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Airbnb says 30% rise in bookings from Indian guests for Olympic Games Paris 2024
In terms of growth in bookings, Asian countries are on the leaderboard, Airbnb said, adding that it…
PTI
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Meet the typical Hong Kong millennial: They're supporting their parents, can't afford to buy homes, and have zero interest in moving to mainland China
Millennials are the last generation born before the July 1, 1997, handover of Hong Kong from the Un…
Faye Bradley
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3 charts show why Hong Kong is suffering the deadliest Omicron wave in the world right now
Most of the deaths in Hong Kong are in patients who are over 80, and unvaccinated. Until Omicron ap…
Hilary Brueck,Andy Kiersz
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Hong Kong is mass-culling 2,000 hamsters and making owners hand over their pets amid fears that they might pass COVID-19 to people
People who bought hamsters from December 22 onwards are required to turn in their pets for culling,…
Cheryl Teh
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Asian airports could lose $3 bn revenue due to Coronavirus
"Against this gloomy background of sharp declines in traffic and passenger throughput, airpo…
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Global stocks dive after China sets up a fresh showdown with Trump and shocks investors by announcing a new Hong Kong security law
China's ruling Communist Party has a tabled a motion to ban "treason, secession, sedition and subve…
Saloni Sardana
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Hong Kong's leader is being paid in cash due to US sanctions. Carrie Lam earns $56,000 a month and says money is now piling up at her house.
Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, currently cannot use her bank account. Earning $672,000 per year, she'…
Naina Bhardwaj
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HSBC shares plunge to lowest since 1995, StanChart falls after 'FinCEN' leak
HSBC shares in Hong Kong fell as much as 4.4 per cet to HK$29.60 earlier in the day while Standa…
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Coronavirus: Over 900 dead in China, and 40,000 infected
The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak has claimed over 900 lives in China, authorities sa…
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Moody's downgrades Hong Kong's rating, citing the government's 'slow' response to protests
"The absence of tangible plans to address either the political or economic and social concerns of t…
Spriha Srivastava
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Hong Kong's government is giving $1,284 to every permanent resident over 18
Hong Kong's government announced it will give permanent residents 18 years and older a one-time pay…
Jessica Snouwaert
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Hong Kong enters its first recession in a decade after months of protests
Uncertainty created by the protests has hit several facets of Hong Kong's economy. The decrease in …
Ben Winck
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Disney drops 3% after Wuhan coronavirus forces closure of Shanghai and Hong Kong theme parks
Meanwhile, smaller crowds at the Shanghai park dragged attendance down 2% across Disney's theme par…
Theron Mohamed
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Hong Kong to enter recession after protests destroyed retailers and brought the city's tourist industry to its knees
In his blog post, Chan also detailed a set of "supporting measures" to tackle the growth issues fac…
Sahar Esfandiari
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Long-suffering SARS patients offer clues about the worrisome futures that may await COVID-19 long-haulers
A SARS researcher thinks it's possible that some people with long-lasting COVID-19 symptoms may nev…
Aria Bendix
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Masked assailants storm Hong Kong metro station with batons and reportedly attack pro-democracy protesters
"Following the storming of the CPGLO building, some radical protesters initiated a series of violen…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper
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The first coronavirus death in Hong Kong prompts health workers to strike and demand that its border with mainland China be fully closed
On Tuesday, the Hospital Authority said that the strike had made a severe dent in the available eme…
Rhea Mahbubani,Rhea Mahbubani
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Giant of Hong Kong public life convicted of corruption in New York and faces jail time
"According to evidence presented at trial, Ho was involved in two bribery schemes to pay top offici…
Christian Edwards,Christian E…
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You can buy a flight from Hong Kong to New York for $201. The catch? You have to stop in Wuhan for 6 hours.
The flight, from Hong Kong International Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport departs at 1…
Will Martin
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A mutated coronavirus strain causes most new COVID-19 infections in Europe and was spread within the continent by tourists, scientists say
The coronavirus variant, known as 20A.EU1, has been identified in 12 European countries as well as …