China repeats opening up pledges in drive to lure foreign investors into Shanghai
Chinese financial officials have made fresh promises to open up the financial sector and attract international investors to the country’s main financial centre.The pledges were made during the Shanghai Bund Summit, a two-day gathering of Chinese banker...
Pakistani PM asks Facebook to ban Islamophobic content
Imran Khan said that "growing Islamophobia" is encouraging extremism and violence across the world
Address bar flaw and big rise in spear-phishing shows why better defences are needed against Covid-19 cyber attacks
Cybercriminals increased their rates of spear-phishing attacks by 667 per cent this year due to Covid-19 and online dependency, according to IT security company Barracuda Networks. Spear-phishing is a common online fraud whereby emails are sent from a...
Victor Li pushes Husky Energy into US$18 billion merger with rival Canadian oil producer to help end losses from oil slump
CK Hutchison is backing an all-stock C$23.6 billion (US$18 billion) merger between its unit Husky Energy and Cenovus Energy as the Canadian oil and gas producers seek to end a trail of losses from a slump in global oil prices.The Hong Kong unit, run by...
Stand-off with Chinese and private creditors threatens to deepen Zambian debt crisis
Zambia’s debt troubles could worsen as a stand-off with Chinese and commercial private creditors threatens to push the southern African nation into default.China is demanding “equal treatment of all creditors” after it raised concerns that the debt rel...
Coronavirus: Chinese city of Kashgar finds more than 100 new cases linked to first positive
The remote city of Kashgar in China’s far west detected more than 100 asymptomatic Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the regional health authority said.Gu Yingsu, the deputy head of the Xinjiang health committee, told a press conference that all 137 new cases ...
Trump administration claims progress over China farm purchases
The Trump administration said China has met 71 per cent of its agricultural purchases under the phase one trade deal.The US government said Friday that China had purchased US$23 billion in American farm products this year, but that amount includes both...
Conductor Yip Wing-sie on battling breast cancer and passing the baton at the Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Looking back, the press release issued by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in November 2018 has an almost vintage innocence. Under the headline “It’s time to pass the baton” was an announcement that the 2019/2020 season would be a swansong for its music direc...
Shamrock Rovers crowned champions after Finn Harps beat Bohemians
The Donegal side's unlikely win confirmed Shamrock Rovers as champions without the Hoops needing to step on the field.