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Double Olympic champion Duncan Scott wins the men's 200m individual medley title at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London.

Brent crude sinks by a tenth after Iran says the key waterway is open for commercial ships for the rest of the ceasefire.

The US-Israeli war on Iran has unleashed sharp swings across global energy and financial markets, fuelling demand for safe-haven assets, with Hong Kong emerging as a potential beneficiary across gold, property and capital markets. In the first of a three-part series, we examine Hong Kong’s bid to position itself as Asia’s bullion hub. War in the Middle East has intensified global demand to diversify gold storage, creating a strategic window for Hong Kong to tap its unique status and evolve from...

Chinese scientists have created a diving suit that could help users glide through the sea with ease. In tests, the exoskeleton reduced the diver’s oxygen consumption by nearly 40 per cent. The flexible suit not only provides physical assistance but also syncs precisely with the swimmer’s own rhythm, dramatically boosting underwater agility. In tasks ranging from seabed surveys and pipeline inspections to salvage operations and even covert military missions, divers must constantly change the rate...

A Chinese noodle restaurant has come under fire for displaying a slogan that appears to condone domestic violence. The restaurant in Xining, northwestern China’s Qinghai province put up a banner which read “beaten wife, kneaded dough”. The slogan refers to an old saying from the Guanzhong plain region, which goes “the more a dough is kneaded the better the noodles taste, the more a wife is beaten the more docile she gets.” The shop was slammed across mainland social media for trying to...

A 'wicked' father locked up his two young children inside their home and severely neglected them while using drugs and playing video games

Hong Kong authorities will take public opinion into account when deciding whether to trigger a new investigation mechanism to hold senior officials accountable, the city’s civil service minister has said. Permanent secretaries of bureaus, who are not covered by the proposed “Heads of Department Accountability System”, will also face scrutiny if they are found to be involved in management failures, Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan said on Saturday. Under the new mechanism,...

Paramount Skydance was on a charm offensive at CinemaCon this week, trying to convince theater owners that its megabucks deal to swallow Warner Bros. would be good for the industry.

One man says he cancelled his holiday to Spain due to the rising costs and uncertainty.

Arsenal were booed off after their Premier League defeat by Bournemouth - and boss Mikel Arteta will not want tension to seep on to the pitch against Manchester City.

Arsenal were booed off after their Premier League defeat by Bournemouth - and boss Mikel Arteta will not want tension to seep on to the pitch against Manchester City.

Arsenal were booed off after their Premier League defeat by Bournemouth - and boss Mikel Arteta will not want tension to seep on to the pitch against Manchester City.