An elderly crossing guard is recovering in hospital after being allegedly attacked in a fast food car park.

It is understood the incident started ostensibly as a robbery, with the attackers allegedly demanding the boy’s vape.

Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and Kylie Minogue have brought the star power to the Chanel Cruise 2026/27 show.

Technology-driven disruptions, superpower rivalry and global partnerships were among the topics that dominated a closed-door summit in Hong Kong, as countries and tech giants seek to boost growth and lead the race in artificial intelligence. About 100 business owners, executives and academics from the United States, mainland China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and the Middle East attended the fourth edition of the Family Business Summit, co-hosted by the South China Morning Post and Blue Pool...

Composing a presidential pantsing.

China’s space scientists have become the first to carry out precision laser cutting in orbit, slicing a piece of “large-scale equipment” with a robotic arm fixed to the outside the Tiangong space station. The official Science and Technology Daily reported on Wednesday that millimetre-scale cuts were made by a laser maintenance device operated remotely from “hundreds of kilometres away”. Precision laser cutting involves focusing a beam of light to slice or melt material with extreme accuracy, a...

A mainland Chinese company and its director have pleaded guilty to fraud after submitting falsified certificates to win a HK$52.9 million (US$6.78 million) contract to supply drinking water to civil servants in Hong Kong. The high-profile procurement scandal came to light in August last year after civil servants raised concerns about the quality of products supplied by Xin Ding Xin Trade, which held a three-year contract to provide XinLe-brand bottled water to government offices on Hong Kong...

Cathay Pacific Airways will award eligible Hong Kong-based employees a discretionary bonus equivalent to one month’s pay for 2026, marking the fourth consecutive year it has offered the payout. The bonus will be paid on January 7 next year, according to an internal staff announcement seen by the South China Morning Post. The airline credited employees for helping it achieve successive years of solid financial performance. “You are at the heart of Cathay’s success, and we remain committed to...

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More than half of working carers in Hong Kong have never used the family-friendly measures offered by their companies, a study has found, sparking calls from experts to change workplace cultures to prevent carers being stigmatised. The findings came even as the study, released on Thursday, also showed carers benefited from measures such as flexible working hours and working from home, which led to fewer symptoms of depression and reduced the burden of caregiving. Bobo Lau Hi-po, a professor at...

The diver died after a crash landing northwest of Brisbane.

From smartphones to refrigerators, Samsung’s latest offering aims to make ownership easier, with Singapore getting first dibs in the region.

Senior Chinese and North Korean officials met on Thursday in the wake of Kim Jong-un’s recent cross-border visit and a renewed drive by the two sides to deepen their relationship. China’s top diplomat Wang Yi struck an upbeat tone on the relationship between the two countries when he hosted a visiting delegation led by Kim Song-nam, the international affairs chief of the Workers’ Party of Korea, in Beijing. “China is ready to work with the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] to...

A disciplinary panel dominated by educators is increasingly keeping details of accused Victorian teachers from public view.

A spring scorcher has gripped South East Queensland, with temperatures climbing well above 30 degrees.

Reza Adib has faced court for the first time since being charged with sexual assault offences.

Former TV star Sam Wood will spend almost another two weeks in a maximum-security prison ahead of his second appeal date.

Nearly five million Gen Xers are set to retire over the next decade. Here is how they can make the most of their retirement boost.

Hong Kong should proactively plan and implement forward-looking strategies amid rapid changes in global industrial chains and the rapid development of technology and artificial intelligence, the city’s leader has said at an economic forum. Speaking at the Hongqiao International Economic Forum in Shanghai, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Thursday that the government’s GoGlobal task force had helped more than 360 mainland Chinese firms establish or expand their businesses in Hong Kong...

Tom Papley was meant to be a big name in the Tabcorp marquee on Oaks Day, but a roadside drug test put paid to that.

Scott James has led the school since 2018 and seen enrolments swell.

A landmark Australian study has found one in three babies thought to have a peanut allergy do not actually have the condition.

Alleged murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon has told jurors about seeing bloody dead bodies and witnessing colleagues die by suicide.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is taking her battle against a racial discrimination finding to the High Court.

Former deputy mayor Salim Mehajer is back behind bars after being charged with domestic violence offences.

As results began to pour in on a bruising midterm election night for the Republicans, Trump picked an unlikely scapegoat.

New figures have shown that essential workers, including paramedics and firefighters, are finding it increasingly harder to afford their rent.

The reflecting pool in Washington has been refurbished. After the “blue tsunami” of the midterms, now is the perfect opportunity for the US president to have a good look at himself.

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Police have made significant progress in the weeks since the shooting, Cheryl Scanlon said.