The man passed out during the Frozen experience (Picture: Li Zhihua/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) A tourist has died at Disneyland in Hong Kong after passing out on its famous Frozen ride. The Filipino man, 53, died after losing consciousness while on the Frozen Ever After ride on Friday. His wife, who was with…
Warren Buffett, 95, is celebrating his last birthday as CEO of one of the most valuable companies in history. The world’s most famous investor has been Berkshire Hathaway CEO since before fellow billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg were born. But he’ll step back from the job at the end of this year. Business Insider…
DONALD TRUMP’S beloved tariffs have been dealt a blow. On August 29th, a month after the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals voiced scepticism about the president’s authority to refashion America’s trade policy, a majority of that court upheld a three-judge panel’s judgment that Mr Trump cannot single-handedly rejig America’s tariff schedules. Does this mean the…
There were no birds onstage at the University of Hong Kong last weekend, but the sounds – trills, hoots, warbles – suggested otherwise. In the city’s first-ever bird call competition, participants took turns mimicking the songs of local species, from the chestnut-winged cuckoo to the Asian barred owlet. Some wore feathered costumes, others brought props….
Aug. 29 (UPI) — China will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a regional security summit this weekend. Modi will travel to China for his first visit in seven years, as India and China have feuded in the past over a border dispute in the Himalayas. More than 20 heads of state will attend…
Rising geopolitical tensions and global security threats continue to put authorities around the world to the test. While the Hong Kong government has rightly sought to enhance readiness and responses to emergencies by conducting counterterrorism exercises over the years, Thursday’s drill marks another milestone in the city’s strategy to defend internal and national security. What…
“Long queues lined up at the Government health centres to receive anti-cholera inoculations yesterday when two suspected cases of cholera – a 12-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl – were reported,” the South China Morning Post stated on August 17, 1961. “A Government spokesman said bacteriological tests for the two cases – which were classified…
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Media mogul Jimmy Lai was escorted out of a Correctional Services Department vehicle in Hong Kong, China in 2021. His trial finished closing arguments on Wednesday. File Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA Aug. 27 (UPI) — Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai’s lawyer said the judges should not consider the testimony of a prosecution witness because…
Hong Kong’s initial public offerings in the second quarter leapt more than nine times in value to HK$88 billion in the second quarter, according to the Securities and Futures Commission, as the city’s stock market remains favored by global investors amid de-dollarization. Source link