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Flora Growth CBD Skin-Care Brand Mind Naturals To Reach The Hong Kong Region

Flora Growth Corp. (NASDAQ: FLGC) has signed a distribution agreement with Israel-based, DNO Group, to distribute the Mind Naturals brand in the Hong Kong region.

Benzinga

Pfizer’s Covid-19 Drug Arrives in Hong Kong, City’s Leader Says

The first batch of 75 Chinese mainland medical personnel has also arrived in Hong Kong to boost the city’s capacity to treat severe cases amid the worst local outbreak

Caixin Global

Chinese EV-Battery Giant Files for Hong Kong IPO

CALB’s planned listing comes after China’s new-energy vehicle sales more than doubled in 2021

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China locks down province of 24m as new Covid infections rise

Jilin residents ordered to stay at home and reservists sent to disinfect streets as 1,437 new cases reported across China

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UK politics: Gove makes statement on homes for Ukrainian refugees as website for scheme opens – as it happened

Latest updates: minister announces details of scheme to MPs as website for people interested to house refugees goes live

The Guardian - UK

Hong Kong, Beijing know a thing or two about aging well. Take a lesson from them

Two days after my 40th birthday, my husband and I attended a friend’s wedding in Palm Springs, California. Seated among strangers, we made small talk about fashion and first-world problems that filled time rather than stimulated the mind. It was then that a wedding guest narrowed in at my roots…

Tribune News Service

Truss condemns China and Hong Kong authorities over threat to ‘silence’ critics

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the action by the administrations in Beijing and Hong Kong was “unjustifiable”.

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China's worst COVID-19 outbreak in two years shuts down major cities

China's government is responding to a spike in coronavirus infections by shutting down its southern business centre of Shenzhen and restricting access to Shanghai.

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U.K.-based rights group says Hong Kong police accused it of violating security law

Hong Kong police have accused UK-based rights group Hong Kong Watch of "collusion with foreign forces," a "likely" violation of the China-imposed national security law, the group said on Monday.

Reuters

Chinese Cities and Factories Lock Down as Outbreak Spreads

Seventeen million people in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen began their first full day under lockdown Monday, as a key factory making iPhones closed and restrictions spread across Shanghai and other major cities in an effort to extinguish the biggest-ever threat to the nation's zero-tolerance Covid strategy. The southern…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hong Kong rules out tightening COVID curbs for now as death toll soars

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday there were no plans to tighten strict social distancing measures as the Chinese-ruled territory battles to contain a coronavirus surge that has submerged its health system amid soaring deaths.

Reuters

Fear over new Omicron strain

Health experts have sounded the alarm after the discovery of a new mutation of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Hong Kong.

Bangkok Post

Fear over 'new bug strain'

Health experts have sounded the alarm after the discovery of a new mutation of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Hong Kong.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong funeral homes ‘fully booked until mid-April’ amid rising Covid death toll

HONG KONG: Funeral homes are fully booked until mid-April amid Hong Kong's rising Covid-19 death toll, with the suspension of simple farewell ceremonies at hospitals and the long processing time of death documents worsening the bottleneck, according to operators.

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The Independent UK

Pet hamsters can pass on Covid to humans, study suggests

Researchers say ‘convincing evidence’ suggests pet shop was most likely source of Delta outbreak in Hong Kong

Benzinga

EV Week In Review: Tesla Feels Pinch Of Higher Input Costs, Nio's Hong Kong Listing Hedges Against Delisting Threat, Rivian's Teething Problems To The Fore And More

The EV space turned in a mixed performance in the week ending March 11, with some second-rung EV manufacturers and charging stocks rebounding from their losses. Shares of Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), however, reversed course and ended the week in the red.

The Independent UK

China tightens controls as more virus cases reported

Hong Kong has reported over 27,600 new coronavirus cases while Shanghai closed schools and parks and authorities in Beijing suspended access to a residential area after new infections were found

Bangkok Post

Covid hasn't peaked yet, says HK leader

HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Saturday that the city’s Covid-19 outbreak wasn’t yet past its peak despite recent daily case numbers showing a slight levelling off.

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Reuters

Hong Kong leader Lam says city not yet past COVID peak

Hong Kong reported 27,647 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with city leader Carrie Lam saying the outbreak was not yet past its peak despite recent daily case numbers slightly levelling off.

Caixin Global

SF Express Halts Deliveries From Hong Kong to Mainland

Covid flare-up spurs move by logistics giant as Hong Kong battles its worst outbreak of the pandemic and infections spread to mainland

Benzinga

DiDi Had To Postpone Its IPO After Jack Ma's Ant: Bloomberg

DiDi Global Inc (NYSE:DIDI) had to pull the brakes on its Hong Kong listing as it failed to satisfy China's concerns over sensitive data leak, Bloomberg reports. Uber Technologies Inc's (NYSE:UBER) Chinese counterpart remained vulnerable to the possible derailing of its listing plans and regulatory penalties. The ride-hailing company's main apps were removed from local…

Reuters

Hong Kong refugees struggle to find food on empty supermarket shelves

Panic buying in Hong Kong on fears of a new COVID-19 lockdown has hit the city's refugees particularly hard because they can only spend their food allowance in supermarkets that regularly run out of supplies, aid workers and refugees say.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kongers rush to get haircuts as salons reopen

HONG KONG: Hong Kong residents have flocked to hair salons after they reopened following a month-long closure, but hairdressers and shop owners say they are worried about "inconsistent" social-distancing policies leading to financial uncertainties amid the city's fifth wave of coronavirus infections.

Benzinga

Why Alibaba, JD And Tesla Rivals Nio, Xpeng Are Crashing In Hong Kong Today

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies tumbled in Hong Kong on Friday, dragging the benchmark Hang Seng Index into negative territory, on fears of increased scrutiny by American regulators and the escalating Russia-Ukraine war.

The Independent UK

WHO Foundation chief ‘very concerned’ over UK dismantling Covid testing as pandemic ‘isn’t over’

Exclusive: UK’s choice to dismantle Covid-19 testing is “very worrying” says leading WHO head

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