Israeli PM’s office slams New York mayor over Netanyahu arrest remarks

Zohran Mamdani, the mayor of New York. Photo: AFP / Getty Images / TNS

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denounced New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani after he said he is considering whether to arrest the Israeli leader during a coming United Nations summit.

“Mr Mamdani should focus on fixing the damage his policies have caused New York,” Netanyahu’s office said, in a post on its official X account.

“Like Karim Khan , Mamdani appears interested in diverting public attention from his follies and attacking the

Chinese company demands compensation from the UK over British Steel nationalisation

Jingye Group said the move tarnished the UK government’s credibility, spooked international investors and caused losses to the operation

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The sign outside British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant in north Lincolnshire, England. Photo: AFP

The Chinese company that formerly owned British Steel demanded on Sunday compensation from the UK government for investment losses following the nationalisation of the manufacturer last week.

The British government took operational control of the company last year after Jingye Group said it was considering closing the blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe plant in northern

At least 6 dead, 21 injured after 2 earthquakes hit Peru

Peru ‌lies along the ‌Pacific Ring of Fire, a zone that accounts for roughly 85 per cent of the world’s seismic activity

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First responders in Peru search through collapsed houses on the outskirts of Huancayo, east of Lima in Junin Department on Sunday following an earthquake. Photo: Handout / Peruvian Ministry of Defence / AFP

At least six people were killed and 21 injured after two earthquakes struck a mountainous region of Peru, the country’s civil defence chief said ‌on Sunday.

The earthquakes, measuring magnitudes 5.1 and 3.7, hit on Saturday night in


Trump welcomes reports Andy Burnham could open up North Sea oil drilling

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in flight on Air Force One after landing at US Air Force Base at RAF Mildenhall, in Suffolk, England on July 8. Photo: AP

US President Donald Trump has said people in the Scottish city of Aberdeen will be “dancing in the streets” following reports Andy Burnham could back new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.

The incoming UK prime minister, dubbed the “King of the North” for his work as ‌the mayor of Greater Manchester in northwestern England, has not confirmed


ASTRI and NAMI merger begins yielding hybrid AI and materials technologies

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Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) has begun to realise tangible results from its merger with the Nano and Advanced Materials Institute (NAMI), completed in April 2026, with new combinations of AI and advanced materials appearing among the technologies on display at LEAP East.

Dr Ying Huang, Chief Technology Officer of ASTRI, said the

Dr Ying Huang (seventh from right), CTO of ASTRI, discusses how the merger with NAMI has enabled new combinations of ICT and advanced materials at LEAP East.
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Hong Kong tourist left in coma after quad bike accident in Japan

Woman, 69, was reportedly in a group taking a class on operating an all-terrain vehicle at a racetrack in northern Okinawa

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The Hong Kong tourist was visiting Nago City in northern Okinawa. Photo: Shutterstock

An elderly Hong Kong tourist has been left in a coma after falling from a quad bike in Japan.

The Immigration Department said on Sunday that it had been in contact with the Chinese foreign ministry’s arm in Hong Kong and the Chinese consulate in Fukuoka to understand


Is the end of US sanctions on some Hong Kong officials an olive branch?

Hong Kong lost its preferential treatment in areas including trade and export controls back in 2020. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Fewer opportunities, less passion, no clue? How the US’ China expertise is fading

In the US, growing political scrutiny and cuts to federal funding for China studies have limited research and exchange programmes, while China has tightened controls over visiting scholars and made visas harder to get. Photo: Xinhua

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, it confronts a new world order dominated by its relationship with China. In this wide-ranging series, we examine the pressure points and possibilities in those ties, from hard tech to soft power. Here, Meredith Chen looks at how tensions and shrinking academic exchange may be eroding America’s deep, experience-based understanding of China.

Many travelled to the


Online photo of overloaded motorcycle carrying child and 2 riders leads to arrest

The force condemned the behaviour, reminding the public that it was illegal to carry more than one passenger unless the vehicle was equipped with a sidecar. Photo: Facebook/HKBikerHub

Hong Kong police have arrested a 37-year-old man after a photo circulating online showed him riding a motorcycle with a young child and another passenger.

The traffic investigation unit of New Territories North arrested the man on Sunday morning on suspicion of carrying more than one passenger and a child aged below eight. The suspect remained in police custody.

The photo shows three people on the motorcycle, with the child sandwiched in the middle by two


Alibaba says newest Qwen AI model is second only to Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5

With 2.4 trillion parameters, Qwen3.8 is “one of the most powerful models available today”, according to Alibaba. Photo: Shutterstock

Alibaba Group Holding has previewed its next-generation artificial intelligence model Qwen3.8, which the company says is “second only” to Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 .
Qwen3.8-Max-Preview, the preview version of the strongest model of the Qwen family, had been made available on Alibaba’s Token Plan subscription service, as well
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