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Hong Kong police have arrested four boys as young as 12 years old after they allegedly threw wet tissue balls and splashed water at passers-by while cycling along Tsuen Wan’s waterfront and in a public park. Chief Inspector Leung Wai-yee said on Wednesday that the arrests followed the circulation of videos online showing the incidents that took place […]

Hongkongers will be able to upload orders specifying which life-sustaining treatments they do not wish to receive when terminally ill to the city’s electronic health record platform from next Friday, when the new law comes into effect. The move marks a significant step in formalising end-of-life care arrangements, more than 20 months after the Advance […]

The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong is set to launch two strategic treatment programmes for stroke and lower back pain next week, with bookings opening on Wednesday. Bian Zhaoxiang, the hospital’s chief executive, told reporters on Wednesday that the two treatments were part of 23 special disease programmes to be rolled out over five years as part […]

Families of victims who died in Hong Kong’s Lamma ferry disaster 14 years ago have withdrawn their application for a judicial review over a coroner’s findings, marking the end of a long legal battle. High Court Judge Herbert Au-yeung Ho-wing said on Wednesday that the proceedings had ended after the plaintiffs informed the court two days ago they would […]

BANGKOK, Thailand: Scam gangs cheated people across the Asia-Pacific region out of at least US$88 billion in 2025, a United Nations office said on July 21. It added that these cross-border crime groups are quickly changing their methods to stay ahead of law enforcement. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a new report that criminals […]

by Shao XiaEurope's summer of 2026 is scorching -- but the heat isn't the only paradox on the continent.Over 150 million Europeans have been living under extreme heat since late May. Schools closed. Trains stopped. The WHO confirmed over 1,300 heat-related deaths. Consumers are scrambling for cooling devices and Chinese air conditioners (ACs) are selling […]

Manila [Philippines], July 22 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday held a lunch meeting with Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Manila and exchanged views on regional and global developments.Sharing details of the interaction, Jaishankar said in a post on X, 'Had a good lunch conversation with FM Vivian Balakrishnan of […]

The New Patriotic Party has vowed to appeal Bernard Antwi Boasiakos sentence, calling it political imprisonmentA Ghanaian court has sentenced businessman and senior opposition politician Bernard Antwi Boasiako, widely known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years in prison for violating national mining laws.The Accra High Court on Monday convicted the New […]

Mirriam Chola, a student in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, had long dreamed of attending a school within walking distance of her home in Kalulushi.In 2025, her dream was finally realized when a Chinese mining company helped build the Minsenga Secondary School in her hometown.LUSAKA, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Mirriam Chola, a student in Zambia's Copperbelt […]

Few places on Earth hold sharper contrasts than this corner of Namibia's coast in southwestern Africa. Centuries of colonization left an indelible European imprint here. Today, Belt and Road cooperation is opening a new sea lane toward the future.by Xinhua writers Yang Dingdu, Lin Jing, Musa C KasekeWALVIS BAY, Namibia, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Few places on […]

New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress party over its protest outside Lok Kalyan Marg (LKM) against police action on CJP protesters. Dubey alleged that the opposition party was attempting to 'break the nation' and called for an investigation into Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's alleged […]

With one face pleading innocence and the other provoking confrontation, Manila has staged yet another clumsy performance in waters near China's Ren'ai Jiao in the South China Sea.After personnel from two rubber boats launched from the Philippines' illegally grounded vessel BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57) rammed a China Coast Guard patrol boat and assaulted Chinese […]

A 19-year-old in Hong Kong has been convicted of sedition for writing anti-government graffiti in a commercial building toilet, violating the city’s domestic national security law. West Kowloon Court on Wednesday rejected a defence psychiatrist’s opinion that a congenital mental disorder prevented Leung Kai-lok from understanding the offensive words he […]

YINCHUAN, July 22 (Xinhua) -- For much of the world, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, a landlocked area in China's arid northwest, conjures images of sweeping deserts, succulent goji berries and tender lamb. Increasingly, it is also known as a green energy powerhouse, with vast solar and wind farms sprawling across its Gobi desert.But ask the students at […]

Targeted surveillance of transit passengers at just two major aviation hubs, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates, could speed global detection of new virus variants by about three days, a university study has found. Professor Leo Poon Lit-man, chair of public health virology at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), said on Wednesday that the approach would […]

NewsVoirPune (Maharashtra) [India], July 22: Elpro International School has once again reaffirmed its position among the country's leading educational institutions with an exceptional performance in the CBSE Board Examinations 2025-26. The highlight of this year's results was Neehar Lohade, who achieved a perfect 100% (500/500 considering the Best 5 […]

(260722) -- BEIJING, July 22, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Artists of the National Ballet of China perform during a dressed rehearsal of "The Peony Pavilion" in Beijing, capital of China, July 21, 2026. The ballet drama is officially staged here from July 22 to 26. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

Hong Kong’s chief justice will once again reprimand a High Court judge and require him to undergo training after he was found to have plagiarised large swathes of submissions for a judgment, in what is at least his seventh instance of extensive copying. In a response to the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, the judiciary said that Wilson Chan Ka-shun […]

Manila [Philippines], July 22 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said a stable and cooperative India-China relationship based on mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity can make a 'valuable contribution' to a multi-polar Asia and a multi-polar world, while underlining that peace and tranquillity in border areas remain […]

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BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- In a repeat of its brazen tactics, the latest maritime confrontation near China's Ren'ai Jiao once again exposed Manila's notorious pattern in the South China Sea: it deliberately provokes an incident, then distorts the facts and plays the victim.On Monday, personnel from the illegally grounded Philippine vessel BRP Sierra Madre […]

