Korea is being forced to rethink how it competes, cooperates and survives as China shifts from catching up to setting the rules Containers wait for shipment at a Busan port. (Newsis) China Factor examines how China’s rise is redrawing the competitive map for Korea’s key industries, and what that means for the global supply chain…
These stocks could soar in 2026 and have excellent long-term opportunities. Artificial intelligence (AI) has driven the market to the tune of an 81% gain over the past three years. The eight most highly valued companies in the world are all AI companies, and it looks like many of them are just getting started. Will…
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The US Federal Reserve under a new chairman in 2026 is expected to press ahead with interest rate cuts of up to 75 basis points, a move that would lower Hong Kong’s interbank-linked loan costs but leave prime lending rates stuck at their historical low, according to analysts. The Fed and the Hong Kong Monetary…
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 1 January 2026 – As Hong Kong welcomed the New Year in style on January 1, the city can look back on a pivotal past 12 months during which visitor numbers rebound sharply, driven, in large part, by the dawn of a new era for sports and…
A screen shows former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who published a message on TikTok thanking U.S. President Donald Trump for pardoning him, at a coffee shop in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) Donald Trump’s pardons of some of the world’s worst drug traffickers are an unprecedented assault on public safety…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. In a major follow-up to three of our recent stories on China’s weapons developments, we can now report that what appeared to be a modular, road-mobile, electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) catapult capable of flinging advanced fixed-wing…
Estimates based on current options pricing suggest that the probability implied by the market of the S&P 500 rising 30% is close to 11%. Written by: Ignacio Teson • Thursday, January 1, 2026 • 2 min read • Last updated: Thursday, January 1, 2026 Add an article to your Reading List Register now to be…
Five new DC movies have been added to HBO Max. DC Studios is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, which also owns the HBO Max streaming service. A number of DC and Warner Bros. Pictures movies are already available to watch on HBO Max, including Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, James Gunn’s Superman, and more. The…
The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers… European football Roma want to re-sign Mohamed Salah from Liverpool but are unlikely to make a move until the summer – La Repubblica. Real Madrid are set to re-enter contract negotiations with Vinicius Jr with the player keen to stay at the Bernabeu Stadium – AS….