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Daughter warns China not to make Jimmy Lai a 'martyr'
AFP, Published on 16/12/2025
» WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - The daughter of Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who was convicted on Monday, warned China her father would be a "martyr" if he dies in prison, as she voiced alarm again for his health.
Hong Kong, 2 mainland Chinese cities named UN body's top innovation cluster
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/09/2025
» A cluster of cities comprising Hong Kong and two others from mainland China has been named the world's top innovation hub, a feat attributed to a new ranking metric that involves venture capital deals, a United Nations body has said.
In a Pakistan valley, a small revolution among women
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» KARIMABAD, PAKISTAN (PAKISTAN) - In a sawdust-filled workshop nestled in the Karakoram Mountains, a team of women carpenters chisel away at cabinets -- and forge an unlikely career for themselves in Pakistan.
Greenland votes for economic reforms
Reuters, Published on 12/03/2025
» NUUK, Greenland - Greenland’s pro-business Demokraatit Party has surged to victory pushing economic reforms to the political foreground after an election dominated by independence and US President Donald Trump’s desire to control the mineral-rich island.
Jack Ma returns to public life with professorships
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/05/2023
» Jack Ma, the face of Chinese entrepreneurship and the founder of Alibaba Group Holding, has assumed professorships in at least four schools outside mainland China, as he keeps an arm's length from the business empire he created.
Why global tech turns to Indian talent
AFP, Published on 09/12/2021
» MUMBAI - Twitter's new CEO Parag Agrawal is the latest alumnus of India's prestigious technical universities appointed to head a multi-billion-dollar US tech firm, and Shivani Nandgaonkar wants to follow in his footsteps.
Philippines expects most Thai AstraZeneca shots to arrive after delay
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/06/2021
» The Philippines is expecting most of its 17 million AstraZeneca Plc Covid-19 vaccine orders manufactured in Thailand to arrive this year, following a brief delay in the initial shipments.
Trump abandons 'enemy' media briefings, then comes right back
AFP, Published on 28/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was so angry at the media, and so sore from ridicule over his suggestion that coronavirus patients be injected with disinfectant, that he abandoned his daily briefing Monday. Well, for a couple hours anyway.
Pompeo closes Africa tour with warning about China's 'empty promises'
AFP, Published on 19/02/2020
» ADDIS ABABA: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday closed a three-nation Africa tour with a thinly-veiled swipe at China as he talked up Washington's ability to stimulate growth and entrepreneurship on the continent.
Break up Facebook, says company's co-founder
AFP, Published on 10/05/2019
» NEW YORK - One of the co-founders of Facebook called on Thursday for the social media behemoth to be broken up, warning that the company's head, Mark Zuckerberg, had become far too powerful.