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Hong Kong culture minister rejects call to impose funding restrictions on films that tell ‘negative’ stories

Hong Kong culture minister rejects call to impose funding restrictions...

2 years ago 367

Suspected spies arrested in Germany over Russian plot for sabotage attacks on military aid to Ukraine

Suspected spies arrested in Germany over Russian plot for sabotage att...

2 years ago 842

Middle East conflict live updates: Netanyahu says only Israel will decide Iran response; Tehran ‘not looking for’ escalation

Middle East conflict live updates: Netanyahu says only Israel will dec...

2 years ago 368

We gave our $24million fortune to charity to become MONKS – we literally threw our money away to start new life together

We gave our $24million fortune to charity to become MONKS – we literal...

2 years ago 570

Iran told U.S. it wants to avoid escalation after Israel strike, official says

Iran told U.S. it wants to avoid escalation after Israel strike, offic...

2 years ago 319

IMF: China’s bonds, stimulus will buoy world’s No 2 economy despite property crisis

IMF: China’s bonds, stimulus will buoy world’s No 2 economy despite pr...

2 years ago 376

U.S. sanctions target Iran’s drone production after attack on Israel

U.S. sanctions target Iran’s drone production after attack on Israel

2 years ago 322

Kanye West is a suspect in LA battery case after man allegedly grabbed Bianca Censori

Kanye West is a suspect in LA battery case after man allegedly grabbed...

2 years ago 310

Bizarre new vid shows moment ‘scammer’ hauls her DEAD uncle from taxi before wheeling him into bank to take out loan

Bizarre new vid shows moment ‘scammer’ hauls her DEAD uncle from taxi ...

2 years ago 554

Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO

Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO

2 years ago 395

Hong Kong JPEX cryptocurrency scandal: 72 arrested, HK$228 million in assets frozen so far

Hong Kong JPEX cryptocurrency scandal: 72 arrested, HK$228 million in ...

2 years ago 476

Chinese spies targeted Dutch industries, including chipmaker ASML, to strengthen military, intelligence agency says

Chinese spies targeted Dutch industries, including chipmaker ASML, to ...

2 years ago 459

China steels itself for new front in trade war after US proposes tariffs on metals

China steels itself for new front in trade war after US proposes tarif...

2 years ago 428

DSE test leak: why sharing Hong Kong exam content online is illegal

DSE test leak: why sharing Hong Kong exam content online is illegal

2 years ago 471

Hoaxer who waged 6-week terror campaign in Britain in 2013 faces near 10-year prison term

Hoaxer who waged 6-week terror campaign in Britain in 2013 faces near ...

2 years ago 353

Burkina Faso junta expel 3 French diplomats over alleged subversive activities

Burkina Faso junta expel 3 French diplomats over alleged subversive ac...

2 years ago 480

Tunisian journalist sentenced to 6 months in prison for insulting an official

Tunisian journalist sentenced to 6 months in prison for insulting an o...

2 years ago 478

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund posts $110 billion in first-quarter profit as tech stocks surge

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund posts $110 billion in first-quar...

2 years ago 364

Beijing denies its South China Sea deal with former Philippine leader Duterte was a ‘secret’

Beijing denies its South China Sea deal with former Philippine leader ...

2 years ago 499

Prominent Baptist pastor in military-ruled Myanmar detained again hours after release from prison

Prominent Baptist pastor in military-ruled Myanmar detained again hour...

2 years ago 431

Pakistan says Iran's President Raisi will visit next week despite tensions in the Middle East

Pakistan says Iran's President Raisi will visit next week despite tens...

2 years ago 340

South China Sea: Beijing may get ‘up close’ as US-Philippine Balikatan drills send ‘deterrent signal’ on contested claims

South China Sea: Beijing may get ‘up close’ as US-Philippine Balikatan...

2 years ago 425

Beyonce and Shakira song fund Hipgnosis agrees $1.4 billion sale to Concord

Beyonce and Shakira song fund Hipgnosis agrees $1.4 billion sale to Co...

2 years ago 484

19 Hong Kong educational institutions signal interest in opening up in new Northern Metropolis academic town

19 Hong Kong educational institutions signal interest in opening up in...

2 years ago 351

3 Reasons This Country Is a Top ISIS Recruiting Ground

3 Reasons This Country Is a Top ISIS Recruiting Ground

2 years ago 331

US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna seek to ban trade in water rights

US lawmakers Elizabeth Warren and Ro Khanna seek to ban trade in water...

2 years ago 334

China’s Ant, Baidu, Tencent collaborate with US firms OpenAI, Nvidia on publishing first global generative AI standards

China’s Ant, Baidu, Tencent collaborate with US firms OpenAI, Nvidia o...

2 years ago 377

Tesla boss Elon Musk’s lay-offs mainly target sales staff, leaving production at Shanghai Gigafactory unaffected: sources

Tesla boss Elon Musk’s lay-offs mainly target sales staff, leaving pro...

2 years ago 470

The Latest | Officials at Group of Seven meeting call for new sanctions against Iran

The Latest | Officials at Group of Seven meeting call for new sanction...

2 years ago 611

Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson is first Native American to represent the US solo at Venice Biennale

Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson is first Native American to represent th...

2 years ago 346

Emile Soleil, 2, was eaten by WOLVES hunting for prey locals fear after boy’s remains found in Alpine village

Emile Soleil, 2, was eaten by WOLVES hunting for prey locals fear afte...

