Philippine lawmakers in poverty-plagued nation approve US$8.9 billion sovereign wealth fund
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2023.05.31 21:26Philippine lawmakers approved the creation of an US$8.9 billion sovereign wealth fund on Wednesday to boost growth...
Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft to close online store in China as part of ‘strategic adjustment’, commits to launch merchandise through local partners...
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 21:30French video gaming giant Ubisoft Entertainment, the publisher behind hit action-adventure franchise Assassin’s Cr...
Smaller pay cheques for the few women atop S&P 500 companies in 2022 as median compensation slips
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 21:56Last year was a mixed bag pay-wise for the women who run companies in the S&P 500 – compensation increased for mor...
Chinese envoy’s Europe trip a ‘search for common ground’ on Ukraine war, analysts say
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 22:00China’s special envoy for Eurasian affairs Li Hui wrapped up a 12-day European tour that took him to Ukraine, Pola...
Trump’s ally-turned-rival Chris Christie jumps into 2024 White House race
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 22:18Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie will challenge Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination, ...
Japan’s chip export controls are a major concern for China’s self-sufficiency campaign, analysts say
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 22:30It is little surprise that Beijing is urging Japan to end its planned export controls on semiconductor technology,...
Chinese tech firms, squeezed in Taiwan over politics, look to expand farther offshore
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 23:00Chen Tao, the founder of Chengdu-based Micronet Union, is using the annual Computex Taipei tech show as the compan...
Hong Kong police set to launch ‘HKSOS’ app to help pinpoint hikers in trouble quickly during rescue missions
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May 31, 2023
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2023.05.31 23:18Hong Kong police are set to launch a new mobile app by the end of the year that incorporates features of the world...
‘How can I not love this place’: Hong Kong folk praised online after ‘deeply moved’ mainland Chinese woman watches subway riders aid vomiting student...
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 14:00Multiple acts of kindness onboard a subway train have moved a mainland woman studying in Hong Kong to take to soci...
British musician finds his forte: saving unwanted pianos
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 14:40In a deserted former department store near the port of Leith in Edinburgh, Tim Vincent-Smith reaches inside a gran...
Extremist Israel Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site amid Palestinian tensions
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 15:50An extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visited a sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Sunday at a time of heightened te...
Companies in Hong Kong wrestling with 20 per cent turnover rate, struggling to recruit mid-level staff, leading business group says
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 15:59Companies in Hong Kong are experiencing turnover rates of more than 20 per cent, with organisations especially str...
Hong Kong mask manufacturers report ‘surprise’ uptick in sales as Covid-19, flu cases climb 3 months after mandate scrapped
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 16:00Nearly three months after Hong Kong ended its mask mandate and demand plummeted, manufacturers of the face coverin...
Ageing Hong Kong can’t afford ‘sky’s the limit’ transport fare subsidy for the elderly
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 16:30Hong Kong’s long-running system of subsidising public transport fares for senior citizens has had many twists and ...
G7 offers Ukraine long-term support, Zelensky laments Bakhmut ‘tragedy’
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 16:59Leaders of the world’s richest democracies sent strong messages of sustained support for Ukraine on Sunday, as Pre...
China’s hotels, cinemas feel the love on May 20 from post-pandemic consumers
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 17:30Hotels and cinemas in China reported an uptick in revenue on the weekend as consumers bought into another “Chinese...
‘Light in the heart, light in the eyes’: Chinese eye surgeon stabbed by patient 3 years ago is back at work, ready to ‘rid world of blindness’
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 18:00A renowned Chinese eye surgeon whose career was blighted three years ago when he was stabbed in the hand by a pati...
South Korea delegation arrives in Japan for Fukushima water inspection
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 18:35A South Korean delegation arrived in Japan on Sunday for a six-day visit to assess the safety of Japan’s planned r...
Tiny sea scorpion fossil find in China is rare surprise for scientists
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 19:00A new species of the long-extinct sea scorpion has been unearthed in southern China, and at just 15cm (5.9 inches)...
