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A record number of Hong Kong residents obtained permits to study in Canada this year as China continued its crackdown on the territory ... ( read original story ...)

MSCI Inc.’s decision to start tracking internet giants JD.com Inc. and NetEase Inc. via their Hong Kong shares rather than American Depositary Receipts may reinforce a gradual shift in liquidity away ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong has launched a cull of its booming wild boar population because the animals threaten public safety, say authorities. ( read original story ...)

It is a truth that any article on Hong Kong and Covid-19 must include the line, "some of the toughest quarantine regulations in the world". But are they in fact the toughest? Is anywhere any stricter ... ( read original story ...)

Pro-democracy campaigners have called on the government to extend the UK’s settlement scheme for Hong Kong nationals to include many young people excluded fro ... ( read original story ...)

Iraq said it has received 1.2 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine through the Covax sharing scheme, amid fears of a fourth wave in the country, AFP reports. Nearly seven million Iraqis ... ( read original story ...)

Benefits of approving age extension outweigh the risks, says secretary for food and health ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong approved lowering the age of eligibility for the Covid-19 vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. to three years old, down from 18 years old. ( read original story ...)

The recent conviction of pro-democracy protester Ma Chun-man for inciting secession under Hong Kong’s draconian new National Security Law marks a major step backward for free expression in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's banking regulator has fined four banks, including local units of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and UBS, a combined HK$44.2 million ($5.67 million) for breaches of anti-money ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s quarantine rules, among the world’s tightest, are complicating operations in the global air cargo hub. ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese artificial intelligence startup SenseTime Group has received approval for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the ... ( read original story ...)

Shares in Alibaba plummeted in Hong Kong on Friday after the tech giant warned of weaker growth this year as China's economy slows and Beijing continues its regulatory crackdown. ( read original story ...)

A new law requiring Hong Kong public schools to raise the Chinese flag and sing China’s national anthem once a week can be “dangerous” and “ineffective” as part of a move by Beijing to promote a sense ... ( read original story ...)