Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is facing a life sentence for allegedly conspiring with foreign forces and publishing seditious materials. His son, Sebastian Lai, says Canada has an ongoing role in supporting his father and reminding others what democracy looks like in the region. Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.7388163 CBC | World News
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Ronnie O’Sullivan granted residency in Hong Kong after coming through ‘migrant scheme’
Ronnie O’Sullivan cited the ‘low tax’ for foreigners as one of the driving factors. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Emma Raducanu pulls out of Hong Kong Open and left red-faced days after statement
Emma Raducanu’s miserable end ot 2024 continues with her latest withdrawal. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Wall Street Journal reporter says she was fired over press freedom advocacy in Hong Kong
When Selina Cheng was elected as the head of a Hong Kong press freedom association, she didn’t expect her very first press conference would be about getting fired from her own job. CBC | World News
Read More »Former chief justice Beverley McLachlin to step down from controversial Hong Kong court
Former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin has announced her retirement from the controversial Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. CBC | World News
Read More »Hong Kong court convicts 14 pro-democracy activists, but acquits 2 in subversion trial
Fourteen Hong Kong pro-democracy activists were found guilty and two were acquitted on Thursday in a landmark subversion trial that critics say could deal another blow to the city’s rule of law and its reputation as a global financial hub. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian women 6th at Hong Kong 7s after narrow loss to Fiji
The Canadian women finished sixth after losing the fifth-place rugby playoff 19-15 to Fiji at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday. Canada’s men were 12th, beaten 26-17 by Britain in the 11th-place playoff. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Godzilla x Kong – The New Empire review: Brainless monster beat ’em up has some heart
The Monsterverse gets sillier and sillier in this latest cartoonish adventure that gives a lot of heart to the skyscraper-sized brawlers but leaves its human characters by the wayside. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed
Read More »Two giant titans of cinema, Godzilla and Kong, have been spotted – in the Thames in London
The monster installations have been put in place along London’s Southbank ahead of the release of new film, “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire”, this Friday. Daily Express :: Films Feed
Read More »Hong Kong court convicts 4 people of rioting over storming of legislature in 2019 protests
A Hong Kong court convicted four people Thursday for rioting over the storming of the city’s legislative council building at the height of the anti-government protests more than four years ago. CBC | World News
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