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Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO

Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO

2 years ago 420

Hong Kong JPEX cryptocurrency scandal: 72 arrested, HK$228 million in assets frozen so far

Hong Kong JPEX cryptocurrency scandal: 72 arrested, HK$228 million in ...

2 years ago 502

Chinese spies targeted Dutch industries, including chipmaker ASML, to strengthen military, intelligence agency says

Chinese spies targeted Dutch industries, including chipmaker ASML, to ...

2 years ago 489

China steels itself for new front in trade war after US proposes tariffs on metals

China steels itself for new front in trade war after US proposes tarif...

2 years ago 453

DSE test leak: why sharing Hong Kong exam content online is illegal

DSE test leak: why sharing Hong Kong exam content online is illegal

2 years ago 507

Hoaxer who waged 6-week terror campaign in Britain in 2013 faces near 10-year prison term

Hoaxer who waged 6-week terror campaign in Britain in 2013 faces near ...

2 years ago 382

Burkina Faso junta expel 3 French diplomats over alleged subversive activities

Burkina Faso junta expel 3 French diplomats over alleged subversive ac...

2 years ago 507

Tunisian journalist sentenced to 6 months in prison for insulting an official

Tunisian journalist sentenced to 6 months in prison for insulting an o...

2 years ago 507

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund posts $110 billion in first-quarter profit as tech stocks surge

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund posts $110 billion in first-quar...

2 years ago 397

Beijing denies its South China Sea deal with former Philippine leader Duterte was a ‘secret’

Beijing denies its South China Sea deal with former Philippine leader ...

2 years ago 527

Prominent Baptist pastor in military-ruled Myanmar detained again hours after release from prison

Prominent Baptist pastor in military-ruled Myanmar detained again hour...

2 years ago 459

Pakistan says Iran's President Raisi will visit next week despite tensions in the Middle East

Pakistan says Iran's President Raisi will visit next week despite tens...

2 years ago 370

South China Sea: Beijing may get ‘up close’ as US-Philippine Balikatan drills send ‘deterrent signal’ on contested claims

South China Sea: Beijing may get ‘up close’ as US-Philippine Balikatan...

2 years ago 455

Beyonce and Shakira song fund Hipgnosis agrees $1.4 billion sale to Concord

Beyonce and Shakira song fund Hipgnosis agrees $1.4 billion sale to Co...

2 years ago 507

19 Hong Kong educational institutions signal interest in opening up in new Northern Metropolis academic town

19 Hong Kong educational institutions signal interest in opening up in...

2 years ago 376

3 Reasons This Country Is a Top ISIS Recruiting Ground

3 Reasons This Country Is a Top ISIS Recruiting Ground

2 years ago 356

US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna seek to ban trade in water rights

US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna seek to ban trade in water...

2 years ago 365

China’s Ant, Baidu, Tencent collaborate with US firms OpenAI, Nvidia on publishing first global generative AI standards

China’s Ant, Baidu, Tencent collaborate with US firms OpenAI, Nvidia o...

2 years ago 403

Tesla boss Elon Musk’s lay-offs mainly target sales staff, leaving production at Shanghai Gigafactory unaffected: sources

Tesla boss Elon Musk’s lay-offs mainly target sales staff, leaving pro...

2 years ago 504

The Latest | Officials at Group of Seven meeting call for new sanctions against Iran

The Latest | Officials at Group of Seven meeting call for new sanction...

2 years ago 635

Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson is first Native American to represent the US solo at Venice Biennale

Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson is first Native American to represent th...

2 years ago 370

Emile Soleil, 2, was eaten by WOLVES hunting for prey locals fear after boy’s remains found in Alpine village

Emile Soleil, 2, was eaten by WOLVES hunting for prey locals fear afte...

2 years ago 678

Philippines’ first lady Liza Marcos breaks 2-year silence on ties with vice-president Sara Duterte: ‘I felt hurt’

Philippines’ first lady Liza Marcos breaks 2-year silence on ties with...

2 years ago 465

I saw Boeing staff jump on plane parts to force them to fit – when I told bosses they threatened me, says whistleblower

I saw Boeing staff jump on plane parts to force them to fit – when I t...

2 years ago 456

Ukraine warns WW3 will erupt & the West will be next if they lose war against Russia – unless US passes £50bn funding

Ukraine warns WW3 will erupt & the West will be next if they lose war ...

2 years ago 520

2 people smugglers sentenced to 9 years each in Spain for drowning deaths of migrants

2 people smugglers sentenced to 9 years each in Spain for drowning dea...

2 years ago 310

Trump ally and 2020 election denier Mike Lindell has FBI phone seizure case rejected by Supreme Court

Trump ally and 2020 election denier Mike Lindell has FBI phone seizure...

2 years ago 323

Why Nato’s adaptability is a strength and a liability in trying times

Why Nato’s adaptability is a strength and a liability in trying times

2 years ago 459

Hong Kong authorities deactivate more than 1 million SIM cards after owners fail to complete real-name registration

Hong Kong authorities deactivate more than 1 million SIM cards after o...

2 years ago 390

UK's Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate's cancer diagnosis

UK's Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate...

