A Verizon truck driving down Beach Road in Tisbury. —Eunki Seonwoo Verizon, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the nation, has sued Chilmark after the town denied upgrades by the cellular company that would have expanded cell coverage to its customers. The federal lawsuit, filed by Verizon on March 16 in the U.S. District…
An orthopaedist has been issued a public warning letter and reprimanded by Hong Kong’s medical watchdog after performing an unconventional bunion surgery without a patient’s informed consent. The Medical Council on Monday found Dr Daniel Wu Yiang guilty of professional misconduct on four charges after the patient at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital underwent a syndesmosis…
Sotiomake/Shutterstock Almost five years after the Xbox Series X and S were released, Microsoft raised the price of Xbox consoles in 2025. Despite this, there were reportedly over two million new sales of Xbox consoles for the year. This puts the lifetime sales of Microsoft’s current-generation consoles…
Robotaxi passengers in China became stranded on busy roads after their driverless cars came to a sudden halt in heavy traffic. A “system malfunction” caused more than 100 Apollo Go vehicles to stall in the city of Wuhan, according to local police. While no injuries were reported, it did cause traffic chaos in some cases….
China’s National Immigration Administration (NIA) is bracing for an unprecedented swell of cross-border traffic during the upcoming Qingming Festival long-weekend (4–6 April). In a notice issued late on 1 April, the agency forecast more than 2.3 million inbound and outbound movements per day—an 11.1 percent jump on last year. The spike will be fuelled by…
One of the key pillars of investing is diversification. This means investing in companies across different industries, sizes, and regions around the world. When it comes to different regions, one of the best ways to get exposure is to invest in thousands of them at once through an international exchange-traded fund (ETF). That’s why I’m…
Narrow victory in the second leg 25,000 spectators – new CL record attendance for FCB Women First CL semi-final appearance since 2021 SEMI- FINAL!!! FC Bayern Women beat Manchester United 2-1 (0-1) in the UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter-final second leg on Wednesday to progress to the semi-finals of the premier club competition in European women’s…
Hong Kong labour authorities have ruled out setting up designated smoking areas under a proposed ban on lighting up at construction sites due to “enforcement difficulties”, while pledging to deploy drones with heat sensors to strengthen inspections. Commissioner for Labour Sam Hui Chark-shum also said on Monday that the planned smoking ban – which was…
Top 10 Richest Billionaires Q1 Scorecard With Magnificent Seven stocks and the overall stock market facing heightened volatility and geopolitical concerns in the first quarter, the net worth of many billionaires around the world has declined. Here’s the current top 10 richest, ranked by Bloomberg, with their net worth at the end of the first…
West Coast flyers can take advantage of a new nonstop route to Asia. Well, not new exactly. As of March 30, Cathay Pacific has relaunched flights between its home hub of Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA). MOLLY BAILEY-ANDRADE The airline previously operated this route from April 2019 until November 2020,…