Council criticised over $50,000 drinking fountain

The rules have been amended where 10 'events' are no longer under the airline's control, such as weather-related aircraft damage.

Justice delayed, it is often said, is justice denied. If that is true, many court users in Hong Kong are being failed by the system. Those involved in criminal cases at the Court of First Instance must wait 358 days on average for the hearing, the judiciary revealed last week. The figure for the District Court is 354 days, way above the court’s 100-day target. This is a cause of concern. The glacial process has prompted the Law Society to call for drastic measures. Justin Yuen Hoi-ying, chairman...

US President Donald Trump ended the midterm campaign season on Monday by calling the Democratic Party’s candidates the “most extreme and dangerous” in American history, the day before voters decide which party controls Congress. Speaking at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, which reopened after a renovation by his administration, Trump called the elections “the most important midterm, I believe, in our lifetime”. “These are the most dangerous candidates ever put up,” he...

Gökçe Güven, 27, has become the latest in a series of rising stars featured in Forbes to find themselves behind bars, following in the footsteps of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and Elizabeth Holmes.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now solving maths puzzles that have long stumped humans, prompting mathematicians around the world, including in China, to ponder not only whether machines will replace them, but also what achievement and research in their field will mean in the future. In early October, OpenAI released manuscripts showing progress on 372 categories of mathematical problems, including many which have long defied solutions. This week, the American AI firm announced three further...

The lawsuit said that McDonald's has 'cultivated a sense of anticipation around the McRib, leveraging its scarcity to drive sales across its many locations.'

Nowhere has the trade war with Canada occupied the election cycle narrative than in the seven border states electing new senators on Tuesday.

The levies as well as trade fighting with Canada are facing a test in the state, where voters appear skeptical of free trade but also of the president’s erratic approach.

Ivan Harrison was driving his seven-year-old son home when a fatal crash tore their family apart.

The Reserve Bank is being warned a widely forecast interest rate hike today could push Australia into recession.