2 years ago 337

Prince William returns to public duties amid wife Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis

Prince William returns to public duties amid wife Princess Kate’s canc...

2 years ago 366

What is cloud seeding and is it to blame for the freak Dubai flooding?

What is cloud seeding and is it to blame for the freak Dubai flooding?...

2 years ago 498

Banker’s son on trial accused of drowning alcoholic father in ‘baptism-style exorcism to rid him of a demon’

Banker’s son on trial accused of drowning alcoholic father in ‘baptism...

2 years ago 498

Watch live as Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues for third day in New York

Watch live as Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues for third day ...

2 years ago 343

Bryan Kohberger’s alibi challenges his location night of Idaho student murders

Bryan Kohberger’s alibi challenges his location night of Idaho student...

2 years ago 326

Belgian and Czech leaders exhort the EU to react amid concern over Russian election interference

Belgian and Czech leaders exhort the EU to react amid concern over Rus...

2 years ago 296

Hong Kong’s corruption and antitrust watchdogs arrest 20 suspects over building maintenance project bid-rigging

Hong Kong’s corruption and antitrust watchdogs arrest 20 suspects over...

2 years ago 398

'Bollard Man' who confronted Sydney killer given Australian residency

'Bollard Man' who confronted Sydney killer given Australian residency

2 years ago 508

Plastic-production emissions could triple to one-fifth of Earth’s carbon budget – report

Plastic-production emissions could triple to one-fifth of Earth’s carb...

2 years ago 409

Do you have an ‘emotionally immature parent’? How a nine-year-old book found a new, younger audience

Do you have an ‘emotionally immature parent’? How a nine-year-old book...

2 years ago 415

Hong Kong’s buoyant home sales to fight gravity of continued high interest rates as cut hopes dwindle, analysts say

Hong Kong’s buoyant home sales to fight gravity of continued high inte...

2 years ago 426

Sydney mall stabbing: France’s ‘Bollard Man’ gains Australian residency for confronting killer, thanks to PM Albanese

Sydney mall stabbing: France’s ‘Bollard Man’ gains Australian residenc...

2 years ago 570

Skytrax names the best airports of 2024 — and Singapore's Changi is no longer No. 1

Skytrax names the best airports of 2024 — and Singapore's Changi is no...

2 years ago 335

Record-breaking ballet dancers and protesting farmers : photos of the day – Thursday

Record-breaking ballet dancers and protesting farmers : photos of the ...

2 years ago 388

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Donald Trump for mistaking him for Al Pacino in Truth Social post

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Donald Trump for mistaking him for Al Pacino in Tr...

2 years ago 491

Qatar re-evaluates key mediator role in Middle East conflict on concerns of ‘political exploitation’

Qatar re-evaluates key mediator role in Middle East conflict on concer...

2 years ago 323

Horror moment Brit tourist tombstones onto rocks in botched stunt leaving him seriously injured at Tenerife beauty spot

Horror moment Brit tourist tombstones onto rocks in botched stunt leav...

2 years ago 534

Dining across the divide: ‘I couldn’t get on board with her equating the Taliban and the democratic government of Ukraine’

Dining across the divide: ‘I couldn’t get on board with her equating t...

2 years ago 342

Britain’s defence policy is more like one big declaration of war | Owen Jones

Britain’s defence policy is more like one big declaration of war | Owe...

2 years ago 324

Indonesia’s Joko Widodo urges China to ‘use its influence’ to prevent rise in conflict in Middle East

Indonesia’s Joko Widodo urges China to ‘use its influence’ to prevent ...

2 years ago 333

US state of Maine approves sweeping gun legislation after deadly Lewiston shooting kills 18

US state of Maine approves sweeping gun legislation after deadly Lewis...

2 years ago 413

Manchester City and Arsenal crash out of Champions League – Football Weekly Extra

Manchester City and Arsenal crash out of Champions League – Football W...

2 years ago 395

Widespread 911 outages hit four states

Widespread 911 outages hit four states

2 years ago 598

Aid trucks enter Gaza through Erez crossing, World Food Program says

Aid trucks enter Gaza through Erez crossing, World Food Program says

2 years ago 393

Deaths of 48 people in 1981 Irish nightclub fire were unlawful killing, jury rules

Deaths of 48 people in 1981 Irish nightclub fire were unlawful killing...

2 years ago 350

Russia reports downing 5 Ukrainian military balloons

Russia reports downing 5 Ukrainian military balloons

2 years ago 425

MTR Corp exhibition in Hong Kong tracks history of trains, equipment and staff of rail operator

MTR Corp exhibition in Hong Kong tracks history of trains, equipment a...

2 years ago 455

Food crazes make me want to roll my eyes. But first, pass me a crookie | Jay Rayner

Food crazes make me want to roll my eyes. But first, pass me a crookie...

2 years ago 379

‘We can’t hunt or fish’: the villages in Ecuador’s Amazon surrounded by abandoned explosives

‘We can’t hunt or fish’: the villages in Ecuador’s Amazon surrounded b...

2 years ago 473

How we met: ‘It felt like chatting with an old friend rather than meeting for the first time’

How we met: ‘It felt like chatting with an old friend rather than meet...

2 years ago 680