Los Angeles, Oct 7 (IANS) Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts says she worries about young people using their mobile phones too much as she feels the brain is “incapable” of processing so much information. Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts says she worries about young people using their mobile phones too much as she feels the…
U.S. President Donald Trump‘s approval rating has plummeted among young people, according to new survey data. According to analysis by data journalist G. Elliott Morris posted in his Substack blog Strength In Numbers, Trump’s net approval among people aged 18 to 29 has declined by 35 percentage points since November 2024. White House spokesperson Abigail…
A 13-year-old boy was among more than 400 people arrested in a citywide anti-drug operation over the summer, with Hong Kong police saying he was suspected of trafficking four capsules believed to contain etomidate, previously known as space oil. Police said on Sunday that officers smashed 303 drug cases during the seven-week operation, code-named “Tailbacker”,…
Hong Kong police have received 170 reports of scams centred on compensated dating or naked chats involving more than HK$4.5 million (US$573,250) in losses so far this year, with students accounting for about a third of the victims. The force on Monday urged the city’s young people to develop awareness and protect themselves, especially during…
Students in Des Moines Public Schools will soon know if they’ll be allowed to have their cell phones during school during the next academic year.The school board is set to vote on its cell phone policy April 15. Members briefly went over the policy during their meeting Tuesday night. School board chair Jackie Norris said…
Hong Kong’s police chief Raymond Siu Chak-yee has said the challenges faced by the force during the 2019 social unrest were among the greatest over the course of his three-decade career. A day after recalling his 36 years of service at a passing-out parade for new cadets, the Commissioner of Police continued to reflect on…
Hong Kong’s police chief Raymond Siu Chak-yee has said the challenges faced by the force during the 2019 social unrest were among the greatest over the course of his three-decade career. A day after recalling his 36 years of service at a passing-out parade for new cadets, the Commissioner of Police continued to reflect on…
Teenagers in Hong Kong have found a new way to escape the gravity of their everyday lives. Their drug of choice? A synthetic narcotic they’ve nicknamed “space oil”. With slow, deliberate breaths from their vapes, they chase a fleeting high: a peculiar blend of exhilaration and suffocation, like binge-drinking in a room with no air….
The Hong Kong government’s investment arm will unveil a partnership with a company specialising in open-source RISC-V chip technology on Friday and later host a joint summit. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said on Sunday the partnership to be announced by the government-owned Hong Kong Investment Corporation would help accelerate the development of related industries…
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