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Slain Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi Tin-fung’s partner has acknowledged that her former father-in-law helped resolve a dispute over his HK$5 million gambling debt but maintained he was not obliged to repay it because he believed the company he owed would fold. Chris Tam Fong-chun told the High Court on Thursday that he had refused to repay a loan he took […]

More than 1,000 residents are expected to ride in autonomous vehicles (AVs) after Chinese technology giant Baidu launches Hong Kong’s first large-scale public trial next week. Baidu’s robotaxi platform, Apollo, will run the trial in Tung Chung from October 21 to November 3, inviting more than 1,000 residents to take part. Iris Wong Man-hei, senior […]

Inconvenience is one of the biggest obstacles to recycling, a challenge that prompted a Hongkonger to establish a one-stop recycling service. Jorch Wong Ching-hei left advertising in 2019 and started The Loops Hong Kong after finding that recycling different materials often required travelling to different collection points. With no prior background in the […]

A mild displacement of jobs across the Asia-Pacific region as companies expand their use of AI would trim five percentage points off growth in office space demand in the next few years, according to property consultancy CBRE. In a report released on Thursday it said 3.9 per cent of office jobs were vulnerable to artificial intelligence-driven displacement […]

Two rush-hour disruptions at Hong Kong’s Lam Tin MTR station within 15 hours could be connected if they involved the same power supply circuit or exposed procedural shortcomings, an engineering expert has said, with a lawmaker urging the rail operator to offer more targeted compensation to affected passengers. The first disruption occurred on Tuesday […]

SHENYANG, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- The new China-DPRK Yalu River bridge officially opened to traffic on Thursday, with both sides jointly holding an opening ceremony on this cross-border artery.The cable-stayed bridge over the Yalu River serves as a cross-border transport link between the city of Dandong in northeast China's Liaoning Province and the city of […]

PRNewswireSingapore, October 15: Food & Hospitality Asia (FHA), Asia's leading international trade event for food & hospitality that organized by Informa Markets will return from 20 to 23 April 2027 at the Singapore Expo. Welcoming its 49th edition, FHA 2027 will house over 60,000 international attendees and feature more than 1,820 exhibitors from […]

Jindal Steel LimitedNew Delhi [India], October 15: Jindal Steel Limited has won the 2026 Steelie Award for Excellence in People for Dakshata Engineering Safety: One Duty Position at a Time. The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) announced the winner at the 17th Steelie Awards in New Delhi on 12 October 2026.Dakshata addresses a fundamental safety […]

Veteran Cantonese opera teacher Leung Sum-yee does not expect every child who enters her classroom to become a performer. If they leave knowing what good Cantonese opera sounds and looks like, she considers that worthwhile too. “My purpose was not to train stars or idols. I wanted more people to understand Cantonese opera and to have more audiences,” […]

Five Guangdong-registered yachts will sail into Hong Kong waters on Friday when the Southbound Yacht Travel Scheme launches, the city’s marine chief has said, adding that officers will step up patrols. A ceremony marking the scheme’s maiden voyages will also take place. The launch is a key step in the government’s plan to develop Hong Kong’s yacht […]

BERLIN, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Germany and the European Union should address their own structural economic challenges rather than rely primarily on protectionism in response to growing competition from China, a German business leader has said.As debate over China policy intensifies in Europe, Michael Schumann, chairman of the Board of the German Federal […]

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 15 (ANI): The Central University of Himachal Pradesh plans to expand Chinese language learning through online courses to benefit personnel serving in border areas and local communities interested in acquiring the language, Vice-Chancellor Professor Sat Prakash Bansal said on Wednesday.Speaking to ANI at Lok Bhawan […]

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 15 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Governor Kavinder Gupta released a new book, 'Akshar Se Atmabodh Tak: Tribhasha Sutra', written by Prof. Sat Prakash Bansal, Vice-Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh Central University.Speaking to ANI on the book launch, Governor Kavinder Gupta said, '...It effectively incorporates the concept […]

