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A Hong Kong pilot scheme to identify hidden cases of at-risk carers should be expanded to also cover other low-income families and subdivided flat tenants, a social worker and a district councillor have urged, as a new database to address the issue began operation. The first part of the government initiative began at 9am on…
Two major commercial pilots’ associations have rejected claims human error caused an Air India crash that killed 260 people after a preliminary investigation report found the plane’s engine fuel switches had been turned off. The report, issued Saturday by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), did not offer any conclusions or apportion blame for the…
In the wake of January’s deadly wildfires, Los Angeles County leaders are weighing a disaster registry intended to help disabled and senior residents get connected to emergency responders to bring them to safety during disasters. County supervisors approved a feasibility study this spring for such a voluntary database. Supporters applauded the effort to give more…
Australian PM Anthony Albanese said on July 14 he was committed to working with China to address global excess steel capacity during a meeting of business leaders from the two countries in Shanghai. China’s robust steel exports, which have partly offset faltering home demand, have triggered complaints from a growing list of countries, which say…
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Chinese researchers have developed the world’s lightest brain control device that can precisely direct a bee’s movement, according to a report by South China Morning Post. The technology, led by Professor Zhao Jieliang’s team at the Beijing Institute of Technology, was published on June 11 in the Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. The brain control…
Once designated a quarantine facility during the Covid pandemic, a sprawling site in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong, is set to be home to a youth hostel for thousands of young people, as the city deals with a housing crisis. The project in Kai Tak, named Runway 1331 – after a former airport on the site…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. had renounced his Maltese citizenship and disclosed it to Filipino authorities before taking office, the Defense Department said Monday. Philippine law generally disqualifies candidates for high public office who have dual citizenship, especially those with foreign citizenship acquired through naturalization, unless they renounce their foreign…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a meeting with his Armenian counterpart in Yerevan on March 25, 2025/AFP Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to visit China today to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting, scheduled for July 15 in Tianjin. During the visit, Araghchiwill hold bilateral talks with…
By Lisa Barrington SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s transport ministry is preparing to order all airlines in the country that operate Boeing jets to examine fuel switches in accordance with a 2018 advisory from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, the ministry’s foreign media spokesperson said on Monday. The spokesperson did not give a timeline for the…