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HK Electric, the smaller of Hong Kong’s two electricity suppliers, will cut fuel surcharges for customers in May but has warned that costs could significantly rise later in the year due to the impact of the conflict in the Middle East. The company said on Friday that its fuel clause charge for May will fall by 4.4 HK cents per kilowatt-hour to 26 HK cents per kWh, from 30.4 HK cents in April, citing a deferred effect under the monthly adjustment mechanism based on January’s average fuel costs....

India's weather department has issued heatwave warnings in parts of northern India.

Senator Steve Daines will lead a bipartisan US Congressional delegation to China next week, just ahead of a visit by President Donald Trump. The five-member group will arrive on May 1 and visit Beijing and Shanghai, the South China Morning Post reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. The delegation will include first-time visitors to China, the report said, without elaboration. Daines, a Trump ally, said last month that he planned to take a group to China to explore the...

It is unusual for a senior figure at the Bank to be so forthright on market movements.

Some members of Gen Z are feeling so pessimistic about the future of the country and modern technology that they want to hop in a time machine

The latest developments in the Middle East war:

Tesla's much-touted autonomous "robotaxi", called the Cybercab, has started production, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday, the same week that the carmaker reported first-quarter profits that beat expectations.

The conflict has already cost the United States more than $25 billion, according to a study conducted by the American Enterprise Institute

Even as the U.S. threatens military action, Cuba's ambassador to Mexico blames Washington for the country's crisis and says Cuba is prepared for confrontation if diplomacy collapses.

Even as the U.S. threatens military action, a senior Cuban ambassador blames Washington for the country's crisis and says Cuba is prepared for confrontation if diplomacy collapses.

A winning bid involving Henderson Land Development to operate a major Hong Kong harbourfront event space has expanded the developer’s footprint in Central to three prime locations, a situation that experts have said could result in greater accessibility and more visitors from surrounding commercial properties. Central Grand, a 50:50 joint venture formed by Henderson and concert organiser YW Company – commonly known as “Yiu Wing” – recently won the tender to operate the 3.7-hectare (9.1 acres)...

The woman got stuck waist-deep in a pit latrine in the Australian outback after it gave way.