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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.
- Justices expressed scepticism over the ex-US president’s sweeping arguments for immunity, but could send the case back to the lower courts for a closer look
- A delay past November is significant because of the broad expectation that, should Trump reclaim the White House, he would order the case dropped.
But American treasury secretary says the policy option is something Washington ‘would be prepared to use if necessary’.
Since the pandemic, US East Coast ports have invested in expanded container terminals, adopted new technology for inventory management and made other upgrades.
Mohamad Hasan takes a veiled swipe at US-Philippines military cooperation during a meeting with China’s foreign minister in Beijing.
Chinese space agency deputy director declares China on track to put astronauts on the moon by 2030.
ByteDance-owned TikTok is set to pursue legal action challenging the constitutionality of the measure, which US President Joe Biden has signed into law.
The Duchess of Sussex is also known for her friendships with tennis icon Serena Williams, singers Mariah Carey and Beyoncé, model Chrissy Teigen and Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra
Europe must not become a vassal of the US, he said, as he outlined his vision for a more assertive EU on the global stage.
From mime-video maestro Khabane ‘Khaby’ Lame, sisters Charli and Dixie D’Amelio, big brand-endorser Addison Rae and comedian Matt Rife – so how they stack up in the TikTok popularity stakes?
Winfrey is one of the richest entertainment moguls out there, boasting a net worth of US$3 billion in 2024 – but who’s her partner who’s been by her side since 1986?
Stiller and Taylor had a public family outing in January as they attended Broadway’s Harmony with their 22-year-old daughter Ella – so who is she?
Intellectual property protection infringements along with technology transfer, counterfeiting and other concerns cited.
Manuel Mamba has been tossed out of office for illegally using public funds just as joint military exercises involving Manila and Washington take place in his province.
The university cancelled all scheduled activities involving Gilley, who left Malaysia saying he was one step ahead of the ‘mob’ whipped up by the government.
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.
Chew Shou Zi, 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.
