Blood was spilled at a Yuen Long restaurant Saturday morning as six youngsters were attacked by six masked men wielding knives and sticks when having breakfast. The attack occurred at 7.14am Saturday at Wing Shun Restaurant, famous for its satay beef noodles, located on On Ning Road in Yuen Long. The attackers headed towards the direction of Yuen Long town center following the attack, the ground stained with blood. A 22-year-old man surnamed Chan sustained a 20cm-long bleeding wound near the right side of his chest, while another 17-year-old man surnamed Hui was bleeding from the head. The case is now handled by the Yuen Long district crime squad.

Musk made the remarks when asked by the newspaper about China, where his Tesla electric car company operates a large factory in Shanghai. Beijing, which says democratically ruled Taiwan is one of its provinces, has long vowed to bring Taiwan under its control and has not ruled out the use of force to do so. Musk also said China has sought assurances that he would not offer the Starlink internet service of his SpaceX rocket company there. Earlier this week, Musk proposed that Ukraine permanently cede Crimea to Russia, that new referendums be held under U.N. auspices to determine the fate of Russian-controlled territory, and that Ukraine agree to neutrality. One who supports Ukraine (or) one who supports Russia."

SEOUL — North Korea on Saturday defended its recent flurry of missile tests as a legitimate counter to U.S. military threats. ADVERTISEMENTOn Tuesday, it fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile over Japan, prompting an alert for people in affected areas underneath to take cover. The launches are part of a record year of weapons tests by isolated North Korea, which leader Kim Jong Un has declared an “irreversible” nuclear power, effectively ending the possibility of denuclearization talks. North Korea on Saturday released a separate statement, saying it was “seriously approaching the extremely worrisome development of the present situation”, referring to the nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan being part of the US-South Korea military drills this week. The joint exercises by Seoul and Washington have always infuriated the North as Pyongyang considers them rehearsals for invasion.

In charts: The Philippine economy 100 days into Marcos presidencyWhile 100 days are not enough to make great strides toward a stronger economy, any short-term measures by the nascent Marcos administration could make a big difference in easing the economic hardships of many Filipinos. MANILA, Philippines — When he took over a hundred days ago, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said he has “ambitious” economic goals for the country. But from rising inflation to worrying levels of public debt and a bruised peso, the Philippine economy has yet to find an impasse. While 100 days are not enough to make great strides toward a stronger economy, any short-term measures by the nascent Marcos administration could make a big difference in easing the economic hardships of many Filipinos. — Charts by Philstar.com/Anjilica AndayaRead other explainers on Marcos' first 100 days:

First 100 days of PBBM: Solid gains & serious challengesPresident Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. marks his first 100 days in power today, Oct. 8. The first foreign trips of President Marcos to Singapore and Indonesia have wisely given strategic importance to the 10-nation ASEAN region in Philippine diplomacy. These trips also helped showcase the confidence of President Marcos in the international arena. Upholding independent foreign policy of friendship with all world powers. President Marcos has repaired the country’s recently frayed relations with the US in various meetings with top American leaders, including President Joe Biden, in the sidelines of the UN.

Police are searching for a man who stole a Rolex watch worth over HK$100,000 from a second-hand store in San Po Kong Friday morning by pretending to be a customer and fleeing the scene when trying on the watch. The second-hand store is located on the first floor of San Po Kong Plaza, and the theft occurred around 11.13am today. The thief first walked into the shop and claimed he wanted to buy the Rolex watch. The male staffer then took the watch from the shelf and allowed the thief to try it on. As seen in photos, the shop also sells other luxury wristwatches starting at around HK$70,000, as well as audio and HiFi equipment.

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake rocked Palawan Friday morning, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). Phivolcs detected the earthquake at 4:16 a.m. and traced its epicenter 35 kilometers northeast of Cagayancillo, Palawan. ADVERTISEMENTThe tectonic earthquake’s depth of focus was 40 kilometers. Phivolcs reported no intensities. No aftershocks and damage are expected, Phivolcs said.

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina captain Lionel Messi said Thursday (Friday in Manila) that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will "surely" be the last of his career. "It's my last World Cup, surely. "There is anxiety, nerves about the World Cup," he said. Argentina get their bid for a third World Cup title, and first since 1986, underway on November 22 against Saudi Arabia in Lusail, before further Group C matches against Mexico and Poland. Qatar will likely provide the last chance for Messi and his long-time rival Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, to finally lift the World Cup.

