Hong Kong woman, 23, to appear in court on Friday charged with sedition in connection with Facebook posts
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2023.06.15 22:16A 23-year-old Hong Kong woman arrested in March by national security police for alleged sedition is expected to ap...
Tech war: China-South Korea tech trade slumps in May amid changes in Asia’s semiconductor supply chain landscape
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Jun 15, 2023
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2023.06.15 23:00The once-formidable trade in semiconductors between China and South Korea continued to decline in May, according t...
Germany’s national security strategy ‘no surprise to China’ after Berlin echoes EU in warning of ‘systemic rivalry’
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Jun 15, 2023
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2023.06.15 23:00Germany’s first national security strategy, which labelled China a “systemic rival”, will not have been a surprise...
Australian opposition party expels senator over sexual misconduct allegations
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Jun 15, 2023
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2023.06.15 23:28Australia’s main opposition party expelled a senator on Thursday after a female senator accused him of sexual assa...
Egypt clinic helps women reclaim bodies scarred by genital mutilation
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Jun 15, 2023
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2023.06.15 23:45Intissar was only 10 years old when she was forced to undergo genital mutilation, but 30 years later, one Egyptian...
6 takeaways from China’s economic data in May as youth unemployment hit new high, retail sales slowed
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Jun 15, 2023
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2023.06.16 00:00China’s economic growth continued to lose momentum in May amid weak retail sales and industrial production, while ...
South Korea’s national security strategy recycles failed hardline approaches to Pyongyang
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Jun 15, 2023
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2023.06.16 00:30The Yoon Suk-yeol government in South Korea says it wants to “foster a sustainable peace” on the Korean peninsula....
US sanctions North Korean couple in Beijing accused of helping procure equipment for ballistic missiles
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Jun 15, 2023
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2023.06.16 01:09The US on Thursday imposed sanctions on a North Korean husband and wife living in Beijing accused of helping to pr...
HSBC reaches revised terms for sale of its French retail banking business
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.14 23:52HSBC has reached revised terms to sell its French retail business to Cerberus Capital Management-backed My Money G...
Germany takes aim at China in first national security blueprint
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2023.06.15 02:10Germany on Wednesday called China a “partner, competitor and systemic rival” in its first national security strate...
EU cuts 3 Chinese firms from sanctions list after Beijing vows to stop flow of military goods to Russia
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 02:13The European Union has narrowed the list of China- and Hong Kong-based firms it plans to sanction for funnelling b...
Germany takes aim at ‘systemic rival’ China in long-awaited, first-ever national security strategy
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 02:20Germany unveiled its first-ever national security strategy on Wednesday, accusing China of “repeatedly acting in c...
US Federal Reserve pauses interest rate hikes after 10 increases in a row
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2023.06.15 03:07The US Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to pause its aggressive campaign of interest rate hikes despite “elevated” ...
Roger Payne, scientist who discovered whales can sing, dies at 88
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 03:55Roger Payne, the scientist who spurred a worldwide environmental conservation movement with his discovery that wha...
To Hel and back? Not on bus 666 after Polish operator changes number
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 04:20Passengers taking the highway to Hel will no longer be able to travel on bus 666 after the local public transport ...
Canada halts ‘government-led activity’ at AIIB amid claims of Chinese Communist Party control
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 04:30Canada’s deputy prime minister and finance minister has announced that the country is immediately ceasing all “gov...
No bail for exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 05:12A US appeal court in Manhattan on Wednesday said the exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui should remain in jail w...
Harvard morgue manager charged with selling stolen body parts
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 05:35The morgue manager at America’s prestigious Harvard Medical School allegedly took dead body parts from his workpla...
China won’t use ‘bazooka-like stimulus’ to fire up economy despite rate cut, but long-term problems lurk
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 06:00Hopes of more measures to shore up China’s economy in the short term are building after this week’s policy rate cu...
AI technologies will leave 800,000 Hongkongers out of work or looking for new job by 2028, says recruiter
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 06:30About a quarter of Hong Kong’s workforce will find themselves unemployed or having to change career in the next fi...
