US President Donald Trump opened 16 days of celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary Wednesday with a rally-style speech – turning a national commemoration into a highly politicised showcase for his second-term agenda.
The address, on Washington’s National Mall, underscored how Trump has reshaped the anniversary around his own brand of politics and showmanship, blurring the line between official celebration and campaign-style spectacle.
The Republican leader eventually invoked the grand sweep of American history, but the first part of his address
Polytechnic University professors Asif Usmani and Jiang Liming are scheduled to testify at the final session of a public evidential hearing on Thursday.
Their testimonies will shed further light on the blaze that broke out at Wang
Every booking inquiry that lands in dive operator Richard Swann’s inbox these days carries the same undertow of anxiety. Before his clients commit to a dive trip off Kota Kinabalu, they want reassurance: are Sabah’s reefs still worth the journey?
Southbound Stock Connect flows, through which mainland Chinese investors buy Hong Kong listed shares, hit a record high in the past year, reflecting strong confidence in the city’s market on the back of a booming pipeline of initial public offerings (IPO).
In the 12 months to March this year, mainland investors snapped up HK$1.19 trillion (US$151.8 billion) worth of shares in Hong Kong, according to the Securities and Futures Commission’s (SFC) annual
The teen was listening to the coach’s briefing before he suddenly experienced breathing difficulties and lost consciousness
The 14-year-old is believed to have lost consciousness at about 6pm on Wednesday shortly after a break while listening to a briefing by his coach.
The victim’s granduncle, Yahya
The recent enactment of the Safeguarding National Security (Procedural Matters) Regulation has generated significant interest and commentary on Hong Kong’s legal landscape.
It is recognised that maintaining national security is of paramount importance and that there is a constitutional responsibility on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to do so.
Under the Basic Law, that responsibility falls to a large extent on the city’s chief executive. It is also recognised in many common law jurisdictions that certain matters of national security or foreign relations fall within the expertise and purview
Dr Ruby Tong is a university innovator and technology strategist bridging academic research, deep tech commercialisation, and AI governance.
The market realignment over the past week starkly captures the self-defeating logic of America’s technology containment strategy.
A boy in southern China accidentally ignited dozens of mobile phones while playing at home, but his father’s remarkably calm reaction has garnered praise online.
The father, surnamed Peng, operates a mobile phone shop in Shenzhen and utilises part of his home as a workshop for storing devices, according to the mainland media outlet First Scene.
The fire began when Peng’s five-year-old son noticed sparks from a short-circuiting power
