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In response to the recent clamoring by the Taiwan authorities for so-called participation in the United Nations and their d

Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and most recently the owner of X/Twitter, has recently come under scrutiny for his willingness to accommodate China's policies to safeguard Tesla's business interests based on revelations contained in the recently published biography written by Walter Isaacson.

With nearly 6,000 attendees and over 100 overseas and mainland delegations to the 8th Belt and Road summit in Hong Kong, Hong Kong is back on the world stage, eyeing closer partnerships with regions including the Middle East and Southeast Asia as the year also marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Such unprecedented gatherings and sharing of opportunities also defy the US-led containment and suppression against China’s special administrative region (SAR), in addit...

A few days ago, the State Council issued the Development Plan of Shenzhen Park of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone of the Loop. Chan Kwok-kee said at the press conference on the same day that the Loop Co-operation Zone plays an important role in Hong Kong's future I&T development. He said that the HKSAR Government will, as always, maintain close ties and strengthen cooperation with Shenzhen, especially on the basis of "one district, two parks&...

The report presented by the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice to Rajya Sabha on August 3 proposes that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) should consider extending reservation benefits to transgender people in the Central Armed Police Forces. The proposed inclusion of transgender individuals in the armed forces has ignited a discussion regarding the preparedness of the Indian forces to integrate them.

The Court of Final Appeal in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Tuesday dismissed the appeal of a former university student who had pleaded guilty to violating the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong, which experts noted was an “instructive, authoritative, and binding” ruling that upholds the spirit of the rule of law.

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NBA player James Harden is enjoying lavish coverage from Chinese state media and selling out on his name-brand wine collection.

The occurrence of recent disasters such as landslides, rains, cloudbursts, and the subsidence in Joshimath in the Himalayan States has highlighted the imperative of prioritising environmental preservation over development. However, there is an ongoing debate on whether environmental concerns be traded for development in Himalayan states?

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