2 years ago 652

Philippines’ first lady Liza Marcos breaks 2-year silence on ties with vice-president Sara Duterte: ‘I felt hurt’

Philippines’ first lady Liza Marcos breaks 2-year silence on ties with...

2 years ago 433

I saw Boeing staff jump on plane parts to force them to fit – when I told bosses they threatened me, says whistleblower

I saw Boeing staff jump on plane parts to force them to fit – when I t...

2 years ago 424

Ukraine warns WW3 will erupt & the West will be next if they lose war against Russia – unless US passes £50bn funding

Ukraine warns WW3 will erupt & the West will be next if they lose war ...

2 years ago 492

2 people smugglers sentenced to 9 years each in Spain for drowning deaths of migrants

2 people smugglers sentenced to 9 years each in Spain for drowning dea...

2 years ago 285

Trump ally and 2020 election denier Mike Lindell has FBI phone seizure case rejected by Supreme Court

Trump ally and 2020 election denier Mike Lindell has FBI phone seizure...

2 years ago 295

Why Nato’s adaptability is a strength and a liability in trying times

Why Nato’s adaptability is a strength and a liability in trying times

2 years ago 431

Hong Kong authorities deactivate more than 1 million SIM cards after owners fail to complete real-name registration

Hong Kong authorities deactivate more than 1 million SIM cards after o...

2 years ago 360

UK's Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate's cancer diagnosis

UK's Prince William returns to public duties for first time since Kate...

2 years ago 306

Prince William returns to public duties amid wife Princess Kate’s cancer diagnosis

Prince William returns to public duties amid wife Princess Kate’s canc...

2 years ago 342

What is cloud seeding and is it to blame for the freak Dubai flooding?

What is cloud seeding and is it to blame for the freak Dubai flooding?...

2 years ago 467

Banker’s son on trial accused of drowning alcoholic father in ‘baptism-style exorcism to rid him of a demon’

Banker’s son on trial accused of drowning alcoholic father in ‘baptism...

2 years ago 473

Watch live as Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues for third day in New York

Watch live as Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues for third day ...

2 years ago 311

Bryan Kohberger’s alibi challenges his location night of Idaho student murders

Bryan Kohberger’s alibi challenges his location night of Idaho student...

2 years ago 302

Belgian and Czech leaders exhort the EU to react amid concern over Russian election interference

Belgian and Czech leaders exhort the EU to react amid concern over Rus...

2 years ago 270

Hong Kong’s corruption and antitrust watchdogs arrest 20 suspects over building maintenance project bid-rigging

Hong Kong’s corruption and antitrust watchdogs arrest 20 suspects over...

2 years ago 370

'Bollard Man' who confronted Sydney killer given Australian residency

'Bollard Man' who confronted Sydney killer given Australian residency

2 years ago 481

Plastic-production emissions could triple to one-fifth of Earth’s carbon budget – report

Plastic-production emissions could triple to one-fifth of Earth’s carb...

2 years ago 383

Do you have an ‘emotionally immature parent’? How a nine-year-old book found a new, younger audience

Do you have an ‘emotionally immature parent’? How a nine-year-old book...

2 years ago 377

Hong Kong’s buoyant home sales to fight gravity of continued high interest rates as cut hopes dwindle, analysts say

Hong Kong’s buoyant home sales to fight gravity of continued high inte...

2 years ago 399

Sydney mall stabbing: France’s ‘Bollard Man’ gains Australian residency for confronting killer, thanks to PM Albanese

Sydney mall stabbing: France’s ‘Bollard Man’ gains Australian residenc...

2 years ago 539

Skytrax names the best airports of 2024 — and Singapore's Changi is no longer No. 1

Skytrax names the best airports of 2024 — and Singapore's Changi is no...

2 years ago 311

Record-breaking ballet dancers and protesting farmers : photos of the day – Thursday

Record-breaking ballet dancers and protesting farmers : photos of the ...

2 years ago 362

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Donald Trump for mistaking him for Al Pacino in Truth Social post

Jimmy Kimmel roasts Donald Trump for mistaking him for Al Pacino in Tr...

2 years ago 464

Qatar re-evaluates key mediator role in Middle East conflict on concerns of ‘political exploitation’

Qatar re-evaluates key mediator role in Middle East conflict on concer...

2 years ago 297

Horror moment Brit tourist tombstones onto rocks in botched stunt leaving him seriously injured at Tenerife beauty spot

Horror moment Brit tourist tombstones onto rocks in botched stunt leav...

2 years ago 502

Dining across the divide: ‘I couldn’t get on board with her equating the Taliban and the democratic government of Ukraine’

Dining across the divide: ‘I couldn’t get on board with her equating t...

2 years ago 315

Britain’s defence policy is more like one big declaration of war | Owen Jones

Britain’s defence policy is more like one big declaration of war | Owe...

2 years ago 296

Indonesia’s Joko Widodo urges China to ‘use its influence’ to prevent rise in conflict in Middle East

Indonesia’s Joko Widodo urges China to ‘use its influence’ to prevent ...

2 years ago 309

US state of Maine approves sweeping gun legislation after deadly Lewiston shooting kills 18

US state of Maine approves sweeping gun legislation after deadly Lewis...

2 years ago 384