At least one top executive of the Hong Kong operator of UK-based beauty chain Opatra London has resigned, it emerged on Thursday, after customs officers arrested two of the company’s managers over alleged coercive and misleading sales practices. Meanwhile, the Lux Boutique outlet at Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui, which is operated by the…
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are planning to move back to the United Kingdom, ABC News has confirmed. A source familiar with the matter said Wednesday that the couple will remain private individuals and non-working royals, as they have been since stepping down from their senior royal roles in 2020….
“True friends stab you in the front?” This is a quote most likely to be misattributed to Oscar Wilde. What he wrote instead in The Devoted Friend was: “But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter,…
article FILE-In an aerial view, the Pentagon, headquarters for the United States Department of Defense is seen on August 13, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) The Department of Defense is ordering 30 universities in the United States to audit the partnerships with Chinese universities and military training institutions. Pentagon officials told…
Nearly two-thirds of Hong Kong students who requested a reconsideration of their university placement due to reviewed entrance exam results will receive a better outcome than previously allotted. The office for the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (Jupas) said on Thursday that it had received 453 requests for reconsideration following the rechecking and review of…
Qatar Airways has set up its new regional cargo office in Hong Kong, with the city’s transport minister using the occasion to reveal a local airline would soon announce the launch of direct flights to Central Asia. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan dropped the hint, but did not name the airline, while attending…
Hong Kong’s main psychiatric hospital has unveiled the city’s first facility exclusively dedicated to child and adolescent patients, as part of a wider redevelopment that offers upgraded wards designed to enhance service quality and foster recovery. The redevelopment of Kwai Chung Hospital has increased the total construction floor area from 80,000 to 134,000 square metres,…
Unitree shares surge as much as 620 percent amid enthusiasm for burgeoning field of human-like robots. Published On 19 Aug 202619 Aug 2026 China’s Unitree Robotics has soared in its market debut, a sign of investors’ confidence in Chinese innovation in the burgeoning field of human-like robots. Shares of Unitree surged more than 620 percent on…
The parents of a Hong Kong baby taken into the care of welfare authorities have lost a legal bid to have their home-born baby son returned to them, with the judge arguing the father’s child-raising methods failed to consider the possible risks. High Court Judge Queeny Au Yeung Kwai-yue on Wednesday dismissed Tsang Wai-bong’s application…
Hong Kong advances SKYTOPIA development plans by Elliane Zabate, Marina World 19 Aug 14:33 AEST Skytopia at HK International Airport © Skytopia The Hong Kong government published a notice on 7 August proposing to allow Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) to proceed with works for SKYTOPIA’s water recreation and Yacht Bay development, with construction…