Iran targeted US radar and air defence installations in the Gulf on Tuesday, warning Washington of “more decisive and powerful” attacks to come as the conflict threatened to widen with a blockade of Saudi ports by Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked and stopped two “non-compliant oil tankers” attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, part of an effort to tighten its grip on the vital waterway while the war reignited.
Following the deaths of at least three US soldiers in the past
A sharp pullback in US space-technology giant SpaceX and renewed valuation pressure on Wall Street’s tech heavyweights are unlikely to trigger a major sell-off in Hong Kong equities, according to analysts, who note that local tech firms operate under distinct business models and lack the stretched valuations of their overseas peers.
“I don’t think there will be much impact” in Hong Kong, said Kenny Tang Sing-hing, chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Financial Analysts and Professional Commentators.
He explained that the
Defendant set to spend up to six months at Sha Tsui Correctional Institution, with magistrate urging teenager to reflect on his actions
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A 16-year-old Hong Kong student has been sentenced to up to six months at a detention centre for attempted voyeurism after he admitted to trying to spy on a female pupil in a
Japanese defence ministry confirms the navy vessels were spotted in the Pacific, southwest of the remote Okinotori Island
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Skyroot’s Vikram-1 rocket lifted off on Saturday, carrying customer payloads and in-orbit experiments on its maiden orbital mission
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Hong Kong police have arrested a man on suspicion of making unauthorised investments using assets from a securities brokerage, resulting in an estimated loss of HK$150 million (US$19.1 million), the South China Morning Post has learned.
A source said on Tuesday that the suspect was a 26-year-old investment manager
Ahn Gyu-back’s accuser claims a gap in his military record reflected an absence without leave. Ahn has called it an ‘administrative error’
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At the centre of the dispute is a gap in Ahn’s
They work from dawn to dusk without pay, are passed on in marriage, and are sometimes beaten and raped by their masters. Yet most are resigned to their fate because their status “cannot be wiped away”, as one young slave – or ata – Kanisius Kanyali Hambarita said.
Slavery has been illegal in what is now Indonesia for more than 160 years
HKEX is moving towards closed listings to compete with exchanges in other countries which allow for confidentiality
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