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Hong Kong VTC courses touted as short cut to residency for babies of mainland mothers

Agencies are promoting Vocational Training Council (VTC) courses to pregnant women in mainland China, touting packages cheaper than HK$100,000 (US$12,600) including commission as the lowest-cost route for the women to secure Hong Kong passports for their newborns, the South China Morning Post has found. The path wou…

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Raiders’ latest 49ers debacle raises two questions that could shape their future

Another Sunday, another reality check for the Raiders in. their 38-17 loss to the 49ers. And at some point, somebody in that building is going to have to decide how many more of these they need before they give Fernando Mendoza the ball. At 4-5, the Raiders are mathematically alive in the playoff race. There’s...

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Innospace to launch upgraded suborbital rocket in Brazil on Nov. 29

South Korean space startup Innospace Co. said Monday it plans to launch its upgraded multipurpose suborbital rocket, Sebit, in Brazil on Nov. 29, following an unsuccessful maiden test flight in August. The company has secured a 26-day launch window from Nov. 16 to Dec. 11 at the Alcantara Launch Center in Brazil, in…

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Party Buses & A Cybertruck Piñata: Anti-Musk Protesters Celebrate Outside His Texas Home As Dems Talk Subpoenas

Party Buses & A Cybertruck Piñata: Anti-Musk Protesters Celebrate Outside His Texas Home As Dems Talk Subpoenas Two chartered party buses and about a dozen cars pulled up outside Elon Musk's West Lake Hills, Texas, compound on Saturday, and roughly 60 people spent an hour dancing in the street to celebrate Election …

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Jon Rahm begins career rebuild after demise of LIV Golf by winning in Abu Dhabi

Jon Rahm fought off Ryder Cup teammates Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton to win the Abu Dhabi Championship on Sunday for his first ⁠DP World Tour title in four years, marking a successful start to the Spaniard’s career rebuild following the demise of LIV Golf. It was the former world No 1’s first tournament since he …

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Standard Chartered profits from geopolitical fragmentation as earnings soar: CEO

Standard Chartered expects to sustain its strong earnings growth by capitalising on rising wealth in Asia and the Middle East, growing demand for cross-border financial services and the digitisation of money, as rising geopolitical tensions reshape global finance, group chief executive Bill Winters said on Friday. T…

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Why Indonesia’s death penalty lives on, even as executions dwindle

Indonesia has not executed anyone in over a decade, with its new Criminal Code designed to make capital punishment a “last resort”. Yet the number of prisoners on death row continues to climb. A new report on the persistent use of capital punishment in Indonesia’s courts has raised questions about the rulings despit…

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How Hong Kong’s humble plastic stool became a design-world darling

Whether you are eating at the Queen Street Cooked Food Market in Sheung Wan, weaving through a back alley in Tsim Sha Tsui to avoid the crowds on Nathan Road, or waiting for the bus at a covered stop in a rural village in the New Territories, there is one object that has come to symbolise a moment of respite in non-…

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Make-up, hair and perfume primers: do you really need all of them?

The first step in most beauty routines is no longer the first step. Shampoo has a prep step, and so do mascara, eye shadow, lipstick, nail polish and – as of fairly recently – perfume, turning prep products into their own aisle, all built on the idea that what you put on first changes what happens to everything afte…

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Biden gives heartbreaking update on cancer ahead of memoir release

Former President Joe Biden revealed on Sunday that his prostate cancer diagnosis has slowed him down and he’ll only be able to make limited appearances to promote his upcoming presidential memoir. Biden, who announced his cancer diagnosis last year after he left the White House, wrote on X that his doctors “continue…

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‘This happened very quick’: Beau Lamarre-Condon reenacts shooting Jesse Baird during double murder trial

Former police officer has pleaded not guilty to murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Paddington in early 2024Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBeau Lamarre-Condon has demonstrated in court how he claims he shot Jesse Baird, acting out his movements in the witness box in Sydney.The former…

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