More than 50 per cent of subjects offered moved up the rankings in a newly published global league by a Britain-based education information firm.
The Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong's markets regulator, has
Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks moved in a flat-to-low range on Wednesday
Hong Kong’s judiciary has handled around 90 per cent of cases on national security and the 2019 protests. As of February, the Judiciary had handled 93 per cent of more than 2,320 cases relating to 2019 protests and unrest, and 87 per cent of over 200 national security cases, it said in a document submitted […]
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai hoped to contact protesters leading the “valiant camp” during the 2019 unrest and “purify” them, out of concerns they would lose the pro-democracy movement international support, an activist has testified during Lai’s landmark national security trial. Paralegal Chan Tsz-wah, who stands accused of conspiring with Lai and others to […]
A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to four years and seven months in jail over rioting and wounding others during the Yuen Long mob attack at the height of the 2019 protests and unrest. Tang Siu-hung, a 42-year-old driver, was prosecuted last July along with three others, four years after an incident on the night of […]
Exasperated and under intense scrutiny, some college administrators are increasingly punishing student activists with suspensions, expulsions and arrests.
Kelso’s Saturday jumps card has already been called off due to a waterlogged track. The Listed Snowdrop Fillies’ Stakes alongside two competitive handicaps feature on Kempton’s Saturday flat meeting. The ITV cameras are also heading to Chelmsford and we’ll take a look at one of their feature races. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews []
Australia’s labour market is still in pretty good shape despite the economy shedding jobs and the unemployment rate edging higher. A more muted result was widely expected in the Australian Bureau Statistics’ March labour force data following a stellar set of numbers in February. The jobless rate in March ticked higher to 3.8 per cent, […]
All trains in the Netherlands will come to a halt for three minutes on Saturday night in protest against attacks on ticket collectors and other NS staff. The action, which is planned for at 10:30 pm, was initiated by the NS and the railway workers unions, following a serious incident over the weekend when a female ticket collector was pushed down some stairs, kicked and beaten. A driver was also attacked, union VVMC said. A minor has been arrested for
Critics say a tough new security law — Article 23 — has led to self-censorship and further repressed opposition voices, but others say it's business as usual and life remains relatively unchanged.
A gauge of global equities has slipped while Treasury yields edged higher as investors sought clues on the potential for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts in the latest inflation data while the European Central Bank signalled rate cuts soon. A day after March’s hot Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading sent equity investors to the exits, […]