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways expects its first-half net profit to jump by as much as 75 per cent to HK$6.5 billion (US$829 million) from HK$3.7 billion a year earlier, as passenger and cargo traffic grew despite the Middle East war. The airline said on Wednesday that earnings were also boosted by a one-off gain of about HK$1.4 billion from […]

Hong Kong travellers should be mindful of driving fatigue, unfamiliar road signs and their insurance coverage when going on road trips overseas, experts have warned after two traffic accidents involving city residents in Japan within a week. Ringo Lee Yiu-pui, honorary life president of the Hong Kong, China Automobile Association, said on Wednesday that […]

Washington, DC [US], July 22 (ANI): Pakistan has sought a USD 10 billion exchange stabilisation facility from the United States in a bid to strengthen its foreign exchange reserves and reduce pressure on its economy, Reuters reported, citing a source familiar with the matter.According to Reuters' report, Islamabad has requested a Bilateral Exchange […]

A Hong Kong court has sentenced a British woman to six years in prison after convicting her of blackmailing a compatriot for £100,000 (US$134,060) over rape allegations. Isabel Anonia Barbra Eudora Rose, 26, was sentenced at the District Court on Wednesday, with Judge Adriana Noelle Tse Ching finding her guilty of blackmail and perverting the course of […]

BRUSSELS, Belgium: The European Union on Monday imposed a record €550 million ($629 million) fine on Alibaba-owned AliExpress for failing to curb the sale of illegal, unsafe and counterfeit products on its platform, marking the third penalty issued under the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA). The European Commission said AliExpress failed to comply with […]

New Delhi [India] July 22 (ANI): As crude oil prices have started surging again amid renewed attacks linked to the Iran conflict, a sustained rise in crude prices could feed through to higher pesticide prices in the coming months, according to a report by Capital 360 ONE.Brent crude futures rose 50 cents, or 0.55 per cent, to USD 91.51 a barrel after […]

New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): China on Tuesday urged strengthening the bilateral partnership with India and 'translating' the discussions between the two countries' leadership into 'concrete actions'. Beijing also extended support to India's BRICS Chairship, underlining that it stands ready to promote the growth of the grouping. The remarks were made by […]

New Delhi [India] July 22 (ANI): China's newly appointed Defence Attache to India, Rear Admiral You Jian, on Tuesday thanked the Indian military for rescuing 12 Chinese crew members from a cargo ship that caught fire and exploded off the coast of Kerala last year, and also called for greater communication and cooperation between the armed forces of the two […]

Hong Kong’s rainfall so far this month has already surpassed typical levels for July by 23 per cent, a review of Observatory data shows, with a meteorologist warning the city will experience more extreme downpours due to global warming. The Observatory also said on Tuesday that Hong Kong would be hit by rainstorms again over the weekend following weeks of […]

Washington DC [US], July 22 (ANI): Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine on Tuesday (US local time) urged the US Senate to approve President Donald Trump's USD 1.5 trillion defence budget request, saying America's armed forces require the funding to meet future military challenges, accelerate investments in critical technologies and stay […]

Washington DC [US], July 22 (ANI): US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Tuesday (US local time) said the United States has reimposed an 'effectively impenetrable' blockade against Iran and asserted that Tehran is at its weakest military point in decades, as he testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the Trump administration's request for a […]

(260721) -- LUSAKA, July 21, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Andrew Mfune, headmaster of Minsenga Secondary School, speaks to Xinhua in Kalulushi, Copperbelt Province, Zambia, on July 14, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese companies expand access to education for rural children in Zambia" (Photo by Martin Mbangweta/Xinhua)

(Photo credit: Susan Mullane-Imagn Images)Second-seeded Barbora Krejcikova converted 6 of 8 break points while sailing to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Linda Fruhvirtova on Wednesday in a first-round all-Czech matchup in Prague.Krejcikova won 73.1% of her first-serve points (19 of 26) in a match that took one hour and 18 minutes. Krejcikova won the final three […]

The US president has invoked an obscure law never tested in court to impose the new dutiesUS President Donald Trump has slapped 50% tariffs on a broad range of Canadian imports, citing what he called Ottawa's "unequal treatment" of American cars, dairy products, and alcohol.Trump's use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs was partly struck down by […]

(260721) -- MANILA, July 21, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

(260721) -- MANILA, July 21, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

(260721) -- MANILA, July 21, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

(260721) -- MANILA, July 21, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2026. (Xinhua/Guo Yige)

Changzhou [China], July 21 (ANI): Indian shuttlers endured a disappointing start to the China Open 2026 badminton tournament as both HS Prannoy and Devika Sihag suffered first-round exits in Changzhou, China, on Tuesday.At the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, world No. 36 HS Prannoy went down 21-10, 21-14 to Malaysia's world No. 27 Leong Jun Hao in the […]

New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh will undertake a two-day official visit to the Kyrgyz Republic from July 23 to 24 to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting. In an official statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on […]

Munich [Germany], July 21 (ANI): A coalition of more than 50 Uyghur diaspora and civil society organisations, led by the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), has strongly condemned China's Law on the Promotion of Ethnic Unity and Progress, which came into effect on July 1, 2026.In a joint statement, the organisations described the legislation as a mechanism of […]

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The Yunnan provincial earthquake relief headquarters has activated a Level-IV emergency response after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southwest Province's Mojiang County in Pu'er City on Tuesday, local authorities said.The earthquake struck at 7:43 p.m. Beijing Time. According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, the […]

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] When Professor Fiona Devine returned to Hong Kong this year, it was her first visit since 2019. Since then, both the city and the global higher education landscape have changed significantly. Now Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester, […]

BEIJING, July 21 (Xinhua) -- China and Europe should stick to the overarching positioning of ties as a partnership, refrain from politicizing economic and trade issues and overstretching the concept of security in exchanges, and work for an upward and dynamic balance of trade from a long-term perspective, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on […]