Pakistan streaming service Begin has acquired the exclusive broadcast and sublicensing rights for Serie A, Coppa Italia, and the Supercoppa Italiana in Pakistan through a three-year agreement, adding another of world football’s most prestigious competitions to its growing portfolio of premium sports properties. The agreement marks a significant milestone in Begin’s ongoing strategy to bring…
A Chery Zongheng G700 on display at the 2026 Beijing auto show in April 2026. Credit: CnEVPost Chery’s UK R&D center will be located in Bedfordshire, England, and is set to open in late fall this year. Chery and its Omoda and Jaecoo brands took almost 8% of the UK market in July, up from…
(From left) Lo Ting-wai, Adam Xu, Ivan Mak and Berton Choy – members of a Hong Kong team that has achieved excellent results in the 38th International Olympiad in Informatics in Uzbekistan – pose for a photo with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region flag after the competition. (PHOTO/HKSAR GOVERNMENT) Hong Kong’s young coding talents…
If you’re not a morning person, decision-making is best avoided before 8am. Or, at the very least, until you’ve had a cup of coffee. That is why assisted espresso machines, such as the Ninja Luxe Cafe Premier ES601UK, are so welcome in my kitchen. They require more effort than a fully automatic bean-to-cup machine, but…
Iran has considered attacking U.S. military targets in Europe if the war escalates, the Financial Times reported Wednesday, citing two regime insiders. U.S. assets in Bulgaria and Cyprus were weighed as potential targets, according to the FT’s report. CNBC has reached out to Iran’s Military of Foreign Affairs for comment and has not independently verified…
A girl holds the hand of a remote-controlled robot by Unitree Robotics while visiting the Unitree Robotics Embodied Intelligence Experience Center in Shanghai’s Jing’ an district. (AFP pic) HANGZHOU: A horde of schoolchildren watched excitedly as a diminutive humanoid tour guide named Wuji welcomed them to a robot school in eastern China, gesticulating theatrically as…
Key findings: 10Life found that premiums for the same airline embedded travel insurance plan ranged from HK$859 to HK$1,153 for the same route and trip duration, a 34% difference. Every HK$1,000 increase in airfare was associated with an increase of around HK$22 in the add-on premium, while similar coverage via an insurance comparison platform cost…
Public registration for Hong Kong’s flagship annual cycling event will open on Thursday, with more than 6,500 places available across two non-competitive rides scheduled for October 11. This year’s Hong Kong Cyclothon, hosted by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, will feature a new extended 56km (34.8 miles) non-competitive ride on a “Five Tunnels, Three Bridges”…
Official: Matteo Ruggeri joins Premier League club Aston Villa from LaLiga side Atletico Madrid (via www.avfc.co.uk) Italian left-back Matteo Ruggeri has officially been announced as a new Aston Villa player following a season-long stint with Atletico Madrid in LaLiga in 2025-26. Official: Ruggeri joins Aston Villa from Ateltico Madrid Ruggeri has completed a permanent…
HONG KONG — The robotics firm behind China’s famously backflipping humanoids leapt to a remarkable stock market debut on Wednesday, with Unitree’s shares closing up 460% as investors rally behind homegrown beneficiaries of the A.I. boom. Chinese humanoid and other robots have advanced at a breathtaking pace as Beijing competes for global tech dominance with…