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• Visitors urge Hong Kong to ease restrictions as Sai Kung trail registration begins

  Hundreds of Hong Kong residents and visitors braved the heat on Saturday morning to visit a popular Sai Kung trail overlooking hexagonal rock columns, as a trial reservation system requiring real-name registration came into force, with some calling for the restrictions to be eased. The Agriculture,

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• Trump sends Witkoff, Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with new Ukraine peace plan

  US President Donald Trump said on Friday he was sending envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a plan to end more than four years of war in Ukraine. The move marks Washington’s latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II, which

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• Overhead display left dangling at airport’s Terminal 2, investigation under way

  An overhead electronic display was left dangling in the air at Hong Kong airport’s newly reopened Terminal 2, prompting authorities to pledge a detailed investigation. A spokesman said the incident occurred at about 8.30am on Saturday, when a suspended screen “experienced a technical fault”, trigger

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• Hong Kong’s leader outlines 3 key new growth drivers ahead of first 5-year plan

  Hong Kong’s leader has identified financial services, innovation and technology, and education as three key new growth drivers ahead of the unveiling of the city’s inaugural five-year development blueprint and annual policy address. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Saturday that Hong Kong’s

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• ‘Mini-dictatorship’: Students slam far-right turn at Argentina-run residence in Paris

  Weeks before President Javier Milei visits France, scrutiny has grown around an Argentina-run university residence in Paris supposed to promote peaceful coexistence but which activists say instead restricts lodger freedoms and hosts European far-right figures. Paris city officials have demanded the

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• At least 10 dead, 62 injured after explosion at Bolivian army base

  At least 10 people were killed and 62 injured on Friday after an explosion at a military barracks in the western Bolivian city of Viacha, local authorities said. The blast took place at around 2.30pm at a military facility used to store pyrotechnic material. While the cause has yet to be established

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• How some grey-market crypto ATMs in Hong Kong can turn users into fraud victims

  Inside a tiny self-service laundromat in Quarry Bay in the east of Hong Kong Island, next to a wall of washing machines, stands a waist-high cryptocurrency terminal with signs reading “Elon Musk recommends Dogecoin” and “Buy bitcoin in one minute”. In order to obtain Dogecoin through the ATM, custom

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• Tetris says it didn’t give White House permission for ‘Build the Wall’ game

  Tetris said on Friday that it did not give permission for the White House to use the game’s iconic imagery for a controversial online arcade that the Trump administration released on Thursday. “The Tetris Company was not involved in the creation of Build the Wall and did not authorise or license the

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• Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy child killings case

  A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The mistrial, on the seventh day of deliberations, leaves the case unresolved and allows

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• UN adopts new map: Africa bigger, North America and Europe smaller

  The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to back a resolution spearheaded by several African countries to adopt a map that makes their continent bigger while shrinking North America and Europe. Aimed at “a more accurate representation” of continental landmasses, the resolution was support

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• Trump threatens to cut trade with some countries if Fed doesn’t lower rates

  President Donald Trump intensified pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, threatening to cut off trade with certain economies with which the US has a deficit if the central bank does not act. Trump issued his demands on Friday in a lengthy social media post after a stronger-than-ex

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• Reuters – Some Chinese workers see an ally in Brussels as EU trade tensions mount

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• The Real Key to the AI Race: Nanometers or Gigawatts?

  By 2030, the China-U.S. AI competition may be decided less by who builds the most advanced chips than by who deploys the most computing power.

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• How the Chinese Government Has Controlled the Narrative on the Tibet Floods

  Chinese state media’s handling of the Tibet floods is following its usual pattern of restricted coverage, censorship, and emphasizing positive news.

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• 5 EU nations plan to send rejected migrants to non-EU ‘return hubs’, target 2027

  Denmark and four other European Union countries agreed on Friday on a model for “return hubs” in non-EU nations and hope to begin sending migrants to the facilities as early as 2027, an official said. The announcement, made after a one-day meeting in Copenhagen, is the latest development in an effor

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• 2 floors of Rumsey Street car park to close for 6 weeks for Interpol meeting use

  A public multi-storey car park in Hong Kong’s central business district will be partially closed for about six weeks from November as the city prepares to host a meeting of Interpol’s top governing body for the first time. Hong Kong police plan to take over the seventh and eighth floors of the Rumse

