A Hong Kong mother has been asked to pay more than HK$126,000 (US$16,100) in charges racked up by thieves who stole her credit card last November after HSBC said she failed to report the loss immediately. But 42-year-old Janice Choi* accused the bank of double standards, saying a friend who also had her credit card stolen on the same day reported the case to HSBC the next day and had the fraudulen...
A Hong Kong mother has been asked to pay more than HK$126,000 (US$16,100) in charges racked up by thieves who stole her credit card last November after HSBC said she failed to report the loss immediately. But 42-year-old Janice Choi* accused the bank of double standards, saying a friend who also had her credit card stolen on the same day reported the case to HSBC the next day and had the fraudulent charges waived. Choi told the South China Morning Post that she was notified in February that her appeal had failed after a series of calls with the bank, culminating in a phone operator offering to let her settle the debt via interest-free instalments during a conversation on March 6. Advertisement “I truly felt they were being insulting and ridiculous. I told them I couldn’t believe they would actually offer that kind of service to me,” she said. Her ordeal began at a crowded sports tournament at Happy Valley Recreation Ground on November 15, when Choi’s identity card and a credit card were stolen from her bag while she was focused on her children. Advertisement She only realised the items were missing the following day, by which time three unauthorised transactions totalling HK$126,580 had already been processed.
A food factory in China has been exposed for making popular chicken feet snacks using chemicals in unhygienic conditions. The factory soaked the chicken in harmful hydrogen peroxide, sparking public outrage and thrusting the country’s food safety record back under the spotlight. In the annual Consumers’ Right Day Show broadcast by state media CCTV on March 15, the Mingyang Food Company in Chengdu,...
A food factory in China has been exposed for making popular chicken feet snacks using chemicals in unhygienic conditions. The factory soaked the chicken in harmful hydrogen peroxide, sparking public outrage and thrusting the country’s food safety record back under the spotlight. In the annual Consumers’ Right Day Show broadcast by state media CCTV on March 15, the Mingyang Food Company in Chengdu, in southwestern Sichuan province, was revealed to have serious food safety problems. Advertisement According to an undercover report by the media outlet, the workshop smelled, had sewage deposits on its floor and the production equipment was covered with greasy dirt. An undercover investigation discovered piles of bleached chicken feet, above, on the factory floor. Photo: CCTV Raw chicken feet were piled on the wet, dirty ground next to cleaning tools.
The State Will Always Socialize The Cost Of War Via The Libertarian Institute War is often sold to the public as an act of national will: decisive, necessary, and under control. The bill arrives later, in a quieter form . It shows up in insurance markets, shipping rates, emergency guarantees, higher fuel prices, and sudden policy reversals designed to keep the economic damage from spreading too fa...
The State Will Always Socialize The Cost Of War Via The Libertarian Institute War is often sold to the public as an act of national will: decisive, necessary, and under control. The bill arrives later, in a quieter form . It shows up in insurance markets, shipping rates, emergency guarantees, higher fuel prices, and sudden policy reversals designed to keep the economic damage from spreading too far or too fast. That is what is now happening with the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The fighting is not only destroying lives and widening instability. It is also revealing something more familiar about the American state: when private actors no longer want to bear the risk of a war Washington helped ignite, Washington moves to spread that risk across everyone else . The clearest example came when maritime war-risk premiums in the Gulf surged , in some cases by more than 1000%, as ships and cargoes moved through a combat zone centered on one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints. This is what markets do when governments create danger: they start pricing reality honestly. Insurance underwriters do not care about speeches about resolve or credibility. They care about missiles, mines, damaged hulls, and the odds that a vessel will not make it home intact. Once those odds change, the market does what it is supposed to do . It becomes expensive to move goods through a war. But the American state does not like that kind of honesty, because honest prices expose the real cost of intervention. So instead of letting war become unaffordable to the people escalating it, Washington stepped in. The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation announced a maritime reinsurance facility covering losses up to roughly $20 billion on a rolling basis, and later named Chubb as the lead insurance partner. In plain English, the government decided that if the private market was no longer willing to carry the full risk of this war, the state would help carry it instead. That is not a si...
北都|發展局於四個新發展區設展館 展示規劃潛力及智慧交通等 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】發展局在北都四個新發展區設立展館,展示北都規劃及發展潛力。 四個展館分別位於古洞北、粉嶺北、洪水橋/厦村及...
北都|發展局於四個新發展區設展館 展示規劃潛力及智慧交通等 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】發展局在北都四個新發展區設立展館,展示北都規劃及發展潛力。 四個展館分別位於古洞北、粉嶺北、洪水橋/厦村及河套。其中洪水橋/厦村展館設有沉浸式數碼體驗區,及新發展區藍圖的沙盤模型,介紹區內的智慧綠色交通網絡以及歷史文化資源。而粉嶺北展館就設有駕駛遊戲,模擬在粉嶺繞道(東段)駕駛,展示區內的基建規劃。至於位於古洞的北都核心展廳,會爭取明年起分階段啓用。
According to research group Mintel, younger people now have a much broader idea of what "wellness" means to them - they no longer see health as just going to the gym or lifting weights, and they expect fitness centres and health clubs to provide more than just workout equipment and exercise classes.
According to research group Mintel, younger people now have a much broader idea of what "wellness" means to them - they no longer see health as just going to the gym or lifting weights, and they expect fitness centres and health clubs to provide more than just workout equipment and exercise classes.
