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Cathay Pacific Flight Aborts Take-Off

M M AlamJune 24, 2023

HONG KONG: HKFP took to the Twitter to report that eleven passengers were hospitalized after a Cathay Pacific flight to Los Angeles carrying 283 passengers aborted its take-off at Hong Kong’s international airport at 12:58 a.m. on Saturday (24th of June, 2023). According to details the accident took place when one of the aircraft tyres […]

Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in two-day virus lockdown

M M AlamJanuary 23, 2021

HONG KONG: Thousands of Hong Kongers were ordered to stay in their homes on Saturday for the city’s first coronavirus lockdown as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts. The order bans about 10,000 people living inside multiple housing blocks within the neighborhood of Jordan from leaving their […]

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Asia equities fluctuate after vaccine rally, eyes on Capitol Hill

M M AlamJuly 22, 2020

HONG KONG: Asian investors traded cautiously Wednesday after the previous day’s strong rally, with optimism over a possible vaccine tempered by profit-taking and concerns about the slow progress being made by US lawmakers in drafting a new stimulus package. News that trials on a COVID-19 vaccine had shown early promise provided a much-needed boost to […]

Developing Asia to grow just 0.1% in 2020: ADB forecasts

M M AlamJune 18, 2020

BEIJING: Developing Asia will barely grow in 2020 as containment measures to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic hamper economic activity and weaken external demand, according to a new set of forecasts from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In a regular supplement to its annual flagship economic publication, the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020 released […]

US wants undersea data cable to skip Hong Kong

M M AlamJune 18, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO: US Justice Department officials has recommended that a high-capacity undersea data cable system proposed by Google and Facebook bypass Hong Kong, citing potential national security concerns following China’s moves to exert greater control in the territory. The Pacific Light Cable Network pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission should connect the US, Taiwan […]

Twitter removes China, Russia and Turkey ‘state-linked’ accounts

M M AlamJune 12, 2020

HONG KONG: Twitter on Friday said it had removed tens of thousands of “state linked” accounts used by China, Russia and Turkey to push their own propaganda, sow misinformation or attack critics. By far the biggest network uncovered was linked to China, the US social media giant said, comprised of a “highly engaged core” of […]

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Cathay Pacific Flight Aborts Take-Off

Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in two-day virus lockdown

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Developing Asia to grow just 0.1% in 2020: ADB forecasts

US wants undersea data cable to skip Hong Kong

Twitter removes China, Russia and Turkey ‘state-linked’ accounts

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