Australian police said on Monday that they shot dead a fugitive gunman wanted for killing two officers, ending a seven-month manhunt for one of the country’s most-wanted criminals. Desmond Freeman fled into dense bushland in August last year after shooting and killing two police officers on a rural property in Victoria state. For the past seven months, hundreds of police have pursued Freeman throu...
Australian police said on Monday that they shot dead a fugitive gunman wanted for killing two officers, ending a seven-month manhunt for one of the country’s most-wanted criminals. Desmond Freeman fled into dense bushland in August last year after shooting and killing two police officers on a rural property in Victoria state. For the past seven months, hundreds of police have pursued Freeman through the region’s rugged terrain, pouring resources into one of Australia’s largest-ever manhunts. “A...
(RTTNews) - The China stock market bounced higher again on Friday, one day after ending the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 120 points or 3 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits just above the 3,910-point plateau although it may head south again on
(RTTNews) - The China stock market bounced higher again on Friday, one day after ending the two-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 120 points or 3 percent. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits just above the 3,910-point plateau although it may head south again on
Hong Kong’s relentless surge in share sales over the past year is beginning to encounter headwinds, potentially slowing deal momentum and raising the stakes for a wave of jumbo transactions in the pipeline. Listings have raised more than $13 billion in the first three months, notching their best quarter since 2021, largely as the result of a record January. But the mood has soured as regulators wa...
Hong Kong’s relentless surge in share sales over the past year is beginning to encounter headwinds, potentially slowing deal momentum and raising the stakes for a wave of jumbo transactions in the pipeline. Listings have raised more than $13 billion in the first three months, notching their best quarter since 2021, largely as the result of a record January. But the mood has soured as regulators warned over staff shortages and the quality of paperwork, Beijing rolled out restrictions on some Chinese companies seeking Hong Kong initial public offerings and the war in Iran rattled the cash market. The near-simultaneous emergence of these obstacles threatens the revival of Hong Kong as a fundraising hub. Listings, placements and block trades totaled more than $76 billion in 2025 — the highest in four years — helping pull the city’s broader economy out of a prolonged slump. Deal “execution has become more challenging,” said Cathy Zhang , head of Asia-Pacific equity capital markets at Morgan Stanley. “Companies with strong fundamentals and reasonable valuations can still get deals done, but more marginal transactions may struggle or be postponed.” How the rest of the year fares depends to an extent on jumbo deals getting done, such as Chinese-owned agricultural-technology firm Syngenta Group ’s IPO that may raise as much as $10 billion. Other high-profile listings in the pipeline include A.S. Watson Group , a beauty retailer controlled by CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. , and Kunlunxin, the artificial-intelligence chip unit of Baidu Inc. Morgan Stanley is continuing to see investors engaging on some of its larger IPOs in the works, Zhang said. Global investors remain interested in innovative sectors like technology, AI and health care, she said. IPOs globally raised more than $53 billion this year through March 27, the best first-quarter performance since 2022, and the biggest-ever deal is on the horizon with SpaceX moving toward an offering that could raise more than $70 bill...
A young Chinese woman has spent an eye-watering 12,000 yuan (US$1,700) to enrol her six-month-old Samoyed in a dog kindergarten due to her busy work schedule. The woman opted for a package that includes personality testing, behaviour training, social activities and even a school bus for pickup and drop-off. The woman, who uses the pseudonym Taotao, was born in the 1990s, and is based in Shanghai. ...
A young Chinese woman has spent an eye-watering 12,000 yuan (US$1,700) to enrol her six-month-old Samoyed in a dog kindergarten due to her busy work schedule. The woman opted for a package that includes personality testing, behaviour training, social activities and even a school bus for pickup and drop-off. The woman, who uses the pseudonym Taotao, was born in the 1990s, and is based in Shanghai. She said that due to a lack of time to provide enough companionship, she enrolled her six-month-old...