An Australian meat industry peak body says China’s move to impose an added 55 per cent tariff on beef imports that exceed quota levels from several countries including Australia will have a “severe impact” and that it is “extremely disappointed”. China’s commerce ministry on Wednesday explained the tariffs, also impacting Brazil and the United States,…
In a new report from the BBC, league leaders Arsenal have been told they were fortunate not to concede a penalty in their narrow 1-0 victory over Everton earlier in December. In a match which saw Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta reunite with Everton manager David Moyes, who coached the Spaniard during his playing days, the…
To many, senior counsel appear to be an oddity of an antiquated system, reinforced visually by men and women dressed in funny wigs and medieval garb marching in an official procession together with all the judges at the Opening of the Legal Year in January each year. There are only 104 of them in Hong…
After underperforming in 2025, now may be the time to buy shares of this leading rural retailer. Despite shares falling in 2025, even as the S&P 500 rose sharply, rural retailer Tractor Supply (TSCO 0.69%) is one of my top dividend stock ideas for 2026. In fact, its underperformance, despite improving business fundamentals throughout 2025,…
Republican representative Lauren Boebert has fired back at Donald Trump for vetoing a bill that would have funded a drinking water project in her Colorado district, implying the president was playing at political retaliation. The bill was aimed at funding a decades-long project to bring safe drinking water to 39 communities in Colorado’s eastern plains,…
It’s hardly a revelation that we’re living in an era of distraction and smartphone addiction. Our phones interrupt us, hijack our attention, and tempt us into scrolling. Even when we aren’t interacting with them, their mere presence makes it difficult to concentrate. To address this, app developers have responded with a vast ocean of productivity…
Hong Kong’s headlines in 2025 were shaped by a wide cast of newsmakers, from political heavyweights to everyday residents. Among them were former lawmaker Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, gold medallist fencer turned legislator Vivian Kong Man-wai and a local mother who won widespread praise for speaking out after a hot-air balloon festival fiasco. The Post…
GREENE COUNTY, Mo. — A Springfield man has been charged after being accused of aiming a bow and arrow at deputies on Monday, Dec. 29. Aaron Stogsdill’s mugshot, photo courtesy of Greene County Jail. According to online court dockets, Aaron Stogsdill, born 1994, has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action…
It’s been another whirlwind calendar year in the Premier League and one of the more unusual enjoyed since the competition’s inception. Some heavyweight under-performers have flittered from crisis to crisis, last season’s Premier League champions Liverpool have picked up surprisingly few points and trophy-less years for Arsenal and Manchester City have not prevented them from…
Concern groups have called for a more concrete timeline and clearer details in an updated action plan for Hong Kong’s biodiversity strategy, which for the first time lists assessing the capacity of ecotourism hotspots as a priority. The government on Wednesday unveiled its updated Hong Kong Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, which covers four strategic…