Home » TRAVEL NEWS » Now, Philippines Along With Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Vietnam, Hit by Tropical Storm Wipha, Flight Disruptions: Here’s What You Need to Know Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Tropical Storm Wipha continues to affect large areas of Southeast Asia, resulting in significant travel disruptions and closures across a number of countries,…
A bitter trade dispute between Washington and Beijing has delivered an unexpected windfall for Hong Kong shoppers, with a glut of diverted US cherries flooding the market and bringing prices for some shipments to their lowest levels in two decades. Stalls in the bustling Yau Ma Tei Wholesale Fruit Market are now offering the popular…
An American airman who was killed after being trapped on a mountain with his unit during the Vietnam War has been accounted for nearly 60 years after his death, military officials said Monday. U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Willis R. Hall was assigned to Lima Site 85, a tactical air navigation radio site on a…
Northern Vietnam is bracing for Tropical Cyclone Wipha, which may intensify to typhoon-strength before making landfall on Tuesday after tracking over the nation’s iconic Ha Long Bay. Wipha is currently near the port city of Beihai in China’s Guangxi province, and the US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecasts the storm will gradually strengthen as…
Home » TRAVEL ALERT » Typhoon Wipha Impacts China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Philippines: New Updates on Travel Disruption Monday, July 21, 2025 Typhoon Wipha makes large hits to Hong Kong, Southern China, Viet Nam, Taiwan and PHL leading to major travel woes and bad weather. The intense storm, officially named Typhoon Wipha, originated…
Relatives anxiously sat beside ambulances on the wharf of one of Vietnam’s most popular tourist sites on Sunday, waiting for news of loved ones who were on a tourist boat that capsized killing dozens. Fruits and flowers were laid on the coast for the at least 37 killed in the wreckage on Saturday in what…
HANOI (Reuters) -At least 27 people died after a tourist boat capsized in stormy weather in Vietnam’s Halong Bay on Saturday, state media reported. The boat, carrying 53 people, tipped over at around 2 p.m. local time (0700 GMT), as Storm Wipha approached the country across the South China Sea. Strong winds, heavy rainfall and…
Police have boarded an HK Express aircraft at Hong Kong airport following a quarrel between two passengers on a flight from Vietnam over a boy kicking the seat in front of him. The argument, between a Portuguese woman and a mainland Chinese man travelling with his three-year-old nephew, was captured on video by another passenger…
The competition, titled “AI for All”, will run through September and features 17 tracks, including automobile, tourism, cross-border e-commerce, smart agriculture, and market regulation. Hosted by the Guangxi regional government, the kick-off took place simultaneously in eight cities: Guangxi’s capital Nanning, Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur. “Hong Kong’s AI ecosystem…
How a Marine veteran turned to a carousel to conquer his demons – CBS News Watch CBS News When retired Marine Cpl. Scott Harrison was stationed at U.S. Marine outpost Con Thien during the Vietnam War at the age of just 19, it was a music box sent by his sister that brought him hope…