The equity rally’s next test of wider participation

Georgia and Daniel Contos have built a global retail empire worth $1.3 billion, own a vast property portfolio in Sydney but remain intensely private.

Small-scale street parties will now cost close to $1000 in this inner-north council, after regulations were changed earlier this year.

Psychiatrists warn gaps in Victoria’s mental healthcare are allowing preventable tragedies in the wake of the attack on MP Helen Haines, including a recent quintupling of homicides by people with psychosis.

I executed this radical feat partly because there are so few acts of rebellion available to middle class, law-abiding working mothers.

Hope and despair simmers among California Republicans as election day approaches.

Police have arrested a 34-year-old man who allegedly mixed rat poison into food left for stray cats in a Kowloon park and was found in possession of a knife. The force said it received a report at around 3.30am on Saturday that a man was suspected of putting poison in cat food that animal welfare volunteers had placed near tennis courts in Shek Kip Mei Park. Officers arrived at the scene and seized a packet of suspected rat poison and a fruit knife measuring around 14cm (5.5 inches) in length...

Parts of two installations in a controversial lighting project along a walking trail on The Peak have been removed, days after Hong Kong’s tourism authorities pledged to balance the community’s needs and said the scheme was not “set in stone”. The removals came hours after Commissioner for Tourism Ann Chan Wai-yan inspected the site on Saturday morning with a lawmaker and a district councillor, following an outcry from residents who accused the Hong Kong Tourism Board of removing trees and...

Fighter jets typically house their main radars behind a radome in the nose, while conventional airborne early-warning aircraft often carry large radar arrays in prominent structures above the fuselage. Although aircraft wings offer a large surface area, their relatively thin cross-sections leave limited internal space for radar equipment. Top Chinese military aircraft designers have now proposed a revolutionary method to integrate large antenna arrays into aircraft wings, using flight manoeuvres...

From the latest electric vehicles and hybrids to exclusive car deals and cash prizes, The Car Expo 2026 offers plenty of reasons to head down to Singapore EXPO this weekend.

A prominent Chinese economist’s social media channel has been restricted as Beijing steps up regulatory scrutiny of financial market influencers. Chinese internet users on Saturday noticed that the WeChat account of Ren Zeping, known for his outspoken comments on investments and policies, had been stopped from gaining new followers and a member of his team said posting had been suspended. Clicking the follow button generated a message saying “this account cannot be followed due to its violation...

Over nearly four decades, Operation Santa Claus (OSC) has grown from a quirky holiday fundraiser into an “engine” for community change in Hong Kong. For some beneficiaries, the journey was a full circle. Rachel Chow Chiu-yan learned about the fundraising drive in Young Post when she was a student, later pitched for funds on behalf of a group helping teenage girls and later joined the charity. “Ten to 20 years ago, Operation Santa Claus disbursed some funding to charities that saw it as seed...

Howard Smith’s urologist told him his prostate cancer was not the kind you die with: “It’s the one that’s going to kill you.”