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A video of a Chinese mother kissing the gravestone of her son, who died from a rare genetic disorder at the age of three, has captured hearts online. The 34-year-old woman from Henan province, central China, using the handle @jubaomama, lost her son, Jubao, to a type of ARX gene mutation, a rare condition that…
Maybe what happened in Tuesday’s election was an anomaly. You could certainly make that case, as many Georgia Republicans have tried to do. It was, after all, an odd-year election, with relatively low turnout, for two low-profile statewide races. So even if the resulting margins were spectacular – Democrats won two seats on the five-member…
Sales of new and second-hand homes – as well as office units, shops, industrial properties and parking spaces – rose 4.7 per cent to 7,190 units, up from 6,870 units in September, according to data released by the Land Registry on Tuesday. That was the most since July’s total of 7,212 units. “Property sales have…
Ukraine is having a tougher-than-usual time at the moment. On the front lines, the battle of Pokrovsk is raging and it does not look like Ukraine is winning. Nor do things look good for the country’s energy resilience after months of an intensive Russian air campaign targeting key infrastructure. According to the UN, this could…
China is elevating its digital competitiveness on the world’s stage, according to the latest rankings from a Swiss academic institute, while those behind the findings caution that trade fragmentation is weighing on economies’ digital prowess globally. The world’s second-largest economy has reached an all-time high of 12th place among 69 economies in terms of overall…
A self-styled Taoist priest has secured permission to lodge an appeal against his murder conviction over the death of a mentally incapacitated woman following a series of “exorcism” rituals at a Hong Kong village house six years ago. The Court of Appeal agreed to examine Dunsany Cheung Chi-choi’s conviction on a technical issue arising from…
A man has been arrested for splashing red paint in the lobby of a landmark Hong Kong skyscraper, with the Post learning that the suspect had demanded to meet tycoon Li Ka-shing beforehand. Police said a security guard reported at 10.36am on Tuesday that he was allegedly attacked by an emotionally agitated man who had…
Elected officials and Detroit automakers have fretted for years that low-priced, high-quality Chinese cars could eventually enter the US market through Mexico. But consider this: Car haulers full of Chinese-brand vehicles might someday roll across the Ambassador Bridge and the soon-to-openGordie Howe Bridgein Detroit, from Canada. That isn’t likely to happen any time soon. Former…
President Xi Jinping reaffirmed Beijing’s commitment to Moscow, saying it was a “strategic choice” to strengthen ties, during a meeting with visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Tuesday. Xi told Mishustin that China-Russia ties were advancing with steady determination “despite the turbulent and challenging external environment”, according to state news agency Xinhua. “Safeguarding, consolidating…
Tariffs on imports have been at the heart of Donald Trump’s economic policy since the start of his second term in the White House. And while the president believes that tariffs will be beneficial to the US economy, many eminent economists disagree. Here are three reasons why. The first reason is that a US trade…
