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Hong Kong’s Ng On-yee to face China’s Bai Yulu in final of 2026 WSF Women’s Championship
Hong Kong’s Ng On-yee has advanced to the final of the 2026 WSF Women’s Championship, where she will face defending world champion Bai Yulu of China on Friday night for the world No 1 spot. This is the first women’s event of the 2026 WSF Tour, held over five days in Sofia, Bulgaria, with 12 players taking part. Ng, the three-time women’s world champion, reached the final by defeating two Thai opponents, including…
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Rooted in resilience: China’s seed push plants agricultural ‘chips’, grows self-reliance
China is starting to reap the rewards of its food-security push into the seed sector, aggressively making a play for self-reliance with domestically developed varieties dubbed the “chips” of agriculture. This strategic push, authorities say, has seen the nation make substantial progress in developing and deploying its own vital crop and livestock genetics, aiming to reduce dependence amid global uncertainties. In…
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From emo to nu metal: why 2000s bands are striking a chord with Gen Z in Southeast Asia
From the eyeliner-heavy angst of My Chemical Romance to the double-denim pop of Blue, reunion tours by early-2000s Western acts are selling out Southeast Asian arenas, powered by an unlikely driver: Gen Z fans who were toddlers, or not yet born, when the bands first topped the charts. When My Chemical Romance (MCR) announced its Southeast Asia tour, 60,000 tickets for their Kuala Lumpur show on April 30 sold out…
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Jockey Club set to stage ‘world-class racing and entertainment’ at Conghua from October
Hong Kong and Guangzhou’s horse industry cooperation will enter a critical phase when the first of regular race meetings is held at Conghua racecourse in October, with the Jockey Club aiming to showcase “world-class racing and entertainment” to the mainland. A key pillar of China’s five-year National Equine Industry Development Plan, Conghua – which is situated 150km north of the Hong Kong-China border – will host…
Tencent crackdown on third-party WeChat backup tools sparks privacy debate
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Tencent crackdown on third-party WeChat backup tools sparks privacy debate
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings cited data privacy risks after its request to remove open-source WeChat export tools from GitHub sparked an online backlash. Some of the projects claiming access to WeChat chat records have used reverse engineering, among other techniques, to crack local database keys, bypassing the app’s encryption mechanisms, according to Tencent. “These actions compromise user privacy and data security and could be exploited by malicious actors,” Tencent said in a statement...
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Who is Alicia Crowder, the actress who plays Diana in Hulu’s Tell Me Lies?
The latest episode of Hulu’s addictive TV series Tell Me Lies centres on Diana, played by actress Alicia Crowder. During the show’s past two seasons, we see Diana in a love triangle with Lucy (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen (Jackson DeMarco) as he bounces between the two girls throughout their college days. Revelations from the latest episode include Diana’s romance with Pippa (Sonia Mena) during college and her…
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Meet Patrick Ball, who plays Dr Frank Langdon in HBO Max’s The Pitt
HBO Max’s hit medical drama The Pitt is back with its second season, and it is already the second most-watched TV show on the platform at the time of writing, according to streaming data collection website FlixPatrol. Starring Noah Wyle, Katherine LaNasa, Patrick Ball and more, the series won best drama series at the Critics Choice Awards and the Golden Globes earlier this year. One of the major personal conflicts…
Why these YouTube stars are nudging users to put their phones down
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Why these YouTube stars are nudging users to put their phones down
It is simple to accidentally become entranced by an endless loop of videos on Instagram or YouTube. But sometimes, that mindless scroll is interrupted by a reminder that what you thought was a 10-minute break spent on your phone was closer to 30 minutes. Olivia Yokubonis, armed with a kind voice and scientific research, often pops up in feeds on social media platforms, gently reminding viewers that they might not remember the video they saw two videos before she appeared on the screen. Yokubonis...
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China name Eileen Gu, Su Yiming and Lin Xiaojun in powerhouse Winter Olympics squad
China have named several Olympic champions in their squad for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games next month, including two foreign-born speed skaters who won gold medals for their countries of birth. The champions in the 124-strong team include skiers Eileen Gu and Xu Mengtao, snowboarder Su Yiming and figure skating pair Sui Wenjing and Han Cong. Also in the squad are South Korean-born Lin Xiaojun and…
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Nomura banker buys HK$75 million house as Hong Kong luxury market steadies
A Nomura Holdings banker has bought a detached luxury house at Villa Rosa in Hong Kong’s Southern District for HK$75 million (US$9.6 million), highlighting the gradual return of foreign professionals and senior executives to the city’s high-end residential market as prices soften. Sachin Tulshyan, a Hong Kong-based managing director for equity products at Nomura, acquired the four-bedroom house in Tai Tam on…
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Former Des Moines superintendent pleads guilty to falsely claiming citizenship
Ian Roberts, the former Des Moines superintendent, has pleaded guilty in federal court to falsely claiming U.S. citizenship and illegally possessing firearms.
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As RFK Jr. raises vaccine doubts, data shows how many lives they've saved
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's new head of the Department of Health and Human Services, has raised doubts about vaccines — but history shows they've saved millions of lives.