Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is departing for China (13 January) for the first time since 2017, after years of strained diplomatic relations between the two countries that began in the late 2010s with disputes over trade, national security and human rights significantly weakened their ties. Officials from both sides have described this visit as an…
BEIJING (AP) — A leader of the Canadian government is visiting China this week for the first time in nearly a decade, a bid to rebuild his country’s fractured relations with the world’s second-largest economy — and reduce Canada’s dependence on the United States, its neighbor and until recently one of its most supportive and…
The United States’ women are already preparing to defend their Olympic foil team gold in Los Angeles in 2028, head coach Ralf Bissdorf said on Sunday, after his young side finished third in the World Cup event in Hong Kong. Defeat to France in the semi-finals kept the Americans outside the top two for the…
After United States President Donald Trump’s military action on Venezuela — in which American forces “captured” the country’s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife to put them on trial in New York — and his continued threats to Denmark over Greenland, Trump’s past remarks on his desire to annex Canada have made a fear-inducing comeback…
The impact of geopolitics on education, including whether American universities can still offer students a positive experience, will be discussed among 2,500 delegates from more than 65 jurisdictions at a major international conference in Hong Kong next month. The city will host the annual Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) Conference and Exhibition two years…
Extreme weather brought about by the El Nino phenomenon could cost Hong Kong as much as US$300 billion over the 21st century, according to a joint study by local and Singapore universities. The study also painted a bleak picture for public health, finding that Hongkongers born during the two strong El Nino events in 1982-83…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Trump administration’s plans to revitalize the Venezuelan oil market puts the United States at an advantage over Canada and serves to weaken China, according to energy experts. Conservative politicians, including the leader of Canada’s conservative opposition party, are calling on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney…
A woman and two teenagers have been arrested at Hong Kong’s airport after suspected pepper spray canisters and brass knuckles were found in luggage bound for the US and Canada. Police said on Tuesday that they had received three reports the previous day after suspected prohibited items were discovered in one piece of checked luggage…
The 2026 Winter Olympics has come too soon for some of Hong Kong’s young athletes, but the next generation of speed skating hopefuls is already taking aim at future Games. Inspired by Sidney Chu’s appearance at the 2022 edition in Beijing, scores of skaters – the youngest just five years old – took to the…
More than 99 per cent of Hong Kong residents have low immunity against the new “super flu”, a team of researchers has found, as they urged the public to get vaccinated against the rapidly spreading strain. Despite the low level of immunity among the city’s population, the team from the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU)…