised the prospect on Monday. Restoring the Department of War name for the government’s largest department would be likely to require congressional action, but the White House is exploring alternative methods to implement the change, the report said. Republican congressman...

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4 d. ago SCO Summit 2025: China to Host Top Dignitaries and World Leaders, Check List Here

SCO Summit 2025: China to Host Top Dignitaries and World Leaders, Check List Here  Republic World

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