China and Hong Kong stocks fell on Friday as weakening liquidity, caution ahead of corporate earnings and weakness in property shares weighed on investor sentiment, according to a Reuters report. The blue-chip CSI300 index slipped 0.1% by the lunch break, while the Shanghai Composite Index declined 0.2%. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index dropped…
Secretary for Health concludes visit to Hainan Province The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, led a delegation to continue their visit to Hainan Province today (August 14), touring a local pharmaceutical enterprise and introducing the various measures put forward by the Health Bureau (HHB) to develop Hong Kong into an international health and medical…
Iga Swiatek claimed her first title of the season with a dominant 6-2 6-3 win over Elena Rybakina in the final of the National Bank Open in Toronto. The Polish seventh seed gained an early advantage in the first set when the world No 2 gave up a break point on back-to-back double faults. That…
Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee gained 2 paise to 95.43 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Friday (August 14, 2026), backed by a weaker greenback overseas. The Indian currency, however, remained under pressure due to the withdrawal of foreign funds from domestic equities and rising crude…
Tech firms in Asia continued their recovery after last month’s eye-watering rout (Kazuhiro NOGI) Most Asian stocks rose Friday as another soft US inflation reading solidified expectations the Federal Reserve will hold off hiking interest rates, while a further drop in oil prices added to the upbeat mood. The advances tracked a healthy lead from…
Who are the greatest players in Manchester United’s history? The Athletic gave Andy Mitten the task of compiling his top 25, and we are counting them down this summer, in reverse order. He explains his thought process here. Benfica away, European Cup quarter-final second leg, 1966. Manchester United held a narrow 3-2 lead from the first leg of…
Hong Kong’s once-iconic neon signs and outdoor hawker stalls were brought back to life as hundreds flocked to Central for a glimpse of British actor Henry Cavill, who was in the city filming a new movie. Cavill, known for his roles as Superman and Geralt in the television series The Witcher, was filming in the…
All That star Christy Knowings has died at 46, and her former castmates are sharing heartfelt tributes. Kenan Thompson and others remember the Nickelodeon comedian after her sudden passing. Christy Knowings reportedly suffered brain damage following an asthma attack Former All That star Christy Knowings died at age 46 after suffering an asthma attack that caused brain damage, TMZ reported. A family member…
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP reminds investors of the upcoming August 17, 2026 deadline to file a lead plaintiff motion in the class action filed on behalf of Black Rock Coffee Bar, Inc. (“Black Rock Coffee” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BRCB) securities between September 12, 2025 and…
U.S. intelligence agencies had raised doubts about whether there really was an Iranian plot to target Air Force One before the extraordinary step was taken to secretly move President Trump off his airplane and on to another one to protect him from the suspected Iranian attack, sources told ABC News. The intelligence pointing to an…