We see that Barry Cheung's difficulties with the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange have made waves in Moscow. This is because he is an independent non-executive director on the board of Rusal, the...
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Austrians will decide on Sunday whether to maintain compulsory military service or switch to a professional army in a referendum that has split the small, neutral country.
With more than 1,000 to choose from, which ski resort best suits your needs? Alf Alderson gives his pick of winning winter wonderlands.
An ice-cream parlour owner who killed her ex-husband and lover, chopped them up with a chainsaw, froze their remains then buried them in concrete was sentenced to life in a secure mental...
A woman described as "singularly cold-blooded" went on trial yesterday accused of murdering two men and setting their sawn-up body parts in concrete in the cellar of her ice-cream parlour.
Being largely tourism-dependent, the holiday home market invariably suffers in any economic downturn. Yet a report by Savills Residential Research and Alpine Homes suggests that bolt-holes in the...
Anyone looking for a convenient example of the long-standing ties between Austria and Hong Kong might well pick Swarovski, the company that manufactures exquisitely cut crystal and a range of...
Most people mistakenly believe a snifter - a glass with a wide bottom and a relatively narrow top - is the best holder.
The silly season will officially arrive in Hong Kong on October 10, when some 40 weird and wacky flying contraptions take off from a ramp in West Kowloon in Asia's first Red Bull Flugtag.
...Organ donors can show the way
Under the presumed consent system, individuals are considered organ donors after death. This has been a common practice in many European countries like...
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