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At least three hikers fell ill on countryside trails as temperatures in parts of Hong Kong climbed to a sweltering 33 degrees Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) on Sunday. A 25-year-old visitor was suspected of suffering from heatstroke while he hiked with friends on the popular High Island Reservoir East Dam-Po Pin Chau hiking route in Sai Kung at about noon. A […]

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- He Renxiu of China celebrates during the women's 77kg final of weightlifting at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Yu Yang)

Whether he is commuting to work or meeting clients, 31-year-old Hong Kong architect Bryan Hui always has a plush toy keychain of Chiikabu – a beetle-like creature from the popular Japanese anime Chiikawa – hanging from his black backpack. Beyond its cute appearance, Hui is drawn to Chiikabu’s backstory as a conflicted character who practises […]

Hong Kong police have clamped down on bicycle-related offences in Tseung Kwan O, with seven teenagers facing prosecution for allegedly failing to display bike lights at night and cycling on pavements. In a social media post on Saturday, police in Tseung Kwan O district said officers had recently issued summonses to seven boys, aged 14 to 17, as part of an […]

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Ibodatkhon Agojonova of Uzbekistan reacts after the women's 57kg final of Kurash at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Hou Zhaokang)

(260927) -- SHIZUOKA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Team China perform during the mixed team technical routine of artistic swimming at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Shizuoka, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

(260927) -- TOKONAME, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Zhu Yuanling of China poses during the awarding ceremony for the women's street of skateboarding at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Tokoname of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

(260927) -- TOKONAME, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Onodera Ginwoo of Japan reacts during the men's street final of skateboarding at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Tokoname of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

(260927) -- INAZAWA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Qu Wenna (C) of China vies for the ball during the women's round match 20 of handball between China and Vietnam at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Inazawa of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

(260927) -- CHENGDU, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Fang Zhenghua arranges the costume of a robot before a rehearsal for a performance on "America's Got Talent," a popular U.S. television talent show, Sept. 22, 2026. Fang Zhenghua, a post-90s choreographer, has participated in the production of a series of eye-catching dancing performances, including a show […]

Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], September 27 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday questioned senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegations over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, citing West Bengal Assembly results and asking how the Trinamool Congress (TMC) won constituencies where a large number of votes […]

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], September 27 (ANI):  In an interesting addition to the state's emerging manufacturing landscape, an 18-year-old entrepreneur entered Gujarat's Rs 1.4 lakh crore semiconductor ecosystem to manufacture lead frames for semiconductor companies in Sanand.Ahmedabad-based Rehan Mansuri set up the startup Micronex to produce these […]

New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): India added to its medal tally at the Asian Games on Saturday as Prachi Choudhary claimed bronze in the final of the women's 400m, delivering one of the standout performances of the night for the Indian contingent.She claimed the bronze with a timing of 53.21 seconds. Bahrain's Salma Naser claimed the gold medal with a […]

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 27 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his allegations against the Election Commission, alleging that Gandhi's strategy was to create doubts about constitutional institutions and push the country towards 'anarchy'.Addressing a press […]

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 27 (ANI): India completed a clean sweep in the archery team events on Day 8 of the Asian Games as both the men's and women's recurve teams advanced to the semifinals, joining the recurve mixed team and the men's and women's compound teams in the last four.The Indian men's recurve team defeated China 5-1 in the quarterfinals, […]

Love is a many-splendoured thing – except when seen through the lens of economists, apparently. Prominent economist Terence Chong Tai-leung, a Chinese University of Hong Kong associate professor, confirmed this in an address last week to the university’s New Asia College. In a speech titled “How to invest in your life?”, he basically told the female […]

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Bronze medalist Ingrid Grueso of Bahrain poses during the awarding ceremony after the women's 69kg final of weightlifting at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Yu Yang)

(260927) -- OKAZAKI, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Huadan Cairang of China competes during the men's bronze medal match of baseball between China and Chinese Taipei at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Okazaki of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Haobo)

(260927) -- VANCOUVER, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A woman in traditional Chinese attire poses with lanterns at a Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival celebration event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Sept. 26, 2026. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)

by Zhou Yaxin"My home is by the Songhua River, in northeast China. Forests and coal mines lie there. And soybeans and sorghum stretch across hills and plains."The ballad On the Songhua River captures the deep grief of people from northeast China, a fertile homeland reduced to a ravaged wasteland during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.As […]

Hong Kong authorities will delay a proposed legal amendment to protect copyrighted works from being used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models and will issue operational guidelines first, the South China Morning Post has learned. The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2025, which aimed to introduce an “opt-out” mechanism for text and data mining to […]

