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Sunday, Jul 12, 2020

NY: Statue of Virgin Mary vandalized outside Catholic school in 'an act of hatred'

NY: Statue of Virgin Mary vandalized outside Catholic school in 'an act of hatred'

A VIRGIN Mary statue was vandalized outside a Catholic school in Queens in an act described as “disgraceful”. The word "idol" was daubed in black paint across the statue, by a vandal who was captured on surveillance footage.

American Passports Are Worthless Now (Map)

American Passports Are Worthless Now (Map)

American Passports Are Worthless Now (Map)

Oh the places you can’t go

5th corruption case agaisnt Canadian PM Justin Trudeau: His mother, brother and wife were paid "to speak at WE Charity events", after WE award of government contract worth £531 million

5th corruption case agaisnt Canadian PM Justin Trudeau: His mother, brother and wife were paid "to speak at WE Charity events", after WE award of government contract worth £531 million

5th corruption case agaisnt Canadian PM Justin Trudeau: His mother, brother and wife were paid "to speak at WE Charity events", after WE award of government contract worth £531 million

5th corruption case agaisnt Canadian PM Justin Trudeau: His mother, brother and wife were paid "to speak at WE Charity events", after WE award of government contract worth £531 million

5th corruption case agaisnt Canadian PM Justin Trudeau: His mother, brother and wife were paid "to speak at WE Charity events", after WE award of government contract worth £531 million

5th corruption case agaisnt Canadian PM Justin Trudeau: His mother, brother and wife were paid "to speak at WE Charity events", after WE award of government contract worth £531 million

Members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family were paid a total of nearly $300,000 over the last four years to speak at WE Charity events just after Justin Trudeau awarded controversial contract "to manage a major government program...

Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar

Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar

Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar

Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar

Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar

Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar

Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar

Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar

Cathay Pacific averts financial collapse with distress call to tap the HK$4 trillion war chest of Hong Kong’s financial tsar

The Hong Kong government wanted to dress up the bailout dubbed Project Apollo as a “short-term investment” amid political scrutiny. Bailout size grew during negotiations to restore confidence among creditors and investors in the airline'...

National security law marks turning point for HK's education: HKSAR chief executive

National security law marks turning point for HK's education: HKSAR chief executive

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said on Saturday that the promulgation and implementation of the law on safeguarding national security in the HKSAR marks a turning point for Hong Kong's e...

Hundreds visit Leeds United ground to remember Jack Charlton

Hundreds visit Leeds United ground to remember Jack Charlton

Bouquets and tributes at Elland Road show how much Big Jack was admired in the city and beyond. They came in their hundreds, paying homage to the man known across the world as Big Jack. But beneath the stands of West Yorkshire’s Elland R...

Qantas Pulls International Flights Through 2021

Qantas Pulls International Flights Through 2021

Qantas seems to be taking one of the most aggressive approaches when it comes to cancelling future international flights, which I can’t blame the airline for, given Australia’s strict immigration policies. Qantas has pulled all internat...

Seven men arrested over robbery of HK$1 million in gold from jewellery store in Hong Kong

Seven men arrested over robbery of HK$1 million in gold from jewellery store in Hong Kong

Seven men arrested over robbery of HK$1 million in gold from jewellery store in Hong Kong

Gang who carried out the crime used hammers to smash display cases at Tin Shui Wa store. They grabbed the valuables in about 45 seconds and fled in stolen car that was later found burnt and abandoned

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

Singapore election: hard truths for the PAP as voters deny ruling party an easy ride into power

The People’s Action Party has formed a government but its 8 percentage point drop in vote share is unsettling amid plans for a leadership transition. The results point to the type of political contestation that Singaporeans seem to aspir...

what’s at stake for the WHO – and China – in the latest mission to Wuhan

what’s at stake for the WHO – and China – in the latest mission to Wuhan

The embattled UN health agency must know what data it wants and assess what it is given without fear or favour. China must also be prepared to accept that it is where the pathogen made the leap from animals to humans – if the evidence po...

Hong Kong’s third wave of Covid-19 is ‘most severe’ to hit the city as Saturday brings 61 newly confirmed and provisional infections

Hong Kong’s third wave of Covid-19 is ‘most severe’ to hit the city as Saturday brings 61 newly confirmed and provisional infections

Hong Kong’s third wave of Covid-19 is ‘most severe’ to hit the city as Saturday brings 61 newly confirmed and provisional infections

Hong Kong’s third wave of Covid-19 is ‘most severe’ to hit the city as Saturday brings 61 newly confirmed and provisional infections

Top health official says recent surge eclipses the rush of cases in March, with source of so many infections now unknown. Of Saturday’s 28 confirmed cases, 16 are locally transmitted, while dozens more people test preliminary positive

Trump dons face mask during Walter Reed visit

Trump dons face mask during Walter Reed visit

This is the first time Trump has appeared in a mask since the start of pandemic.

