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Genomic sequencing has helped Hong Kong identify the right treatments for cancer patients more quickly, according to an expert who also suggested that the city could be a “super-linker” between mainland China and the rest of the world in drug development. Aya El Helali, a clinician-scientist in medical oncology at the University of Hong Kong, praised how collaboration within the Greater Bay Area had opened up opportunities to run clinical trials faster and at lower costs – factors that appealed...

A primary teacher in China has been suspended from her job for cursing at “naughty” pupils and saying that she hoped they would all get the flu. The outburst appeared in a chat group and has gone viral online. The teacher, surnamed Li, is a music tutor at Gaoxin District Experimental School in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, northwestern China, Jiupai News reported. Her comments in a matchmaking chat group with 100 members caused outrage. “The students are so naughty and so noisy. I feel sorry for...

The recognition of Somaliland is seen as crucial for taking on terrorism and piracy, especially from the Houthis in the Red Sea and the Strait of Aden

French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital's end-of-year festivities were in full swing, prosecutors told AFP.

From fashion diplomacy in the US to a transparent raincoat, the late Queen's style was a powerful formula.

Some say AI is ruining social media, but others see its potential to democratise who gains fame online.

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Habit stacking and the language to avoid - five ways to make realistic resolutions you stick to this year.

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Ben Stokes punishes Jake Weatherald's decision not to play his delivery, as the ball nips back inside before hitting the off stump as Australia fall to 40-2 on day two of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne.