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By Robert Godden Many of the world’s largest financial institutions have made bold promises to promote responsible investing and combat human trafficking. Yet behind these commitments lies exploitation much closer to home, literally. Migrant domestic workers sit in front of a luxury fragrance advertisement in Hong Kong, on November 5, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. In […]
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Saturday that his company will balance legal compliance and technological advances under the incoming administration of Donald Trump, and nothing will stop the global advancement of artificial intelligence. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang poses for a photo after receiving an honorary doctorate in engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science […]
By Jiaxin Lu Rowdy cheers spilled from a Hong Kong banquet hall hosting a mass wedding party, as one of the 20 elderly couples renewing their vows coquettishly shared a strawberry marshmallow mouth-to-mouth. Couples pose for a group wedding photo in a restaurant in Hong Kong, on November 17, 2024. Photo: Jiaxin Lu/AFP. Dressed to […]
By Mary Yang Several students were injured Tuesday after a car crashed outside a primary school in central China’s Hunan province, state media said. Primary school students arrive on the first day of the new term in Beijing on September 1, 2021. Photo: Jade Gao/AFP. China has witnessed a spate of deadly incidents in recent […]
Eight people were killed and 17 others wounded Saturday in a knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China, and the suspect — a former student — has been arrested, police said. The scene after the knife attack in Yixing, Jiangsu province in China on November 16, 2024. Photo: whyyoutouzhele, via X. The attack […]
Crossing the Shenzhen border on an early morning in mid-October, a joyful Joseph finally set foot in Hong Kong, where his two children have lived for over 10 years, with the right to work. In his mid 30s and from mainland China, Joseph has landed a job as a waiter in a New Territories restaurant […]
Hong Kong’s marathon next February is set to feature a special team. A running club, mostly made up of current and former street sleepers, is entering the 10-kilometre event in hopes of changing society’s perception that homeless people are “useless.” A running club consisting of homeless individuals organised by the Society for Community Organization holds […]
Only around a third of Hongkongers have said they trust the government to lead the fight against the climate crisis, a study has found, as a green group urged greater transparency on the city’s progress towards its target of carbon neutrality by 2050. A landslide in Shau Kei Wan on September 8, 2023. Photo: Kyle […]
Thirty-five people were killed and 43 wounded when a car ploughed into people exercising around a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, local police said Tuesday. The aftermath of the ramming outside a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai. Screenshot: LUOXIANGZY, via X. The ramming was reported on Monday, […]
Since the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in neighbouring Shenzhen, the Takedas have not let their son come home alone after classes in Hong Kong. Shenzhen residents lay flowers outside a Japanese school after a 10-year-old Japanese boy was killed after being stabbed on his way to school in the Chinese city on September […]