Those considered "indigenes" by the local authorities get preferential access to jobs and land - they tend to be from mostly Christian ethnic groups. While those considered "settlers" include many from Muslim communities, like the Fulani, even if they have lived on the land for generations.
Those considered "indigenes" by the local authorities get preferential access to jobs and land - they tend to be from mostly Christian ethnic groups. While those considered "settlers" include many from Muslim communities, like the Fulani, even if they have lived on the land for generations.
PlusTick Management opened a new position in Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) during the fourth quarter, acquiring 500,000 shares worth $9.20 million, according to a February 17, 2026, SEC filing. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated February 17, 2026, PlusTick Management initiated a new position in Sunrun by purchasing 500,000 shares. The quarter-end value of the stake incre...
PlusTick Management opened a new position in Sunrun (NASDAQ:RUN) during the fourth quarter, acquiring 500,000 shares worth $9.20 million, according to a February 17, 2026, SEC filing. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated February 17, 2026, PlusTick Management initiated a new position in Sunrun by purchasing 500,000 shares. The quarter-end value of the stake increased by $9.20 million, which incorporates both the purchase and any price movement in the period. Sunrun delivers residential solar and battery storage solutions to U.S. homeowners through a direct-to-consumer model. Sunrun is a leading provider of residential solar and battery storage solutions in the United States, leveraging a large-scale direct sales network and diversified product offerings. The company’s strategy centers on expanding the adoption of distributed solar energy by providing end-to-end solutions, from system design through installation and maintenance. Sunrun’s integrated approach and strong brand presence position it as a key player in the transition to renewable energy for U.S. households. Continue reading
In the end, it’s a feeling, isn’t it? You can tally up the laughs, work out the ratio of good lines to bad, sketches that fly, sketches that plummet straight into the mire – but in the end, a comedy show leaves you with a feeling that tells you whether it worked or not. The general feeling, I think, will be that the inaugural episode of Saturday Night Live UK – Sky’s version of the famous 51-year-...
In the end, it’s a feeling, isn’t it? You can tally up the laughs, work out the ratio of good lines to bad, sketches that fly, sketches that plummet straight into the mire – but in the end, a comedy show leaves you with a feeling that tells you whether it worked or not. The general feeling, I think, will be that the inaugural episode of Saturday Night Live UK – Sky’s version of the famous 51-year-old American original founded and still overseen by the infamous Lorne Michaels – did work. Some may feel they – 11 actors and a 20-strong writing team drawn from more than 1,200 applicants – only just got away with it, but others will feel they managed a bit better than that. It began, either very bravely or very foolishly, with an impression of Keir Starmer, a man who even in parody form (by George Fouracres, the impressionist of the group) can suck the life out of a room, trying to overcome his feelings for Trump (“I can change him!”) and then we were out of the traditional cold open and into the guest host monologue. Tina Fey, former head writer at SNL before moving into movies and creating 30 Rock, a show about a show very like SNL, did the honours. Like many of the sketches to come and like the episode overall, it started off in stilted fashion (a cameo from a game Nicola Coughlan that didn’t work) but warmed up enough to end – courtesy of a pop quiz from Graham Norton on Britishisms (“Autoshop repair …?” “Autoshop replace!”) – in relative triumph. Then came one of the stronger sketches, about a skincare range so effective “everyone will think your husband is a nonce!” It’s Undérage, by Pedolay. “He’s lost his record deal,” says one woman, “and some, but not all, of his fans”. It wasn’t alone in going on too long, but that is an SNL tradition almost as longstanding as the cold open. A bafflingly bloated sketch about David Attenborough’s Last Supper with reanimated icons at least gave us a disturbingly good Diana (Jack Shep), and was followed by two bits that hit their...
It says it wants users to know when they are looking at posts that have been made with AI, and that it has policies in place for the labelling of AI-generated content. Nine Instagram accounts the BBC has tracked appear to no longer exist.
It says it wants users to know when they are looking at posts that have been made with AI, and that it has policies in place for the labelling of AI-generated content. Nine Instagram accounts the BBC has tracked appear to no longer exist.
富士山爆發|火山灰恐癱瘓東京 日本政府研訂防災方案 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】日本政府研究制訂具體應對方案,應對一旦富士山大爆發造成的社會生活影響,並可能納入國家防災指引。 日本政府在去年8月...
富士山爆發|火山灰恐癱瘓東京 日本政府研訂防災方案 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】日本政府研究制訂具體應對方案,應對一旦富士山大爆發造成的社會生活影響,並可能納入國家防災指引。 日本政府在去年8月的「火山防災日」,發布富士山火山大規模爆發的模擬片段,假設富士山再出現像1707年、江戶時代寶永四年的大爆發。根據風向,東京都至神奈川縣一帶,遠至埼玉、千葉和靜岡縣,會被數厘米至十多厘米的火山灰覆蓋,導致公共交通癱瘓和阻礙物資補給等影響。 內閣將跟東京都政府、鐵路公司、電信運營商等基建相關機構成立委員會,商議制定更全面防災方案,確保在大量火山灰堆積的情況下社會維持日常生活。例如以東京都為例,研究根據火山灰預報停駛受影響範圍的列車,要求民眾避免外出。另外會訂出物資儲備清單,在部分甚至所有關鍵基礎設施受長時間影響下,居民所需的物資儲備。 根據日本現行防災指引,當火山灰堆積厚度低於30厘米,居民應留在家中或安全地方避難,逾30厘米居民便需撤離。新應對方案一經敲定將納入防災指引。