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Bernadette Chirac, formidable French first lady dubbed ‘last queen of France’, dies at 93

Bernadette Chirac, the steel-willed former first lady of France who spent 12 years at the Elysee Palace from 1995 to 2007 beside President Jacques Chirac – weathering his notorious infidelities with dry humour while building her own political power base in rural France – has died. She was 93. President Emmanuel Macron confirmed her death on Saturday, saying he and his wife Brigitte had learned with “great sadness” of the passing of a woman who marked French history, and changed the lives of...

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Man, 65, charged with molesting student on bus

Police said on Saturday that a man has been charged with indecent assault after he allegedly harassed a female passenger aboard a KMB double-decker. The arrest was made following a video circulating online on Friday that showed a man allegedly groping a female student who was sitting in the seat in front of him on the upper deck. Officers then managed to contact the secondary three student through her school to learn more about the incident and review surveillance camera footage. The 65-year-old was arrested later on Friday at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge arrival hall. Inspector Wan Ka-nam said the victim was not connected to the man and had just left school. "We will maintain close contact with the victim, her family and school to provide her with appropriate support," he said. The man will appear in West Kowloon Magistrate's Court on Monday. Edited by Azam Khan

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Trump has squeezed China in Cuba, Panama and Venezuela. Is Nicaragua next?

US President Donald Trump’s drive to reassert US supremacy in Latin America has already squeezed China’s interests in Cuba, Panama and Venezuela. Now, Nicaragua could be shaping up as the next economic battleground between the two powers, a scholar has warned. The American leader has yet to target Nicaragua since returning to office, but that could change if China revives an ambitious project to build a canal cutting across the country to connect the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, said Zhang...

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Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly groping schoolgirl on bus

Hong Kong police have arrested a 65-year-old man in connection with a suspected indecent assault case in Mong Kok hours after footage appeared online showing a passenger harassing a schoolgirl sitting in front of him on a bus. Police said officers intercepted the suspect at the boundary checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. The victim, 17, is understood to be a Form Three student. The incident took place at around noon on Friday as the KMB bus was stopping near an intersection of Mong...

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Man held for alleged indecent assault on bus

Police have arrested a 65-year-old man on suspicion of indecent assault. The case came to light after a video taken by a pedestrian and circulating on social media purportedly showed a bus passenger touching a female passenger who was sitting in front of him on board a double-decker bus in Mong Kok. Officers said the suspect had left Hong Kong briefly following the alleged indecent assault. He was apprehended on Friday night at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge checkpoint when he returned to the city. Edited by Edmond Fong

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Tech MoUs highlight last day of CE's Central Asia trip

Chief Executive John Lee announced a series of innovation and technology agreements with Uzbekistan, following a visit to the Central Asian nation’s flagship IT hub on Friday. Writing on his social media, Lee detailed the delegation’s visit to Uzbekistan IT Park, a national special economic zone in Tashkent, where they met with Ayubkhon Sultanov, Uzbekistan’s First Deputy Minister of Digital Technologies. He said the IT Park serves as a core engine for Uzbekistan’s digital economic transformation, offering tax incentives and rental concessions and facilitating visa arrangements to attract tech enterprises and talent. The park, he said, is central to implementing the “Digital Uzbekistan 2030 Strategy” and the country’s national AI Strategy. The CE noted that while Uzbekistan is accelerating its economic transformation and I&T development, Hong Kong — as an international financial centre — is actively building itself into a global innovation hub. “Leveraging its world-class financing platform, professional services and unique bridging role connecting the mainland and international markets, Hong Kong is highly complementary to Uzbekistan’s development,” the CE wrote. Both places, he added, are important partners within the Belt and Road Initiative and can strengthen exchanges of development experience. Lee said senior executives from the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), Cyberport and the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park (HSITP) signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with IT Park during the visit. The agreements aim to establish platforms for startup incubation, acceleration programmes and cross-border market access. Under the deals, Uzbekistan’s I&T companies would gain a strategic gateway into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and global markets, while Hong Kong enterprises would be able to tap into Uzbekistan’s young IT talent pool for software development and innovative collaborations. “Going forward, we can further synergise the innovation and technology ecosystems of both sides, explore collaborative projects and achieve complementary advantages and win-win partnerships,” the CE said. Lee concludes his Central Asia trip on Friday. Edited by Tony Sabine

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China unveils world’s first superfast quantum memory, paving way for practical computing

Chinese scientists have created the world’s first superfast memory for quantum computers, solving a critical data-reading bottleneck and paving the way for big-data challenges such as drug discovery and detecting fraudulent financial activities. Quantum computers are expected to solve complex problems at speeds unattainable by traditional computers, and they need an efficient way to access classical data. Without a high-speed data interface, even the fastest quantum machine is slowed down when...

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Trump unveils plan to add ‘Trump promenade’ to Lincoln Memorial

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans to add a potential “Trump promenade” to the iconic Lincoln Memorial, in his latest grandiose bid to leave his mark on the US capital. Trump said the walkway would link the huge marble monument, built to commemorate Civil War-era president Abraham Lincoln, to the nearby Potomac River. “They want to call it the Trump Promenade,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he unveiled the project for the first time. “I don’t know if I want to do...

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Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs visits Hengqin in push for integration

Beijing’s top official on Hong Kong and Macau affairs has visited the Hengqin cooperation zone in Zhuhai as part of a drive to help the two special administrative regions align with the nation’s 15th five-year plan. The four-day visit by Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO), was his third trip to the Greater Bay Area this year. During his trip from Monday to Thursday, Xia visited a university town, research institutes, and innovation and technology companies...

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Beijing slaps travel ban on New Zealand MPs for ‘crossing red line’ with Taiwan visit

Four New Zealand lawmakers who were handed travel bans by Beijing for visiting Taiwan have been accused of crossing a “red line” by the Chinese embassy in Wellington. The ban – which covers mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau – was condemned by the New Zealand and Australian governments, which said they would lodge a formal protest. The party, which visited the island in early May, included three members of the ruling centre-right coalition – National MP Maureen Pugh, David Wilson from NZ First...

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Explainer: What to know about Hong Kong’s past Tiananmen commemorations and nat. security trial of vigil leaders

“This prosecution is, in fact, a trial of the law itself,” Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung told a court last month. Chow, 41, made the remark during a defiant closing argument in her trial. The barrister-turned-activist sought to challenge the legitimacy of the national security allegations against herself, former colleague Lee Cheuk-yan, and the […]

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First Trump, then Putin go to China. Does great-power diplomacy now hinge on Beijing?

Despite recent back-to-back visits to Beijing by US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, no new trilateral framework or major diplomatic breakthrough has emerged. Yet, according to observers, the summits highlight Beijing’s growing ability to manage its two most important relationships on separate tracks: sustaining a deep strategic partnership with Moscow, while pursuing a more transactional, stability-focused engagement with Washington. Several analysts said the pattern...

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MTR Corp boss Jacob Kam elected chairman of Hong Kong’s largest business chamber

The non-executive chairman of Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has been elected as the new head of the city’s largest business chamber for a one-year term. Jacob Kam Chak-pui, 64, took over as chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday following an election among members, expressing “strong confidence” in the city’s economic development. Kam, previously the chamber’s vice-chairman, said he believed the market outlook was rebounding as the global macroeconomic...

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US and Iran exchange new attacks as sides locked in stalemate

Gulf hostilities flared anew on Wednesday, ⁠with the US military saying Iranian missile attacks ⁠on Bahrain, Kuwait and other regional targets were either thwarted or ⁠failed as diplomacy between Washington and Tehran showed little progress. Two Iranian missiles shot at Kuwait fell short or broke apart in-flight, several ballistic missiles aimed at regional targets failed and three missiles heading for Bahrain were intercepted, US Central Command said. Since the conflict began in late February,...

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The next tech war? Why biotech may become a new US-China battleground

The wide-ranging geopolitical rivalry between Beijing and Washington could soon expand into biotechnology, raising the prospect of fresh tensions even as American pharmaceutical firms have turned to China’s fast-growing industry for new drug candidates. Biotech in the world’s second-largest economy has long been viewed as a predominantly low-cost manufacturing base with opportunities arising from its vast domestic market. But years of sustained investment, cost advantages and faster development...

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Vehicle fire causes partial closure of Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge

A vehicle fire in the undersea tunnel of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge caused major traffic disruption on Tuesday afternoon, prompting a partial closure of the key link between the three cities. The Transport Department said at 1.55pm that the incident occurred in the tunnel bound for Zhuhai and Macau, with the middle and slow lanes closed. Footage circulating online shows the tunnel filled with thick smoke. “Only the fast lane is available to motorists,” the department said. “Traffic is...

RTHK News (Hong Kong)

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Yacht tourism boom on horizon as sailing curbs eased

A new policy aimed at allowing yachts from Hong Kong and Macao to enter or exit nine mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area will be a massive catalyst for growth in yacht tourism, said David Norton, vice commodore of Hong Kong Royal Yacht Club, on Tuesday. His remark came after the SAR on Saturday welcomed the State Council's approval of exemption from the requirement of a guarantee and implementation of temporary ship nationality registration, enabling yachts from both SARs to access the nine mainland cities. Speaking on RTHK's Backchat programme, Norton said there used to be great financial and administrative hurdles in the past in trying to get boats across the border in the mainland or Hong Kong for yacht races and sailing events. "It's very difficult for them to bring their boats into China and for our members to get their boats to attend events in the Chinese mainland, so this [new policy] is a massive boost, and the opportunities for cruising around the beautiful Guangdong coast is also a very interesting prospect," he said. It will also bring greater convenience and more opportunities for yachters to explore the region, Norton added. He also said the industry was looking forward to more details of the scheme being made available and the city becoming a focal point for people who wish to enter Chinese mainland waters. Speaking on the same programme, Dennis Kwok from the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education said the policy will have spillover effects for other industries as well. "Not only will the owners travel, they might have their guests, their business partners, and also the maintenance crew, everything that will provide a lot of economic benefits to the tourism industry in Hong Kong," said the head of the department of hospitality at the institute's campuses in Chai Wan and Haking Wong. Although yachts travelling to Hong Kong might not be great in number, Kwok said, they have a major impact on tourism branding and make the city more unique. He also said a recent proposal for an operational merger for China Ferry Terminal and the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal was timely as passenger throughput at these two checkpoints had dropped by 6.5 percent last year. He suggested that one of the ferry terminals be used as additional location to serve yacht tourists. Edited by Thomas McAlinden

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Trump has buried liberal world order but what comes next could be better

The two terms of US President Donald Trump have shaken the old style of US liberal internationalist leadership. Yet, as some doors close, others open. The summit between President Xi Jinping and Trump in Beijing last month suggests that the United States and China might now have an opportunity to move beyond ideological confrontation and towards a more realistic framework of coexistence, strategic stability and managed competition. For decades, Washington has held global primacy and pursued a...

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Rescuers dig for bodies after Myanmar explosives blast kills at least 38

More than a dozen rescue and charity groups used excavation machinery on Monday to recover bodies following a massive blast from stored mining explosives in northeastern Myanmar. The explosion occurred on Sunday at noon in Kaungtup village, Namhkam township in Shan State near the Chinese border. Initial reports had suggested there were at least 45 deaths, but local rescue volunteers now put the number of dead at 38-40. Determining the exact death toll has been complicated because several bodies...

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Hong Kong calls for smoother border checks, wider mainland China driving scheme

Hong Kong’s transport sector has called for faster cross-border immigration clearance procedures and an expansion of a popular scheme allowing local vehicles to enter Guangdong to include other mainland Chinese cities. The call was made on Monday after the Northbound Travel for Hong Kong Vehicles scheme, which took effect in 2023, was extended by five years to June 1, 2031. The scheme allows eligible private car owners in Hong Kong to drive into Guangdong via the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge...

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Bernadette Chirac, formidable French first lady dubbed ‘last queen of France’, dies at 93

Man, 65, charged with molesting student on bus

Trump has squeezed China in Cuba, Panama and Venezuela. Is Nicaragua next?

Hong Kong man arrested for allegedly groping schoolgirl on bus

Man held for alleged indecent assault on bus

Tech MoUs highlight last day of CE's Central Asia trip

China unveils world’s first superfast quantum memory, paving way for practical computing

Trump unveils plan to add ‘Trump promenade’ to Lincoln Memorial

Beijing’s point man on Hong Kong affairs visits Hengqin in push for integration

Beijing slaps travel ban on New Zealand MPs for ‘crossing red line’ with Taiwan visit

Explainer: What to know about Hong Kong’s past Tiananmen commemorations and nat. security trial of vigil leaders

First Trump, then Putin go to China. Does great-power diplomacy now hinge on Beijing?

MTR Corp boss Jacob Kam elected chairman of Hong Kong’s largest business chamber

US and Iran exchange new attacks as sides locked in stalemate

The next tech war? Why biotech may become a new US-China battleground

Vehicle fire causes partial closure of Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge

Yacht tourism boom on horizon as sailing curbs eased

Trump has buried liberal world order but what comes next could be better

Rescuers dig for bodies after Myanmar explosives blast kills at least 38

Hong Kong calls for smoother border checks, wider mainland China driving scheme