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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.
Marcos Jnr’s pro-US stance and measures to ‘elevate’ the Philippines have made him a ‘pivotal player’ on South China Sea issues among world leaders.
The felony indictments, which allege a conspiracy to award Arizona’s slate of electors to Donald Trump, are the latest effort by a state to hold accountable those who backed Trump’s false claim that he won the 2020 presidential vote.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said US President Joe Biden should take action, and suggested sending in the National Guard to ‘bring order’ to campuses rocked by pro-Palestinian protests.
The move is in line with Pyongyang’s efforts to attract Iran to an alliance against the US and boost cooperation for mutual benefit, analyst notes.
JoJo Siwa’s new song ‘Karma’ was originally recorded by a relatively unknown artist called Brit Smith – and TikTok has decided it likes the 12-year-old version better … here’s what you need to know
Xiaolei Wu, who was studying jazz at the Berklee College of Music, will be deported after serving his sentence in a US prison, a federal judge orders.
Moscow vetoed a resolution to prevent an orbital arms race, prompting the US to ask if Russia was hiding something.
It seems Bieber’s mum Pattie Mallette and his wife Hailey are as close as ever – so what do we know about the pop star’s mum, and what is she doing these days?
From Drake and Kendrick Lamar to Quavo and Chris Brown, rappers’ diss tracks are exposing the links between them like never before – so who is Karrueche Tran, who’s been referenced recently?
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, was seriously wounded during his abduction from the Nova music festival on October 7, and the video shows him missing a hand.
The weapons, with double the striking distance, were used for the first time to bomb a Russian airfield in Crimea and Russian forces in another occupied area.
Shou Zi Chew, chief executive of the popular app, says the platform will continue to operate as it challenges the new legislation in court.
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.