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's Ex-Girlfriend, Denied Charges That She Helped Him Sexually Abuse Girls

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's Ex-Girlfriend, Denied Charges That She Helped Him Sexually Abuse Girls

Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's Ex-Girlfriend, Denied Charges That She Helped Him Sexually Abuse Girls

Attorneys for Maxwell, a British socialite who had a relationship with Epstein in the '90s, argued that she had not spoken to him for more than 10 years.

Quote of the Day

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Henry Ford

Does the curriculum really need ‘decolonising’?

Does the curriculum really need ‘decolonising’?

Layla Moran, the Lib Dems’ education spokesman, has written to Gavin Williamson urging him to do something about ‘systemic racism’ in schools. ‘Changes to the history curriculum, such as learning about non-white historical figures and ad...

The Value of My $150,000 MBA Is Now in Question

The Value of My $150,000 MBA Is Now in Question

When I decided a few years ago to spend $150,000 on an MBA while a reporter at Bloomberg, I had an ambitious goal: be the best financial reporter the world has ever seen. This degree, I thought, would help me better understand the workin...

China’s Banking Watchdog Warns of Sharp Rebound in Bad Loans

China’s Banking Watchdog Warns of Sharp Rebound in Bad Loans

China may face a sharp rebound in non-performing loans after virus-relief incentives delayed the reflection of risk exposure on the balance sheet of lenders.

China's American virus: China Starts Taxing Its Citizens for Global Income

China's American virus: China Starts Taxing Its Citizens for Global Income

China has started tracking down some of its citizens living abroad to collect taxes, surprising expatriates who never had to pay levies back home on overseas income. Americanizing the Chinese tax system might be one mistake too much...

U.S. Warns Its Citizens in China They Risk ‘Arbitrary’ Arrest

U.S. Warns Its Citizens in China They Risk ‘Arbitrary’ Arrest

The State Department warned U.S. citizens living in or traveling to China they may face arbitrary arrest, the latest sign of deteriorating relations between Washington and Beijing.

Will virtual-reality gyms let us work out in the pandemic?

Will virtual-reality gyms let us work out in the pandemic?

Will virtual-reality gyms let us work out in the pandemic?

Put on a headset and fight your way to fitness: a VR gym marries gaming to exercise

The new ideology of race: and what's wrong with it

The new ideology of race: and what's wrong with it

America's problem with racism can be divided into two parts. One contains all the myriad injustices that still blight African-American lives a century and a half after the end of slavery. The other is the way that factions on the right e...

LinkedIn sued for spying on Apple users using device apps

LinkedIn sued for spying on Apple users using device apps

LinkedIn sued for spying on Apple users using device apps

Developers, testers of Apple’s most recent mobile operating system found LinkedIn’s application was secretly reading users’ data. ‘LinkedIn has not only been spying on its users, it has been spying on their nearby computers and other dev...

Coronavirus: number of US deaths takes a long-expected turn for the worse

Coronavirus: number of US deaths takes a long-expected turn for the worse

Coronavirus: number of US deaths takes a long-expected turn for the worse

The seven-day rolling average for daily reported deaths has increased from 578 two weeks ago to 664 on July 10. California is averaging 91 reported deaths per day

As US beats sanctions drums over Hong Kong, Germany says keeping ties with China warm brings 'more stability & less conflict'

As US beats sanctions drums over Hong Kong, Germany says keeping ties with China warm brings 'more stability & less conflict'

Germany won't go tough on Beijing over Hong Kong as it understands that not every country is run by a Western playbook, Berlin's economy minister has said. Indeed, preserving ties yields more results than pressure does, he added.

Britain’s morality-preaching sanctions list immediately made worthless by pandering to warmongering Saudi Arabia

Britain’s morality-preaching sanctions list immediately made worthless by pandering to warmongering Saudi Arabia

Britain’s morality-preaching sanctions list immediately made worthless by pandering to warmongering Saudi Arabia

Britain’s morality-preaching sanctions list immediately made worthless by pandering to warmongering Saudi Arabia

Britain’s morality-preaching sanctions list immediately made worthless by pandering to warmongering Saudi Arabia

Chris Sweeney

Britain unveiled its version of the so-called Magnitsky laws, preaching human rights and justice, but then took all the shine off by resuming arms sales for Saudi Arabia’s illegal war on Yemen.

