Hong Kong disputes BOE estimate of $5 billion fund outflows

Hong Kong’s de-facto central bank disputed the Bank of England’s assessment that about $5 billion has been pulled from investment funds in the Asian financial hub.

HK cancels New Year’s Eve fireworks over protest concerns

Hong Kong has canceled its traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks show over security concerns, the latest popular event to be scrapped in the Asian financial hub amid ongoing

Hottest job in Argentina Helping the 1% hide their cash abroad

Franco Reinson has never been busier, fielding calls and holding meetings in his office in downtown Buenos Aires. The wealth adviser can thank President Alberto

Military | China commissions first home-built aircraft carrier

President Xi Jinping attended the commissioning of China’s first entirely home-built aircraft carrier, underscoring the country’s rise as a regional naval power at a time of tensions with the U.S.

University of Kansas will close Confucius Institute

The University of Kansas plans to close its Confucius Institute in January, in part because federal funding for universities that host the China-linked facilities has been reduced. An email distributed earlier

Taipei allows expats back into bike-sharing program after uproar

The first time Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je heard foreign residents were to be excluded from Taipei’s much-loved bike-rental scheme was in the middle of an interview this week. He turned his wrath

Football & Politics | Toure against Ozil’s public rebuke of China’s crackdown

Arsenal forward Mesut Ozil should not have spoken out to denounce human rights in China, former Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure said yesterday , fresh from a brief

US opposes lifting key sanctions against North Korea

The United States said yesterday that it opposes a draft resolution proposed by China and Russia that would terminate U.N. sanctions on key North Korean exports, calling the measure

Pakistan | Ex-dictator Musharraf is first army general to get death penalty

A Pakistani special court sentenced former military dictator and president Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia, ending a six-year long high treason case against him and delivering a historic verdict

Analysis | Coal in the stocking? Brexit still menaces key UK industries

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decisive victory in last week’s general election provided little comfort to Britain’s once world-beating financial services industry, which has been battered by Brexit for more than

This Day in History | 1984 – Britain signs over Hong Kong to China

The British colony of Hong Kong is to be returned to China in 1997 after an historic agreement was signed in Peking today. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher signed the Joint Sino-British

Offbeat | Italy cartoon depicting EU as Nazi camp sparks outcry

A cartoonist in Rome has sparked a heated controversy in Italy and abroad after depicting the European Union as the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz and British Prime Minister Boris

Murakami holds rare public reading to mark debut anniversary

A monkey that confesses he steals women’s identity cards, causing them to temporarily forget who they are, starred this week as author Haruki Murakami marked 40 years since his debut

Raphael show with famous Madonna paintings opens in Berlin

Berlin is opening the first of three Raphael exhibitions this week as the art world celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Renaissance master’s death next year. Five paintings of the Virgin

Olympics | Latest Tokyo ticket lottery: 1m offered; 23m sought

Tokyo’s Olympic tickets continue to be very hard to find — particularly in Japan. Organizers yesterday said there were 23 million tickets requested in the latest lottery for Japan residents only.

The Buzz | Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot sign deal for 50-50 merger

The boards of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Peugeot yesterday signed a binding merger deal creating the world’s fourth-largest automaker with the scale to confront the challenges of stricter emissions

Finland offers crash course in artificial intelligence to EU

Finland is offering a techy Christmas gift to all European Union citizens — a free-of-charge online course in artificial intelligence in their own language, officials said. The tech-savvy Nordic nation, led

World Briefs

HONG KONG The violent crash of a double-decker bus in Hong Kong killed six people and injured more than 30 others yesterday, police said. The crash in the New Territories

The Stranger | We can do better than that

The celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Macau SAR this week on December 20 is a good opportunity to remind the incoming government about certain women’s rights, which have

Thursday, December 19, 2019 – edition no. 3440

  * Xi lands in ‘beautiful’ Macau * University of Macau to require all students learn Basic Law * Youngest member of new ExCo proposes that the government prepare housing policies specifically for

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