Agencies This year’s National Day break overlaps with the Mid-Autumn Festival, creating an eight-day “super golden week” that is being viewed as a litmus test for domestic demand – covering everything from retail sales and box office takings to spending on travel, dining and entertainment. The first batches of hairy crabs hit markets across China…
HONG KONG: Typhoon signal No. 1 will remain in force the whole day on Saturday (July 5), the Hong Kong Observatory has said, adding that the chance of issuing higher tropical cyclone warning signals is rather low. At 6.45am on Saturday (July 5), the forecaster issued a “very hot weather” alert, warning that the local…
Israeli strikes have hit two facilities in Iran that made parts for centrifuges, says the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog. It identified the facilities as the TESA Karaj workshop and the Tehran Research Centre. “At the Tehran site, one building was hit where advanced centrifuge rotors were manufactured and tested. At Karaj,…