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HSBC has agreed to sell its Singapore life and health insurance business to Germany’s Allianz for S$2.7 billion (US$2.08 billion), with the deal expected to…
Samantha Johnson
Typhoon Noul to come closest to Hong Kong late Saturday into Sunday
Typhoon Noul is expected to come closest to Hong Kong between Saturday night and Sunday morning, according to the city’s weather forecaster, which is considering…
Australia ramps up Aukus funding with US$3.2 billion for nuclear submarine yard
Australia said on Friday it would pump an additional US$3.2 billion into building the country’s nuclear-powered submarines, part of a controversial defence pact with the…
As Laos’ methanol poisoning case begins, victims’ families, friends slam ‘cover-up’
Almost two years after six travellers died and one survivor was left blind from suspected methanol-tainted drinks in Laos, the criminal case over the incident…
Hong Kong must wake up to the cold hard geopolitics of AI
Officials talking about artificial intelligence (AI) often speak in terms of the next industrial revolution or existential risks. Such rhetoric ultimately does little to capture…
Chinese nationals plead guilty to illegally shipping turtles from US to Hong Kong
Two Chinese nationals pleaded guilty to shipping more than 500 turtles to Hong Kong in violation of American wildlife law, the US Department of Justice…