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AdvertisementHong Kong propertyBusinessPrince Jewellery director sells upscale Hong Kong flat, upgrades to duplexTang Yick-ki swaps his 1,019 sq ft flat in The Cullinan for a 1,593 sq ft duplex in The Waterfront
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPCheryl ArcibalPublished: 5:05pm, 13 Feb 2026A director of Hong Kong-based Prince Jewellery and Watch has sold a flat in Kowloon and upgraded to a two-storey unit in the same neighbourhood, with an analyst saying that wealthy homeowners are taking advantage of improving sentiment to swap their dwellings.Tang Yick-ki, a director at Prince Jewellery and Sky Regal Properties, completed both deals in just over a month. Tang also serves as a director in many other companies including Just Gold, Peonia Diamond and Peonia Holdings, according to the Companies Registry.
As the city’s property market gradually shakes off a protracted slump, affluent homeowners were likely to upgrade their dwellings amid uncertain times, according to Knight Frank..

AdvertisementFranceWorldEuropeMum in France charged after 2 babies found dead in freezerThe 50-year-old woman was charged after she was arrested and admitted to freezing her newborns
Reading Time:1 minuteWhy you can trust SCMPAgence France-PressePublished: 5:03pm, 13 Feb 2026The mother of two infants found dead in a freezer in eastern France has been charged and placed in pre-trial detention, a prosecutor said on Friday.The case is the latest suspected instance of infanticide to emerge in France in recent years.
Prosecutor Cedric Logelin said the 50-year-old woman was charged late on Thursday, a day after she was arrested in the western Paris suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt and admitted to freezing her newborns.
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The grim discovery was made after the woman, who had nine children from three different fathers, had abruptly left the family home in the eastern town of Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont in December.
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Saudi Aramco Achieves 70% Local Content Milestone in Supply Chain, Boosting Saudi Vision 2030 Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals company, has announced a major breakthrough in its In-Kingdom Total Value Add (iktva) programme by achieving a 70% local content benchmark in its supply chain, a milestone that underscores the Kingdom’s push to build domestic industrial capacity and diversify its economy. This achievement comes as a part of a long-term strategy tied to Saudi Vision 2030 and has already delivered substantial economic benefits, including significant job creation and foreign investment.What is iktva and why this milestone by Saudi Aramco matters
Launched in 2015, the iktva programme aims to maximise economic value within Saudi Arabia by localising procurement of goods and services, developing local suppliers and fostering a competitive national industrial ecosystem. Through the initiative, Aramco encourages global investors and manufacturers to est..

(IANS) BNP Metropolitan leader Mohibuzzaman Kochi died on Thursday morning while going to a polling station in Bangladesh’s Khulna after allegedly being pushed by rival Jamaat supporters.Kochi, 60, was the former office secretary of Khulna Metropolitan BNP.The incident occurred around 9 am at the Khulna Alia Madrasa polling station. According to BNP, Kochi had gone to vote when he opposed campaigning inside the center. Members of the rival Jamaat allegedly pushed him, causing him to fall and hit his head. He was later taken to a hospital, where the doctor on duty declared him dead.Metropolitan BNP media cell convener Mizanur Rahman said that Kochi had gone to the Khulna Alia Madrasa center to vote in the morning. Tension was high at the center as Alia Madrasa’s principal, Abdur Rahim, was campaigning for Jamaat. When Kochi tried to stop him, Rahim and his associates allegedly pushed him, causing Kochi to hit his head on a tree. He was later taken to a private medical college hospital, ..

AdvertisementJapanAsiaEast AsiaIs Japan’s US$550-billion promise to Trump just a ‘signing bonus’ with strings attached?Tokyo races to fund US projects to keep a 15 per cent tariff rate, as critics question if the ‘signing bonus’ is a gift or a high-interest loan
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAgence France-PressePublished: 4:46pm, 12 Feb 2026Despite US President Donald Trump having congratulated Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on her recent election triumph, Tokyo is under pressure to deliver on colossal investments promised in the United States.Ahead of the possible announcement of the first projects this week and Takaichi’s scheduled visit to the White House next month, what exactly has Japan pledged, what uncertainties remain, and what is at stake?What was agreed?In July, Japan agreed to invest US$550 billion through 2029 “to rebuild and expand core American industries”, the White House said, generating “hundreds of thousands of US jobs”.
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