European prosecutors say Greek state employees and politicians helped dozens of farmers scam the EU out of over US$22.5 million in subsidies
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The Hong Kong Jockey Club has urged the city to position the Greater Bay Area as a leading equine hub under its first five-year plan, proposing the formation of a distinctive racing circuit for both mainland Chinese and international tourists.
In a submission to the government on Thursday, the club said the equine industry had already been identified as a strategic economic driver under national planning frameworks.
“Hong Kong therefore has an opportunity to play a leading role in helping to develop a world-class equine industry ecosystem across the GBA [
The ousted leader, who has been sentenced to death, plans a December homecoming in a high-stakes bid to resurrect her banned party
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Hasina, who has been living in India since her government was toppled
Indonesia is one of the top contributors of labour for the global fishing industry with several hundred thousand migrant workers, according to government figures.
Many are recruited online and assigned to foreign-flagged ships without being properly informed about their rights, leaving them vulnerable to
Led by State Grid’s Shanghai subsidiary, the trial achieved a peak load reduction of 97.8 megawatts within a two-hour window, marking the country’s largest single city-level adjustment of computing power load, according to a report on Wednesday by Jiefang
Liebich, who was sentenced as a man, legally changed gender after Germany’s Self-Determination Act came into effect in 2024
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Liebich arrived in Germany
Riding on the AI boom, the Taiwanese chipmaker’s net income jumped 77 per cent to NT$706.6 billion (US$22 billion) in the second quarter
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A Hong Kong professional rugby player has been acquitted of molesting a woman at a bar after a magistrate ruled the athlete had touched her buttocks by accident.
But Faizal Solomona Penesa, 34, admitted a lesser offence of common assault and another charge of criminal damage, and was ordered by Magistrate Gary Chu Man-hon on Thursday to pay HK$12,000 (US$1,530) in fines.
Security footage played in court showed Solomona’s hand on the complainant’s
Hong Kong’s short-haul visitor arrivals plunged by 15 per cent in June despite an overall growth in traffic, as higher fuel costs linked to the Middle East conflict reduced flight capacity and weaker regional currencies dampened travel demand, tourism authorities have said.
The Hong Kong Tourism Board said on Thursday that the city received 3.72 million visitors last month, up by 7 per cent from a year earlier, driven largely by a 10 per cent rise in mainland Chinese arrivals to 2.88 million
A policewoman in southern China has fulfilled the filial piety duty of her colleague for his parents for two decades since he died while saving people from drowning.
On September 4, 2006, Deng Wenguo, a police officer at the frontier inspection station in Dongguan, Guangdong province, lost his life when saving people from drowning in a reservoir. He was later recognised as a martyr by China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Yangcheng Evening News reported.
Zhu Shuo, Deng’s colleague who got along well
