Wednesday 17 April 2024
Average cost of Hong Kong supermarket goods went up by 1.9% last year, Consumer Council survey finds
- ScmpHong Kong’s first spot bitcoin and ether ETFs get conditional approval as city stakes a lead on such products
- scmpFirst China transgender clinic deals with ‘visitors’ as it embraces country’s 4 million people with body dissatisfaction
- ScmpHong Kong must remain vigilant to national security threats that can ‘spread like viruses’, city leader John Lee warns
- ScmpAfghanistan’s first female Olympian urges Paris Games ban for country over Taliban’s rights record
- Scmp‘I felt bad for your butt’, France’s Emmanuel Macron tells diver who fell, crashed into water
- ScmpIn China, Germany’s Olaf Scholz calls for ‘open and fair’ competition as differences weigh on trade
- ScmpSouth Korea’s China ambassador faces abuse probe as President Yoon gets no respite after election rout
- ScmpCo-founder of Li Ka-shing-backed venture capital firm pledges HK$60 million to female students taking Hong Kong’s college entrance exams
- ScmpChina’s ‘critical’ property sector must ensure timely delivery of homes, says Vice-Premier He Lifeng
- ScmpString of favourable policies designed to boost Hong Kong in pipeline, mainland China’s top city affairs official promises
- ScmpHong Kong watchdog calls for better labelling rules after fifth of beer brands fail to report accurate alcohol levels
- ScmpChina student becomes 6th victim of deadly Sydney knife rampage, devastated family on way to Australia
- ScmpHong Kong consumer watchdog calls for vigilance over private care homes fees, says additional costs may balloon to 57% of basic monthly charges
- ScmpBruce Lehrmann is a rapist, Australian judge finds, throwing out ex-government adviser’s defamation case
- ScmpChina couple abandon baby with nanny after claiming they will receive US$56 million inheritance from woman’s ex
- ScmpGlobal Impact: Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok is facing a ban in the US as China hits back at ‘never-ending cycle’
- ScmpShanghai is the sole commodities bourse to stay open to Russian aluminium, copper and nickel as sanctions drive Moscow towards China
- ScmpWho invented butter chicken? Indian restaurant chains get into a spicy legal drama with rival claims
- ScmpGambling in Thailand, India’s election, Hong Kong martial arts icon Sammo Hung: 5 weekend reads you may have missed
- ScmpBeijing point man on Hong Kong hails ‘historic mission’ of passing Article 23 law in virtual address on National Security Education Day
- Scmp‘No doubt’ pro-China interests meddling in Solomon Islands elections, opposition figure claims
- ScmpChina is hungry for avocados, and South Africa is ready to deliver as export deal gets the green light
- ScmpDog ‘driver’ in China pulls cart to pick up kindergarten girl, envious classmates say it is ‘Rolls-Royce’ for children
- ScmpClash of views between Hong Kong employers and workers’ groups over ‘job-hopping’ by domestic helpers from overseas
- ScmpSurvivors of 2017 Ariana Grande concert bombing take legal action against UK’s MI5 intelligence agency
- ScmpHong Kong construction sector launches trial scheme to monitor workers’ compliance with safety measures in bid to reduce accidents
- ScmpPakistan investigates murder of suspect in 2013 fatal attack on Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh
- Scmp‘Parallel universes’: PR expert James Heimowitz finds hope for future US-China relations away from politics
- ScmpUS does not want wider war with Iran, seeks de-escalation in Middle East crisis, White House says
- ScmpIran’s attack on Israel ‘brings joy’ to Gaza Palestinians amid suspicions of ‘face-saving’ assault
- ScmpStars bring glitz and glamour to Hong Kong Film Awards, with The Goldfinger widely tipped as a big winner
- ScmpGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz begins China visit amid mounting European concerns over unfair competition
- ScmpLandslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi kill at least 14, search for missing hampered by bad weather
- ScmpResidents of fire-stricken Hong Kong building allowed back after cordon lifted but some decide not to return home
- ScmpScientists in China, South Korea devise ‘pioneering strategy’ for breakthrough in semiconductor technology
- ScmpChina voices ‘deep concern’ following Iranian attack on Israel and urges ‘influential countries’ to work for peace
- scmpVisit by Chinese polar research icebreaker Xue Long 2 has cleared path for Hong Kong scientists to join national missions, experts say
- ScmpSomali pirates say hijacked Bangladesh-flagged ship released after payment of US$5 million ransom
- ScmpHong Kong literature museum to open in historical building in June, Urban Renewal Authority says
- ScmpChina TV host and actress flaunts wealth, dresses ‘princess’ daughter head to toe in designer clothes, igniting debate
- ScmpParis Olympics: Hong Kong’s sports minister backs athletes to win medals even though fewer expected to qualify
- Scmp‘Destructive’: tribes in India at risk as expanding tourism plans threaten cultural identity, ecosystem
- ScmpJapan’s new aircraft carrier Kaga ruffles feathers in China and raises questions about commitment to pacifist constitution
- ScmpDrone delivery service launches in China’s Greater Bay Area, slashing transport time and costs between cities
- ScmpGunman in Malaysia tries to shoot his wife, critically injures her bodyguard at Kuala Lumpur airport, flees scene
- ScmpHong Kong finance chief Paul Chan vows to help 1.8 million firms make payments, use services on enterprise version of iAM Smart
- ScmpElderly China tour guide at ancient site impresses foreigners with impeccable English, warm hospitality, delights all
- ScmpAustralian entrepreneur hailed for cleaning Philippines’ trash-strewn river but can the pristineness last longer?
- ScmpNot an ‘Asian Nato’: Aukus still work-in-progress but expansion could complicate China’s regional plans, analysts say
- Scmp‘We have the momentum’: Myanmar’s youth take up arms against junta, fleeing conscription order
- ScmpBeijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs to deliver virtual keynote as part of city’s biggest National Security Education Day yet
- ScmpBiden says US shot down Iran-launched attack drones, pledges ‘support’ for Israel against Tehran
- ScmpFor Southeast Asians, Israel-Gaza war is more worrying than even South China Sea row – as extremism fears grow
- ScmpPhilippines’ Hotel101, founded by Jollibee owner, eyes million-room, 100-country milestones while standardising rooms with dynamic pricing
- ScmpFewer Americans want to study in China. Both countries want to fix that, ‘a lot of trust has been broken’
- scmpHong Kong schools lost 4,600 pupils in last academic term, a nearly 90% drop compared with 2021-22 as emigration wave subsides
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