Hong Kong to set up first national innovation centre outside mainland China

    Hong Kong to set up first national innovation centre outside mainland China

    Hong Kong will establish the first national manufacturing innovation centre outside mainland China and a high-level steering committee to spearhead AI development, the finance chief has said, as the city seeks to align with the country’s 15th five-year plan. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also unveiled a citywide artificial intelligence (AI) literacy drive in Wednesday’s…

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      Trump says ‘All voters must show voter ID’

      Feb. 25, 2026, 9:19 a.m. ET On the Wednesday, February 25, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: After a tumultuous start to his second term, President Donald Trump is looking to reset the reigning narrative about his leadership with Americans. USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page joins The Excerpt to share her analysis. Hit play…

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      A paramedic administers a dose of the measles vaccine at a health center in Lubbock, Texas,  in February 2025, amid a large measles outbreak that led to the deaths of two children. - Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

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      At around 2 a.m., 7-year-old twin brothers arrived at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Both had a fever, a cough, a rash, pink eye, and cold symptoms. The boys sat in one waiting room and then another. Two hours and 20 minutes passed before the two were isolated, according to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…

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        The Oura Ring’s Next Focus is on Women’s Health

        Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Tech Advisor reports that Oura is developing a specialized AI model for women’s health, currently testing in Oura Labs to provide personalized reproductive health advice. The AI chatbot analyzes menstrual cycles, fertility patterns, and biometric data while ensuring user privacy through internal processing without third-party sharing. This…

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          A Timeline of His Best Financial Decisions

          Jeff Bezos, billionaire founder of Amazon.com and Blue Origin, wasn’t born into wealth. A series of smart financial decisions got him to where he is today — one of the richest people in the world. Here’s a timeline of the best financial decisions Bezos has made, sourced from Britannica. Bezos graduated from Princeton University summa…

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          Hong Kong boosts investment body’s role in property sector, tech investment drive

            Hong Kong boosts investment body’s role in property sector, tech investment drive

            Hong Kong’s government investment agency will take on a bigger role in attracting commercial property investment while advancing the establishment of an alliance focused on Chinese-developed RISC-V chips, as the financial secretary pledged additional funding to the corporation in Wednesday’s budget speech. The Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC), which manages HK$62 billion (US$8 billion) in…

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