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Nicole Kidman gets slammed after skipping Hong Kong quarantine for 'Expats
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): Hollywood star Nicole Kidman has recently sparked a backlash in Hong Kong after skipping the country's strict COVID-19 quarantine to shoot the Amazon series 'Expats' in the city.
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Genome-editing strategy developed for potential Alzheimer's disease therap
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 18 (ANI): An international research team led by scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed a novel strategy using brain-wide genome-editing technology that can reduce Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathologies in genetically modified
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China's friendly overtures to Taliban poses imminent risk than opportuniti
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 17 (ANI): Following the fall of Kabul into the hands of the Taliban, China said that it is willing to develop "friendly relations" with the terrorist outfit, but the overtures pose more risk than it offers opportunity.
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China courts the Taliban in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 16 (ANI): The world has been left stunned at images of the Taliban's blitzkrieg across Afghanistan, as that country's military evaporated with remarkable swiftness. The USA's legacy there has been irreparably damaged, so will China be able to take advantage as the Taliba
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Row erupts in Hong Kong's biggest opposition party as vice-chairman quits
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 11 (ANI): A bitter row has erupted within Hong Kong's biggest opposition party after its vice-chairman and its former lawmaker Lee Wing-tat left the city for the UK last week.
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China needs to deal with Taiwan as independent country, says expert
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], August 11 (ANI): China has been asserting total control over Hong Kong and the next item on its geopolitical agenda is Taiwan, but Beijing needs to understand that Taiwan for all intents and purposes is an independent country.
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Hong Kong: University's ruling body members urge reversal of students camp
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 8 (ANI): Seven members of the University of Hong Kong governing council has urged the ruling body to reverse its ban on several students from campus for sympathising with a police attacker.
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UK Foreign Secretary welcomes US offer of safe haven to Hong Kongers
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 6 (ANI): UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday (local time) welcomed the decision by the United States to offer a stay of expulsion to Hong Kong residents staying in the country who fear persecution back home.
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Biden signs memorandum giving temporary safe haven to Hong Kong residents:
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 5 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has signed a memorandum that provides a temporary safe haven to residents of Hong Kong, the White House said on Thursday.
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Hong Kong's Tiananmen massacre museum reopens online
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 5 (ANI): A Hong Kong museum that commemorates the victims of China's 1989 crackdown on protesters at Tiananmen Square re-opened online on Wednesday months after it was forced to shut down.
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Hong Kong: University bars several students from entering campus for sympa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 5 (ANI): Several students at the University of Hong Kong have been barred from entering the campus after they attended a student council meeting last month which passed a sympathy motion for a man who killed himself after stabbing a police officer.
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Hong Kong: Man arrested for insulting Chinese national anthem during Olymp
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 31 (ANI): It was a moment for celebration for Hong Kongers as fencer Cheung Ka Long won the first Olympic gold medal for the city in 25 years, however, their happiness was short-lived as police filed complaints that some people booed during the live broadcast award ceremony i
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