SHANGHAI, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- At noon on a September day, the line outside the newly opened Church's Texas Chicken, a fried chicken shop from Atlanta in the United States, wound back two or three times, filling nearly half the walkway on a downtown Shanghai food street.After about an hour, two young women were nearing the end of the line. "It's a first […]

(261015) -- DANDONG, Oct. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An opening ceremony is held for a new bridge across the Yalu River, the border river of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Oct. 15, 2026. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

Gary Dvorchak's childhood bedroom looked much like any other teenager's room in Iowa, with Star Wars and Star Trek posters on the walls and model spacecraft on display. In 1985, it became the room where a young Chinese county official named Xi Jinping stayed during his first visit to the United States. In this short documentary, Xinhua's Miao Xiaojuan sits […]

SHANGHAI, China: Chinese automakers that sharply increased plug-in hybrid shipments to Europe after the EU imposed additional tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles now face new restrictions under a trade agreement between Beijing and Brussels. China's hybrid exports to the European Union's 27 member states tripled to US$7.5 billion in the first half of […]

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 15 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Governor Kavinder Gupta on Wednesday said Indian languages and regional dialects were integral to the country's cultural identity and national unity, stressing the need to promote mother-tongue education and multilingual learning while preserving traditional scripts and linguistic […]

(261015) -- BEIJING, Oct. 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An opening ceremony is held for a new bridge across the Yalu River, the border river of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Oct. 15, 2026. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

At 17, Hong Kong secondary school student Agastya Rekhi has been teaching finance and economics to younger children for nearly three years. Meeting families struggling to understand how prices, investments and economic news impacted their daily lives during voluntary work convinced him that access to information was only part of the problem. How that […]

CHENGDU, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- When Ngorcog was a child growing up on the vast grasslands of Sichuan Province in southwest China, she never imagined that barley and fruit would one day "fall from the sky."For the young Tibetan woman, cargo transport used to rely on horses and yaks, and later, trucks. Today, the 25-year-old has a new role: pilot of unmanned […]

Hong Kong postal workers denied permanent contracts have criticised a special government transfer scheme as too narrow, calling for more pathways into roles that match their experience, such as workman and artisan positions. Several affected workers told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday that the concessions offered insufficient support and failed […]

(261014) -- BAKU, Oct. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Junfeng)

(261014) -- BAKU, Oct. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Chen Junfeng)

(261014) -- CAIRO, Oct. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian young actor Omar Sherif receives an interview with Xinhua in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 22, 2026. For Egyptian young actor Omar Sherif, playing Seif in the Chinese film "Once Upon a Time in the Middle East" was more than an acting experience. It was an opportunity to draw attention to the suffering of children […]

Washington DC [US], October 15 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) announced that Taiwan had agreed to an offtake commitment worth between USD 70 billion and 80 billion for the Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project over the next 20 years, along with a USD 4.4 billion equity investment, while citing South Korea's USD 50 billion […]

According to Kela, the new ball is funded through the government's "Finland on the Move" program, which aims to encourage physical activity across all age groups.HELSINKI, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Among the tiny clothes, blankets and other essentials packed into Finland's traditional "baby box" for newborns, a soft little ball makes its debut this year. The […]

Washington DC [US], October 15 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) announced a USD 21 billion investment backed by Japan to build two new semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Malta, New York, presenting the initiative as part of his administration's efforts to expand domestic manufacturing and create jobs ahead of the November […]

New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday reflected on the series of high-level diplomatic interactions already underway between India and China, as Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal's signalled scope for rebuilding economic ties with Beijing. When asked about potential plans for bilateral meetings […]

(Photo credit: Nick Oza)FEARX advanced to the grand final of the Demacia Cup Global Invitational with a semifinal victory on Wednesday in Beijing.FEARX beat KT Rolster 3-1 after both teams won their two Swiss-stage matches and in the quarterfinals on Monday.The League of Legends event began on Oct. 3 with 12 top teams that didn't qualify for the World […]

