Quentin Parker is an astrophysicist based at the University of Hong Kong and director of its Laboratory for Space Research.
Australia’s communications regulator has taken Optus to court over last year’s network outages, which were linked to four deaths
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For the first time, veteran sailor Thomas Wong Kam-chuen and his partners set sail from Hong Kong on their 46-foot yacht on a two-day trip earlier this month to a holiday island in Zhuhai, testing the waters for more leisure travel to mainland China.
After a five-hour voyage from the Causeway Bay typhoon shelter on a sunny weekend, they anchored their Danish-built yacht, DBX2, at Guishan Island, went ashore for a seafood lunch with beer and stayed overnight.
“Food
Five people have died after powerful gusts of wind in Brazil brought chaos to Rio de Janeiro and parts of Sao Paulo state, cutting power and bringing public transport to a standstill.
Residents of Rio de Janeiro were taken by surprise when winds of up to 100km/h hit just before rush hour, felling dozens of trees and leaving thousands stranded as the city’s three subway queues ground to a halt.
The fire department said in a statement that two people had died when a wall collapsed in the city
The US stock market slumped on Wednesday with the Dow Jones down 1,152 points or 2.2 per cent, while the S&P 500
The ex-US nurse is accused of strangling her three children, in a murder trial that has centred on her mental state after childbirth
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Lindsay Clancy sobbed in court on Wednesday as jurors listened to the anguished emergency call her then-husband made after returning from an errand to find she had strangled their three children in their Massachusetts home.
On the roughly seven-minute recording, Patrick
The president hopes his demands will benefit the US defence industry but analysts believe local arms makers may be the main beneficiaries
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Donald Trump’s demands that American allies in the Asia-Pacific region share more of the defensive burden have renewed questions about how far they can rely on the United States to help deter the likes of China and
US President Donald Trump unveiled a US$22 billion plan on Wednesday to rebuild Washington Dulles airport by replacing concourses and adding a large parking garage while preserving the landmark main terminal.
The announcement is the latest in a series of major projects he has announced in and around the US capital.
“It’s considered one of the worst airports anywhere in the world, we’re going to make it maybe the best with some hard work,” Trump said, arguing it was time “for a major and
