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Airport Authority and Hong Kong Metropolitan University team up to tackle shortage of flight crews by offering flying licence as part of bachelor’s degree in aviation services management.
Latest US protectionist moves targeting Chinese steel and aluminium imports, together with other measures, risk another damaging round of trade war.
Services sector and overseas demand for exports may have buoyed first-quarter GDP, but daunting challenges remain for country on path to recovery.
The new blockbuster film by director Alex Garland offers food for thought on the views of one of America’s founding fathers on federalism and gun rights.
- Taiwan’s US$26.625 billion worth of exports shipped to the US in the first quarter beat the US$22.407 billion sent to mainland China
- Mainland China had led the US as the top destination for Taiwan’s exports every year for the past decade, although the gap had been narrowing
Biden signed the bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new US aid to Ukraine, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks re-election.
Trade, Ukraine among topics on the agenda, with Blinken expected to pressure China to urge its firms to stop supplying dual-use goods to Russia or face more punitive measures.
Reports suggest US has discussed sanctions on some Chinese banks over their trade with Russia, but analysts say moves to remove China from the Swift interbank financial system could create a ‘huge problem’ for global trade.
From Selena Gomez and Blake Lively to Emma Stone, Gigi Hadid and Haim – but which Glee star was she rumoured to have dated?
What we know about Jamie Lynn’s 15-year-old daughter, who made a cameo on Zoey 102 and is a softball star – but what is her relationship with her famous aunt like?
Legislation, packaged with major foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, now heads to President Joe Biden, who has vowed to sign it into law.
The super tall Perth native has no public social media accounts and loves spending time on his family’s ranch in Wyoming – which his glamorous husband likes to show up to in ‘fabulous Westernwear’
Pan apologised to a courtroom packed with family and friends of victim Kevin Jiang, saying he ‘fully accepted’ his punishment.
Brenda Song, the fiancée of former child star Culkin, wished Paris Jackson a happy 26th birthday with a sweet post shared on April 4, on social media
Student protests in the US over the war in Gaza have intensified and expanded over the past week. Police have been called in to several campuses to arrest demonstrators.
Born into political royalty as former US president JFK’s niece, the former first lady of California doesn’t always see eye to eye with her cousin – so what else do we know about Schwarzenegger’s ex?
David Pecker testified that the National Enquirer paid for stories of Trump’s sexual misbehaviour but never published them, a practice known as ‘catch and kill’.
Stunted economic growth on mainland and Sino-American political challenges weighed on 2023 decline led by agricultural and semiconductor shipments.
There are 170 million Americans on TikTok, and they’re stressed about a potential ban.
State Department accused Beijing of continuing to ‘dismantle’ Hong Kong’s political freedoms and autonomy in violation of Sino-British Joint Declaration and Basic Law.
Washington has ‘seriously harmed’ Chinese interests with moves to suppress the country’s economy and trade, foreign ministry official says.
The singer-songwriter’s 11th album has garnered praise and even broke Spotify records, but not all the music critics love it …
The Netflix reality show fan favourite just divorced Jeff Lazkani, her husband of 7 years who first introduced her to The Oppenheim Group’s Jason Oppenheim, her boss on the hit reality show
Hirsi was suspended from Barnard College at Columbia University, New York over her participation in a pro-Palestinian protest – and her politician mum could not be prouder
This year’s ‘biggest ever’ Balikatan exercises kicked off as Manila took delivery of a state-of-the-art missile system from India – and had hopes for US$2.5 billion in US military aid.
Classes at Columbia University were shifted online on Monday as protests over the Israel-Gaza war heightened tensions on US campuses and led to dozens of arrests at Yale University.
Disinformation campaigns waged by China and Russia fan misperceptions amid years-long ‘drumbeat of very negative information’, says Kurt Campbell.
America’s top diplomat pledges to keep raising atrocities with responsible governments days before he is expected to meet senior officials in Beijing.
Knowing what we know now about the celebrities on this list only serves to make these unlikely pairings more fascinating – here are the star couples you may have forgotten existed …
Since Hamas’ unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in Gaza, there have been near-daily cross-border exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Most of Swift’s former relationships are believed to have been referenced in her work – but who is her The 1975 frontman ex dating now? Here’s what we know about his grungy model girlfriend
Be it shining a light on female-centric books or encouraging young people to read, these famous bibliophiles have all started their own book clubs
