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Lada (sitting), a 54-year-old sex worker, takes tourists on a tour of Prague’s underworld. Photo: AFP

Sex workers and ex-addicts show tourists Czech capital’s dark side

Social enterprise Pragulic tackles ‘myth and prejudice’ around people living on Prague’s streets, using tour guides who have all been there.

How weight loss surgery and exercise helped 25-year-old lose 68kg

Jennifer Lawrence-produced film shows women’s torment in Afghanistan

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She would drink until she passed out. Now she is a new woman

Corporate high-flier Julie Landau beat an alcohol addiction and in the process overcame her bulimia. Now she’s helping other women.

Having given up alcohol and broken free of bulimia’s grip, Julie Landau says she feels “lighter, freer and more like myself than ever before”. Now, instead of getting black-out drunk, she is into fitness and coaches women in power. Photo: Julie Landau

How a marathon runner survived after tearing her body’s largest artery

Things could have turned out very different for Amber Williams, who was diagnosed with aortic dissection days after running a marathon.

Opinion | How Asia can strengthen its trade, manufacturing as Trump returns

Staying ahead will require diversifying in hi-tech sectors, boosting workforce resilience and advancing sustainable supply chains.

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Women candidates signal potential shift in Sri Lanka’s male-dominated politics

While analysts welcome the increase, they caution that more women in politics alone won’t challenge patriarchal norms and achieve true gender equality.

People wait in a queue to cast their ballots at a polling station during Sri Lanka’s presidential election in Galle on September 21. Photo: TNS

3 of the best places for solo female travel, including Hong Kong

Two solo women travel experts reveal their favourite destinations to explore, where safety is high and the culture is vibrant.

Why Trump election is good and bad for Chinese property investors in the US

Trump tax cuts, tariffs will keep interest rates high, but current owners will benefit from his presidency.

Sweet potato soup sake? 3 Hong Kong women’s dessert-based craft drinks

Three women have created sake drinks based on sweet potato and red bean soups using traditional Hong Kong flavours and Japanese ingredients.

(From left) Eummie Chik, Keita Wu and Kiu Au of the Three Sisters Sake Brew Project - an endeavour focused on creating craft sake using traditional Hong Kong dessert flavours and Japanese ingredients - at Sake Bar Chu Chu in Causeway Bay. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Thin, beautiful, refined? In China, weight-loss camps promise all three

China’s growing obesity crisis sparks the popularity of strict camps aimed at fat loss for those who ‘can’t control their diet outside’.

Yang Chi’ao exercising at a weight loss camp in Chengdu, in China’s southwestern Sichuan province. China’s growing obesity crisis has made popular strict camps aimed at fat loss for those who “can’t control their diet outside”. Photo: AFP

What to eat during perimenopause, with dietary tips from 5 experts

Gwyneth Paltrow said entering menopause feels like ‘losing your mind’. Gut and brain health experts explain why, and the foods that can help.

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How lifting weights gave 2 older Singaporeans stronger bones

He was 52 and had endless back pain; she was 62 and had osteoporosis. Weightlifting increased their bone density. Now both do powerlifting.

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Celebs with adult ADHD help shine a light on the condition

More grown-ups are admitting to having adult ADHD, calling attention to a disorder that affects about 2.58 per cent of the global population.

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Will Smith, Howie Mandel, Simone Biles and Trevor Noah are just some of the stars who have said they have adult ADHD, shining a light on a disorder that affects about 2.58 per cent of the global population. Photos: Reuters/AFP/Getty Images/Twitter

What Google Maps’ new AI features are and how they will help you

Google is using its AI-powered Gemini technology to set up Google Maps as an entertainment guide as well as a navigational tool.

Starting this week, US users of Google Maps will be able to ask for tips on things to do around specific spots in a neighbourhood or city. They will receive lists of restaurants, bars and other nearby attractions that include reviews that have been compiled through the years. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong’s office market to trail recovery in residential, retail properties

Reports of brisk weekend home sales show the housing market will outpace offices in recovery going into 2025, consultancies say.

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Could India surpass China as an Asian real estate investment hotspot?

India’s booming economy and growing demand for office space are making it a magnet for many global players.

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Opinion | South Korea’s arms exports are reshaping the global defence landscape

Seoul’s rise as an arms exporter is serving the interests not only of its defence firms but also the US and Indo-Pacific partners.

South Korean Army K2 tanks participate in a joint military drill with Qatari ground forces at the Al Qalayel training centre in Qatar on October 21. Seoul is reshaping traditional power dynamics in military cooperation. Photo: Handout / EPA-EFE

These people are hooked on open water swimming in Hong Kong. Here’s why

Two open water swimmers describe how group open water swimming is great for improving health, and why Hong Kong is the perfect place for it.

Is your child scared of Halloween? Expert tips on helping them feel safe

A psychologist explains how children process fear and gives advice to parents on how to help kids cope and have a happy Halloween.

The stories she’d been told were a lie… she wasn’t the baby in the photo

A South Korean adoptee in the US who makes a shocking discovery goes searching for her real parents – helping another family on the way.

South Korean adoptee Rebecca Kimmel, 49, is seen reflected in her artwork depicting twins at her home in Seattle, US, on February 3, 2024. Kimmel believes her adoption agency switched her identity with another girl, and that she may have a twin. Photo: AP

She’s mixing a love of baking and grandparents to help Hong Kong’s elderly

Inspired by her grandparents’ love, Karen Chu founded The Good Cake, where proceeds from baked goods buy rice for vulnerable Hongkongers.

Karen Chu, founder of The Good Cake, says she wants to “build a community where young and old coexist” through her social enterprise, from which proceeds from baked goods buy rice for underprivileged elderly city residents. Photo: Edmond So

How plant-based diets can help save the planet and keep you healthy

With International Day of Climate Action on October 24, learn how a vegan diet can fight climate change and is better for the planet and you.

Landmark show sheds new light on Kim Lim, Singapore-born artist

National Gallery of Singapore exhibition recasts sculptor and printmaker Lim’s career. A contemporary of Henry Moore, she was long forgotten.

New weight-loss drugs coming to Hong Kong, and what they can do

Semaglutide and tirzepatide helped Texas woman Kathryn Dean lose 18kg and keep the weight off, and she is no longer diagnosed as prediabetic.

Drugs semaglutide and tirzepatide, developed to fight diabetes but with powerful weight-loss effects, were key to property agent Kathryn Dean (above) achieving long-term weight loss. Photo: Instagram/@kathryndeanrealtor

Opinion | Hong Kong’s tourism, culture sectors deserve support, not just criticism

The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau is playing catch-up after years on the back burner and needs support to play its part in Lee’s plans.

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Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung, right, attends a ceremony at Tamar Park on September 22. Yeung and his bureau have come in for a rare bout of public criticism in the annual policy address. Photo: Edmond So

Hong Kong has more tools to revive, enhance property market: analysts

Robust home sales from first post-stimulus weekend suggest recent tweaks are beginning to inject confidence in the market.

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How strength training builds bone density to head off osteoporosis

On World Osteoporosis Day, meet Jessie Kwong, whose shock diagnosis with the condition at 57 spurred her to join a gym. Now she co-owns one.

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