When Gary Dirks arrived in China in 1995, the country’s government was looking to source more of its energy at home. Dirks was the incoming country head for BP, but efforts to find more oil and gas in the country had largely fizzled. So government leaders pivoted, Dirks said. China invested heavily in its domestic…
Hong Kong authorities have received 221 complaints about illegal petrol stations in the first two months of the year, averaging about 111 per month – 42 per cent higher than the monthly average in 2025 – as drivers continue to grapple with rising fuel prices caused by the US-Israel war with Iran. The Fire Services…
Greater Bay Airlines will more than double its fuel surcharge on certain routes starting next week, becoming the last Hong Kong passenger carrier to raise prices amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The airline announced on Friday that it would raise prices due to “surging fuel costs,” with the new surcharges taking effect…
March 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. and Western allies clashed with Russia and China on Thursday over Iran’s nuclear intentions, as Washington sought at the United Nations to further justify the war it launched on Iran two weeks ago. At a meeting of the 15-member U.N. Security Council, which is chaired this month by the…
Conglomerate Swire Pacific has sold part of its stake in Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways for HK$1.8 billion to raise working capital. The group revealed on Friday that it sold 153.05 million shares at HK$11.74 each the previous day. This marks a 9.6 per cent discount to the last traded price of HK$12.99…
As a senior U.S. military leader in the Middle East in recent years, Adm. Brad Cooper has had Shabbat dinner with Israel’s military leader Eyal Zamir. He has been hosted by Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the U.A.E. And he has played basketball with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Admiral Brad Cooper during…
Satellite imagery from Vantor shows that a site long linked to Iran’s nuclear program has been struck. A trio of very large impact points also raises the possibility that the hardened facility was hit by 30,000-pound GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker buster bombs. MOPs were first used operationally in U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear…
new video loaded: Preliminary Inquiry Finds U.S. Responsible for Iran School Attack transcript Back transcript Preliminary Inquiry Finds U.S. Responsible for Iran School Attack An ongoing report determined that the United States was responsible for a Tomahawk missile strike that killed at least 175, most of them children, according to the preliminary findings of a…
new video loaded: Iran Holds Day Of Mourning for Deceased Commanders 1:16 Thousands of Iranians crowded the streets of Tehran on Wednesday to mourn military commanders killed by U.S. and Israeli strikes. By Meg Felling March 11, 2026 Israeli Strikes Hit Central Beirut 1:30 Iranian Soccer Squad Member Changes Mind on Asylum Offer 1:21 What…
new video loaded: Iranian Soccer Squad Member Changes Mind on Asylum Offer transcript Back transcript Iranian Soccer Squad Member Changes Mind on Asylum Offer After seven members of the Iranian women’s soccer delegation were granted asylum by Australia, one changed her mind and decided to return home. The team had protested Iran’s government during an…