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Hong Kong police have launched a search in Lion Rock Country Park for a teenage girl who has been missing for a week after new leads suggested she went there. Daisy Kwok Oi-kwan, 18, went missing after she was last seen in a shopping centre on Junction Road in Lok Fu on July 14, two…
Gamblers have been warned of the dangers of email-based scams after information on 800,000 users leaked online. The leak saw IP addresses, email addresses and online gambling activity for Paddy Power and Betfair leaked online, and security experts have warned that it could be used for targeted phishing attacks. The incident was confirmed by Flutter,…
Washington — Todd Blanche, the second-highest ranking official at the Justice Department, said Tuesday that he plans to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell “in the coming days” about the case involving convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Justice demands courage. For the first time, the Department of Justice is reaching out to Ghislaine Maxwell to ask: what…
TAIPEI >> As Taiwan gears up for a recall vote that could reshape its parliament, opposition lawmakers being challenged at the ballot box are getting two unusual supporters: Chinese officials and state media outlets rallying to their cause. While President Lai Ching-te won the election last year, his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost its legislative…
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Social Security is facing a growing number of challenges that threaten to undermine the retirement program’s stability even as more retirees today say they urgently need the monthly payments compared with 20 years ago, according to a new AARP survey. About two-thirds of retirees said they substantially rely on Social Security for retirement income, or…
The United States has issued a strong warning to China over its ongoing support for Russia’s military and economic activities amid the war in Ukraine. According to US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker, any continued assistance to Moscow could trigger secondary tariffs under President Donald Trump’s administration. In comments reported by Bloomberg, Whitaker said that China must end what he described as indirect financing of Russia’s war…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested two men who allegedly smuggled cash out of the city and made suspicious transactions, including with a popular stablecoin, to launder HK$1.15 billion (US$146.5 million). A Customs and Excise Department spokesman said on Tuesday that an investigation into the pair found they had smuggled cash out of the city….
NEED TO KNOW The Caribbean Guard in Costa Rica has spoken out following the news of Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s drowning Warner died on Sunday, July 20, after he was caught in a “strong current” Per the Caribbean Guard’s post, there were no patrols on the beach where Warner was swimming, though there usually would be New…
Target is ending a price matching policy that for 12 years allowed customers to request a price match if they found an identical item with a lower cost at competitors Amazon or Walmart. The policy enabled a price match if shoppers could provide proof of the lower price within 14 days of their purchase. The product had to be…