Hong Kong’s identity as a world-leading international hub has never been static. It has been built over time through openness, adaptability and, crucially, diversity. Recent discussions about the city’s talent strategy, including concerns that the overwhelming majority of applicants under key admission schemes come from mainland China, raise a deeper structural question: can Hong Kong…
WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is dispatching his Iran negotiating team, led by Vice President JD Vance, to Pakistan, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday, adding that the first round of talks would take place on Saturday. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were…
BUDAPEST, April 8 (Reuters) – Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday said Tehran’s negotiators thought the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreed to on Tuesday included Lebanon, but the U.S. had in fact not agreed to that. “I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution Tuesday aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, just hours before President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to cease threatening the key waterway. Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. ET to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or…
PARIS, April 7 (Reuters) – French nationals Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris are “free and on their way to France after three and a half years of detention in Iran”, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday in a post on X, adding that Oman had mediated their release. The couple had been held by Iran…
April 7 (Reuters) – Efforts to facilitate talks between the U.S. and Iran are still ongoing, two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters on Tuesday, as U.S. strikes on Iran intensified and President Donald Trump’s deadline to unleash “hell” neared. One of the sources, a senior security official, said Iran’s overnight strike…
Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) is poised to report a loss of over HK$100 billion (US$12.8 billion) for March this week, its worst monthly loss in dollar terms since its inception 25 years ago. The sharp fall in global stock markets last month hit the MPF hard, while the uncertainties ahead stemming from the…
DUBAI, April 7 (Reuters) – Iran has set preconditions for talks on a lasting peace with the United States, a senior official told Reuters on Tuesday, including an immediate halt to strikes, guarantees that attacks will not be repeated, and compensation for damage. The official said Tehran rejects any ceasefire with the U.S. that is…
A Hong Kong coach operator’s failed attempt to reduce its services was only the “tip of the iceberg” of cuts in bus rides amid rising fuel costs, lawmakers have warned, as they urged the government to quickly address soaring oil prices. Legislators on Tuesday also called on authorities to approve applications by non-franchised bus companies…
ROME, April 7 (Reuters) – The Iran war has put U.S. global leadership on the line, Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said, expressing fear about the “madness” of nuclear escalation. Like some other NATO allies reluctant to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran, Italy last week denied permission for U.S. military aircraft to…