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World News
Hong Kong Mourns After Deadly Blaze Claims 146 Lives
HONG KONG, CHINA – A wave of sorrow swept across Hong Kong on Sunday as thousands of residents gathered to…
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Mzansi Celebs
Lion King actor Nqobani Zuke (Simba) gets married in a beautiful ceremony – Pictures
Nqobani Zuke, the 29-year-old actor known for playing Simba in the world-famous musical The Lion King in Hong Kong, recently celebrated a…
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South Africa News
Push for South Africans convicted in foreign countries to serve sentences at home
Non-profit organisation Baagi Ba South Africa has been advocating for years for the South African government to enter into international…
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World News
Former Stand News editors convicted of sedition by Hong Kong court
A Hong Kong court on Thursday found two editors of the now-defunct Stand News media outlet guilty of conspiring to…
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Sports
Hong Kong’s Fencing Olympian Cheung returns home to rapturous cheers
Hong Kong‘s Cheung Ka-long was greeted on Friday at the city’s airport by hundreds of fans and journalists keen to…
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World News
China rejects Western calls for human rights reforms at UN meeting
China on Thursday rejected Western-led recommendations for human-rights reforms including calls for greater freedoms in Hong Kong and for Uyghurs…
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Football
Hong Kong football coach Andersen quits after fantastic journey
Jorn Andersen, the Norwegian who took Hong Kong to their first Asian Cup finals in 56 years, quit as coach…
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Sports
Blitzboks win opening matches of World Rugby’s Sevens in Hong Kong
South Africa’s sevens rugby team is back on the winning trail. After a string of poor results, including a second…
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South Africa News
Senior KZN advocate dies on flight bound for Hong Kong
A KwaZulu-Natal advocate tragically died on board an aircraft while heading to Hong Kong. Advocate Vershen Moodley Senior Counsel, from…
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Football
Lionel Messi match organisers deeply regret no-show, cancel funding bid
Organisers of a Hong Kong football match which drew boos after star man Lionel Messi failed to play said Monday…
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Football
Lionel Messi expected to play in Hong Kong despite injury worry: coach
Lionel Messi should be able to take the field for Inter Miami’s pre-season friendly in Hong Kong at the weekend…
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World News
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai pleads not guilty to national security crimes
Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to “sedition” and “collusion” charges in a high-profile national…
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World News
How Hong Kong became a fencing powerhouse and cheered up a city
Hong Kong is one of the smaller Asian Games teams by population, but when it comes to fencing the city…
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World News
Hong Kong flooded by heaviest rainfall in 140 years
Hong Kong was flooded by the heaviest rainfall in nearly 140 years on Friday, leaving the city’s streets and some…
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World News
Hong Kong questions more families of wanted activists
Hong Kong national security police on Monday took in family members of businessman-turned-activist Elmer Yuen for questioning, one of the…
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World News
Hong Kong court quashes investigative journalist’s conviction
Hong Kong‘s top court on Monday quashed the conviction of a journalist in relation to her investigation into an attack…
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World News
Hong Kong anti-corruption agency arrests 23 people including 11 footballers
Hong Kong authorities have arrested 11 footballers from the same team over allegations of match-fixing in a domestic league, the…
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Hong Kong’s bamboo scaffolders preserve ancient technique
Mo Jia Yu wraps his legs around a pole to balance high above the ground and secure a joint, a…
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World News
Jack Ma accepts university teaching post in Hong Kong
Jack Ma, founder of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, has been made an honorary professor of business at a top Hong…
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World News
Hong Kong unveils US$97bn post-pandemic budget
Hong Kong’s finance chief unveiled a HK$761 billion (US$97 billion) budget on Wednesday, plunging into the coffers to pay for…
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