ADVERTISEMENT The UK has put a temporary ban on travellers from Europe (including returning British citizens) bringing meat and dairy products into the country. The restrictions came in on 12 April in response to the uptick in cases of foot-and-mouth disease on the continent. Visitors in possession of banned items will have to surrender them…
The number of Form Six graduates in Hong Kong pursuing further studies outside the city has declined by 15 per cent year on year, marking the second straight year of record lows since the government launched an annual survey in 2012. A student consultant and the owner of an agency connecting pupils with overseas universities…
TOKYO (AP) — Global benchmarks mostly rose Tuesday, echoing a rally on Wall Street after President Donald Trump appeared to let up on some of his tariffs and as stress from within the U.S. bond market seemed to be easing. Still, the Trump administration took further steps toward imposing more tariffs, saying it was investigating…
Human rights organisation Amnesty International has opened a new Hong Kong office based overseas led by diaspora activists following its exit from the city in 2021, in what the group described as its first section operated entirely “in exile”. The NGO announced on Tuesday that Amnesty International Hong Kong Overseas would be led by the…
An Australian judge has resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, becoming the sixth foreign member to step down over the past year, telling the Post on Friday he had observed that the role of non-permanent justices had “become increasingly anachronistic and arguably cosmetic”. Justice Robert French, a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal…
NEW YORK (AP) — The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds. Normally, investors rush into Treasurys at a whiff of economic chaos but now they are selling them…
An Australian judge has resigned from Hong Kong’s top court, becoming the sixth foreign member to step down over the past year, telling the Post on Friday he had observed that the role of non-permanent justices had “become increasingly anachronistic and arguably cosmetic”. Justice Robert French, a non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal…
A former Russian minister and ally of President Vladimir Putin was sentenced Friday to 40 months in prison by a British court for breaching U.K. sanctions — the first conviction of its kind. Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, 48, was found guilty earlier this week of six counts of sanctions evasion related to his role in Russian-occupied Crimea….
The U.K. earlier gave details of new support worth £450 million for Ukraine, about £350 million of which will be provided by Britain, with extra funding from Norway via the U.K.-led International Fund for Ukraine. It includes £160 million to provide repairs and maintenance to vehicles and equipment the U.K. has already provided Kyiv. Funding…
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares sank Friday after U.S. stocks gave up much of their historic gains from the day before. The deepening worries over President Donald Trump’ s trade war initially helped pull Japan’s Nikkei 225 share index down 5.6%. By mid-morning in Tokyo, it was down 4.7% at 32,969.95. The yen surged against…