Last year, Disney released a trailer for their live-action version of "The Little Mermaid" and received a million and a half dislikes from outraged film fans. Some faithful fans of Disney's original Little Mermaid are rejecting the new live-action version for swapping out the titular mermaid's famous blue eyes and red hair for the features of black actress Halle Bailey. People expect authentic representation on screen rather than political overcorrection.

In response to the increasingly complex community needs, new digital industry concepts, represented by 5G (5th generation mobile networks), have emerged. This rapid change is like the "industrial revolution" of the new era, driving countries to make breakthroughs in the field of telecommunication technology.

Sun Museum presents the retrospective exhibition "HKI Knits – 50th Anniversary of the Founding of HKI Group" from May 24 to August 5, 2023.

On April 25th, the current President of the U.S., Joe Biden, officially announced his intention to participate in the next presidential election, adding more highlights to the increasingly heated donkey-elephant battle. It is hard to imagine that this elderly man, who has experienced a tumultuous and challenging life, repeatedly falling short of the presidency, finally managed to defy public opinion and seize power from Donald Trump. Yet, he now faces tremendous competitive challenges once again.

Over the weekend, a series of mass shootings in the United States left many people dead and injured. So far, there have been 202 mass shootings in the United States in 2023, an average of more than one a day, the most in the past decade.

The world's first and largest Disney theme park, "World of Frozen", is scheduled to open at Hong Kong Disneyland in November. The park recreates classic scenes from the movie Frozen: the small town full of traditional Arendelle architectural features and various frozen themed cuisine to recreate the Kingdom of Arendelle. The Hong Kong Disneyland Facebook has posted a video of the test of the "Snowy Ridge Ski". It is said that "World of Frozen" project has entered its final stage.

Qatar successfully held the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which was the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East, providing a brilliant chance for people across the globe to take a glance at Arab world and Muslim world in the flesh.

When drug abuse spreads to campuses, the severity of the problem becomes apparent. Countless young people have lost their lives or become addicted to drugs, leading to a downward spiral.

With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, and the increasing availability of fake information on the Internet, many schools are concerned that students are using AI to commit plagiarism.

Mahbubani pointed out that Hong Kong is part of China and as such, as a city in China, cannot do anything that will endanger the national security of China and "that is a clear-cut red line". Hong Kong enjoys a high degree of autonomy under 'one country, two systems', and what can be done and what cannot be done require a lot of political judgements; at the same time, Hong Kong has to work very hard to make the US realise that Hong Kong remains autonomous.

Kishore Mahbubani, former Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations and currently a Distinguished Fellow of the Asian Research Institute at the National University of Singapore delivered a keynote address titled "Can China Outcompete the U.S.?" in a presentation in Hong Kong on April 25.

Kishore Mahbubani, former Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations and currently a Distinguished Fellow of the Asian Research Institute at the National University of Singapore, gave a speech in Hong Kong on Tuesday (April 25) at noon entitled "Can China Outcompete the US? --The relative political, economic, social and cultural strengths of these two giants".

Kishore Mahbubani, former Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations and currently a Distinguished Fellow of the Asian Research Institute at the National University of Singapore delivered a keynote address titled "Can China Outcompete the U.S.?" in a presentation in Hong Kong on April 25.

The U.S. has become a plutocracy, at a competitive disadvantage when it has to deal with a meritocracy in China, an expert in Asian studies said. Kishore Mahbubani, former Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations and currently a Distinguished Fellow of the Asian Research Institute at the National University of Singapore, said in an exclusive interview with DotDotNews.

As for the Republican Party, former President Trump, who is actively involved in the election campaign, is currently embroiled in legal troubles and scandals involving a porn star, leaving him with little time and energy to invest in the campaign. At present, there does not appear to be any strong competition within the Democratic Party to challenge Biden, who at 80 years old is the oldest president in US history. Whether Biden’s road to re-election is smooth and whether the country will be better after his re-election are both worth looking forward to.