Government officials extend Chinese New Year wishes
02 Mar
Health News

Government officials extend Chinese New Year wishes

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Senior government officials on Tuesday extended Chinese New Year greetings, wishing residents a happy, healthy and prosperous Year of the Horse. Speaking on an RTHK programme, Chief Secretary Eric Chan said the government would continue to steer Hong Kong towards sustained positive growth in the new year. "In Chinese culture, the horse symbolises vitality, success, and opportunity. This echoes the government’s commitment in the New Year to continue leveraging the advantages of 'One Country, Two Systems' to consolidate the competitiveness of Hong Kong's 'golden brands' in finance, trade, shipping, and aviation,” he said. “At the same time, we will continue to unite patriotic forces from all sectors of society, and pragmatically advance initiatives beneficial to the public." Meanwhile, Financial Secretary Paul Chan noted that with the strong support of the country and the joint efforts of the...
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Trump officials sued over effort to ‘erase history and science’ in national parks
02 Mar
Science & Technology

Trump officials sued over effort to ‘erase history and science’ in national parks

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Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks. A lawsuit filed in Boston says orders by Donald Trump and the interior secretary, Doug Burgum, have forced park service staff to remove or censor exhibits that share factually accurate and relevant US history and scientific knowledge, including about slavery and climate change. Separately, LGBTQ+ rights advocates and historic preservationists sued the park service on Tuesday for removing a rainbow Pride flag from the Stonewall national monument, the New York site that commemorates a foundational moment in the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. The changes at exhibits came in response to a Trump executive order “restoring truth and sanity to American history” at the nation’s museums, parks and landmarks. It directed the...
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Paul: Gay CDC official’s ‘lifestyle’ disqualified him from government
10 Sep
Lifestyle

Paul: Gay CDC official’s ‘lifestyle’ disqualified him from government

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Lifestyle Joseph ChoiTue, September 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM UTC 2 min readPaul: Gay CDC official’s ‘lifestyle’ disqualified him from government Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said a gay leader at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who resigned last week in protest of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had “no business being in government” due to the “lifestyle” he led. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, was among the four CDC leaders who resigned last week, saying in their resignations that the changes under Kennedy were preventing them from carrying out the agency’s public health mission. “One of the guys that is the biggest proponent of doing all this is the guy who describes the risky behavior that he and his lifestyle involve,” Paul...
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Texas officials defend response to deadly floods: ‘We saved as many people as we could’
17 Jul
Top Stories

Texas officials defend response to deadly floods: ‘We saved as many people as we could’

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CENTER POINT, Texas — Local and state officials who responded to the catastrophic flooding this month in Central Texas defended their actions in an interview with NBC News, saying they did everything in their power to save lives and are now considering what more could be done to prevent future tragedies.“Our teams did everything that they possibly could with this gruesome, devastating situation that happened, and we would not change the way we did that. And I think we saved as many people as we could,” Dalton Rice, the city manager of Kerrville, said.He spoke with NBC News alongside Jeff Holt, a Kerr County commissioner, and state Rep. Wes Virdell, over the weekend, before a new round of heavy rain and flooding threatened parts of the region. The officials said they did their best to...
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