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Amazon mining boss wanted by Brazil for sheltering Jair Bolsonaro’s spy chief has businesses, properties in Florida Make Hong Kong China’s ‘space finance capital’, legal group urges Beijing
An independent legal group has proposed that Beijing designate Hong Kong as the country’s “space finance capital”, positioning the city as a gateway for commercial…
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Cathay Pacific to resume Middle East passenger flights from September
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways will resume Middle East passenger flights in September, six months after suspending services due to the war.
The airline…
Chinese wife sucks venom from husband’s hand after cobra bite, ending up poisoning herself
When a farmer in southwestern China was bitten by a cobra, his panicked wife instantly sucked out the venom as she mimicked what she had…
In heatwave-baked France, ‘madness’ and chaos grip air-conditioner shoppers
Hundreds of people were besieging Lidl supermarkets in and around Paris on Thursday, with scuffles and shouting matches breaking out as residents scrambled to get…
Woman accused of money laundering in Wang Fuk Court fire case granted HK$300,000 bail
A Hong Kong court has granted bail to an assistant manager of the project consultant behind a HK$336 million (US$42.8 million) renovation project at the…
Japan’s detention system under scrutiny after ruling on abuse of restraints
A court order requiring Japan’s government to compensate the family of a Peruvian man who sustained a broken arm at an immigration facility has intensified…