Football legends Ronaldo Nazario, Andres Iniesta and Arsene Wenger are expected to visit Hong Kong in September for a major summit to be held in the city for the first time, the Post has learned. The World Football Summit (WFS) will debut in Hong Kong from September 2 to 4 at AsiaWorld-Expo in Chek Lap…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) will announce on Monday new measures to be implemented by banks to safeguard the public from financial fraud, stepping up its vigilance to prevent scams that caused losses of HK$9.15 billion (US$1.2 billion) last year. Called “E-Banking Security ABC”, the “ABC” refers to tightening “authorisation” methods for transactions, saying…
Tariffs in the Rose Garden Global markets are mostly lower ahead of President Trump’s big tariffs rollout today, but it’s not the tumult that has rocked stocks in recent weeks. S&P 500 futures are holding steady, in the red, as economists warn that Trump’s protectionist policies could set off a global trade war that slams…
China women’s dramatic 24-19 sudden-death victory over Great Britain on Saturday saw them avoid the possibility of earning the “worst team of the tournament” tag at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. A dismal 24-10 defeat to the United States in their final Pool C fixture earlier in the day had left them in danger of…
A Brazilian national living in Worcester was arrested Wednesday for his alleged role in a “large-scale” human smuggling ring to illegally move migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border and into several U.S. cities including Boston, the U.S. Attorney said. Flavio Alexandra Alves, a/k/a “Ronaldo,” 41, of Brazil, who is in the U.S. illegally and was previously…
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, will face trial on charges that he oversaw a vast scheme to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections, including an attempt to overturn the vote and a plot to assassinate the nation’s president-elect, the country’s supreme court decided on Wednesday. The ruling marks a significant effort to hold…
Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian congressman and a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, said on Tuesday that he would seek political asylum in the United States, claiming he is the target of persecution for defending the right-wing movement embodied by his father. The third-oldest son of the former Brazilian president has been in the United…
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The advancement of technology has allowed humans to explore corners of the Earth that have never been touched before. However, some places in the world seem “reluctant” to be visited for several reasons. The following forbidden places in the world, from Area 51 to Snake Island in Brazil, may not be visited…
President Donald Trump’s tariffs on the imports of steel and aluminium by the United States are sending shockwaves through global markets and escalating tensions with key trading partners, including Canada, Mexico and the European Union. Some countries are fighting back with retaliatory tariffs, others are seeking exemptions, and a few are trying to negotiate their…
WASHINGTON (AP) — With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it. The labor market remains healthy with a 4.1% unemployment rate and 151,000 jobs added in February, and Trump likes to point to…