Can US rail plan woo Middle East states away from China’s belt and road?
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 20:00An American plan to counter China’s influence in the Middle East by bringing a massive infrastructure project to t...
Japan, South Korea leaders pray at memorial for Korean atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima, amid talks about security
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 20:09Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol prayed together Sunday at a memoria...
China faces ‘big’ debt risks in drive to narrow urban-rural gap, Beijing forum told
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 21:00China must guard against debt risk in rural areas as it pushes to revitalise the countryside and narrow the urban-...
Germany’s Scholz calls on North Korea to halt missile tests
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 21:01German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on North Korea to stop its nuclear and missile tests as he visited South ...
G7 summit: Biden hits out at China’s ‘economic coercion’ but says thaw in ties may be on the way
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 21:31Seven of the world’s wealthiest nations aim to diversify supply chains away from China and protect critical advanc...
‘Like a dream come true’: Hong Kong students from poor families given lift with free flight, mentorship programme
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 21:40Jenny Lau Wan-ching, 15, was thrilled when she boarded a plane at Hong Kong’s airport on Sunday to fly for the fir...
Moscow calls G7 summit incubator for anti-Russian and anti-Chinese ‘hysteria’
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 21:43Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday dismissed the G7 summit in Japan’s Hiroshima as a “politicised” event that it ...
China doubles down on controversial African pipeline as Western lenders walk away
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 22:00Chinese lenders are among a group of banks coming to the rescue of a US$5 billion oil pipeline after Western-backe...
Hong Kong’s top judge Andrew Cheung leaves city for 4-day Beijing trip, expected to meet new head of country’s highest court
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May 21, 2023
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2023.05.21 22:17Hong Kong top judge Andrew Cheung Kui-nung left the city on Sunday evening to embark on a four-day trip to Beijing...
Duo charged with playing Hitler speeches over Austrian train loudspeaker
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 03:37Two people were charged in Austria for allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a ...
US arrests Chinese-American on charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Beijing
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 04:44A Chinese-American man was arrested last week for allegedly serving as an agent of the Chinese government without ...
What do high US inflation and China’s deflation risk mean for the global economy?
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 05:00As China’s consumer price index (CPI) approached zero growth in April, the numbers stood in sharp contrast to thos...
South Korean woman, 29, enrolled in US high school because she was lonely, lawyer says
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 05:31A 29-year-old woman accused of using false documents to enrol as a New Jersey high school student and attend some ...
Summit a ‘major diplomatic event’ to boost China’s ties with Central Asian nations amid Ukraine, Afghanistan concerns
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 06:00China is expected to further boost ties with Central Asia when President Xi Jinping hosts his counterparts from th...
Elon Musk subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein litigation in US Virgin Islands
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 06:20The US Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase ...
Ukraine war: Russia slams Emmanuel Macron for saying Kremlin is becoming subservient to China
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 06:45Russian officials on Monday denounced comments by French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow was becoming subser...
More Indian girls gaming competitively as US$1.5 billion esports sector grows
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 07:00When Sonali Singh was little, she would beg then brawl with her brother for a turn on his video games. Her mother ...
US Special Counsel John Durham slams FBI investigation of Trump-Russia collusion
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 07:19The FBI investigation into alleged collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was base...
Woman sues Rudy Giuliani, saying he coerced her into sex and owes her US$2 million in wages
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 07:45A woman who says she worked as an off-the-books employee for Rudy Giuliani during his stint as Donald Trump’s pers...
Singapore jails woman who threatened to stab her tenants to death while drunk
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 08:00A woman in Singapore who threatened to kill the tenants of a room in her flat with a 33cm knife was sentenced to e...
How Hong Kong can deepen engagement with Indonesia, Asean’s largest economy
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 08:15As Hong Kong reopens, we must seize the moment for meaningful re-internationalisation and the 10-member Asean bloc...
