A woman has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon after brandishing a knife while looking for her husband at City University of Hong Kong in Kowloon Tong. Police said a security guard reported that the wife of a colleague was seen holding a knife on a campus bridge at around 9.53am on…
Increasing numbers of displays have been spotted, with more of the country able to take in the spectacular sights. The Aurora Borealis stunned the nation last year, with dazzling light displays being visible as far south as Dorset, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Berkshire. In short Aurora Borealis sightings have increased in recent years and the explanation…
New Delhi, India — When models sashayed down the ramp at Milan Fashion Week last week, Harish Kurade looked at them on his smartphone in awe, sitting in his village in southern Maharashtra state, more than 7,000km (4,350 miles) away. Models were showcasing a new line of open-toe leather sandals, designed by Prada, the iconic…
BEIJING (Reuters) -Car dealers in one of China’s richest regions are appealing to automakers to overhaul sales strategies amid mounting pressure on their cash flow and high inventories in another sign of the growing toll of the price war in the world’s largest car market. Four dealer associations based in the Yangtze River Delta encompassing…
A Bloomberg News investigation has found that in three major hacks the US Treasury didn’t deploy cybersecurity measures that could have prevented the attacks or flagged the intruders sooner. Our review of previously unreported government documents and interviews with more than a dozen people including current and former Treasury employees, bank executives and cybersecurity experts…
Google’s lineup of Apple Watch apps just got reshuffled — and not entirely for the better. While the company quietly rolled out a minimalist Google Calendar app for watchOS earlier this week, it seems to have quietly retired another: Google Keep. Google giveth, Google taketh away Version 2.2025.26200 of Google Keep removes support for Apple…
Between late May and early June, Chinese President Xi Jinping simply disappeared. No parades. No spotlights. No front pages in People’s Daily that once displayed him daily. Instead, other senior Communist Party leaders hosted visiting dignitaries in Beijing’s grand halls. According to CNN-News18, top intelligence officials say, “Xi Jinping’s absence is not unusual, and China…
Tuesday, July 1, 2025 As of 8th September 2025, Hong Kong will make a significant adjustment to its visa fees, with rises ranging from 3 percent to 51 percent. These adjustments will affect diverse services, including visa issuance, entry permits, travel documents, and overseas posting of these documents for their release. These adjustments…
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IN A NUTSHELL 🐝 China has unveiled a mosquito-sized spy drone, showcasing its advanced capabilities in military technology. 🔬 The microdrones have potential applications beyond the battlefield, such as in medicine and environmental science. ⚖️ This innovation highlights China’s rapid progress in robotics, closing the gap with Western military forces. 🚀 Future prospects include drones…