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 27 (ANI): Indian weightlifter and Commonwealth Games 2026 silver medalist Harjinder Kaur finished in ninth position in the women's 69 kg weightlifting event at the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday. The Indian weightlifter failed to replicate her Glasgow heroics, finishing ninth with a combined lift of 204 kg, […]

CHENGDU, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- A pair of Chinese giant pandas departed for Zoo Atlanta in the United States on a chartered flight at 2:55 a.m. Sunday, kicking off their 10-year stay at the zoo, according to the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.Before their departure from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in southwest China's Sichuan […]

He cannot hear the applause, and he has never learned to speak. But on the climbing wall, He Mingliang has found a language that needs no sound.by sportswriters Dong Yixing and Shen NanBEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- He Mingliang hangs on the outdoor climbing wall, more than 10 meters above the ground. His right hand grips a small orange hold. His taped left […]

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Wang Zisai of China reacts before the men's super final of Trampoline Gymnastics at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Jia Haocheng)

(260927) -- TOKYO, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Yu Jiayi of China competes during the dressage individual final of equestrian at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Photo by Wang Shen/Xinhua)

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Yan Langyu (L) and Wang Zisai of China pose after the men's super final of Trampoline Gymnastics at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Xu Yanan)

Hong Kong Stadium could serve as an interim home for major tennis tournaments during the redevelopment of Victoria Park’s centre court, the city’s sports minister has said, adding that the government will seek to attract higher-level events even before the new facility is ready. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said on […]

(260927) -- HARBIN, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 27, 2026 shows the full moon in the sky over Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Wang Yonggang/Xinhua)

New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday sent a strong message to Pakistan, saying India remains fully prepared to carry out any kind of strike against terrorism if the neighbouring country continues its 'state policy of terrorism'. He further asserted that India will not compromise on national security under any […]

Washington, DC [US], September 27 (ANI): US Energy Secretary Chris Wright highlighted the administration's policy focus on expanding domestic oil, natural gas, refining capacity, and grid infrastructure to sustain economic expansion and counter geopolitical disruptions."The only way to a better America is more energy addition. Do we want to reshore […]

Cross-boundary talent flows within the Hetao innovation hub will be launched by June next year at the latest, Hong Kong’s technology minister has said, after the city’s leader pledged to enable the free movement of data by the end of this year. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong revealed the deadline while also discussing how […]

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Yuanling of China celebrates after the women's street final of skateboarding at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Tokoname of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chen Xinghua of China competes during the men's decathlon pole vault of athletics at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)

(260927) -- TOKYO, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Lian Junjie (front R) of China greets divers of Malaysia after the men's synchronised 10m platform final of diving at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Shi Yuhao of China competes during the men's long jump qualification of athletics at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)

WASHINGTON, 27th September, 2026 (WAM) -- China and the United States have agreed to reduce tariffs on US$30 billion worth of goods in each direction and launch a dialogue on artificial intelligence following Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington, according to Reuters.A White House statement said the tariff reductions would cover US exports […]

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chen Xinghua of China competes during the men's decathlon discus throw of athletics at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chung Long Hei Cyrus of China's Hong Kong competes during the men's 400m hurdles round 1 heat 1 of athletics at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chen Xinghua (R) of China competes during the men's decathlon 110m hurdles of athletics at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)

(260927) -- ICHINOMIYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Zhenbang (R)/Wei Yaxin of China compete during the mixed doubles quarterfinals of badminton against Kim Jaehyun/Jang Hajeong of South Korea at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Ichinomiya of Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

(260927) -- HAMAMATSU, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chu Ka Wing Katherine/Hung Sze Ching of China's Hong Kong compete during the duet free routine of artistic swimming at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Hamamatsu of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

(260927) -- NAGOYA, Sept. 27, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Ozawa Kaede of Japan competes during the men's park final of cycling BMX freestyle at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Nagoya, Japan, Sept. 27, 2026. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)

Hong Kong can offer trusted solutions in artificial intelligence (AI) governance for major economies by leveraging the city’s unique strengths, including its common law system, internationally connected standards and professional services, the city’s finance chief has said. “As major economies begin discussing AI governance, data, compliance and risk […]

Kathmandu [Nepal], September 27 (ANI): At least 10 people have gone missing after an avalanche struck the base camp of Himlung Himal in western Nepal, bordering Tibet, expedition organisers confirmed on Sunday.Expedition organiser Mingma Gyalje Sherpa confirmed that two of his kitchen staff were among those missing after the avalanche. "The avalanche hit on […]