The surge in dengue fever continues, with 500 people diagnosed last week – the highest weekly number in more than three years. It brought the number of people infected this year to more than 6,200, which exceeds the combined total of the past two years. There were 2,767 infections in 2017 and 3,285 last year. […]
HOME 1 Free smoke detectors Smoke detectors have been installed in about 12,000 Housing Board rental flats since June last year. Under the Home Fire Alarm Device assistance scheme, residents of public rental units here have until 2021 to request that a free smoke detector be installed in their flat. TOP OF THE NEWS 2 […]
LONDON (Reuters) – A Federal Reserve policymaker on Tuesday expressed skepticism that a U.S. interest rate cut is the right move until there are more signs the economy is moving to a truly weaker path. “I prefer to gather more information before considering a change in our monetary policy stance,” Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester […]
(Reuters) – The Federal Reserve should not cut rates until it has more information about whether the U.S. economy is moving to a truly weaker path, Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester said on Tuesday. “I prefer to gather more information before considering a change in our monetary policy stance,” she said in a […]
HONG KONG — The protests in Hong Kong, leaderless but well coordinated, took a destructive turn on Monday, complicating what had been a mostly cohesive movement. Scenes of protesters shattering glass to break into the Legislative Council building, followed by demonstrators scrawling graffiti on the walls inside and damaging furniture, caused some residents to question […]
HONG KONG — The Chinese government on Tuesday denounced those protesters in Hong Kong who stormed the city’s legislature as “extreme radicals,” and urged the police and government to hold them responsible. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the demonstrators had carried out “serious and illegal acts” that “trampled on the rule of law” during […]
HANOI (REUTERS) – Vietnam said on Tuesday (July 2) it has had initial success in creating a vaccine to fight African swine fever, which has infected farms throughout the South-east Asian country and prompted the culling of around 10 per cent of its pig herd. African swine fever – which has spread to Laos and […]
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Shares in ICRA Ltd, the Indian unit of Moody’s Investors Service, fell on Tuesday after the credit rating agency sent its chief executive officer on leave because of a probe into a ratings decision it took last year. ICRA took the action against Naresh Takkar after concerns raised anonymously were forwarded to […]
(Reuters) – European shares retreated on Tuesday from two-month highs hit in the previous session, as U.S.-China trade talk euphoria subsided and Washington’s latest tariff threats on $4 billion of additional EU goods held back market gains. Days after reaching a truce in the U.S.-China trade war, the U.S. government on Monday ratcheted up pressure […]
BEIJING (AFP) – China on Tuesday (July 2) rebuked Donald Trump for “gross interference” in Hong Kong’s affairs after the US president said protesters who stormed the city’s legislature want democracy for the financial hub. Trump weighed in on the protests in Hong Kong on Monday, saying the demonstrators are “looking for democracy” but that “some governments […]