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Tycoon Li Ka-shing and his family-backed conglomerate, along with Henderson Land Development and the Lee Shau Kee Foundation, have pledged 15 million yuan (US$2.2 million) each to support relief efforts for victims of the deadly flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border. Li family-owned CK Asset Holdings, CK Hutchison Holdings and the Li Ka Shing Foundation, as well as Henderson Land and the Lee Shau Kee Foundation, expressed condolences to those affected by the disaster. The donations were made...

Birmingham mum-of-four Eman el-Shazly was detained by Egyptian authorities in Cairo, allegedly in an attempt to silence her sister, Mona el-Shazly, a vocal critic of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's regime

The brutal attack on Kyiv from ballistic missiles and Russia's new jet-powered drones came as NATO scrambled jets to ward off a major Kremlin drone threat in three countries

Duane “Keffe D” Davis was described by prosecutors as the ‘on-site commander of the effort to kill Tupac’

(JTA) — LAS VEGAS – Vice President JD Vance emphasized the importance of the American-Israel relationship, pinned rising antisemitism on immigration, and sidestepped a question about podcasters like Tucker Carlson, during a highly-anticipated, closed-doors appearance at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual summit on Monday. Vance’s appearance came at a moment when a number of Jewish... The post Vance courts Jewish Republicans, but leaves Tucker Carlson ties unanswered appeared first on The Forward.

A proposed troop access pact between the Philippines and Britain is the latest sign of Manila’s aim to draw in more European and other powers sharing similar concerns about security in the South China Sea and the continuous flow of goods along the vital waterways. The visiting forces agreement would allow troops from both countries to train and operate temporarily on each other’s soil, a move analysts say could lead to closer ties between the Philippines and Nato members and reduce its reliance...

A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends is set to be executed

Property-ownership complications and low public awareness have slowed landlords’ registration of Hong Kong subdivided flats under new housing regulations, industry observers have said, after the government received only 42.5 per cent of the applications expected in the first phase. Monday marked the deadline for the initial six-month “early bird” registration phase under the Basic Housing Unit Ordinance. Landlords who applied during this period were eligible for a waiver of HK$3,000 in...

Chinese chipmakers are setting increasingly aggressive targets to source production equipment locally, adding pressure on domestic toolmakers to come up with machines that are reliable in the exacting environment of high-volume wafer production. Several new wafer fabrication plants, or fabs, in the country were setting explicit localisation targets, according to Jie Chen, chairman of Britech Semiconductor Equipment (Shanghai) Corp, who spoke at an industry conference in eastern China’s Wuxi on...

BBC Sport takes a look at the summer signings getting off to a flying start in the new Premier League season, featuring Mamadou Sangare, Morgan Rogers, Julio Enciso, Gonzalo Garcia and Victor Munoz.

BBC Sport takes a look at the summer signings getting off to a flying start in the new Premier League season, featuring Mamadou Sangare, Morgan Rogers, Julio Enciso, Gonzalo Garcia and Victor Munoz.

BBC Sport takes a look at the summer signings getting off to a flying start in the new Premier League season, featuring Mamadou Sangare, Morgan Rogers, Julio Enciso, Gonzalo Garcia and Victor Munoz.