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• IVF clinic’s embryo specimen mix-up linked to ‘intentional unlawful conduct’

  A mix-up of embryo biopsy specimens may have been caused by “intentional unlawful conduct” at a private fertility clinic, which breached the code of practice for reproductive technology by lacking sufficient protective measures, a Hong Kong regulator has found. The Council on Human Reproductive Tech

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• The US’ dangerous reversion to imperialism in Latin America

  When China’s trade with Latin America reached a record US$518.4 billion in 2024, it marked a fundamental shift in hemispheric economics. Beijing is now the largest bilateral creditor and second largest trading partner of Latin America and the Caribbean, with President Xi Jinping pledging a new credi

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• Dairy Queen to make Hong Kong comeback with 4 stores. Is it scooping up cheap rents?

  American ice cream chain Dairy Queen will open four Hong Kong outlets in the fourth quarter of this year, as part of an ambitious expansion plan amid the widespread closure of food and retail shops. Dairy Queen, an 85-year-old brand, said on Friday that it would launch its flagship store at the One

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• Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel to close from October 12 for major renovation

  Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel will temporarily close from October 12 for a comprehensive renovation and upgrade, with no completion date announced, as the resort shifts focus to seasonal culinary offerings and immersive storytelling. Hong Kong Disneyland announced on Friday that the Victorian-style pro

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• 2 Reform UK advisers to Farage step down amid donation scandal

  Britain’s populist Reform UK said two senior advisers to leader Nigel Farage stepped down on Friday after an undercover investigation alleged the party had broken electoral law by arranging for a foreign donor to pay for political polling. Reform denied any wrongdoing and said it had been the victim

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• 5 ParknShop and contractor staff who forged pay claims plead guilty to fraud

  Five former employees of Hong Kong supermarket chain ParknShop and its contractors have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud by falsifying workers’ attendance records to cheat the retail giant of HK$3.2 million (US$408,000). The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Frida

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• Louis Koo’s production firm disputes HK$149m lawsuit, says claim ‘incomplete’

  Hong Kong film actor and director Louis Koo Tin-lok’s production company has defended against allegations that it owes HK$149 million (US$19 million) in outstanding debts to an offshore firm, saying the claim was incomplete and violated confidentiality principles. In a statement published on social

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• Customer service a major ruse as phone scam losses up 56% in first half of year

  Impersonating customer service staff is the “most rampant tactic” used by phone scammers, Hong Kong police have said, with the number of such frauds rising 45 per cent year on year in the first half of 2026 to 4,830 cases amid an overall decline in deception crimes. Superintendent Kwok Ching-yee of

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• Suspect deemed unfit to stand trial for aiding deadly hold-up in Hong Kong

  A mainland Chinese man has been deemed unfit to stand trial for his alleged involvement in a deadly shooting during a botched robbery in Hong Kong three decades ago, after he was diagnosed with a cognitive impairment caused by lung cancer. A High Court jury of four men and three women ruled on Frida

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• Japan’s FOIP 3.0: Is Pragmatism That Delivers Resilience Enough?

  Japan’s updated vision is sharper and more self-interested.

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• City University of Hong Kong disciplines students over orientation camp misconduct

  City University of Hong Kong has disciplined students over an orientation event with a disco theme in which a half-naked man was seen carrying a woman wearing only a bra and shorts, two days after the institution said it had “zero tolerance” for improper conduct. The institution said on Friday that

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• John Lee urges banks to finance city’s tech growth, expand offshore yuan business

  Hong Kong’s leader has urged the banking sector to support financing the city’s new economic engine in innovation and technology while expanding the offshore yuan business, a key area for aligning with national strategies. Speaking at the Hong Kong Association of Banks’ Distinguished Speaker Luncheo

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• Hong Kong proposes grade 2 heritage status for Kennedy Town selfie spot sea wall

  A sea wall at a popular selfie spot along Kennedy Town’s waterfront could soon gain grade 2 status after authorities proposed listing it as a historic structure, though experts say creative storytelling will be key to bringing the site’s heritage to life. According to a document from the Antiquities

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• White House launches video games depicting migrant arrests and border walls

  US President Donald Trump’s White House on Thursday unveiled a website featuring classic arcade games - but with a “Maga” twist, in which players can deport migrants and build a border wall. Rights groups swiftly criticised the release of the online games, which comes as the Trump administration ste

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