Europe is ‘quietly planning for the day it might have to stand on its own’ while aligning with US calls to do more on defence, analysts say
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On Monday, 10 European nations –
Hong Kong police have arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of wounding for allegedly shoving a classmate who was later sent to hospital.
The force said on Friday that the boy was arrested on suspicion of wounding on Monday after an in-depth investigation.
The teenager was subsequently released on bail pending further investigation and was required to report to police in late July, it added.
The suspect was arrested in connection with a report
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Chinese chip designers Moore Threads Technology and Hygon Information Technology – both positioning themselves as home-grown alternatives to Nvidia – have projected double- to triple-digit revenue growth for the first half of the year, fuelled by surging domestic demand for AI computing power.
A firefighter who was filmed eating in heavy rain during work breaks while dealing with the flood disaster in southwestern China has gone viral and touched millions of people on social media.
A video taken by a passer-by in Guigang, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, circulated widely online, featuring Liang Huan, a firefighter from a station in Zhaoqing, southern Guangdong province.
At noon on July 9, during a break between tasks, Liang opened a lunchbox to eat. However, a sudden downpour forced him to hold his meal with
Fears over access to foreign AI models have accelerated Seoul’s push to control the systems used to defend critical infrastructure
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Some Hong Kong workers have said they intend to quit smoking as a new ban on smoking at construction sites came into force on Friday.
The ban came in the wake of the deadly fire at Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court housing estate, a disaster that killed 168 people last November and was suspected to have been caused by workers smoking while carrying out renovations.
Under the legal amendments, an individual caught smoking at a construction site faces a fixed penalty of HK$3,000 (US$
From Hong Kong’s exceptional IB results to Louis Vuitton suing China’s trademark regulator, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting
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Across the US this week, different disasters – from Canadian wildfire smoke darkening the skies in the Midwest and northeast to extreme heat along the east coast to catastrophic flooding in Texas – are disrupting daily life and putting people’s health at risk.
When multiple weather catastrophes play out like this at the same time, or in quick succession, experts refer to them as compound events. As climate change makes compound events more likely, experts warned that grappling with them is further complicated by the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster