Hongkongers sweated out the hottest day of the year on Friday, with the Observatory (HKO) recording a maximum temperature of 34.6 degrees Celsius at its headquarters. Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island on Friday, June 5, 2026. Photo: HKFP. Mercury approached…
Part of the broader digital transformation push The ministry said the initiative is part of efforts to digitize government transactions, streamline recruitment procedures and streamline residency-related services. The platform allows users to complete applications without visiting service centers, improving efficiency…
From the Staff The Canadian Press Posted on June 6, 2026 at 4:28 pm 1 min reading Reduce the font size of the article Increase the font size of the article British Columbia Minister of Labor Jennifer Whiteside says she…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out meeting his Ukrainian counterpart anytime soon after Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for a face to face meeting between the leaders to end the four-year war. Speaking at an economic forum in his hometown Saint…
Prosecutors on Saturday opened an investigation into a 95-year-old billionaire and honorary chairman of Koc Holdings, Turkey’s largest conglomerate, over a joke about a Kurdish woman widely denounced as sexist and racist. The mistake was made by Rahmi Koc at…
Sentenced to death, the desperate captive cursed and abused the king. Not understanding his language, the king wondered what he had said. A senior official, who was a kind man, explained that the prisoner had said that God loves those…
Former U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra secured a spot on the November ballot in California after campaigning on his experience in state and national government. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrat Xavier Becerra advanced to California’s general election for governor on…
Free and fair elections are the foundation of liberal democracy, and South Korea has long been regarded as one of Asia’s democratic success stories. Power changes hands peacefully between conservative and progressive governments, civic engagement remains strong, and even presidents…
Joan Miró in Carl Holty’s studio in front of the mural for the Terrace Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati, 1947. Photo: Arnold Newman © Arnold Newman / Getty Images There is a distinct difference between a truly naive artist and one…
Sally Rooney Publication INTERFERENCE in Hebrew has drawn understandable attention at a moment of profound political disaster: when decades of occupation and apartheid imposed on the Palestinians have turned into full-scale regional war and what I and many others consider…
