The plans of three overseas airlines to resume or expand services for their US and Middle East routes to Hong Kong reaffirm its aviation hub status despite geopolitical challenges, analysts have said, as the number of carriers flying to the city exceeded pre-pandemic levels. The experts also said they expected Cathay Pacific Airways, the city’s…
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) will form a “strategic alliance” with the Bank of China (BOC) to get mainland Chinese companies to rely on the city as a “superconnector” as they venture overseas, its new chairman, Frederick Ma Si-hang, has said. The council’s new task would be part of an expansion of its…
State media says armed groups violated the truce agreed in the predominantly Druze region. Druze armed groups have attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in the restive area of Suwayda, killing at least one government soldier and wounding others, as well as shelling several villages in the southern province, according to state-run Ekhbariya TV….
Dozens killed on Saturday include 38 Palestinians seeking aid at controversial distribution sites, according to sources. Sixty-two Palestinians, most of them aid seekers, have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since dawn on Saturday, hospital sources in the besieged enclave have told Al Jazeera. The death toll includes 38 Palestinians seeking aid at distribution…
Home » TOURISM NEWS » Saudi Tourism Authority Connects with Hong Kong Through Exclusive Events, Showcasing Football Excellence and Cultural Wonders in a Landmark August Roadshow Friday, August 1, 2025 In a groundbreaking move that combines culture, heritage, and elite sport, the Saudi Tourism Authority (STA) is bringing the essence of Saudi Arabia to Hong…
Sources: COGAT, SoP Nutrition Cluster, ACLED Note: All July data is incomplete. Malnutrition data has about a two-week delay. Over the past several weeks, obtaining food in Gaza has been more than difficult — it has been deadly. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while heading toward aid sites, many of them by Israeli forces….
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US nonprofit backed by the US and Israel, was set up earlier this year to provide humanitarian aid in Gaza. Its aid distribution got under way in May, following a prolonged halt in supply deliveries to the enclave. But according to the UN, more than 1,000 Palestinians have been…
Gaza City, Gaza Strip – Hani Abu Rizq walks through Gaza City’s wrecked streets with two bricks tied against his stomach as the rope cuts into his clothes, which hang loose from the weight he has lost. The 31-year-old searches desperately for food to feed his mother and seven siblings with the bricks pressed against…
United States President Donald Trump has said it will be difficult to make a trade deal with Canada after it announced that it would back Palestinian statehood, following the examples of the United Kingdom and France amid growing international condemnation of Israel’s war on Gaza. “Wow! Canada has just announced that it is backing statehood…
More mainland Chinese companies are expected to list on Hong Kong’s stock exchange amid geopolitical tensions making it harder to list in the US, finance minister Paul Chan has said. Paul Chan at a press conference on July 30, 2024. Photo: GovHK. Chan said at a press conference on Thursday that mainland Chinese companies “would…