2 people died after a cargo plane skidded off the runway and hit a car at Hong Kong's airport

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A cargo plane lies partially in the sea after veering off the runway during landing at Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, China, October 20, 2025
A cargo plane skidded off the runway while landing at Hong Kong International Airport on Monday, October 20.

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Their parents moved to the US for opportunity and safety. They went the other way — drawn by the same hopes.

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Hands rolling up a rug/the American Flag
 

Getty images; Tyler Le/BI

I dropped out of college at 19 and had no plan for what came next. Hong Kong pushed me to grow up fast.

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Nikolai Smirnoff behind the bar at Graceland in Hong Kong
Nikolai Smirnoff

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I've lived and worked abroad for 20 years. One city stood out as the best — and easiest — place to work.

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Andre Neveling sitting on steps in Bangkok.
Andre Neveling spent 20 years of his career working in cities around the world — Bangkok is his favorite.

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I work in advertising during the day and stand-up comedy at night. The jobs are surprisingly similar.

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Garron Chiu on stage doing stand-up comedy in Hong Kong.
By day, Garron Chiu works in advertising; by night, he performs stand-up comedy.

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From solitary confinement in China to self-exile in Taiwan: Inside a Hong Kong bookshop owner's fight to keep the free press alive

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics
Lam Wing-kee at Causeway Bay Books' former location in Taipei, Taiwan.
Lam Wing-kee at Causeway Bay Books' former location in Taipei, Taiwan.

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We spent $470 on a Michelin-star meal for 2. The restaurant was inside a corporate office building, but our dinner was far from boring.

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A building with white bricks and wooden details with golden lettering spelling out
My friend and I dined at Hansik Goo, located inside a corporate office in Hong Kong.

Tiffany Leigh

Meet the Hong Kong billionaires behind some of the world's glitziest hotels — and the generation who could inherit the empire

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Adrian Cheng making a toast and smiling, standing next to a dinner table decorated with candles and flowers.
Adrian Cheng during dinner after the opening ceremony of the Festival de Cannes Film Week in Asia in 2019.

Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images for Festival de Cannes Film Week in Asia

I spent $62 on a multicourse Michelin-star meal. I had to wait 40 minutes to be seated, but it was more than worth it.

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A brown table filled with a platter of roast goose with golden-brown skin, a white bowl of soup with chives on top, and a white plate of noodles with pieces of bok choy on the sides of the plate
I tried Kam's Roast Goose for the first time.

Tiffany Leigh

These 10 cities around the world have the most ultrawealthy people

Tech Insider : Economy
New York skyline
New York City has the most ultrawealthy inhabitants, one of six US cities on the list.

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