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Hong Kong – SHYA continues see to Beijing (with pictures)
Web NewsWire
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July 27, 2025
SHYA continues see to Beijing (with pictures) ********************************************* The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Miss Alice Mak, continued her check out to Beijing today (July 15). Members of the delegation, consisting of the...
Hong Kong – Secretary for Health chairs 10th conference of High Level Steering Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance (with picture)
Web NewsWire
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July 27, 2025
Secretary for Health chairs 10th conference of High Level Steering Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance (with picture) ****************************************************************************************** The Secretary for Health, Professor...
Hong Kong – DH advises public to take safety measures versus heat-related health problems throughout really heat
Web NewsWire
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July 27, 2025
DH advises public to take safety measures versus heat-related diseases throughout extremely heat ****************************************************************************************** The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of...
Hong Kong – FEHD executes multi-pronged mosquito control procedures and advises public alertness versus chikungunya fever (with images)
Web NewsWire
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July 27, 2025
FEHD executes multi-pronged mosquito control steps and advises public caution versus chikungunya fever (with images) ****************************************************************************************** In reaction to the current rise in...
Hong Kong stocks rise on high hopes for US-China trade talks
South China Morning Post
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July 28, 2025
Hong Kong stocks started the week on a solid note as investors expected a US-China tariff pause would be extended and after the US and the European Union (EU) agreed on a trade deal, moves that could prevent the global economy from slipping into a...
Hong Kong 47: third batch of opposition activists freed after 4 years in prison
South China Morning Post
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July 28, 2025
Three more activists among the 47 Hong Kong opposition figures charged in the city’s largest national security case for conspiracy to commit subversion have been released from prison. Former union leader Carol Ng Man-yee, and activists Nathan Lau...
He dropped out of law school in Rome, moved to Hong Kong, and set up an Italian-inspired bar. Now, it's been crowned the best bar in Asia.
Business Insider
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July 29, 2025
Lorenzo Antinori, the 37-year-old founder of the world's second-best bar, hardly ever drinks. The Italian founded Bar Leone in Hong Kong in 2019. Just five years later, in 2024, The World's 50 Best Restaurants ranked it the second-best bar in the...
Scare tactic or dangerous threat? Hong Kong activists living in B.C. react to police bounties
Vancouver Sun
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July 28, 2025
“It’s ridiculous,” said Keung, who was a pastor in a small church. “I leave Hong Kong, I try to do something, (and) that is my freedom (to do so). Canada is a freedom of speech country, so I can say anything I want to say, I can do anything.
Federal Budget Reconciliation and Oversight: The Impacts on Higher Education
JD Supra - California
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July 30, 2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) passed the House and Senate and was subsequently signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4. Please see full publication below for more information. Federal Budget Reconciliation and Oversight: The...
Hong Kong court grants partial victory to trans people in challenge over bathroom policy
LGBTQ Nation - California
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July 27, 2025
A judge in Hong Kong on Wednesday ruled in favor of a trans man who challenged China’s special administrative district over laws that ban trans people from using public bathrooms that align with their gender identity. The ruling was only a partial...
Biggest sources of immigrants to Arizona
KYMA - Arizona
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July 30, 2025
Biggest sources of immigrants to Arizona Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the...
UK Slams Hong Kong Over Bounties on Activists as Extradition Deal Faces Criticism
Arise News
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July 26, 2025
The United Kingdom has condemned Hong Kong authorities for placing bounties on pro-democracy activists living in exile, even as the British government begins steps toward reinstating an extradition agreement with the Chinese territory. On...
Indian-origin Nikhil Ravishankar becomes airline boss, New Zealand media disables comments on social media for massive trolling
The Times of India
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After Indian-origin Nikhil Ravishankar was appointed as the new chief executive of Air New Zealand, the country's media said they had to disable comments on social media as there was a barrage of racist remarks targeting Ravishankar's ethnicity....
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First arrest under Macau's national security law: former pro-democracy lawmaker in custody
PIME AsiaNews
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August 1, 2025
The authorities in the former Portuguese colony have arrested Au Kam San on charges of collusion with foreign entities under Article 13 of Macau’s national security law. According to police, the former lawmaker provided “false and seditious...
Hong Kong slams Western countries over criticism of bounties for second day
South China Morning Post
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July 27, 2025
The Hong Kong government has hit out at “irresponsible remarks” by Western countries for the second straight day following its decision to pursue overseas-based activists for alleged national security violations related to a group called “Hong...
Ottawa says Hong Kong bounties for activists are a threat to Canadian sovereignty
The Globe and Mail
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July 28, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Victor Ho, a critic of Beijing's crackdown in Hong Kong who is living in Canada, says the arrest warrants for 19 pro-democracy activists show Hong Kong is now a 'Chinese Communist Party colony.'Jimmy Jeong/The Globe and...
From Hong Kong Airport To Hengqin: Chimelong Ferry Sets Sail For A Worry-Free Journey
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN- ACN NewsWire) From Hong Kong Airport to Hengqin: Chimelong Ferry Sets Sail for a Worry-Free Journey ZHUHAI, China, July 28, 2025 - (ACN Newswire) - The Chimelong ferry, jointly launched by China Merchants Cruises, Trip, and Chimelong...
Hong Kong – HKETO Jakarta supports Jakarta International Dragon Boat Festival (with photos)
Web NewsWire
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July 26, 2025
HKETO Jakarta supports Jakarta International Dragon Boat Festival (with photos) ******************************************************************************* The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Jakarta (HKETO Jakarta) today (July 26)...
Historic Buddha-linked Piprahwa gems return to India after 127 years
The Hindu Business Line
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August 1, 2025
India’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat prays after he received repatriated sacred Piprahwa Gems of the Historical Buddha, at the airport in New Delhi, India, July 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU/via...
Tributes pour in for Henry Hu, Hong Kong Shue Yan University co-founder
South China Morning Post
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July 28, 2025
Hong Kong is mourning the loss of Henry Hu Hung-lick, a highly respected educator and co-founder of Shue Yan University, who has died at the age of 105. Tributes poured in on Monday from friends, university colleagues and alumni, who praised Hu...