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Hong Kong’s annual Wine and Dine Festival returned on Thursday, showcasing an expanded range of premium offerings along with a focus on promoting Chinese wines. The four-day event, themed “Remix – Best of All Worlds”, features around 300 booths and is expected to attract 150,000 visitors throughout the festival. “We invite you to explore a…
A 93-year-old Hong Kong plastic surgeon unlawfully killed a top banker by gross negligence during a botched Botox injection seven years ago, a jury has found. A seven-member High Court jury on Thursday reached a unanimous decision that found Dr Franklin Li Wang-pong had committed all the acts alleged in the original manslaughter charge before…
The United States has long been regarded as the world’s leading soft power. During the Cold War, the global appeal of American popular culture served as powerful tools of influence and propaganda. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, American democracy and capitalism emerged as the dominant political and economic models, further legitimizing Washington’s global…
Hong Kong’s leader has called on the public and private sectors to encourage employees to vote in the coming Legislative Council election, describing it as their social responsibility. At a ceremony to launch the election process on Thursday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu urged both public institutions and businesses to encourage employees to take part…
Sanae Takaichi has made history by becoming Japan’s first female prime minister. However, this was hardly a win for feminist or progressive politics. Takaichi is a right-wing ultraconservative whose policy positions derive from traditionalist perspectives on the role of women, Japanese history and society more broadly. She has the same anti-immigrant positions as conservatives and…
US President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies on Wednesday, complaining that his talks with Vladimir Putin to end the Ukraine war “don’t go anywhere”. The European Union also unveiled a fresh wave of sanctions to pressure Russia to end its relentless, three-and-a-half-year invasion of its neighbour, which is allied with…
Washington should focus its industrial policy on strategic, cutting-edge technologies rather than trying to bring back manufacturing wholesale, particularly in areas where the US has little competitive advantage, said members of the former Joe Biden administration. This comes at a time when US policy circles are debating whether the nation should borrow some of China’s…
North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders completed their remapping of the state’s House districts on Wednesday, intent on picking up one more seat for US President Donald Trump’s push to retain his party’s control of Congress in next year’s midterm elections. The boundaries approved by the state House aim to thwart the re-election of Democratic US…
Your phone buzzes at 6 am. It’s ChatGPT: “I see you’re traveling to New York this week. Based on your preferences, I’ve found three restaurants near your hotel. Would you like me to make a reservation?” You didn’t ask for this. The AI simply knew your plans from scanning your calendar and email and decided…
The director of the Louvre on Wednesday admitted there was inadequate security camera coverage of the outside walls of the museum, three days after a brazen daytime heist stunned the French capital. Senators grilled Laurence des Cars over how thieves were able on Sunday to make off with an estimated €88 million (US$102 million) in…