UK ditches Blair's 50% university graduate plan. Maybe now we can get the skilled elite we'll need after Covid

UK ditches Blair's 50% university graduate plan. Maybe now we can get the skilled elite we'll need after Covid

Damian Wilson

After more than 20 years of shoehorning young adults into time-wasting and inappropriate degree courses, the 50% target has been binned and Tony Blair’s dream of colleges churning out liberal Labour voters is finally dead.

Amazon Said Its Memo Forcing Employees To Delete The TikTok App Was An "Error"

Amazon Said Its Memo Forcing Employees To Delete The TikTok App Was An "Error"

Citing "security risks," the company had said TikTok must be deleted for Amazon employees to access their work email accounts.

US: Marion County man drives into church, lights fire with people inside

US: Marion County man drives into church, lights fire with people inside

US: Marion County man drives into church, lights fire with people inside

Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office are investigating after they say a man drove into a church then lit a fire.

The race to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO) begins. Picking a winner could get messy

The race to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO) begins. Picking a winner could get messy

On July 8th the window for members to nominate the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) closed. Over the next few months members will try to pick between eight candidates, each hoping to rescue the institution from...

The tech cold war is hotting up TikTok and the Sino-American tech split

The tech cold war is hotting up TikTok and the Sino-American tech split

Over the past few years countless predictions have been made that the global technology industry will suffer a painful rupture because of tensions between America and China. Real damage has been surprisingly hard to spot. Last year Apple...

You Can Bet on Who Will Be Named First by Ghislaine Maxwell in Federal Epstein Case - See Full Odds

You Can Bet on Who Will Be Named First by Ghislaine Maxwell in Federal Epstein Case - See Full Odds

Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested as part of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking federal case. Odds on who she could implicate in testimony are out.

NYPD limits retirement applications amid 400 percent surge this week

NYPD limits retirement applications amid 400 percent surge this week

New York’s Finest are putting in for retirement faster than the NYPD can handle - while citing a lack of respect and the loss of overtime pay.

Why China chose now to crack down on Hong Kong

Why China chose now to crack down on Hong Kong

On July 1, China implemented an authoritarian national security law aimed at stifling dissent and protests in Hong Kong, breaking its treaty with Britain.

Banks in Hong Kong nervously eye US sanctions

Banks in Hong Kong nervously eye US sanctions

Banks in Hong Kong are urgently auditing their clients to identify who could be impacted by new US sanctions. Hong Kong's national security law makes it illegal to comply with US sanctions, so some businesses could face the tough choice ...

What is Signal (WhatsApp secure-alternative), and why is it suddenly popular in Hong Kong?

What is Signal (WhatsApp secure-alternative), and why is it suddenly popular in Hong Kong?

The messaging app saw a surge in downloads after a new national security law came into force. End-to-end encryption is a key feature of the privacy-conscious app

TikTok has officially pulled out of Hong Kong, but you can still use it if you try

TikTok has officially pulled out of Hong Kong, but you can still use it if you try

TikTok vanished from Hong Kong app stores following the new national security law that could require tech companies to hand over user data. The app now blocks users based on a phone’s IP address and SIM card

Another Indian tool to detect Chinese apps gets removed from Google Play

Another Indian tool to detect Chinese apps gets removed from Google Play

Another Indian tool to detect Chinese apps gets removed from Google Play

Chinese App Detector racked up more than 500,000 Android installs before Google takedown. Google previously banned another app designed to remove Chinese apps from smartphones

Li Ka-shing’s US$1.2 billion scheme to build 3,500 homes on former royal dockyard site in London gets green light after 15 years

Li Ka-shing’s US$1.2 billion scheme to build 3,500 homes on former royal dockyard site in London gets green light after 15 years

Li Ka-shing’s US$1.2 billion scheme to build 3,500 homes on former royal dockyard site in London gets green light after 15 years

Li Ka-shing’s US$1.2 billion scheme to build 3,500 homes on former royal dockyard site in London gets green light after 15 years

CK Asset’s US$1.26 billion Convoys Wharf project in Deptford, southeast London which will comprise houses, hotels, shops and restaurants. The company has been embroiled in planning red tape since buying the docklands site for £100 millio...

