day's trading will be abandoned. Kompasu halted after-hours trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange on

HONG KONG( REUTERS, BLOOMBERG)-Hong Kong authorities closed schools on Tuesday( Oct 12) and raised the third highest storm warning as a typhoon threatened the financial hub for the second time in less than a week. The Hong Kong Observatory is considering raising the warning signal from No.... 8 is in force between 7amand 9am, according to its trading arrangements.... There will not be a morning session if the No....

Tropical Storm Kompasu, in Baguio city, northern Philippines, on Oct.... 12. The Associated PressA

wind that toppled trees and knocked down power. Tropical Storm Kompasu was last tracked over the South

, the mud floods triggered by severe rainfall from the tail end of Typhoon Kompasu on Tuesday was not

BEIJING( AFP)-At least 15 people have died during unseasonably heavy rain and flooding in north China's Shanxi province earlier this month, local officials said Tuesday( Oct 12), after the normally dry region received three months' rain in one week. The flooding hit the coal-rich landlocked region during a nationwide energy crunch, and after record floods killed more than 300 people in central Henan province in July.At least 60 coal mines in the province-one of China's top coal-producing regions

Open this photo in gallery A security guard stands in front of the Pillar of Shame statue at the University of Hong Kong, on Oct.... “ In requesting the removal of the ‘Pillar of Shame, ’ Hong Kong University is bowing down to the post-National Security Law reality and signalling that it will sacrifice its century-old tradition of academic freedom and critical inquiry in the interests of self-preservation.” Ms.... Lim is not alone in her criticism....

Looking on are Permaisuri Johor Raja Zarith Sofiah Binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah and Lee's wife Ho Ching.... He received his formal education at Sekolah Temenggong Abdul Rahman( 1) before leaving for Trinity Grammar School in Australia.... Sultan Ibrahim is married to Raja Zarith Sofiah, a Perak princess and an Oxford University graduate....