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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.
Medics evacuate 31 premature babies from Gaza hospital
AFP, Published on 19/11/2023
» RAFAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Palestinian medics evacuated 31 premature babies from Gaza City's war-torn Al-Shifa hospital Sunday in a high-risk operation, the UN said, pledging to also move patients and staff who remain there.
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.
UK court told 'killer' baby nurse sent sympathy card to parents
AFP, Published on 12/10/2022
» LONDON - A nurse at a UK hospital tried to kill a baby girl four times before she was successful, then sent a sympathy card to her victim's parents, a court was told on Wednesday.
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.
Critics warn of Apple, Google 'chokepoint' repression
AFP, Published on 18/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - The global dominance of tech giants serves as a convenient online chokepoint for authoritarian governments to crack down on dissent or rig elections, critics of Apple and Google said Friday.
Dangerous attraction: Amorous pursuit imperils Cuban croc
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» CIENAGA DE ZAPATA (CUBA) - Being too coveted a mating partner can have its downside for a species faced with extinction, as the Cuban crocodile has learned.