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Hong Kong’s lived-in home prices rose 1.4 per cent in March, bringing the first-quarter increase to an accelerated pace of 4.4 per cent, according to the latest official data, indicating the property market’s resilience despite uncertainties brought about by the US-Israel war on Iran. The monthly increase was slower than February’s 1.8 per cent, but 2026’s first-quarter rise was faster than the 2.11 per cent growth in the fourth quarter of 2025. The city’s rental prices also extended their...

Catalytic converter theft is rising across Malaysia amid strong demand for rare metals used in automotive emission systems. Most of these thefts were reported to have occurred in residential areas, public car parks and transit hubs. Vehicles left unattended, especially overnight, are among the most vulnerable. A senior manager at a car service centre said thieves were targeting catalytic converters, which are components beneath the car along the exhaust system, because they contain rare,...

Hong Kong authorities should turn a new HK$30 billion (US$3.8 billion) municipal waste incinerator in Tuen Mun into a tourist attraction and an education hub for eco-protection, lawmakers have said. Their remarks on Tuesday followed the government’s application to the Legislative Council for HK$29.2 billion to build the planned Integrated Waste Management Facilities Phase 2, or I·PARK2, with costs about 20 per cent lower than the earlier HK$35.7 billion estimate. Samuel Chui Ho-kwong, director...

Secret Service faced challenges evacuating President, Vice President, Cabinet officials and Congressional leaders after gunman rushes D.C. gala.

Tom Kean Jr. is facing a tough reelection bid in November, yet has missed more than 50 roll call votes since March 17

A man known as Sam T visited the Canary Islands but was left disappointed by the unexpected weather — and many other Tenerife tourists agreed

South Korean police said on Tuesday they were investigating firms suspected of hoarding medical syringes, as the Middle East war hits supplies of an oil-derived component crucial for making many plastic goods.

A man alerted emergency services after coming across the body of Lucia Tognela on Thursday April 23. She was believed to have been on a solo walk in nearby Trivigno di Tirano, where her body was found

“Redistricting is going from like a decennial bare-knuckle rugby match to an every-other-year Hunger Games.” — U.S. Sen. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland Florida legislators will troop back to Tallahassee Tuesday at the behest of Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose special session will require members of his party in both chambers to pass a new congressional map. Leading […]

German biochemist and Nobel laureate Hartmut Michel has taken up a full-time position as a professor at Jilin University in Changchun, northeastern China, according to the university. The 77-year-old – who shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for revealing how photosynthesis works at the molecular level – will join the university’s First Hospital as “a flagship hire under its talent recruitment strategy”, the university said in a statement last week. It said Michel told the university’s...

Productivity and Growth in America – An Economic Stagnation By Helena Glass, April 28, 2026 Key factors which stimulate growth include technological innovation, investment in capital goods (machinery, infrastructure), improvements in human capital (education and training), and the accumulation … The post Selected Articles: Productivity and Growth in America – An Economic Stagnation appeared first on Global Research.