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Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company (Haeco) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the country’s largest independent aircraft lessor to set up a maintenance centre in the city, forging what authorities described as a “powerful alliance” between industry giants. The Transport and Logistics Bureau on Thursday revealed that Haeco, a sister […]

At least one top executive of the Hong Kong operator of UK-based beauty chain Opatra London has resigned, it emerged on Thursday, after customs officers arrested two of the company’s managers over alleged coercive and misleading sales practices. Meanwhile, the Lux Boutique outlet at Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui, which is operated by the same company, was […]

Hong Kong’s jobless rate has remained unchanged since the start of the year, new figures show, although the labour chief has warned of rising pressure on unemployment as fresh graduates enter the workforce. The Census and Statistics Department said on Thursday that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 3.7 per cent for the May-to-July period, […]

A domestic helper has been arrested in Hong Kong on suspicion of child neglect after a one-year-old girl in her care suffered second-degree burns to her hands, according to the child’s mother. A police source on Thursday confirmed that the Indonesian helper, 30, was arrested in Yuen Long the previous day after the girl’s father filed a report. The […]

Hong Kong drivers will be able to renew their vehicle licences within one day by year-end, down from the current processing time of up to 10 working days, under new artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives aimed at streamlining transport services and traffic management. The “Easy Licence Application Approval” system, announced by the Transport […]

More than 153,000 students and staff from four tertiary institutions in Hong Kong have been affected by a data breach on the online learning management platform Canvas, an investigation by the city’s privacy watchdog has found. Nearly four months after the data breach was discovered, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) said on […]

(260820) -- SHENZHEN, Aug. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 20, 2026 shows a scene during a trial on Xu Jiayin, former boss of Evergrande Group, at the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced Xu Jiayin, former boss of Evergrande Group, to life in prison after […]

New York [US], August 20 (ANI): India has strongly called for transparency and objectivity in the United Nations Security Council's process of listing and delisting terrorist organisations, cautioning against using the platform for narrow political agendas in a veiled criticism of Pakistan's role in dealing with terrorism.Addressing the UNSC Open Debate on […]

Cathay Pacific Airways will launch direct passenger flights between Hong Kong and Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, in January, making it the airline’s first Central Asian destination and establishing the only non-stop service between the two. The three-times-weekly service will begin on January 9 next year. Flights will operate every Tuesday, Thursday […]

SHENZHEN, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced Xu Jiayin, former boss of Evergrande Group, to life in prison after convicting him of multiple crimes.The Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province found Evergrande Group and Xu guilty of illegally absorbing public deposits, fundraising fraud, illegally issuing loans, […]

BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Fighting desertification -- a crisis affecting a third of the Earth's land surface and threatening a billion livelihoods -- has rarely lacked goodwill or planted saplings. The hurdle has always been taking proven solutions to scale.Billed as a "COP of implementation," the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to […]

A pet owner has been barred from leaving Hong Kong pending trial over allegations that he failed to properly control his dog, which mauled two smaller animals to death and injured a third. Yuen Long resident Ng Shui-ting, 52, appeared at Tuen Mun Court on Thursday to face two charges brought by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. He […]

New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said the Centre is committed to developing infrastructure in border areas, asserting that the Narendra Modi government has made border development a 'top priority.'The Minister recently visited some remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh to personally oversee and expedite critical […]

Hong Kong is at an opportune time to move forward with a so-called IPO connect scheme, according to Pamela Chung Kong-hung, Vistra’s managing director and head of its IPO and share registry services, as the scheme would allow mainland investors access to initial public offerings in Hong Kong, enable better price discovery and expand the investor capital […]

(260820) -- BAKU, Aug. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese and Azerbaijani technicians deploy yellow-cased Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic instruments to the seabed aboard a seismic vessel of the Caspian Geophysical Company in the Caspian Sea near Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 18, 2026. Chinese and Azerbaijani oil-gas exploration technicians aboard the seismic vessel […]

