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Hong Kong Palace Museum has unveiled its first outdoor public art exhibition featuring six large art installations expected to attract at least 500,000 visitors during their year-long display. Museum director Louis Ng Chi-wa said the exhibition was a continuation of its previous attempts to have Hong Kong artists engage in a dialogue with tradition through contemporary art. The exhibition, themed …

Ryazan is hardly alone. Lt. Gen. Vasyl Maliuk, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, said last week that Ukraine has carried out more than 160 successful attacks on Russian refineries and other energy targets this year; an Open Source Centre investigation identified more than 90 strikes between Aug. 2 and Oct. 14. In the last week alone, Ukraine has struck …

The wife of twisted British zoologist, Adam Britton, has called her husband a “monster” following the revelation of his horrific crimes against animals. The 49-year-old, who worked alongside David Attenborough, was jailed last year for the torture and rape of animals he owned, which he disturbingly referred to as “f*** toys”. He recorded himself sexually abusing, torturing and killing dozens …

Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the document during the latter’s visit to the Asian nation Russia and China have issued a new communique on the countries’ growing relations, following Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s visit to Hangzhou, where he met with his Chinese counterpart, Li Qiang. In the communique issued on Tuesday, both sides …

OPINION — “What should the U.S. role in the world be right now? We’re waiting for the [Trump administration] National Security Strategy to come out from the White House, which should come out in the next couple of months, which will be really interesting to see what they have to say. We are in the post-post-Cold War world. You know …

British travellers in Spain have been left bamboozled by Brussels’ new entry and exit rules for non-EU members. The EU is rolling out its new digital border controls known as the Entry/Exit System (EES). The EES came into effect on October 12 and will be gradually implemented to cover all EU countries within a six-month period. Travellers from countries outside …

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has regained its position as Asia’s best in a global ranking after 15 years, overtaking a mainland Chinese institution, with five other local varsities also making the region’s top 10 for the first time. Britain-based education information firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) said Hong Kong’s model – anchored in internationalisation, research excellence and targeted talent …

The country’s atomic program is peaceful and not aimed at obtaining nukes, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said Iran will rebuild nuclear facilities targeted in US and Israeli strikes earlier this year, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said, reiterating that his country is not seeking to develop nuclear weapons. In June 2025, the US and Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran’s Fordow, …

Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan and India are poised to attract capital inflows from international investors seeking to diversify their portfolios with non-US-dollar assets while pursuing growth opportunities in the coming years, according to top Wall Street bankers. “China is one of the largest [and] most important economies in the world,” said David Solomon, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, …

The US president has doubled down on a nuclear testing threat while calling for global denuclearization US President Donald Trump has defended his push to resume nuclear weapon testing, boasting that America’s arsenal is powerful enough “to blow up the world 150 times” and should be maintained through active trials. In a CBS interview aired on Sunday, Trump was asked …