More than three years ago, I articulated concerns regarding the existential threat of artificial intelligence in a piece entitled “How Hong Kong can play a role in preventing AI Armageddon”. There is an increasing number of articles about exactly this. Here I concentrate on a more insidious encroachment on our humanity – how AI is capturing our creative expression and replacing us in a way that is making it harder to discern what is creatively human. As a scientist, my inclination is to filter...

Lonely Planet, one of the world's most trusted sources for travel guidance, has unveiled its Best in Travel list for next year. Read on to find out the most exciting new places to visit...

Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan has long been a symbol of China’s fashion soft power at high-profile global summits as she accompanies President Xi Jinping. She has eschewed Western luxury labels and logos in favour of chic local brands and modern Chinese styles – a well-tailored qipao, say, or elegant scarves and coats in formal yet feminine colours. Case in point: the outfit she wore as she stepped off the plane for the much-anticipated Xi-Trump meeting in the US on September 23. Her grey...

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s largest hotel franchising companies, announced the opening of Wyndham Garden Antalya Konyaaltı, marking the latest addition to its Wyndham Garden portfolio in Türkiye, as the company prepares for the brand’s debut in Istanbul with the upcoming opening of Wyndham Garden İstanbul Tuzla Marina. Expected to open in October 2026, the 93-room hotel will extend Wyndham Garden’s presence into Türkiye’s largest city and strengthen the brand’s position across the country’s key urban and leisure markets.

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Comprising 100 performers, led by conductor Yan Huichang, “Thousand Reeds, One Universe” was both the beginning and the end. The concert on September 20 was the conclusion of the International Sheng and Reeds Festival 2026 and a successful commencement of the 2026/27 season of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (HKCO). Continuing the vision of the festival to forge a borderless world in harmony, the concert brought together a family of reed instruments from around China and the world, including the...

The brand-new Apple TV comedy series Brothers, starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, celebrated its Los Angeles premiere last week in a star-studded affair. The show, in which the two Hollywood stars play fictionalised versions of themselves, riffs on real-life speculation that they may share the same biological father. Harrelson walked the red carpet at the Hammer Museum with his wife, Laura Louie, who is known to be very private, while McConaughey was there with his mother Kay...

If approved, 23 guest rooms, a dining courtyard, a 'space for relaxation and movement' and more will be added to the Sea Ranch Lodge.

Nur wenige Schritte von den Champs-Élysées entfernt, vereint dieses jahrhundertealte Palasthotel die Eleganz vergangener Zeiten mit Behandlungen im Dior Spa und Sterneküche. The post Ausprobiert: Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris – Palastikone mit Blick auf den Eiffelturm appeared first on Business Traveller.

The New York Times wants to know how a GLP-1 medication may have affected how readers plan vacations.