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The Latest Breaking News from Hong Kong

As ‘Great Firewall’ looms, fears for Hong Kong’s free internet

Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong is casting doubt over the future of the business hub’s open internet.

Al Jazeera

Xi Jinping wants Hong Kong to keep pushing COVID-zero in the face of Omicron, but is that really possible?

Late last year, Hong Kong was one step away from returning to pre-pandemic life. But now the city's strict COVID-zero regime is failing, as Omicron takes hold.

ABC News

China's zero-Covid policy under review as economic pressure mounts

HONG KONG: Multiple teams in China are studying how to improve the country's anti-pandemic policies, as economic pressure from its zero-Covid approach intensifies, according to one of the nation's most prominent epidemiologists.

Bangkok Post

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Indian men claim 3-2 win over Hong Kong, keep hopes alive at Badminton Asia Team Championships

SHAH ALAM (Malaysia): The Indian men's team, led by world championship bronze medallist Lakshya Sen, secured a 3-2 win over Hong Kong in group A to keep its slim hopes alive of making the knockout stage at the Badminton Asia Team Championships here on Thursday.

The Times of India

Overflowing Hong Kong hospitals forced to put Covid beds outside

HONG KONG: Hong Kong hospitals are treating patients outside as a record surge in coronavirus cases pushes facilities beyond capacity and throws the city’s Covid Zero strategy into disarray.

The Times of India

'Battlefield Mode': Hong Kong Hospitals Buckle under Omicron Wave

Huddled under blankets and thermal shields, dozens of elderly patients shivered on gurneys outside a hospital serving one of Hong Kong's poorest communities -- a grim tableau for the city as its health system buckles under an Omicron-fueled coronavirus wave. "We call this the fever zone," a nurse in full-body…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Opinion: Can the Yuan-Dollar Exchange Rate Reach 5?

If China’s economy continues to develop steadily, its currency could strengthen against the greenback by 25% to 30% once per capita GDP reaches $20,000. But world-class industries are needed

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COVID-19 surge among prisoners fuels Hong Kong's outbreak

Facing an outbreak of COVID-19 among prisoners, Hong Kong is moving infected inmates to an isolation facility as the city struggles to snuff out a record number of cases by implementing China’s “zero tolerance” strategy

The Independent UK

Germany and Portugal to cut restrictions – as it happened

Germany and Portugal preparing to axe most curbs as cases stabilise; Israel’s PM says ‘green pass’ system to be suspended as cases decline

The Guardian - UK

Why Alibaba And Tesla Rivals Xpeng, Li Auto Are Slumping In Hong Kong Today

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies traded mostly lower in Hong Kong on Thursday, dragging the benchmark Hang Seng Index into negative territory.

Benzinga

Omicron-hit Hong Kong seeks out hotel rooms for COVID quarantine

After keeping the coronavirus at bay for much of the past two years, Hong Kong is now struggling to contain the disease.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong considers mass testing as COVID fight intensifies

Hong Kong's coronavirus battle intensified on Thursday as authorities reported that new cases had multiplied by 60 times so far this month, and the city's leader said city-wide testing was being considered in the global financial hub.

Reuters

Singapore opens to more countries, eases test rules

Singapore will ease Covid travel testing rules and launch new vaccinated travel lanes with the Philippines and Israel as it woos more tourists and seeks to reclaim its status of one of Asia’s major travel hubs. Shares of the city-state’s aviation-related stocks rose.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong: Patients forced to wait in sickbeds outside hospitals as ‘zero Covid’ plan buckles

Patients have been forced to wait outside hospitals due to the high number of cases

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sotheby’s Tips Largest Blue Diamond at Auction to Fetch $48 Mn

Sotheby's announced Wednesday that it would offer the largest-ever blue diamond to go up for auction at a sale in Hong Kong in April. The auction house said it expected the 15.10-carat De Beers Cullinan Blue diamond to sell for more than $48 million. The diamond is the "largest internally…

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong watchdog warns of NFT, metaverse risks as top 2022 tech dangers

HONG KONG: Risks involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and the metaverse are among key security threats to look out for in Hong Kong in 2022, according to the government-run cybersecurity watchdog Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (HKCERT).

Manchester Evening News

Manchester United cancel Hong Kong pre-season tour plans

Man Utd were planning to visit Hong Kong on their pre-season tour this summer.

Reuters

Singapore resumes border reopening after pause due to Omicron outbreak

Singapore will expand quarantine-free travel to Hong Kong, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this month, its health ministry said on Wednesday, resuming border reopening after a pause due to an outbreak of the coronavirus.

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The Guardian - UK

Germany and Switzerland set to ease restrictions – as it happened

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Al Jazeera

Xi tells Hong Kong to control Omicron-fuelled outbreak

Directive in territory’s Chinese language media comes with authorities expected to report record number of daily cases.

Benzinga

Why Alibaba, Tesla Rivals Xpeng, Li Auto Are Striking Major Gains In Hong Kong Today

Shares of U.S.-listed Chinese tech companies advanced in Hong Kong on Wednesday, lifting the benchmark Hang Seng Index into positive territory.

The Independent UK

China's Xi: Control of Hong Kong surge is 'overriding task'

A Hong Kong news outlet says China's leader Xi Jinping has taken a personal interest in the city's coronavirus outbreak, saying it was the Hong Kong government's “overriding task” to control the situation

The Hindu

Coronavirus updates | February 16, 2022

India logs 30,615 new COVID-19 infections, 514 deaths; cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country reaches nearly 174 crore.

Reuters

Xi tells Hong Kong's leaders to control COVID as infections spiral

(Adds government statement on food supply)

InsideEVs

Tesla Model Y Officially Arrives In UK: Delivery Events Abound

The right-hand-drive Model Y is produced at Tesla's Gigafactory in China, though the first batches were reserved for Hong Kong and other markets in Asia.

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