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Is Sydney really in the grip of a housing bubble?

​Sydney's sky-high property market has spawned doomsday predictions of a housing bubble on the verge of collapse. But is a "bloodbath" inevitable, asks Ian Lloyd Neubauer.

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DFS chief on its new Venice store and why Hong Kong luxury sales boom is over

Duty-free retailer’s CEO says opening in Italian city is part of firm’s expansion beyond Asia-Pacific and airport stores, and admits it may have been overreliant on Hong Kong and Macau markets

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How Hong Kong designers help children with special needs cope with school and learn better

Home > Resources > How Hong Kong designers help children with special needs cope with school and learn better PARENTS' GUIDE How Hong Kong designers help children with special needs cope with school and learn better byPETA TOMLINSON JULY 5, 2016 inShare 0 Print Friendly and PDF email share widget The cosy cave at Brighten Development and Therapy Centre in Sha Tin. The cosy cave at Brighten Development and Therapy Centre in Sha Tin. A typical kindergarten is lively and jovial, full of noise, bright lights and vibrant colours – a happy place for some, but potentially torturous for a child who is hypersensitive to their surroundings, such as those on the autism spectrum, or with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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Yahoo and Google face challenge as social media sites aim to be video gateways

Facebook and Snapchat have overtaken the homepages of Yahoo and Google as the front doors to the internet for hundreds of millions of people. Now, the two rivals are pursuing a much bigger challenge: surpassing television to become the dominant gateway to video.

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Tom Hanks sees US election warning in thriller Inferno

Embedded within the manic action of Inferno, the latest big-screen adaptation of a Dan Brown thriller, is a warning about the dangers of seeking simple solutions to complex problems. Star Tom Hanks says it’s a theme with echoes in the current US presidential race.

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A stripped, emotional Lady Gaga comes to life on new album Joanne

It’s 1.30am and Lady Gaga is on the brink of tears.

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Youku working with Youtube star Michelle Phan to drive business

It is no secret that internet personalities these days can be as effective as expensive marketing campaigns. And China's major video portal Youku wants a slice of the action.

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Why Apple and Google are moving into solar energy

​Silicon Valley’s biggest companies are investing in renewable energy in a serious way – a sign, perhaps, of rapid changes in the energy market.

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Why Apple and Google are moving into solar energy

Most people think of Apple as a company that makes phones, computers and smart watches – not an energy provider. But in August all of that changed when the firm was given permission to sell energy from a Californian solar farm that it acquired last year.

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Biography project aims to revive Beijingers' hutong memory

​Beijingers boast that under each brick of the ancient capital's hutongs hides a story. They are not exaggerating.

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Art mimics life

Beijing Design Week focuses on work that connects with people's daily reality, Sun Yuanqing reports. Sun Yuanqing For the past seven years, Beijing Design Week has been a celebration of every facet of design. But now it is increasingly involved with real-life issues.

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China's giant space telescope starts search for alien life

The search for alien life just got bigger. A lot bigger. The world's largest telescope will be completed this week in China and it has scientists very, very excited.

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Turkish air strikes hit 12 targets in north Iraq: military

Turkish warplanes destroyed 12 targets in northern Iraq late on Monday, the military said, striking a region where Ankara says the leadership of Turkey's outlawed Kurdish militant group PKK is based.

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Study: Typhoons that slam Asia much stronger since 1970s

Typhoons that slam into land in the northwestern Pacific--especially the biggest tropical cyclones of the bunch--have gotten considerably stronger since the 1970s, a new study concludes.

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How technology has turned off Pakistan's ageing red light district

Pakistan’s oldest red light district was for centuries a hub of traditional erotic dancers, musicians and prostitutes – Pigalle with a Mughal twist, deep in the heart of vibrant Lahore.

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Sharp says China regulators have OK'd Foxconn acquisition

Japan's Sharp Corp. says China has become the final government to approve the acquisition of the Japanese electronics maker by the Taiwanese company that assembles Apple's iPhones and the tie-up will go ahead soon.

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Hollywood making bet on virtual reality being next great computing platform

Veteran filmmaker Ivan Reitman is an unlikely torchbearer for VR as studios invest money and map out ways to best make use of the new medium