Hong Kong millionaires look to GBA living as retirement planning gaps emerge

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For a growing number of Hong Kong millionaire respondents, the mainland Greater Bay Area (GBA) cities becoming part of later-life planning, from healthcare access and living space to retirement lifestyle. Yet many have not fully worked out the financial demands of maintaining a life across Hong Kong and mainland GBA cities, according to a new OCBC Hong Kong survey.

According to the bank’s “OCBC Premier Banking – Hong Kong Millionaires Dual Living and


Trump threatens to bomb Iranian bridge or power plant after Hormuz attacks

US President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant each time Tehran attacks a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating Washington’s response as the conflict spread across the region and placed another major shipping route at risk.

The warning came hours before Trump was due to attend the return of four US service members killed in Iranian attacks and related operations in Jordan and Iraq.

“From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz,


‘Disbelief, shock’: Singapore PM on Faishal’s inappropriate messages with woman

PM Lawrence Wong sheds further light on how accusations against Faishal had to be investigated as a public matter after an email complaint

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Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim pictured during his swearing-in ceremony at the Istana in Singapore in May last year. Photo: AFP

A married Singapore minister’s sudden resignation amid revelations he had exchanged inappropriate messages with a woman has rocked the city state’s establishment circles, with a groundswell of sentiment calling for him to be

China, EU pushing ahead on joint research despite trade tensions

Joint 2025-2027 research agreement covers climate and agriculture, state media says, signalling will to collaborate in spite of differences

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Harvesters at work in a rice field in Hangzhou, eastern China. China and the EU are reported to have signed joint research funding agreements to support scientific cooperation in areas such as food, agriculture and biosolutions, as well as climate change and biodiversity. Photo: Xinhua

China and the EU have renewed their joint research agreement, according to Chinese state-linked media, signalling a willingness to collaborate on climate and agriculture despite trade tensions.

Philippines’ impeachment trial: court ruling heightens stakes for VP Sara

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The ruling allowing access to key financial records could give prosecutors a clearer route to show she amassed ill-gotten wealth, analysts say

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Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio during a press conference in February in Manila. Photo: AP

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio suffered a serious setback in her impeachment trial this week after the Senate allowed prosecutors to examine key financial records in an unexplained wealth case against her.
Analysts said the Senate impeachment court’s ruling could give
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Why China’s polar expedition to the Arctic Ocean has drawn US ire

Transiting the Bering Sea, research ships were closely tracked amid Washington’s concern about Beijing’s long-term strategy in the region

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The Chinese research ship Xue Long transited the Bering Sea last week. Photo: Handout

Albee Zhang in Shanghai and Gabriel Dominguez

The United States Coast Guard said it closely tracked Chinese polar expedition vessels transiting the Bering Sea on their way to the Arctic Ocean last week, amid unease over Beijing’s geopolitical ambitions in the region.

The US Coast Guard Cutter


Malaysia won’t be intimidated over Israelis’ entry ban, Anwar tells US lawmakers

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers a speech at the Nikkei Forum in Tokyo in June. Photo: AFP

Malaysia would not be intimidated into changing its decades-old policy of not allowing Israeli nationals into the country, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday.

Anwar said Malaysia was also not in contravention of any international laws for having such a policy in place.

“I would like to respond to the United States lawmakers, some of them at least, who stated categorically that Malaysia is in contravention of international laws and was disrespectful of the rights of

4 boys arrested over wet tissue ball, water assaults on pedestrians in Tsuen Wan

The incidents occurred along the waterfront and in a public park in Tsuen Wan. Photo: Handout
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World’s first AI model to earn perfect score at maths Olympiad comes from China’s RedNote

The RedNote app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 15, 2025. Photo: Reuters

For the first time, an artificial intelligence model has achieved a perfect score at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) – and it was developed by Chinese social giant RedNote.

The model, dots-note-3.0, solved all six puzzles and secured a perfect score of 42 at this year’s IMO, which concluded in Shanghai on Monday.

The note variant, still in beta phase, is currently the lightest model in


Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine shows the impotence of nuclear weapons

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Senior Colonel Zhou Bo (ret) is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University and a China Forum expert.

Why haven’t Ukraine’s drone and missile attacks on Russia triggered Moscow’s use of tactical nuclear weapons, as it has threatened? When Russia is attacked time and again, one wonders what purpose it serves to have the world’s largest nuclear arsenal.

The Ukraine war is at