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Hong Kong’s IPO haul more than doubles to HK$388b in first 9 months: Paul Chan

Funds raised through initial public offerings in Hong Kong more than doubled year on year to over HK$388 billion (US$49.4 billion) in the first nine months of 2026, already surpassing the total amount for the whole of last year, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po has said. Adding to the positive outlook, Clara Chan…

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Israeli embassies in UK, US promote copycat NAZA weeks after original's Venice triumph

NAZA: Israeli embassies in UK and US promote rival documentary to challenge Gaza genocide allegations Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 10/04/2026 - 03:02 The rival film’s directors remain unnamed for 'security reasons' while its website lists Three Musketeers Production as 'a company in formation' Rachel Szor and Yuva…

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Saudi-led coalition dismisses Houthi claim of attack on Riyadh

Saudi-led coalition dismisses Houthi claim of attack on Riyadh By claiming an attack on Riyadh, Houthis were “attempting to divert attention from the scale of the losses and the growing public anger against them”, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has said, according to the Asharq Al-Awsat news outlet. Major General …

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Japan’s Takaichi presses US after marine arrested over murder-robbery of woman

A 20-year-old US marine was arrested on Sunday in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture on suspicion of robbing and murdering a local woman, police said. Davin Ballard stationed at the Futenma Airbase is suspected of killing Anna Yagi, 39, and taking her wallet and backpack in the early hours of Saturday at a hotel in Naha, ac…

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Alone with the stars, lynx and wolves in ‘Empty Spain’

A world away from the tourist hotspots of the coast, Extremadura and Castile and León offer unpolluted skies, lower prices – and hope for the future of vulnerable wildlifeAs photographed at night from a satellite, or the International Space Station (ISS), the Iberian peninsula looks encrusted with lights along its c…

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Trump, burger, Hormuz: meet the Iranian team behind billboard war on US

Huge billboards on the walls of Tehran mocking US President Donald Trump and depicting American drones under the boot of an Iranian soldier are providing a chronicle of Iran’s war with the United States and Israel. Khaneh-ye Tarrahan, or Designers’ House, produces the billboards with anti-US messaging for prominent …

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Lee calls for thorough probe into personal data leaks at financial institutions

President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday called for a thorough investigation into a series of hacking attacks that caused personal information leaks at major banks and other financial institutions. Several financial firms suffered back-to-back leaks of customer information in recent hacking attacks, including Hana Bank, KB…

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Trump threatens tariffs of up to 300% as Korea faces pressure over US investment

US President Donald Trump said foreign companies that fail to build factories in the United States could face tariffs of up to 300 percent, as South Korea faces separate pressure from Washington over how it will carry out its $350 billion US investment commitment. Speaking at a campaign rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on S…

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Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban

‘AbortOmat’ in Warsaw offers novel way to challenge country’s restrictions and allow women swift, anonymous access They call it the “world’s first parcel locker for abortion pills”. Polish campaigners have launched a new means of distribution as part of their ongoing effort to skirt the country’s near-total ban on a…

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Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books

A Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of Russian attacksOn a Saturday morning in August, Viktor Kruglov, the co-founder and chief executive of the publisher Ranok, was at his headquarters in Kharkiv – the eastern Ukrainian city that, along with Kyiv…

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3 students arrested in Malaysia over murder of girl found dead at school

Three male students have been detained by police in connection with the murder of a Form Four female student whose body was discovered at a school in Yong Peng, Malaysia’s Johor state, on Saturday. The victim, identified as 16-year-old Irene Sofiya Mohd Khairool Faisal, was found dead inside the school hall at aroun…

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