When Beth Trustrum ran and hiked the 16km (10-mile) race in Hong Kong’s Lantau 50 series in December 2024, finishing the hilly course in just over three hours, she could hardly believe it. For the 41-year-old who had been overweight most of her life, it was a huge accomplishment. In her childhood and teens growing…
Jury finds Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock guilty in massive pandemic fraud trial Jury finds Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock guilty in massive pandemic fraud trial 02:28 A jury delivered a string of guilty verdicts Wednesday afternoon in what prosecutors call the largest pandemic fraud case in the country. The jury heard closing…
NOVONIX, a leading battery technology company in Chattanooga, only has to jump through one more hoop to be permitted to build another location in town. The Hamilton County Commission will host the final vote on the matter on Wednesday, March 12. NOVONIX highlighted how the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law have…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general is threatening to seize Chinese assets across the U.S. to collect $24.5 billion awarded in a lawsuit against China stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts were skeptical Monday, with one saying, “Good luck with that.” China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this week that it does…
Brian D. Taylor is a professor of urban planning and public policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, Eric Morris is a professor of city and regional planning at Clemson University and Sam Speroni is a PhD Student in urban planning at the University of California, Los Angeles. In his February 2025 cover story for The Atlantic, journalist Derek Thompson dubbed our…
A Hong Kong couple have been jailed for up to three years over repeated abuse of their three-year-old boy, who was left with potentially permanent brain and eye damage after being slapped in the face, thrown from height and hit on the head with a metal ruler. The District Court heard on Friday the unemployed…
The Hong Kong government’s 12-month halt on the sale of commercial land will have limited effect in easing the supply glut in the city’s offices, as the moratorium does too little too late to slow the biggest onslaught of newly completed space in 17 years, according to several consultants. “Taking into account the high vacancy…
The Hong Kong government’s 12-month halt on the sale of commercial land will have limited effect in easing the supply glut in the city’s offices, as the moratorium does too little too late to slow the biggest onslaught of newly completed space in 17 years, according to several consultants. “Taking into account the high vacancy…
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and the Li Ka Shing Foundation are planning to offer another round of free trips for domestic helpers to the theme park this year, as the attraction’s net profit of HK$838 million (US$107.8 million) hit an all-time high last year. Disneyland managing director Michael Moriarty said on Tuesday that the two…
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and the Li Ka Shing Foundation are planning to offer another round of free trips for domestic helpers to the theme park this year, as the attraction’s net profit of HK$838 million (US$107.8 million) hit an all-time high last year. Disneyland managing director Michael Moriarty said on Tuesday that the two…