The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Professionals Association is backing the OECD’s CARF and tougher tax transparency, but wants lighter treatment and more flexible recordkeeping....
With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison?...
The new head of the International Bar Association (IBA) has said that the organisation will speak out if unjustified and illegal sanctions are imposed on legal professionals in Hong Kong. The remarks ...
A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...
Hong Kong delegates to China’s top political advisory body are a “steadfast patriotic force” and make an important contribution to the city’s long-term prosperity and stability, Chief Executive John L...
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President Donald Trump unveiled his “Great Health Care Plan,” but details remain scarce, raising questions about congressional support and its impact as premiums rise....
One of the main themes of this year’s World Economic Forum is how industries, regions and countries prepare for disruption, from geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty to climate-related risks...
Government offices, the stock market and many schools are closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but most businesses are open...
A doctor from Nigeria tells what Martin Luther King Jr. taught him about health, Justice and inequality. (Image credit: Stephen F. Somerstein)...
Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...
Chinese artificial intelligence firm Zhipu AI said its new image generation model was trained on chips from Huawei Technologies, making it the first powerful open-source model to be developed on an en...
It's unclear when US lawmakers will return to address a market structure bill, but CEO David Solomon said Goldman Sachs was monitoring its progress for tokenization and stablecoins....
Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the...
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As religious elites and Revolutionary Guards strengthen their hold on the economy, experts question how long the regime can survive....
Playing a long game paid off with the Soviet Union and a similar trajectory of regime collapse could come in Tehran...
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un publicly dismissed a cabinet vice premier over a factory project. He also blasted officials for "defeatism" and "irresponsibility."...
Nigerians are grappling with rising inflation, particularly in food prices, driven by subsidy cuts. President Bola Tinubu's government hopes that such measures will improve the situation in the long t...
The EU is set to sign a long-awaited trade deal with South America's trade bloc, Mercosur. It may offer unexplored opportunities, but critics say the environmental fallout is being sidelined....