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- Hong Kong customs intercepts Macau-bound riverboat suspected of smuggling HK$23 million in cash, arrests 2

- Russia bombs central Kyiv as world leaders gather in Europe for G7 summit

- Coronavirus Hong Kong: hospitals experience uptick in Covid-related admissions as city logs over 1,900 cases

- Coronavirus: Chinese factory hub Shenzhen shuts down Hong Kong border district for 3 days

- This 1.63 million-year-old fossil may have been the first human (hominin) to inhabit China

- Netflix hit RRR featuring Jnr NTR shows India’s Telugu-language ‘Tollywood’ is no longer in Bollywood’s shadow

- Hong Kong not a ‘show flat for Western democracy, must win back Beijing’s trust with political security, avoiding harmful actions’

- Ukraine war: Indonesia’s Jokowi says he will urge Putin to order immediate ceasefire during Moscow meeting

- Elderly rural Chinese who embrace ancient art of yoga in region dubbed ‘The First Yoga Village in China’ become unlikely internet hit

- With Roe vs Wade overturned, fears grow online data could be weaponised against abortion seekers in US

- Hong Kong activist granted political asylum by Sweden in security law first for EU

- Pakistan loves chai so much, it may need to export green tea to fund its addiction

- Regina Ip is the right choice to steer Hong Kong’s comeback as Exco convenor

- Can Biden broker an Israel-Saudi Arabia normalisation deal during his Middle East trip?

- Chief of global airline body IATA warns no relief from sky-high airfares while oil prices remain elevated

- India’s cryptocurrency market was enjoying a ‘golden age’, but now it’s in a mess

- Coronavirus: Hong Kong frontline workers still waiting for Covid-19 subsidies because companies are refusing to apply

- The Chinese fact checkers taking on the Covid infodemic – a rumour at a time

- Isolating China will not help Hong Kong or Uygurs, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says

- As Australia eyes closer ties with Indonesia, Hazara refugees hope for immigration change

- Ukraine spy chief says Russia won’t run out of troops, military force needed to retake cities

- The Canto-pop comeback: Hong Kong’s beloved brand of music returns with a bang

- Hong Kong conservationists call for protection of old Chinese banyan tree, historical dispensary in Kowloon City

- Ghislaine Maxwell put on suicide watch ahead of sentencing, lawyer says

- Too fast, too furious: Hong Kong’s classic car lovers slam new anti-pollution rule as hasty fix that they say will cripple sector and hobby

- ‘I will never forget the kindness’: Chinese man accidentally raises US$15,000 from self-service watermelon stall for granddaughter’s cancer treatment

- Singapore lures new wave of Chinese investors eyeing good schools, stability

- Officials vie to offer pledges of loyalty to Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of 20th Party Congress

- ‘Made in China, Sold on Amazon’ community faces gloomy future amid Covid-19 lockdowns, geopolitical tensions

- UK’s Boris Johnson seeks to stay in power until the mid-2030s

- Russia intends to supply nuclear missile system to Belarus; Ukraine city of Sievierodonetsk falls

- Greta Thunberg urges society to ‘set things right’ in speech at Glastonbury festival

- FBI seizes Basquiat paintings from Florida exhibition amid doubts over authenticity

- French government supports bill enshrining abortion rights in constitution

- G7 leaders to agree on import ban on Russian gold as they broaden sanctions

- Fresh protests across the US against Supreme Court’s abortion ruling

- Biden signs landmark gun control bill into law with bipartisan support ‘to save lives’

- Nato poised to harden position on China as support for Russia deepens distrust

- Business chambers in Hong Kong urge Beijing’s liaison office to help push for removal of Covid-19 quarantine measures to revive ailing economy
- Ukraine war: our troops have ‘almost left’, says Sievierodonetsk mayor