So much for being champions of the world. Chelsea played more like also-rans than world beaters on Tuesday night, losing 3-0 at home to Paris Saint-Germain in the return leg of their Champions League last-16 game for a staggering 8-2 defeat on aggregate. Chelsea fans proudly displayed a banner reading “Champions of the World” before…
Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong Chung-yiu has lost an appeal against his conviction and jail sentence of six years and two months for abetting a riot at the Legislative Council Complex during the 2019 anti-government protests. In a written judgment delivered on Wednesday, the Court of Appeal also dismissed the complaints by six others convicted…
President Donald Trump is now applying the unpredictable style that built his business empire and political brand to a far more complex and sensitive role as a wartime leader. Supporters love it when Trump breaks things — like the Republican establishment. He tends to preserve room for maneuver by avoiding definitive positions. And while he’s…
I drifted to the coffee machine and chatted with a few fellow vibe coders. Then I stood there for a while, latte in hand, staring into space. My app was building itself — I didn’t even need to look at it. That was the refrain instructors repeated at a vibe-coding workshop in Singapore: Coding with…
US President Donald Trump delays his trip to Beijing due to Iran war while also seeking China’s help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Published On 18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026 US President Donald Trump has confirmed he is delaying plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of the month, as…
Closing struggling Hong Kong schools in the short term will prevent future problems for parents, the education minister has said, warning that the city has already exhausted all mitigation measures to reduce the impact of the shrinking pupil population. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin said on Wednesday that the problem of under-enrolment remained unresolved…
The latest update on Jack Ryan has sparked fresh discussion among fans following the release of Ghost War details. Viewers are raising specific demands about the film’s rollout and its potential connections to other projects within the franchise. Jack Ryan fans ask for a theatrical release and Michael B. Jordan crossover John Krasinski returns as Jack Ryan in Jack…
A penny… a pound… a million dollars for the thoughts of Pep Guardiola? One wonders what thoughts the genius mind of the Catalan coach conjured up at the sight of seeing the Bernardo Silva red card in just the 19th minute at the Etihad, only a week after the magic performed by Fede Valverde at…
HSBC Holdings plans to raise US$2.5 billion by issuing two tranches of additional tier-1 (AT1) bonds, marking the reopening of such offerings after the US and Israel war on Iran rattled global financial markets. The biggest lender in Hong Kong and Europe by assets said in a stock exchange filing before the market opened on…
London — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer – buttoned-up, lawyerly, reserved – is not a man prone to effusiveness. But when he sat next to US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office last February, he began to speak like his host. “This is really special,” said Starmer, as he brandished a letter from King…