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Passengers made more than 30 million trips using Hong Kong’s cross-border high-speed rail link last year, with the figure representing a 17 per cent increase from 2024 and setting a record. The MTR Corporation also revealed on Sunday that the West Kowloon rail terminus set a new single-day ridership record on December 27, when the number of passenger trips reached about 140,000. The company also described last year’s usage figure as a “record high”, while noting that cumulative patronage since...

Elon Musk’s Grok is facing mounting criticism and threats of government action around the world after the artificial intelligence chatbot created sexualised images, including of minors, on the social media platform X in response to user prompts. Malaysian authorities said in a statement on Saturday that they are investigating images produced by Grok after complaints about the misuse of AI to manipulate images of women and minors to produce indecent, grossly offensive or otherwise harmful...

President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing President Nicolás Maduro in a raid isn't likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices.

Tottenham complete the signing of Chelsea's Maika Hamano on loan until the end of the season.

Tottenham complete the signing of Chelsea's Maika Hamano on loan until the end of the season.

Tottenham complete the signing of Chelsea's Maika Hamano on loan until the end of the season.

Tottenham complete the signing of Chelsea's Maika Hamano on loan until the end of the season.

A small team, including a spy within the Venezuelan government, were watching President Maduro for months, noting where he slept, what he ate, what he wore and even rituals for his pets

Authorities investigating a New Year's blaze at a bar in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana have identified 24 of the 40 people killed, including 11 minors and six foreign nationals, police said Sunday, as its owners were probed for negligent…

An investigation into a fire at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana which killed 40 and left 119 injured has cast a spotlight on the French owners who are suspected of "negligence".

When a Hong Kong resident surnamed Chow opened his front door at Shek Kip Mei Estate on Sunday, he was met by a dense wall of black soot. “[The smoke] was cutting my throat and nose, and my eyes won’t stop tearing,” said the man in his forties as he recounted the harrowing struggle with his wife and dogs, after a fire broke out a few doors away from his home, leaving one man dead and eight injured. As the fire erupted in a cluttered flat on the 21st floor of Mei Yue House on Sunday morning,...

Letter: As much as I dislike the idea, all health care-related price increases should be subject to government agency oversight and approval, similar to how public utilities were once regulated.