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Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person charged under the national security law, will remain in custody after the city's top court said it would announce its ... ( read original story ...)

Sky News host Chris Kenny says Hong Kong is “being eviscerated” before the world’s eyes as China continues to take full control of the city. ( read original story ...)

A senior Asia investment banker who previously worked at JPMorgan Chase has been acquitted of bribery charges connected to the bank’s hiring of well-connected Chinese “princelings” to win business in ... ( read original story ...)

Tom Moore, the 100-year-old veteran who raised more than £33m for Britain’s NHS, tests positive for Covid-19. Malaysia breaches 5,000 confirmed cases for a third successive day. The Australian city of ... ( read original story ...)

Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper founder Jimmy Lai has returned to court to contest an attempt by the government to keep him in jail while facing charges under a sweeping new ... ( read original story ...)

Detained Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai was in court Monday trying to win bail in the first major legal challenge to a sweeping national security law Beijing imposed on the city last year. Lai, 73, ... ( read original story ...)

Aragon starts work on Monday as an estate agent in London, focused on finding clients who want to move to Britain’s capital from his home city of Hong Kong, a move he made himself four months ago. His ... ( read original story ...)

Large international corporations doing deals in Asia are considering excluding Hong Kong from legal contracts over concerns China’s tightening grip may impact rule of law in the territory, according ... ( read original story ...)

Thousands of people from Hong Kong are fleeing their hometown since Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the territory last summer ... ( read original story ...)

Cindy, a businesswoman and mother of two young children, is one of thousands of people fleeing Hong Kong since Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on the territory last summer. ( read original story ...)

Is Birmingham an all right place to live? It seems to be a lot cheaper than London.” So runs a query on one of the many online chat forums discussing the launch today of Britain’s scheme to give ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after Beijing's imposition of a national security law in the Asian financial hub last ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong Secretary of Justice Teresa Cheng reiterated on Saturday that Britain had no rights over the city under the joint declaration that laid the blueprint for how the city would be ruled after ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing retaliates after Britain offers refuge from growing tyranny. ( read original story ...)