The Hong Kong Securities & Futures Professionals Association is backing the OECDâs 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...
Guatemala is in a state of emergency following a weekend of gang-related violence. Gang-affiliated inmates rioted in three prisons. Seven police officers were killed as authorities took action....
President Donald Trump unveiled his âGreat Health Care Plan,â but details remain scarce, raising questions about congressional support and its impact as premiums rise....
Philipp Navratil tells staff that ESG has âgone off the agendaâ for US investors since presidentâs re-election...
One of the main themes of this yearâs World Economic Forum is how industries, regions and countries prepare for disruption, from geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty to climate-related risks...
Presidentâs freewheeling policy proclamations send shockwaves through companies and financial markets...
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...
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....
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. As usual, we're still waiting for a response. In the...
European leaders criticise stance on Arctic island, with Macron taking aim at US presidentâs âuseless aggressivityâ...
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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...
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Donald Trump's pursuit of Greenland now extends to new tariffs on countries considered NATO allies. But what would such tariffs mean for the European countries affected, how have they been received, a...
The US is suspending visa processing for 75 countries. What does this mean, when will it start and who does it affect?...
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...
Syria's government is trying to forcefully absorb a Syrian Kurdish paramilitary group that once controlled much of the country's northeast. The fight ultimately comes down to a clash about Syria's fut...