US inflation last month was a touch stronger than forecast, helping to consolidate market bets that the Federal Reserve will opt for a smaller interest-rate cut in November. In Germany, Europe’s largest economy, orders placed with manufacturers tumbled by the most since the start of the year. The UK economy returned to growth and the…
“I suppose he may say something else when in Dublin. But never mind!” Biden has long celebrated his links to the Republic of Ireland, with family ancestry in Mayo and Louth dating back more than 150 years. During a visit to Ireland in April 2023, Biden said: “Coming here feels like coming home.” The U.S. president…
Three cryptocurrency companies and 15 people have been charged with engaging in widespread fraud and market manipulation following an investigation in which the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for the first time directed the creation of a new digital token to help authorities ferret out crime. Federal prosecutors in Boston charged the firms Gotbit,…
Western politicians should stop putting “inappropriate pressure” on overseas judges serving in Hong Kong, a deputy minister has said after a third British justice stepped down from the city’s top court in the space of several months. The call from Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan on Saturday followed the recent departure of Nicholas…
Western politicians should stop putting “inappropriate pressure” on overseas judges serving in Hong Kong, a deputy minister has said after a third British justice stepped down from the city’s top court in the space of several months. The call from Deputy Secretary for Justice Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan on Saturday followed the recent departure of Nicholas…
The chairs of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees are pushing the Biden administration to share more defense equipment with Australia and the United Kingdom — America’s two partners in the AUKUS agreement. In a letter sent to the White House on Tuesday, first reported by Defense News, the two Republican lawmakers argued…
Political and business sectors in the UK and Spain have shown interest in Hong Kong’s traditional and emerging financial services, a top minister has said after wrapping up his week-long visit to the two countries. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said on Sunday that the two countries were eager to learn how to make use…
Granny Yeung* has found it hard to settle into her new community after moving into a transitional housing estate in Hong Kong’s Tseung Kwan O in January. The 70-year-old, who has been living alone for the past decade, only managed to become acquainted with one of her neighbours over the last 10 months. “There are…
London — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in London this week to discuss progress made by the U.S., Britain and Australia toward their shared goal of deterring China’s increasingly assertive actions in the Indo-Pacific. The London summit is the third Defense Ministerial for the allies’ trilateral AUKUS partnership, and according to defense officials, it will…
Hong Kong’s finance chief has made a push to lure a Spanish-based global start-up summit to the city on the first leg of his European tour, with an expert saying the event would help the government’s efforts to create an international technology hub. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po led a group of Hong Kong tech…