(Photo credit: Nick Oza)FEARX advanced to the grand final of the Demacia Cup Global Invitational with a semifinal victory on Wednesday in Beijing.FEARX beat KT Rolster 3-1 after both teams won their two Swiss-stage matches and in the quarterfinals on Monday.The League of Legends event began on Oct. 3 with 12 top teams that didn't qualify for the World […]

(261014) -- DURBAN, Oct. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 4, 2025 shows the preheater tower at Simuma Cement Plant in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Chinese green technologies revitalize South African cement plant" (Xinhua/Chen Wei)

(Photo credit: Susan Mullane)Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula, the top two seeds, were bounced from the Wuhan Open in the second round on Wednesday in China.Unseeded American Ann Li stunned No. 1 seed Sabalenka, of Belarus, to capture a gripping 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) victory -- the biggest win of her career by ranking, against the world's No. 2 player.Jelena […]

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], October 14 (ANI): The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has criticised China's refusal to recognise Ladakh as a Union Territory of India, calling Beijing's territorial claims baseless and arguing that the unresolved Tibet issue remains central to border tensions between India and China.Reacting to China's position, Dolma […]

Copenhagen [Denmark], October 14 (ANI): India's string of poor performances at the ongoing Denmark Open 2026 badminton tournament continued as the popular men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also suffered a shocking first round exit on Wednesday. The fifth-ranked pair went down to the world number 37 pair of He Jiting-Ren […]

(261014) -- GUANGZHOU, Oct. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the 140th China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 14, 2026. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

JINAN, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- After losing most of his left leg in an accident, Liang Kaiyu spent so much time perfecting his prosthetic that it eventually became his livelihood.The prosthetic he first ordered frequently buckled mid-stride and needed constant charging. So Liang set to work, modifying it until it fit him like a glove.Since then, he has made or […]

JIUQUAN, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched a Zhuque-2E Y4 carrier rocket from the Dongfeng commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China on Wednesday.The rocket lifted off at 7:40 p.m. (Beijing Time) and deployed 10 satellites into their preset orbits.The flight test mission was declared a complete success.Eight satellites of the […]

(Photo credit: Jerry Lai)Fifth-seeded Russian Daniil Medvedev marched into the Rolex Shanghai Masters quarterfinals with a 6-4, 7-5 win Wednesday against Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece.Medvedev struck eight aces, won 84.6% of the points on his first serve (33 of 39) and never faced a break point in the 85-minute victory. He finished with 25 winners and just […]

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- After "China Travel" draws global travelers to its capital, China is offering the world another way in: the "China Hotline," a 12345 service that lets foreign nationals make their voices heard and help improve the city they reside in.The service is part of a broader reform that began in Beijing in 2019, when the city, home to […]

(261014) -- ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Zeng Yongchao, executive vice president of China Southern Air Holding Company, speaks during a launching event of the Addis Ababa-Changsha-Guangzhou air route of China Southern Airlines in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, on Oct. 13, 2026. China Southern Airlines has officially launched its Addis […]

NANNING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- Five-star hotels had long been Li Na's default choice when traveling with her family. But on a recent road trip through Daxin County in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, she took a chance on Nali, a semi-secluded retreat surrounded by rice paddies and jagged karst peaks.After just one night, her children were […]

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- China's foreign trade maintained sound momentum in the first three quarters of 2026, with both exports and imports growing rapidly and the overall growth rate reaching its highest level for the same period in five years, official data showed Wednesday.The country's total imports and exports rose 18.8 percent year on year to […]

Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department has extended a scheme allowing property owners to install smart fire alarm systems rather than traditional safety equipment to another 6,000 old buildings, but conceded that no installations had been completed although the policy was rolled out over five months ago for 3,600 blocks. Lai Kin-mo, acting deputy chief fire […]

(261014) -- HANOI, Oct. 14, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows electric motorcycles at a Yadea store in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam, July 7, 2026. Chinese electric motorcycle brands are becoming an increasingly common sight on the streets of Vietnam's major cities, as the country accelerates its shift toward greener urban transport. More Vietnamese residents […]