Sri Lanka doctors remove ‘world’s largest kidney stone’ – longer and heavier than average kidney
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 07:00Sri Lankan military doctors have removed what is now recorded as the world’s largest kidney stone from a 62-year-o...
Donald Trump raises US$7 million for 2024 campaign following federal indictment
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 07:38Former US president Donald Trump’s 2024 White House campaign said on Wednesday he had raised US$7 million since be...
AI firm SenseTime unveils consumer robot that plays Chinese game of Go, as it seeks to fend off US encirclement
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 08:00SenseTime, the Chinese artificial-intelligence (AI) company struggling under US sanctions, has launched a robot th...
Dubai pips Hong Kong as the world’s top city for super luxury homes over US$10 million: Knight Frank
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 08:30Dubai overtook Hong Kong as the world’s top market for ultra-luxury homes in the first quarter as wealthy individu...
Australia blocks new Russian embassy near parliament over national security threat
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 08:49Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday the government would block the construction of a new R...
‘Can’t buy a pair of socks with US$98’: online flaunting of wealth by Chinese actress turns spotlight on arrogance of rich celebrities
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 09:00A Chinese actress who shamelessly flaunted her attitude to wealth during a live-streamed sales event has faced cri...
Taiwan’s KMT to send high-level delegation to mainland China forum despite Taipei’s warnings against being‘united front tool’
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 09:00Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang, will send a high-level delegation to take part in the annual Strai...
Case of Hong Kong woman, 75, stranded in flat after carer brother died highlights need to help ageing people looking after elderly, experts say
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Jun 14, 2023
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2023.06.15 09:00Concern groups have said the case of a 75-year-old bedridden cancer patient left alone for as long as six days aft...
Chinese tech hub Shenzhen pushes action plan to boost city’s computing resources for AI development amid global rush to create more ChatGPT-like services
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 19:30The municipal government of Shenzhen, China’s southern technology hub, plans to boost the city’s computing resourc...
The world has fewer billionaires and they are poorer with their wealth shrinking to US$11.1 trillion as a year of ‘heightened volatility’ punishes ultra-we...
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 20:00The world’s billionaire population shrank by 3.5 per cent last year to 3,194 individuals, the first decline since ...
US sanctions on Chinese entities accused in fentanyl trafficking ‘unreasonable’
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 20:15The latest round of US sanctions against Chinese entities for their alleged roles in fentanyl trafficking were “un...
Sweden is almost Europe’s first ‘smoke free’ country as daily use of cigarettes dwindles
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 20:26Summer is in the air, cigarette smoke is not, in Sweden’s outdoor bars and restaurants.As the World Health Organiz...
Nvidia founder Jensen Huang warns about China’s resolve to build its own advanced semiconductors
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 20:30Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang Jen-hsun said China’s ability to catch up in chip technology should not be und...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk to meet Shanghai Communist Party boss Chen Jining amid talks of Gigafactory 3 expansion, sources say
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 20:30Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is expected to meet Shanghai Communist Party secretary Chen Jining on Friday amid ...
Hong Kong police arrest alleged triad leader, 34 others after gang storms office in suspected bid to recover HK$19 million lost on stocks
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 20:40Police have arrested an alleged Wo Shing Wo triad leader and 34 others after the group stormed into the Hong Kong ...
Russian ex-president Medvedev says UK officials are ‘legitimate military targets’
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 20:41British public officials are a “legitimate military target” because of the UK’s support for Ukraine, former Russia...
Why Typhoon Mawar is causing Hong Kong’s soaring temperatures, intense pollution without making direct hit
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 20:47Typhoon Mawar is having a far-reaching impact on Hong Kong as it brings record-breaking temperatures for the month...
Hong Kong consumers spoiled for choice as payment platforms offer sweeteners to win users ahead of consumption voucher release
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 21:09Competition for shoppers has intensified days after the government announced the distribution date of the remainin...
Prudential CFO James Turner resigns following ‘code of conduct’ investigation, insurer says
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 21:00Prudential said its chief financial officer James Turner has resigned following an investigation into a “code of c...
Scammers swindled HK$830 million from Hong Kong cyber fraud victims in first 3 months of year
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 21:07Scammers swindled more than HK$830 million (US$106 million) from victims of cyber fraud in the first three months ...
