Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has called on businesses to improve services for elderly customers after receiving more than 9,200 complaints in the past three years, including a woman who spent HK$400,000 (US$51,294) on beauty treatments. The Consumer Council said on Thursday that improving services for seniors would help boost the spending potential of the “silver…
Signage at the Trip.com Group Ltd. headquarters building in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Chinese online travel services provider Trip.com plunged nearly 22% in Hong Kong on Thursday after Beijing opened an antitrust probe into the company, making it the worst performer in the Hang…
The comments section of the Washington Post’s website has been flooded with users criticizing the FBI’s raid of a Post reporter’s home and owner Jeff Bezos’ silence on the matter. The raid, which occurred Wednesday in search of illegally retained classified government documents, raised alarm bells for journalists and proponents of the First Amendment under…
David Grittenand Jon Donnison,Jerusalem Reuters Phase two of the peace plan should see reconstruction starting in Gaza after two years of war US envoy Steve Witkoff has announced the start of phase two of President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, with a technocratic Palestinian government established in the territory. Under phase…
Hong Kong-listed shares of Trip.com, a Chinese online travel agency, tumbled in early trading on Thursday after regulators opened an antitrust investigation into the company. The company is suspected of abusing its dominant market position, the State Administration for Market Regulation said in a statement on Wednesday, without elaborating on the allegations. The investigation is…
During a significant snowstorm or a freezing cold snap, you may hear the term “polar vortex” bandied about. FOX Weather Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari explains what exactly the polar vortex is, how it works and how it influences our weather. With over 170 million Americans facing below average temperatures, even colder air may be on the…
1 La Liga giants Real Madrid were on Wednesday left to rue their recent change on the club’s bench. This comes after Los Blancos were condemned to a shock elimination from the Copa del Rey. A new era in Spain’s capital was kicked into gear this evening, as Real took to the pitch for the…
Key Points Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has had a rough 2025. But so has the entire electric vehicle (EV) industry — in the U.S., at least. Business Insider reports that global EV sales for 2025 through Nov. 30 (excluding December) were up by 21%, but they were down 1% in the United States. Between tariffs and…
United States Vice President JD Vance has cast the tie-breaking vote to defeat a war powers resolution that would have forced President Donald Trump to seek Congress’s approval before taking any further military action in Venezuela. The Senate’s session on Wednesday evening came to a nail-biting conclusion, as the fate of the resolution ended up…
The app that checks if you’re still kicking: Why young people living alone are flocking to download it “Are You Dead?”: A Surprisingly Popular Life Check-In Sometimes the simplest ideas are the most effective. “Are You Dead?” does exactly what its eyebrow-raising name suggests: every two days, the app asks you to check in by…