Why hobby groups are becoming the new friendship app. JEFF PACHOUD AFP via Getty Images Adults are rethinking how they meet people, and the answer increasingly looks less like an app and more like a pottery wheel, a running loop or a paperback. Shared-interest activities from book clubs to Sunday long runs are becoming the…
By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) has launched its new summer promotion, “Hong Kong Summer Fun”, inviting travellers from the GCC and Middle East to experience a vibrant season of festivals, cultural activities, family attractions, dining, shopping and exclusive travel offers across the city. Designed to make Hong Kong an even more…
Global investor attention in artificial intelligence (AI) has largely centered on US, South Korean, and Taiwanese semiconductor leaders. However, a quieter innovation cycle has been unfolding within Mainland China, particularly on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market), where next-generation AI infrastructure and robotics companies are preparing to list. Three upcoming…
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Hong Kong graduates believe the city’s finance industry is its most attractive and stable sector, making them more optimistic about career opportunities than their global peers, according to a study by the CFA Institute, which trains investment managers. The New York-based institute’s “2026 Graduate Outlook Survey”, released on Wednesday, found that 71 per cent of…
June 17, 2026, 8:20 p.m. ET An Oklahoma pastor running for Congress dropped out of the race only a day after advancing to a runoff amid a text-messaging scandal. Jackson Lahmeyer, who was running as a Republican in Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District, advanced to the Republican primary on Tuesday, June 16, but dropped out on…
Hong Kong and Macau can complement rather than compete with each other in tourism development, officials and industry leaders in the gaming hub have said, as it continues its decades-long push for economic diversification. Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, director of the Macau Government Tourism Office, said that the two cities had long worked together…
Iran said it has the “right to sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz”. Iran’s chief negotiator on Wednesday repeated Tehran would charge ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz after a 60-day fee-free period stipulated in a memorandum of understanding with the US. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in an interview aired on state television that the…
Viewers are curious to know whether Apple TV+ has canceled or renewed Widow’s Bay Season 2. Created by Katie Dippold, the comedy series is set in a fictional New England town. It follows a mayor who is doing his best to boost tourism on the island, which appears to have been cursed for centuries, as…
Snap, Pinterest, and Yelp Stocks Trade Down, What You Need To Know What Happened? A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after the Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate at 3.5%–3.75%, unchanged since late 2025’s rate cuts, while its dot plot raised the median year-end rate estimate from 3.4% to 3.8%, signaling the…