TSMC’s third-quarter profit handily beats forecasts on AI boom
Asia’s most valuable publicly listed company saw profit jump 54 per cent last quarter.
Hong Kong SMEs facing loan hurdles should contact Monetary Authority, John Lee says
Chief executive says de facto central bank has been tasked with ensuring policies to help SMEs trickle down to financial institutions.
2 Hongkongers praised for helping stop HK$1 million knifepoint robbery
Police say pair who prevented thief from snatching woman’s handbag ‘acted bravely for a righteous cause’.
Japan man with 4 wives, 2 girlfriends aims to father 54 children, become ‘god of marriage’
Man says he ‘loves women’, enjoys role of house husband and claims to have sex more than 28 times every week.
India hits out at Canada’s ‘cavalier’ Trudeau in Sikh murder row
Relations between India and Canada deteriorate after the two countries expelled each others’ envoys.
South China Sea needs ‘pragmatic cooperation’, Beijing and Kuala Lumpur agree
In their first bilateral dialogue about managing maritime issues, the neighbours exchanged ‘in-depth’ views, Chinese foreign ministry said.
Hong Kong must build up gold trade amid stiff competition from Singapore: John Lee
Chief executive calls for immediate action to build from ‘low base’, keep up with Singapore’s launch of vault with 500-tonne gold depository.
US B-2 stealth bombers target underground Houthi bunkers in Yemen
US defence secretary called the mission a ‘unique demonstration’ of US ability to target enemy hardened facilities.
6 Hong Kong police officers jailed for up to 41 months after framing man for drug possession
The four men and two women were found guilty of five counts of perverting the course of justice over the incident on February 4, 2020.
Apple secretly worked with China’s BYD on long-range EV battery
Apple and Shenzhen-based BYD teamed up around 2017 to build a battery system using lithium iron phosphate cells.