- newDemand for Hong Kong flights in smaller decline than expected during protests, American Airlines says
American Airlines (AA) has said demand for travel to and from Hong Kong had fallen less than expected despite a broad slump across the aviation industry caused by prolonged unrest in the city.Boosted…
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- newSingapore avoids recession: what does it mean for Lee Hsien Loong’s election timetable?
Singapore’s economy avoided an expected technical recession in the third quarter, preliminary data released on Monday showed, adding a fresh twist to speculation about when Prime Minister Lee Hsien…
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- newHong Kong protests and ‘fake news’: in the psychological war for hearts and minds, disinformation becomes a weapon used by both sides
Masato Kajimoto is leading a University of Hong Kong (HKU) team scrutinising images, videos and any information from the ongoing anti-government protests, trying to tell which are real, misleading or…
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- newChina’s truck drivers say they are forced to overload vehicles to survive despite fatal road collapse
Chinese haulage industry insiders have said drivers are being forced to carry more than the permitted loads to survive after the authorities began a crackdown on the practice following a fatal acciden…
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- newSingapore’s MRT railway revival bodes well for ruling PAP, but can it last?
After years of high-profile breakdowns, a collision, flooding and even deaths, the worst may finally be over for Singapore’s beleaguered subway system.In July the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) network ma…
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- newCelebrations as outsider academic Kais Saied set for landslide Tunisia presidency win, exit polls show
Conservative academic Kais Saied, a political outsider, was headed for a landslide victory Sunday in Tunisia’s presidential run-off, sweeping aside his rival, media magnate Nabil Karoui, exit polls…
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- newNationalist right wing Law and Justice party wins second term in Polish elections
Poland’s ruling party won parliamentary elections and is set to get four more years to finish policies that have collided with the European Union’s democratic standards, an exit poll showed.Riding…
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- newWhy US businesses should be worried about China’s corporate social credit system
Foreign companies that already encounter difficulties in doing business in China are about to face an even starker reality as Beijing steps up plans for a corporate rating system.In an ambitious under…
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- newTexas family seeks answers after white police officer kills black woman inside her home
A white police officer who killed a black woman inside her Texas home while responding to a neighbour’s call about an open front door “didn’t have time to perceive a threat” before he opened f…
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- newMore than 100,000 Japanese rescuers work through the night as Typhoon Hagibis death toll climbs
Tens of thousands of rescuers worked through the predawn hours Monday to reach people trapped by landslides and floods in Japan caused by a powerful typhoon that has killed up to 35, officials and loc…
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