The curtain came down on the first Hong Kong Football Festival on Thursday, with a game between bitter rivals Arsenal and Tottenham that made a mockery of its friendly status and left organisers basking in the glow of a job well done. By any metric, they would consider the past week to have been a…
Home » AIRLINE NEWS » Qatar, United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, Germany, Australia – Qatar Airways Enhances Travel Options with New Melbourne Route and Increased Frequencies to London and Frankfurt for Winter 2025 Thursday, July 31, 2025 Qatar Airways, the award-winning national carrier of Qatar, is making significant strides in expanding its global network for…
Asia-Pacific markets start the day mixed Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Thursday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark moved up 0.21% while the broader Topix index ticked up 0.28%, as of 8.10 a.m. Singapore time (8.10 p.m. ET Wednesday). In South Korea, the Kospi index fell 0.14% while the small-cap Kosdaq was flat. Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark fell…
Australia’s La Trobe University, Victoria University, Western Sydney University, and the UK’s University of Bristol have each been granted LOIs to establish the campuses, on the sidelines of the inaugural Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2025, held today to mark the fifth anniversary of India’s National Education Policy 2020. La Trobe’s plans to establish a campus…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways will recruit more pilots from mainland China to diversify its workforce after the first batch of 30 cadets from across the border finished training and started flying. Chris Kempis, the airline’s director of flight operations, said on Monday that 60 mainland cadets from a pool of more than…
Hong Kong stocks started the week on a solid note after the US and the European Union (EU) agreed on a trade deal with a lower-than-expected tariff rate that could prevent the global economy from slipping into a recession. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.6 per cent to 25,533.23 at 10.07am local time, while the…
Hong Kong stocks rise in early trade Hong Kong stocks started the day higher Monday, following mixed trading in the other key Asia-Pacific markets. As of 10 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET Sunday), the Hang Seng Index added 0.49%. Meanwhile, mainland China’s CSI 300 traded flat as investors await more details on the U.S.-China talks which…
Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu has pledged to adopt innovative thinking to make the city a “preferred travel destination”, following a 12 per cent increase in tourist arrivals during the first half of the year. Latest figures by the Hong Kong Tourism Board showed that the city welcomed about 3.48 million visitors in June,…
Home » Sri Lanka Travel News » United Kingdom Joins United States, Canada, Pakistan, Iran, UAE, And Australia Lead New 40-Country List As Sri Lanka Grants Visa-Free Entry To Boost Tourism Industry Saturday, July 26, 2025 Sri Lanka has recently introduced a significant policy change, offering visa-free entry to citizens of multiple countries, including the…
Nearly 50,000 fans packed into Kai Tak Stadium on Saturday for the first game of the inaugural Hong Kong Football Festival, providing a raucous atmosphere and highlighting what the city’s leader had earlier called an energised tourism industry. And after days of community events, fan visits and anticipation, the real business got under way, with…