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After battling armed attacks, Mauritania attempts to revive tourism automated-news
After battling armed attacks, Mauritania attempts to revive tourism

Armed groups linked to al-Qaeda began attacks in the mid-2000s, but several security measures have halted them.

13 Jun 2026 🔒
Haiti senior defense official reportedly abducted in Port-au-Prince automated-news
Haiti senior defense official reportedly abducted in Port-au-Prince

Haiti senior defense official reportedly abducted in Port-au-Prince

13 Jun 2026 🔒
Wife of South Korea’s Lee shuns limelight to reduce ‘first lady risk’ automated-news
Wife of South Korea’s Lee shuns limelight to reduce ‘first lady risk’

South Korean first lady Kim Hea-kyung remains largely out of the spotlight one year into President Lee Jae Myung’s administration, adopting a low-key public role that contrasts sharply with the high-profile approach of her predecessor, Kim Keon-hee. Kim Hea-kyung has limited her public appearances a

13 Jun 2026 🔒
Northern Metropolis needs early success stories to draw investors, John Lee says automated-news
Northern Metropolis needs early success stories to draw investors, John Lee says

Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis will adopt a multi-focused strategy to drive advances in technology, industry and education, while helping the city overcome its bottleneck in talent attraction. Lee also said that the megaproject would need early success stor

13 Jun 2026 🔒
Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan to tackle economic gaps, boost quality jobs: Paul Chan automated-news
Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan to tackle economic gaps, boost quality jobs: Paul Chan

Hong Kong’s first five-year plan will map out concrete paths to address the city’s shortcomings and magnify socio-economic benefits, including how artificial intelligence can create quality jobs, the financial chief has said a day ahead of the public consultation on the blueprint. Financial Secretar

13 Jun 2026 🔒
Hongkongers to get chance to talk to city’s first astronaut in next 2 months automated-news
Hongkongers to get chance to talk to city’s first astronaut in next 2 months

Hong Kong’s first astronaut is expected to chat with residents from the lofty heights of the Tiangong space station in the next two months, the city’s technology minister has said. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong also said on Sunday that the city could formulate a new stra

13 Jun 2026 🔒
Millions of grandparents are spending their retirements raising their grandkids — and it’s taking a financial toll automated-news
Millions of grandparents are spending their retirements raising their grandkids — and it’s taking a financial toll

Grandparent-headed households are more likely to live in poverty.

13 Jun 2026 🔒
Social Security benefits and costs are perfectly reasonable — no case exists for massive cuts automated-news
Social Security benefits and costs are perfectly reasonable — no case exists for massive cuts

It might be nice to reduce the large share of benefits going to high earners who retire later and live long lives.

13 Jun 2026 🔒
‘We are comfortable financially’: My husband is in his 60s and has $500,000 life insurance. Is this a good time to cancel? automated-news
‘We are comfortable financially’: My husband is in his 60s and has $500,000 life insurance. Is this a good time to cancel?

“Our kids are grown and independent.”

13 Jun 2026 🔒
Chinese man weighing 63kg believes online products could help gain weight loses 6.5kg automated-news
Chinese man weighing 63kg believes online products could help gain weight loses 6.5kg

A Shanghai man who wanted to gain weight spent 10,000 yuan (US$1,500) on online health products he thought would do the job only to end up losing 6.5kg in a month. The man, surnamed Liu, has trended on mainland social media after his experience was reported by the Shanghai Morning Post. Liu, a truck

13 Jun 2026 🔒
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