Hong Kong star Doo Hoi-kem reaches doubles final, singles semi-finals at WTT event in Oman
Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem not only advanced to the women’s singles semi-finals of the WTT Contender Muscat tournament in Oman – she has also, with Ng Wing-lam, taken down China’s top-seeded pair on Friday. Doo, the city’s highest-ranked…
Stopping GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic often does not mean weight regain, US research suggests
Many patients using highly effective GLP-1 drugs may not regain lost weight quickly when they stop treatment, according to an analysis of real-world data that sheds light on a chief concern about the therapies. Among thousands of patients…
From roller skates to Olympic ice, Hongkonger Darren Kwok’s dream runs to Milano-Cortina
Four years ago, Darren Kwok Tsz-fung watched from the sidelines at the Beijing Winter Olympics as a reserve skater, dreaming of one day joining the world’s best on the Olympic stage. That dream will become reality next month when he…
How Trump stole the show at Davos and revived the WEF: ‘never been more relevant’
US President Donald Trump stole the show at the World Economic Forum in Davos, but he may have also made the annual gabfest of the global elite relevant again – at least for a week. The relevance of the gathering of CEOs and political…
Spain train derailment may have been caused by major track failure, report says
An investigation into last weekend’s high-speed train collision in Spain that killed 45 people suggests the track was cracked before the catastrophe, according to a preliminary report published on Friday. The shell-shocked country is…
Germany’s dramatic China car trade slump tests Merz’s tough talk at Davos
After German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to make Europe “the antithesis to state-sponsored unfair trade practices”, the massive pressure the country’s automotive industry faced from China was laid bare in new figures. Over the course…
TikTok US joint venture seen resembling Apple’s China iCloud deal
TikTok has officially launched a US joint venture tasked with “safeguarding the American content ecosystem”, with commercial activities such as e-commerce, advertising and marketing remaining under the company’s existing US entities. The…