Hong Kong’s leader has ordered the establishment of an independent inquiry committee, chaired by a judge, to investigate the cause of the deadly fire in Tai Po which has so far claimed 151 lives. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Tuesday ahead of his weekly meeting with the city’s key decision-making Executive Council that…
One of the most exciting uses of the blockchain is the tokenisation of real world assets – the ability to represent traditional financial assets as digital units. In theory, you can tokenise anything: funds, stocks, bonds, commodities, real estate, private equity – even artworks. There are a number of compelling advantages to doing so, especially…
Some of the biggest names in fashion, art and entertainment descended on Doha to celebrate rising talent from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at the seventh edition of Fashion Trust Arabia (FTA), held over the weekend in the capital of Qatar. The first initiative of its kind in the Middle East, FTA began…
1 of 2 | A Japanese shopper is pictured September 2023 at a fish store in Tokyo According to Japanese media, China’s rationale to suspend the imports was to enable Chinese authorities to monitor wastewater via Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. File Photo by Kimimasa Mayama/EPA Nov. 19 (UPI) — China will suspend importing…
The United Kingdom is no longer the most ambitious nation in the world when it comes to cutting carbon dioxide emissions in the fight against climate change over the next decade. Denmark’s climate minister, Lars Aagaard, announced this week that his government would submit a binding target to cut emissions by 82% by 2035 compared…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Chinese coast guard ships sailed through the Senkaku Islands in what it called a “rights enforcement patrol” on Sunday, continuing to ramp up tensions with Japan. The move is the latest sign of Beijing’s displeasure with Japan, which administers the islands, after newly elected Japanese Prime Minister…
The government of Hong Kong is urging residents planning to travel to Japan or those currently staying in the country to exercise caution. Hong Kong’s Security Bureau updated information about travel to Japan on its website on Saturday. It says, “Since mid-2025, there has been an increasing trend of attack incidents against Chinese citizens in…
Nov. 15 (UPI) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent comments about Taiwan have prompted the Chinese government on Friday to advise its citizens against traveling to Japan. While the advisory does not prohibit China’s citizens from going to Japan, the warning is the most serious rebuke of the Japanese prime minister’s comments so far,…
On any day during her eight years as first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama said she could go from giving a speech to meeting with a counterpart from another country to digging in her vegetable garden with groups of schoolchildren. And her clothes had to be ready for that. There was too much…
One of the architects of former US President Joe Biden’s tech export controls warned on Thursday that Washington needs better coordination with allies to deny China access to high-end chips and cutting-edge products, criticising a plan by US President Donald Trump’s administration to allow sales of certain Nvidia chips. Citing Beijing’s massive spending on efforts…