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AdvertisementEducation in Hong KongHong KongEducationPupils of school closed after Hong Kong fire inspired by new university homesAbout 600 pupils at Tai Po Baptist Public School near Wang Fuk Court have adjusted well to classes held at CityU and EdU, educators say
Reading Time:3 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPWilliam YiuPublished: 10:30am, 11 Dec 2025Hundreds of children whose school near the scene of Hong Kong’s deadly blaze that has been temporarily closed are finding their classes at two university campuses to be an eye-opening experience, educators have said, with some pupils planning on becoming vets or teachers.
Tai Po Baptist Public School, located opposite Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, the scene of the November 26 inferno that claimed at least 160 lives, remains sealed off, with about 300 senior form pupils taking lessons at City University in Kowloon Tong and an equal number from junior forms going to the Education University of Hong Kong (EdU) in Tai Po.
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS Nov. 30, with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument Ever since 3I/ATLAS was first spotted in July, it’s been the space object everyone argues about. It’s only the third interstellar visitor ever found passing through our Solar System, it refused to sit neatly in the “just another comet” box.…its strange colour shifts, abrupt changes in speed, and the appearance of both a tail and an anti-tail have kept astronomers on alert for months. And, more recently, the comet has added yet another oddity to the list: a now-famous 16.16-hour “heartbeat,” a rhythmic brightening and dimming that scientists are still trying to explain.NASA’s line has stayed consistent: 3I/ATLAS is a comet, it poses no threat to Earth, and it will stay far away. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, meanwhile, has spent months saying we shouldn’t rush to that conclusion. He’s suggested there is a 30–40% chance the object is not naturally formed, has talked ab..

During the Streamer Awards 2025, a financial creator overheard violent and sexually abusive threats directed at streamer Fiona “Fanfan” in a venue restroom. The alleged perpetrator, reportedly from New York, made the remarks after Fanfan allegedly made jokes about Kai Cenat. The incident has sparked calls for improved security at influencer events. The Streamer Awards 2025 was meant to be a celebration of the year’s biggest creators, from record-breaking Twitch personalities to viral gaming icons. But alongside the jokes, red carpet photos and fan excitement, a troubling story has emerged about an alleged threat made against streamer Fiona “Fanfan.” Instead of post-event buzz being centered around winners and standout moments, one clip circulating on X has ignited concern about safety at influencer events. In it, financial creator Jason “TheStockGuy” recounts overhearing a violent conversation at the venue, one that included both physical and sexual assault threats directed at Fanfan, ..

AdvertisementArtificial intelligenceTechBig TechOpenAI names Slack CEO as first chief of revenue as ChatGPT maker aims to make a profitOpenAI is facing increased competition from rivals, including Google, which last month unleashed the latest version of its own AI assistant
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAssociated PressPublished: 10:45am, 10 Dec 2025OpenAI said Tuesday it has picked Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its first chief of revenue, a message to wary investors that the ChatGPT maker is serious about making a profit from its artificial intelligence technology.
OpenAI said Dresser will oversee global revenue strategy and “help more businesses put AI to work in their day-to-day operations”.
Dresser had already spent more than a decade at Salesforce when the software pioneer announced in 2020 it was buying work-chatting service Slack for US$27.7 billion. She helped integrate Slack into the software company before Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff picked her as CEO in 2023.
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AdvertisementChina tradeEconomyChina EconomyEuropean firms need to abandon overreliance on China and US, chamber report warnsEuropean Union Chamber of Commerce in China urges companies to “eliminate single-source dependencies”
Reading Time:3 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPXinyi Wuin BeijingPublished: 10:39am, 10 Dec 2025Updated: 10:41am, 10 Dec 2025A new report recommends European companies diversify away from overreliance on China and the US, as companies find themselves squeezed between Beijing’s preferential policies for local companies and Washington’s trade volatility.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China advised companies to “eliminate single-source dependencies on both China and the United States where possible” in a report on supply chain dependencies released on Wednesday.
“We are probably only seeing the very tip of the iceberg when it comes to understanding dependencies,” the chamber’s president, Jens Eskelund, said at an earlier media briefing, at which he noted Eu..