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The Hong Kong stock market has moved lower in two straight sessions, slumping almost 300 points or 1.9 percent in that span. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 16,500-point plateau although it's likely to find support on Wednesday.

The Hong Kong stock market on Monday ended the two-day winning streak in which it had surged more than 500 points or 3 percent. The Hang Seng Index now sits just beneath the 16,630-point plateau although it's likely to rebound again on Tuesday.

Hong Kong is gearing up to host the 17th Asian Financial Forum 2024, the first major international financial and business event of the year, aimed at highlighting the city’s significance as an international financial centre.

The Hong Kong stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, accelerating more than 500 points or 3 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now sits just beneath the 16,800-point plateau although it may hand back some of those gains on Monday.

It’s been 25 years since I worked at an IFI and yet women still represent only about 30 percent of senior management in these institutions. Worse, almost none of the world’s major multilateral banks has had a female president in all that time.

Amidst the ebb and flow of life, Felix and Cris, an elderly couple in their mid-90s in Pinilla Trasmonte, a remote village in Spain, find themselves at a pivotal moment.

The Hong Kong stock market has moved higher in two of three trading days since the end of the three-day losing streak in which it had fallen almost 260 points or 1.

The council of the Chinese University of Hong Kong has added five new members on Thursday, including vice-president for education Poon Wai-y...

The Hong Kong stock market headed south again on Wednesday, one day after ending the three-day losing streak in which it had fallen almost 260 points or 1.6 percent.

Guatemala is megadiverse and also, if you will allow me the expression, ‘mega-unequal'. Its megadiversity is threatened by the effects of climate change, aggravated by predatory exploitation of (...)