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Venus Williams, 45, is set to play at the Australian Open for the first time in five years after receiving the final women's wildcard for the tournament.

Venus Williams, 45, is set to play at the Australian Open for the first time in five years after receiving the final women's wildcard for the tournament.

Venus Williams, 45, is set to play at the Australian Open for the first time in five years after receiving the final women's wildcard for the tournament.

Venus Williams, 45, is set to play at the Australian Open for the first time in five years after receiving the final women's wildcard for the tournament.

Twice as many mainland Chinese visitors arrived in Hong Kong on New Year’s Day compared with the same day in 2025, with one lawmaker attributing the surge to a three-day holiday across the border this year. Alan Chan Chung-yee, a legislator and chief operating officer of Miramar Group, also said on Friday that deteriorating relations between China and Japan had driven some mainland travellers to visit Hong Kong instead of Japan. “To mainlanders, Hong Kong has a better Christmas atmosphere as the...

The new head of Hong Kong’s Legal Aid Department has pledged full support to residents affected by the deadly Tai Po fire while vowing to answer society’s needs with “professional, efficient and empathetic” services. Chan Chak-ming, who assumed the post as director of legal aid on Thursday, also revealed that his department would launch a string of measures to help affected residents. “I will ensure that the Legal Aid Department makes every effort to provide all necessary legal assistance to...

England name off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in a 12-man squad for the fifth Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney.

England name off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in a 12-man squad for the fifth Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney.

England name off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in a 12-man squad for the fifth Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney.

England name off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in a 12-man squad for the fifth Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney.

England name off-spinner Shoaib Bashir in a 12-man squad for the fifth Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney.

As China grapples with persistent deflationary pressure, scholars from one of the country’s top universities have urged the government to take more forceful action to prevent the economy from becoming trapped in a Japan-style downward spiral. Beijing should adopt a binding inflation target and make reviving price growth a top priority, they argued, pointing to Japan’s “lost decades” as a cautionary tale of how deflation can become deeply entrenched if left unchecked. “Japan’s experience has...