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Hong Kong's Joshua Wong gets extra jail time for Tiananmen vigil
AFP, Published on 06/05/2021
» HONG KONG: Jailed Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong was handed an additional 10-month sentence on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to taking part in an "unlawful" protest last year over the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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Foreign firms vie to rebuild ravaged Beirut port
AFP, Published on 14/04/2021
» BEIRUT: Eight months after a massive blast ripped through Beirut port and nearby districts of the Lebanese capital, a host of foreign companies with different national interests are competing to rebuild it.
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In New York, pandemic pushes some Orthodox Jews to leave their community
AFP, Published on 04/04/2021
» NEW YORK - Two months into lockdown, 29-year-old Ella left the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community that she was raised in near New York, started wearing trouser pants for the first time and contacted an organization that helps "leavers" adapt to life in wider society.
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Samsung Electronics forecasts 44.19% jump in Q1 operating profit
AFP, Published on 07/04/2021
» SEOUL: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics flagged a 44.19 percent rise in first quarter operating profit Wednesday, largely driven by robust sales of smartphones and the launch of its flagship Galaxy S21 series.
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New Hong Kong museum will not show Ai Weiwei's Tiananmen photo: official
AFP, Published on 29/03/2021
» HONG KONG: A picture of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei flipping a middle finger in Tiananmen Square will not be shown at the opening of a prestigious new museum in Hong Kong, an official said on Monday.
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Hong Kong's fragile coral reefs boosted by 3D printing
AFP, Published on 19/03/2021
» HONG KONG - In jade waters off Hong Kong's eastern shoreline, scientists are thrilled to spot a cuttlefish protecting her eggs inside an artificial, 3D-printed clay seabed helping to restore the city's fragile coral reefs.
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Samsung Electronics profit spikes on pandemic-driven demand
AFP, Published on 28/01/2021
» SEOUL: Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker reported fourth-quarter net profits up by more than a quarter year-on-year Thursday, with coronavirus-driven working from home boosting demand for devices powered by its chips.
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Skateboarding seeks to flip its image of whiteness
AFP, Published on 06/02/2021
» HOUSTON - Wheels whir and clatter as Jerahn Thomas and his skateboarding friends land tricks on the streets of downtown Houston, each success bringing broad smiles to their faces.
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From NKorea to UK election candidate: defector fights for 'voiceless'
AFP, Published on 07/02/2021
» LONDON - Jihyun Park shares the civic concerns of any other would-be town councillor in Britain, from local education to potholes in the roads. But she is unique in one regard: no other candidate has fled North Korea.
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Biggest UK companies have no black top executives: study
AFP, Published on 04/02/2021
» LONDON - Britain's biggest businesses have very few ethnic minorities in the boardroom -- and no black top executives, according to research published Wednesday.
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