It’s official: the United Kingdom is banning social media for under-16s. Among the problems it seeks to address is the addictive nature of short-form content and its harmful effect on children’s attention spans. But the TikTokification of other platforms threatens to undermine many of the positive effects of social media bans. And it’s not only…
Passengers are pictured at Hong Kong West Kowloon Station in South China’s Hong Kong, Sept 25, 2025. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The number of passengers using the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) is expected to rise by more than a quarter year on year during this year’s Dragon Boat Festival holiday, boosted by the demand…
Every match across the opening weekend of the 2026/27 Scottish Premiership season will be shown live on Sky Sports. The groundbreaking move will see fixtures take place across four days from Friday July 31 to Monday August 3. It all gets underway on Friday July 31 with Derek McInnes’ first league match in charge of…
The 2020 playbook is back on Wall Street, but with a different cast. Flows into thematic ETFs — funds built around big investing ideas like space, nuclear power, quantum computing, robotics, and crypto infrastructure — are surging in a way Strategas ETF Research compares to the ARK-era boom. “The environment and leadership are different, but…
There are brands that follow sport, and others that, over time, become part of the collective imagination until they are inseparable from it. Peroni is one such brand. For more than a century, it has been part of Italians’ everyday lives, and in football it has found one of its most authentic forms of expression….
HONG KONG, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On June 18, the Hong Kong International Auto Expo officially opened. Embracing the theme “All New GAC, Going Global”, GAC Group made a powerful impression with an all-star lineup across its three major brands GAC, AION, and HYPTEC. At the event, GAC officially announced the strategic upgrade of its…
Jeff Bezos says AI is a force for good, rather than a threat The technology will expand the human labour market, and create more demand Bezos’ comments go against the narrative of other prominent voices in AI AI won’t shrink the labor market, but will expand it, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has declared, in his…
More than 90 per cent of mainland Chinese families moving to Hong Kong under the city’s talent visa schemes have cited their children’s education as the primary reason for relocating, according to a survey. The survey by Beacon Group, one of the city’s largest tutoring and college admissions consultancies, was published on Thursday and showed…
The first round of fixtures at the 2026 World Cup have been and gone, and boy did we see some strong performances. Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe showed why they are the cream of the crop – on the same day no less – while the opening matches also allowed for new heroes to be…
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) fell 9% from its high in March, after President Trump authorized military action in Iran. Investors sold stocks fearing that oil supply disruptions would make inflation worse, forcing the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. And they were right to worry. Brent Crude oil briefly topped $130 per barrel for…