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Newcastle to host Friendship Festival to welcome new arrivals from Hong Kong

Around 160,000 people from Hong Kong have arrived into the UK since January 2021

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Markets rise ahead of US debt talks

Hong Kong (AFP) - Most markets rose Monday ahead of US debt talks between President Joe Biden and congressional leaders, with both sides still apart but also confident a deal can be reached to avert a catastrophic default.

AFP

Markets advance ahead of US debt talks

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Asian markets mixed ahead of US debt talks

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian markets were mixed Monday ahead of US debt talks between President Joe Biden and congressional leaders, with both sides still apart but also confident a deal can be reached to avert a catastrophic default.

AFP

‘I miss Ukraine’: the real-life stories behind UK immigration statistics

Some are fleeing persecution and war. Some are studying. Others are bringing their professional skills to the benefit of society

The Guardian - UK

New govt coalition parties yet to agree terms

Potential governing coalition parties have yet to agree on the terms of a memorandum of understanding expected to be announced on Monday, according to a senior Move Forward Party (MFP) official.

Bangkok Post

FTSE 100 Live: Flat week as FTSE closes at 7757; Tesco chair to step down; US shares down on default fears

The FTSE 100 index found positive territory today despite Hong Kong shares falling after Alibaba sales came in below expectations.

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Most Asian, European markets rally on US debt deal hope

Hong Kong (AFP) - Most markets built on a global rally Friday as traders grow increasingly hopeful that US lawmakers will hammer out a deal to lift the debt ceiling and avert a calamitous default.

AFP

Hong Kong court rejects Jimmy Lai challenge to national security body

Hong Kong (AFP) - A Hong Kong court on dismissed Friday a legal challenge by jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, conceding it had "no jurisdiction" over Beijing's national security apparatus in the city.

AFP

Macao further restricts political freedoms with revisions to national security law

Echoing the crackdown on freedoms in neighboring Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macao has revised its legal system to face "new adverse challenges in terms of national security."

The Independent UK

Hong Kong court rejects challenge by jailed media tycoon Lai over British lawyer

A Hong Kong court on Friday dismissed an attempt by jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to challenge a decision by security officials to effectively bar his British lawyer from representing him in a landmark national security trial.

Reuters

Hong Kong court dismisses pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai's legal bid to fight for UK lawyer

A Hong Kong court has dismissed a jailed pro-democracy publisher’s legal bid in his fight to use a British lawyer in his landmark national security trial

The Independent UK

Most Asian markets rally on US debt deal hope

Hong Kong (AFP) - Most Asian markets built on a global rally Friday as traders grow increasingly hopeful that US lawmakers will hammer out a deal to lift the debt ceiling and avert a calamitous default.

AFP

Hong Kong leader defends removal of politically sensitive books from libraries

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Al Jazeera

Tiananmen books disappear from Hong Kong library shelves

Chief executive John Lee says residents should not be exposed to ‘unhealthy ideas’.

The Independent UK

Hong Kong leader defends removal of politically sensitive books in public libraries

Hong Kong's leader says the city’s public libraries would not recommend books featuring “bad ideologies” to residents after they pulled titles related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and certain political figures

The News Lens

In Taiwan, Liz Truss Called For ‘Economic NATO’ to Counter China

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Markets rally on US debt deal optimism

London (AFP) - Asian and European stock markets advanced Thursday, tracking a Wall Street rally in optimism over talks to avert a catastrophic US debt default.

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Library books should not have 'unhealthy ideas': Hong Kong leader

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong must not "recommend books with unhealthy ideas", the city's leader John Lee said on Thursday, following the removal of library books related to the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown and other political issues.

AFP

Asian markets rally with Wall St on US debt optimism

Hong Kong (AFP) - Asian investors on Thursday tracked a strong Wall Street rally, fanned by optimism over talks to avert a catastrophic US debt default.

The Guardian - UK

Once admired, now reviled, Hong Kong police force failing to attract new recruits

Long-serving officers have left and generous incentives are not enough to fill vacancies in what is today seen as a brutish arm of the Chinese state

Zenger

Reporters Without Borders Advocate For The Release Of Jimmy Lai From Prison In Hong Kong

An open letter to the government of Hong Kong was published barring Lai from having foreign lawyers to represent him.

Radio France Internationale

Reporters Without Borders and media leaders and call for liberation of Hong Kong's Jimmy Lai

Reporters Without Borders and over a hundred international media leaders called on Tuesday for the "immediate release" of Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai, an “emblematic figure in the fight for press freedom in Hong Kong and globally," who was detained by Chinese authorities 2020 and is still in jail.

AFP

Markets mixed as sluggish debt talks worry investors

Hong Kong (AFP) - Unease over the slow progress of US debt talks further dampened sentiment in equity markets on Wednesday, though Japanese stocks got a boost from forecast-beating economic growth data.

The Guardian - AU

Liz Truss in Taiwan calls for ‘economic Nato’ to challenge China

Former British PM says Taiwan is ‘on the front line of the global battle for freedom’ during trip that China has called a ‘dangerous political show’

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