Hong Kong, August 20 (ANI): China invests much energy into portraying itself as a responsible and benign force for good in the world. Yet hiding behind this facade are the many-tentacled arms of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). And pulling their strings is Chairman Xi Jinping, whose dream is for China to be enthroned atop the pedestal of world […]

David Morens admitted using private email to conceal communications tied to US-funded coronavirus research in WuhanA former senior official who worked under US Covid czar Anthony Fauci has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hide government records concerning coronavirus research and the origins of the pandemic.David Morens served as a senior adviser at the […]

by Xinhua Writers Zheng Bofei and Cheng Ji'anCHANGSHA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Inside a factory in central China's Hunan Province, copper is inspected with micrometer-level precision before being wound into coils. The finished electromagnetic wire is rarely visible to consumers, yet it is an indispensable component in the electric motors that power new energy […]

SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- China's Unitree Robotics on Wednesday became the first humanoid robot maker listed on the A-share market, marking a significant step for the country's humanoid robot industry as it moves from technology accumulation to scaled and commercialized development.The company's shares surged 629.44 percent to open at 1,100 yuan […]

GUANGZHOU, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- In a sprawling industrial park, every seven seconds, one air conditioner rolls off an unmanned assembly line at a dark workshop with self-perception and self-decision capabilities.This is a novel scene of smart manufacturing at Chinese tech giant TCL in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province. The complex […]

(260820) -- PLUM, Aug. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Ronald Sakolsky poses beside a printout of a Xinhua report about Yin Yuzhen's online search for "Sakolsky" at his home in Plum, a suburb east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the United States, on June 16, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: From 5,000 USD to 50,000 trees: an American teacher and a Chinese woman's efforts to […]

(260820) -- SHENZHEN, Aug. 20, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A functional autonomous vehicle of logistics service provider JD Logistics runs on a road in Pingshan District, Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 19, 2026. Logistics service providers in Shenzhen have accelerated the commercial deployment of functional autonomous vehicles in recent years, an […]

BAKU, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The comprehensive strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and China has bolstered bilateral, economic and trade cooperation, an Azerbaijani lawmaker has said.Soltan Mammadov, leader of the Azerbaijan-China interparliamentary relations working group in the National Assembly, told Xinhua in a written interview that the establishment […]

“True friends stab you in the front?” This is a quote most likely to be misattributed to Oscar Wilde. What he wrote instead in The Devoted Friend was: “But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does […]

Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison has launched international arbitration against Panama, seeking more than HK$11.7 billion (US$1.5 billion) in damages over the government’s takeover of two strategic ports at the entrances to the Panama Canal. Announcing the move on Thursday, the Li Ka-shing family-backed conglomerate said Panama had breached an […]

On a recent weekday morning, the Repulse Bay post office, in one of Hong Kong’s most affluent coastal neighbourhoods, stood almost empty. In an hour, only five customers walked through the door, with two staff members serving them. One of them was Dicky Lo, who had sent a parcel to Europe, citing the service’s reasonable price compared with private […]

New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Wednesday, stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political rule is in its 'final phase' and claimed that a search for his successor is already underway, as per sources.According to sources, Rahul Gandhi said, […]

Nearly two-thirds of Hong Kong students who requested a reconsideration of their university placement due to reviewed entrance exam results will receive a better outcome than previously allotted. The office for the Joint University Programmes Admissions System (Jupas) said on Thursday that it had received 453 requests for reconsideration following the […]

Washington, DC [US], August 20 (ANI): Family members of Pawo Lobga Rangzen, who self-immolated outside the United Nations on July 2, 2026, met on Wednesday with Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues Riley Barnes to brief the US government on his sacrifice, his final message, and the circumstances surrounding his death.The meeting provided an opportunity […]

