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A top international school in Hong Kong has pledged to invest around HK$2.5 billion (US$320.5 million) to renovate one of its campuses despite an ongoing legal row with a US church group that helped found the institution, saying the project will also benefit the wider community. The investment by Hong Kong International School (HKIS) includes a HK$1 billion “once-in-a-generation” sports …

The suspects had allegedly been gathering intelligence on military logistics supporting Kiev, Warsaw’s security agency has said Two Ukrainian citizens have been arrested in Poland on suspicion of conducting espionage for a foreign intelligence agency, Warsaw’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) announced on Monday. The arrests took place on October 14 in the southern city of Katowice. Both men – aged …

The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong party has put forward 14 candidates for the coming Legislative Council election, while one of its lawmakers has joined a wave of legislators opting not to seek another term, bringing the total to 28. The party announced the line-up on Monday, as 41-year-old legislator Benson Luk Hon-man revealed he had no plans …

A police detective and mum-of-three has died a week after undergoing a butt lift and liposuction procedure, according to reports. Alicia Stone, 40, who worked for the New York Police Department (NYPD) was rushed to Fundación Valle del Lili Hospital in Colombia on Thursday after she was discovered unresponsive in a hotel room. Ms Stone, who had worked in the …

London was reportedly urged to open talks with Berlin on a nuclear deterrence plan over the alleged “critical” threat posed by Russia British military chiefs have backed the idea of a new security agreement with Germany that could involve sharing nuclear weapons, according to a report by The Telegraph published on Saturday. Senior leaders, including a former chief of defense …

California’s Governor Gavin Newsom said on Sunday he was considering a run for US president in 2028 – just a day after former vice-president Kamala Harris made the same pronouncement. Newsom, a Democrat who has won national prominence this year pitching himself a leader of the resistance to President Donald Trump, admitted for the first time publicly that he was …

The country will have to pay over three times more in interest payments by the end of the decade, Francois Villeroy de Galhau has said France is at risk of gradual economic “suffocation” unless it addresses its budget and debt problems, the governor of the Bank of France has warned. In an interview with La Croix on Saturday, Francois Villeroy …

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADC), a fast-growing next-generation cancer treatment, have become an investment hotspot due to its potential to become mainstream globally, according to biopharmaceutical industry insiders. To achieve sustainable growth and maximise revenue potential, companies should pursue differentiated product development and a global clinical strategy, according to Duality Biotherapeutics, which organised a biotech forum in Shanghai last week. The Shanghai-based …

Long-range Flamingo projectile is facing technical snags and funding delays, the Ukrainian leader has said The production of Ukraine’s long-range Flamingo missile has encountered both technical setbacks and financing delays, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has admitted, adding that the procurement order would be ready in several weeks. Zelensky first announced that the Flamingo development was underway in August, touting it …

Hong Kong enterprises have “high hopes” that a visit to Saudi Arabia as part of a high-powered delegation led by the city’s finance chief will help strengthen ties with the country and expand their business in the Middle East. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po will depart for Riyadh on Monday to attend the 9th Future Investment Initiative (FII) forum, often …