On Friday and Saturday, Fox News hosts awkwardly did something that the network had long resisted—even after paying $787 million to settle Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit over the 2020 election: They apologized. Mario Bartiromo delivered the first on Friday, followed by similar statements from hosts on Fox News and Fox Business programs, including “The…
At a century-old teahouse in Hong Kong, a crowd of about 30 people huddled around tables packed with dim sum on a Thursday morning as they watched South Africa score against South Korea in the World Cup. Lin Heung Lau’s branch in Sheung Wan has become one of the city’s most unlikely venues for catching…
Share Copy Link Fox News and Fox Business delivered a rare on-air apology across numerous shows over unsubstantiated claims made by Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary linking opponents of his Utah data center project to China. In a roughly 45-second statement at the conclusion of the Big Weekend Show Saturday, host Johnny Joey Jones…
Hong Kong police have seized 241kg of suspected cocaine estimated to be worth HK$180 million (US$23 million) from a typhoon shelter, marking the largest bust in the past year. Acting Senior Superintendent Kwan Chun-hin from the narcotics bureau said on Sunday that police arrested three individuals – the suspected mastermind and two key members of…
Customers with one of Hong Kong’s top energy firms have been forced to bear the brunt of steeper supply costs after the conflict in the Middle East cut off gas from Qatar earlier this year, the company’s CEO has said. HK Electric’s Francis Cheng Cho-ying said on Sunday that the firm had not received any…
Hong Kong should broaden mental health support beyond high-risk students amid the growing impact of social media on young people, a government adviser has urged, as a prominent tycoon pledged to empower more young philanthropists to tackle the problem. Children who had not shown any of the usual signs of intense difficulty at home or…
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The Hong Kong Observatory has issued the amber rainstorm warning, advising residents to brace for wet weather under the influence of a low-pressure trough along the southern Chinese coast. The forecaster issued the lowest…
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A plane has crashed into Beijing’s famous CITIC Tower skyscraper, also known as the China Zun. The small aircraft broke into pieces, plummeting to the ground after hitting the city’s tallest building, which stands at 109-storeys. It…
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Hong Kong’s deadliest inferno in decades was a result of a “systemic failure” in public policy, two fire engineering experts have said, citing the lack of strategies to fight flames on the facades of high-rise buildings and the prolonged use of combustible materials in “temporary” works. An independent committee inquiry heard on Thursday that last…