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682 kg ketamine shipped from Pakistan seized in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 8 (ANI): The Hong Kong Police has made its biggest ever seizure by confiscating 682 kg of ketamine worth HKD 437 million shipped into the city from Pakistan.
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US conducts joint Guam drill with Australia, Japan to counter China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 8 (ANI): Amid China's growing belligerence, the United States is conducting a joint exercise with Australia and Japan on Guam, an island territory in Micronesia, to conduct disaster relief operations, as well as to conduct large force employment and combat air forces trai
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Let's each manage our own business, says top Chinese diplomat on Blinken's
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 7 (ANI): Reacting to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken holding Beijing accountable for its gross human rights violations in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, Chinese top diplomat Yang Jiechi has said "let's each manage our own business."
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Hong Kong introduces new regulations for schools to impose Beijing's draco
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 7 (ANI): Hong Kong has introduced new regulations for how schools should operate, months after Beijing imposed the draconian national security law giving authorities powers to further impose crackdowns among the people of the region.
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Hong Kong internet radio host arrested over 'seditious intent' under Natio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 7 (ANI): Hong Kong internet radio host, who had been part of a fundraising campaign that paid for young protesters to study in Taiwan, was arrested on Sunday for "seditious intent" under the draconian National Security Law.
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China likely to retaliate against UK's citizenship offer for Hong Kong res
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 7 (ANI): China is expected to step up retaliation in March against the UK's scheme to offer citizenship to millions of Hong Kong people through British National (Overseas) (BNO) passport, reported Asia Times.
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Canada, Australia among immigration options for Hongkongers after draconia
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 6 (ANI): Canada has seen a sharp increase in Hongkongers seeking residency there since last year after Beijing imposed the draconian National Security Law, according to official data.
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Chinese property magnate acquires major share in Hong Kong media firm
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 6 (ANI): Chinese property magnate Kaisa Groups has agreed to buy a major share in Hong Kong media firm Sing Tao News.
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Myanmar's coup reveals cracks in divided region
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 6 (ANI): The Myanmar military's brazen coup against Aung San Suu Kyi's democratically-elected government has sent shockwaves across Southeast Asia and revealed new cracks in their increasingly trade-driven collective bloc, reported Asia Times.
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US will hold China accountable for abuses of international system: Blinken
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): United States State Secretary Antony J Blinken had a telephonic conversation with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi during which he conveyed that Washington will continue to stand up for human rights and democratic values, including in Xinjiang, Tibet, an
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Trajectory of Sino-US relations rests with Xi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, February 4 (ANI): Many thought newly minted US President Joe Biden's first test in Asia would revolve around China. Interestingly, his first Asian challenge is instead a military coup in Myanmar. Nonetheless, the world should not expect a kiss and make-up between China and the USA
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US nominates Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for Nobel Peace Prize
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has nominated Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, to honour the demonstrators' struggle against the Beijing imposed draconian national security law.
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