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Indian shuttler Unnati Hooda bowed out of the BWF World Championships 2026 after a narrow second-round defeat to Canada's Michelle Li at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Wednesday.The 18-year-old Indian pushed the experienced Canadian all the way in a tense three-game contest before Li prevailed 11-21, 21-9, 23-21 […]

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday alleged that the Modi government had 'devastated the future of the youth' over the past 12 years, claiming that 94,000 schools had shut down in recent years and calling for a clear, comprehensive and time-bound 'Education-to-Employment Roadmap' for young people.Addressing […]

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): States such as Keralam, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, where birth rates have fallen well below the replacement level, will have no choice but to bring in migrants from other parts of the country to keep their economies and public systems functioning, said Sanjeev Sanyal, Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the […]

New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Sanjeev Sanyal has called for a scrutiny of the coaching system in India, asserting that much of the subversion of the country's educational framework occurs through these institutes, and pointed out that even in China, a similar subversion used to […]

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 19 (ANI): Indian benchmark equity indices ended lower on Wednesday, with the BSE Sensex falling 325.78 points and the NSE Nifty declining 0.32 per cent, as broad-based selling amid weakness across Asian markets and elevated crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiment.At the time of filing this report, Brent crude was […]

Sao Paulo [Brazil], August 19 (ANI): Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is seeking a conversation with US President Donald Trump to discuss issues concerning the agenda of the United Nations Security Council, according to a source at the Brazilian presidential palace.The proposed conversation comes amid heightened trade and political tensions […]

*Ask again in a few minutesTrumpsaidjust before midnight Washington time that he has a deal with Canada to avoid 50% tariffs - for three days. Although that may not be the case a few more seconds from now. Just ask Iran. Whoops, here we go already. Canada has alreadydisputedthe existence of any deal.If midnight strikes on the eve of August 19th without […]

(260819) -- BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Foreign Affairs Minister of Chile Francisco Perez Mackenna at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 19, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

(260819) -- SEOUL, Aug. 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 19, 2026. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

MACAO, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Nearly three decades after its return to China, Macao continues to explore new ways to sustain stability and prosperity under the "one country, two systems" policy, with successive five-year plans offering a long-term roadmap for its development.Macao and its neighbor Hong Kong are China's two special administrative regions (SARs) […]

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], August 19 (ANI): The son of imprisoned Chinese pro-democracy activist Zhang Yi has questioned the legal basis of the 'inciting separatism' charge brought against his father, saying he cannot understand how showing a photograph of Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama could be treated as a political […]

Taipei [Taiwan], August 19 (ANI): Sixty-six lawmakers from around the world have criticized Uganda over incidents in which immigration officials reportedly demanded that Taiwanese nationals present Chinese passports upon arrival, describing the move as 'coerced discrimination.'As cited by The Epoch Times (TET), members of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on […]

Canberra [Australia] August 19 (ANI): The Voice of Uyghurs has raised concerns over what it describes as Beijing's expanding transnational repression targeting Uyghur Australians, alleging that Chinese authorities have pressured Uyghur Australians visiting East Turkistan to provide information on activists, organisations and Uyghur language schools in […]

XINING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- A forum exploring the preservation and promotion of Kunlun culture, centering around a celestial peak in the shared mythology and collective memories of various Chinese ethnic groups, took place Wednesday in northwest China's Qinghai Province.The Kunlun Culture Forum, being hosted in Xining, capital of Qinghai, is dedicated to […]

(260819) -- BAOTING, Aug. 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People attend a water festival held in Baoting Li and Miao Autonomous County, south China's Hainan Province, Aug. 19, 2026. A water festival is held here on Wednesday, on the occasion of the Qixi Festival, the Chinese version of the Valentine's Day. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

(260819) -- BISHKEK, Aug. 19, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes photos of an exhibit at the exhibition "Harmony Creates Beauty: An Art Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Civilization" at the National History Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Aug. 18, 2026. The three-month exhibition, under the direction of China's National Cultural Heritage […]