(AFP)US and Philippine marines stormed a beach near a disputed rocky outcrop in the South China Sea on Friday as part of joint military drills involving more than 3,500 troops. Duterte had threatened to cancel drills and axe a key military deal with the United States as he pivoted towards China. China's recent war games around Taiwan, which it claims as part of its territory, rang alarm bells among nations surrounding the South China Sea. During aerial surveillance over Scarborough Shoal on Thursday, the Philippine Coast Guard spotted six Chinese vessels, including four coast guard and two militia boats, in and around the small ring of reefs. "We are doing the patrol operations to establish a presence at the area and also for the sake of our fishermen," said coast guard spokesperson Armand Balilo.

Some of the 2022 TOWNS Awardees present at the welcome luncheon held at the Dusit Thani Manila — Keisha Alena Mayuga, Ana Patricia Non, Dr. Erika Fille Legara, Dr. Aletta Yniguez, Anna Rosario Oposa, Georgina Romero, Dr. Pia Bagamasbad, and Dr. Ani Rosa Almario. Eleven exceptional awardees were announced as The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service culminating a year-long search conducted by the TOWNS Foundation, Inc. Over 70 nominations were submitted from all over the Philippines and the awardees were chosen from 21 finalists selected after a rigorous pre-selection process. The 2022 TOWNS Search panel of judges was headed by Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo and included Rogelio Singson (President, Management Association of the Philippines); Dr. Eugenio Jose Ramos (President and CEO of Medical City); Fortunato de la Pena (Former Department of Science and Technology Secretary); Senen Bacani (Former Secretary, Department of Agriculture); lawyer Lilia de Lima (Former Director General of PEZA and TOWNS Search Chair), Dr. Esperanza Cabral (Former Secretary of Health and TOWNS Search Co-chair) and broadcaster Ces Orena Drilon (TOWNS President). TOWNS Awards are given only every three years. The 2022 Awards Night will be held on October 25.

Hong Kong has already relaxed restrictions for inbound travelers to 0+3 - no hotel quarantine and three days of close monitoring - but even this is clearly not far enough to get business leaders and tourists to come to the SAR. If international travel had been normalized here, Hong Kong would have been in a stronger position to win over other countries during post-pandemic crusade. It is interesting to see that the treasury secretary cited part one of the Dialogue between Mengzi and King Hui of Liang. Hong Kong is the world's biggest offshore clearance center for renminbi and the Philippines can do well on renminbi business via Hong Kong. The treasury secretary is viewed as a high flyer in the government.

LAUSANNE: The decision to award the 2029 Asian Winter Games to Saudi Arabia may have been greeted with amazement but it follows a double logic. "It is awful for our sport," Olympic downhill silver medallist Johan Clarey told French radio. In 2021, Dubai hosted qualifying slaloms for the Beijing Winter Olympics in the refrigerated dome of a huge shopping mall with the temperature 30 Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) outside. Saudi investors have bought English football club Newcastle and are financing the breakaway LIV golf tour. Yet the objective of Asian Games is "above all economic," Raphael Le Magoariec, a specialist in the geopolitics of the sport of the Gulf countries at the University of Tours, said.

French author Annie Ernaux, known for her deceptively simple novels drawing on personal experience of class and gender, won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the jury announced. Interviewed on Swedish television immediately after the announcement, Ernaux called it a "very great honour" and "a great responsibility". The Nobel Prize comes with a medal and a prize sum of 10 million Swedish kronor (about $911,400). Ernaux, whose name has circulated in Nobel speculation for several years, is the 17th woman to win the prestigious prize, out of 119 literature laureates since the first Nobel was awarded in 1901. The Nobel season continues on Friday with the highly anticipated Peace Prize, the only Nobel announced in Oslo.

A MATH wizard from Bangalore, India, by the name of Shakantula Devi made it to the Guinness Book of Records in 1980 when she mentally multiplied two 13-digit numbers in 28 seconds. The grammar of numbers and time is not a science — too many national and cultural variations militate against a universal numbers-writing style — but we certainly can minimize unsightly crimes of prose innumeracy by agreeing on a basic numbers stylebook. Second, when numbers are used to list a series of items within a sentence, all such numbers should be written as figures (or digits) even for numbers below 11: "This explains in detail reasons 1 to 5 of the 14 reasons why I won't live in your city." But most everybody on the planet is agreed that exact dates should be written in numbers, like "March 31, 1521." We use numbers all the time in our lives, so it pays to always do our numbers right.

The Counter Terrorism Response Unit launched a raid on a ferry in Central this afternoon, searching for a suspected armed person, but no suspect was found. Police received a report at around 4pm that a male passenger on a ferry from Cheung Chau Island to Central was wielding weapons, after which they deployed multiple units to inspect the boat. Officers armed with guns and bullet-proof vests rushed to Central Pier 5, where the ferry was reported to have moored and locked down the scene to launch their search operation. After about 25 minutes of searching, no suspicious person was found, and the passengers were allowed to get off the ferry. Marine police, at the same time, blocked the waters off the coast but failed to find any suspect.