Secretary for Culture, Sports & Tourism Kevin Yeung today congratulated Ng Cheuk-yan on winning bronze in the Women’s 100m Backstroke S6 at the 4th Asian Para Games.
Mr Yeung said the swimmer gave it her all in the competition and won the first medal for the Hong Kong, China delegation, which was encouraging for many other Hong Kong athletes.
“I am looking forward to seeing more breakthroughs made by Hong Kong athletes and success in more events,” he added.
Few areas of the economy look much worse than housing right now. Existing-home sales dropped 8.8% year over year in October, according to the National Association of Realtors, as mortgage rates reached their highest levels since 2000, pushing home sales to their lowest level since August 2010. You might expect every business tied to the
Minister of MSME and NRI Affairs Kondapalli Srinivas inaugurates awareness rally in Vizianagaram to mark World Diabetes Day on Saturday. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Minister of MSME and NRI Affairs Kondapalli Srinivas on Saturday (November 14, 2026) said that thousands of people at an early age are being diagnosed with diabetes due to changes in
A landmark 15-year power purchase agreement with Alphabet (GOOGL -0.98%) (GOOG -0.96%) and operational progress at its Utah facility sent Fervo Energy (FRVO -1.20%) soaring 297% this week, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Fervo Energy stock closed at $11.51 on Friday, Nov. 13, up 29% from its close on Friday, Nov. 6.
The 67-year-old woman had lived in the UK for 26 years (Picture: In Pictures/Getty Images) A blind Nigerian woman who has lived in the UK for 26 years has been told by the Home Office to go to India for medical treatment, despite never having visited the country. The woman, 67, whose name has been
Investors who want to avoid Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) but put capital to work in growth-focused, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) face a difficult challenge. Nvidia is an integral part of index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) — as the second-largest S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) holding behind Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). Nvidia also joined the Dow Jones Industrial
A permanent memorial honouring nine Black worshippers murdered in a racist attack at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, has opened more than 11 years after the shooting. Chris Singleton, whose mother was among those killed, said the new site gives him a place to visit whenever he wants to remember her. The Emanuel
Despite a few periods of short-lived volatility, 2026 has shaped up as another banner year for the stock market. The ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +0.10%), benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.40%), and innovation-powered Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -0.91%) have reached several record highs, courtesy of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure build-out. While history decisively shows
The past few months haven’t been pretty for semiconductor stocks, as evidenced by the 12% decline in the PHLX Semiconductor Sector index over the past three months. Even Advanced Micro Devices (AMD -8.75%) has been caught up in this vortex, experiencing significant volatility amid concerns about the sustainability of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure spending, which
The Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (VEA +0.01%), Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO -0.09%), iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA +0.13%), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM -0.36%), and Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS -0.02%) all enable investors to add some international exposure to their portfolio. However, that doesn’t mean these funds are
Chris Chambers Yorkshire/Shutterstock Beyond London, the United Kingdom consistently rewards adventurous travelers. Sure, you need to check those capital city boxes: Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, the Tower Bridge. But then what? For some American visitors, a few days ticking off London’s famous landmarks, riding a double-decker bus,
Three real estate investment trusts, or REITs, reported third-quarter results recently, and the results looked strong across the board. Realty Income (O -0.74%), Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT +1.53%) and Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP -1.04%) own very different kinds of real estate, and all three raised their full-year guidance. I own all three of these
Credit: Jeremy Thompson, Flickr Hong Kong Disneyland has been welcoming guests on Lantau Island since it opened on September 12, 2005. It may be one of Disney’s smaller castle parks, but it has plenty of standouts, from the Castle of Magical Dreams to World of Frozen, the first land themed to Arendelle at any Disney
Mr. Market was a fictional character created by Benjamin Graham, the man who helped to train Warren Buffett. The stock market’s response to the mid-term election results is almost the perfect example of how Mr. Market works in the real world. And all you need to see to understand is two days of performance of
Thousands of flights in the US have been cancelled over the weekend. US President Donald Trump blamed on Sunday the administration of his predecessor Joe Biden for the nationwide ground stop that disrupted domestic and international travel. In his first comments on the issue since US authorities grounded all planes for several hours on Friday
Jensen Huang lost his job, but not his stock. Soon, investors may not be able to see him sell it. Nvidia’s (NVDA) board accepted Huang’s resignation on Nov. 11. He walks away from about $108 million in unvested stock awards, pocket change next to the roughly 812 million shares he keeps, worth about $132 billion
Kabaka Pyramid’s Bay Area date is still on, just not where fans may have first planned to be. The Jamaican artist told followers on Instagram that his Rebel Music US Tour stop is set for “next wed,” with a venue change but, in his words, “same vibes.” The post tags @longboardbarandvenue, which points to Longboard
Elon Musk-led publicly traded corporations, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ:SPCX), remain volatile. In the days following the U.S. midterm election, they shed a combined $420 billion in market value. Both companies recovered most of these losses and are now back around their pre-election levels, but this recent episode highlighted the extent to which
Iran’s Parliament speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf has asserted that Tehran will not remain in a state of ‘neither war nor peace’ with the United States amid simmering tensions and continued deadlock over a definitive peace deal, semi-state Mehr News Agency reported. File photo of Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. (AFP) Ghalibaf, who is also
Image source: Getty Images Not many UK income stocks have grown their dividend per share every year for half a century. But some have – and one member of that elite group is James Halstead (LSE: JHD), a long-established manufacturer and distributor of floor coverings. A clear guide to Anthropic’s IPO (without the hype) A
Chinese state-owned aircraft manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) has successfully conducted the CE-25A electric aircraft’s maiden crewed flight in Binzhou of Shandong province, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday. China’s COMAC has successfully conducted the CE-25A electric aircraft’s maiden crewed flight. (screengrab/Reuters) CE-25A is a 10-ton-class electric commercial aircraft The CE-25A is a