The Service Employees International Union said it had enough signatures to trigger a vote by personal assistants who care for relatives and friends at home.
- Published A British man has pleaded guilty to causing the death of his two-year-old son who fell from a hotel window in Cyprus. The father, from Essex, admitted a charge of causing death through a reckless, rash or dangerous act at a court in Paphos on Tuesday. The boy fell from the fourth floor of the King Evelthon Beach Hotel and Resort in Chlorakas on 1…
Hong Kong’s workforce is forecast to shrink by around 20,000 a year until 2028 despite measures to import labour and talent, with shortages remaining most acute among skilled technical workers. A government report on manpower projections on Tuesday found that although the labour shortfall would narrow to 130,000 by 2028, down by nearly a third from the original estimate of 180,000, the city would continue to face critical manpower challenges across key sectors. “Due to economic transformation,..
Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology on Tuesday launched a suite of central processing units (CPUs) for robotics and industrial edge devices, expanding beyond cloud computing and into the fast-growing market for physical artificial intelligence. The firm unveiled its Hygon 1000 series processors, designed to be embedded into physical devices in industrial automation systems such as robotics and factory controllers, enabling computing and graphics processing to be handled locally. Built
PARIS, September 22. /TASS/. Paris will supply interceptor missiles for air defense systems to Kiev, French President Emmanuel Macron said. "We are strengthening its (Ukraine’s – TASS) air defense by signing a contract for the delivery of radars and the supply of interceptor missiles," the French leader wrote on his X page following his meeting with Vladimir…
MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/. Ukraine's Interpipe Steel plant has halted production after it was hit by Russian forces, the facility's owner Interpipe said. "The company's main production equipment and infrastructure were damaged, and production has been halted," Interpipe said on Facebook (banned in Russia; owned by Meta, designated as extremist in the coun…
MOSCOW, September 22. /TASS/. The Russian stock market rose by more than 1.8% during the main trading session, according to Moscow Exchange data. The MOEX Russia and RTS indices gained 0.52% at the opening of the main trading session, reaching 2,269.76 and 847.29 points, respectively, according to trading data as of 9:00 a.m. Moscow time. By 4:41 p.m. Moscow…