Hong Kong police raid office of poll organisers involved in Saturday’s opposition primary, over suspected data leak from 2013 project

Hong Kong police raid office of poll organisers involved in Saturday’s opposition primary, over suspected data leak from 2013 project

Hong Kong police raid office of poll organisers involved in Saturday’s opposition primary, over suspected data leak from 2013 project

Force warns of suspected data leak concerning residents and officers, tied to 2013 project conducted by founder of Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute. Opposition member slams police action as bid to ‘suppress’ voting over the we...

Hong Kong’s local infections hit daily record high, triggering return to tighter social-distancing rules

Hong Kong’s local infections hit daily record high, triggering return to tighter social-distancing rules

Restaurants, bars and some leisure venues must adopt stricter preventive steps on Saturday after 34 community infections emerge. Most of the latest cases are tied to three clusters, one involving taxi drivers

Hong Kong to require passengers from ‘high-risk’ countries to test negative before flying as city records 38 new Covid-19 cases

Hong Kong to require passengers from ‘high-risk’ countries to test negative before flying as city records 38 new Covid-19 cases

Local health officials have classified Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and South Africa as high-risk due to their low testing rates. There are an estimated 5,000 Hongkongers in India alone now waiting for flights back to the city

Older non-white men with prior illness at much higher risk of Covid-19 death, British study finds

Older non-white men with prior illness at much higher risk of Covid-19 death, British study finds

Older non-white men with prior illness at much higher risk of Covid-19 death, British study finds

People from black and minority ethnic backgrounds are much more likely to have ‘bad outcomes’ from the disease but researchers say it’s not clear why. The Hong Kong government has tightened guidelines for aged care facilities following a...

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

Singapore’s PAP chief and PM Lee Hsien Loong says results ‘show clear desire for diversity of voices

People’s Action Party has formed government, winning almost 90 per cent of 93 seats contested. Workers’ Party secures record 10 seats, making it first time opposition presence in Singapore’s parliament is above 10 per cent

US backs Chinese-language news site in Australia as battle of the narratives heats up

US backs Chinese-language news site in Australia as battle of the narratives heats up

US backs Chinese-language news site in Australia as battle of the narratives heats up

Decode China will operate under an arrangement with the US Department of State and the London-based Institute for War & Peace Reporting. The venture has been linked to critics of Beijing and comes amid tensions over Hong Kong, trade and ...

Chinese university students weigh options after US visa rule change amid coronavirus pandemic

Chinese university students weigh options after US visa rule change amid coronavirus pandemic

Chinese university students weigh options after US visa rule change amid coronavirus pandemic

Chinese university students weigh options after US visa rule change amid coronavirus pandemic

Chinese university students weigh options after US visa rule change amid coronavirus pandemic

International students must take in-person classes to stay in the US despite Covid-19, says a rule being challenged in a lawsuit by two elite universities. For many, it’s a tough choice to make – and it will be costly and difficult for t...

UK economy to slump over 10%, debts to surge: Moody's

UK economy to slump over 10%, debts to surge: Moody's

Britain will suffer the sharpest peak-to-trough economic slump of any major economy this year, rating agency Moody's warned on Friday, and the coronavirus crisis will push up national debt as a share of GDP by nearly a quarter.

WHO warns coronavirus is 'getting worse' as quarantine is relaxed

WHO warns coronavirus is 'getting worse' as quarantine is relaxed

WHO warns coronavirus is 'getting worse' as quarantine is relaxed

WHO warns coronavirus is 'getting worse' as quarantine is relaxed

WHO warns coronavirus is 'getting worse' as quarantine is relaxed

WHO warns coronavirus is 'getting worse' as quarantine is relaxed

WHO warns coronavirus is 'getting worse' as quarantine is relaxed

The World Health Organisation has warned that the coronavirus pandemic has yet to reach its peak – as lockdown measures continue to be relaxed.

EasyJet 'using sickness record to decide job cuts'

EasyJet 'using sickness record to decide job cuts'

EasyJet 'using sickness record to decide job cuts'

EasyJet has been accused of intending to use pilots' sickness records when drawing up plans for over 700 job cuts.

Hundreds of UK police officers have convictions for serious crimes including assault and drug possession – media report

Hundreds of UK police officers have convictions for serious crimes including assault and drug possession – media report

Over 200 serving law enforcement officers in the UK have convictions for assault, drug possession and burglary, according to a report. It comes after a London Met police officer was charged with a series of terrorism offenses.

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