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Thankfully, Hong Kong authorities recognise the healthy development of the media industry and its consumers is the way to go, not legislation that is difficult to draft and inevitably restricts press freedom.

  • Paul Lam says he continues to engage in discussions and provide explanations on the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance enacted last month
  • Secretary for justice stresses the law is in line with international human rights standards

Henry Edward Tse first launched legal action in 2017 after authorities blocked an application to change his gender from female to male on his Hong Kong ID card.

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Meet Allen Weisselberg – retired CFO of the Trump Organisation and the former president’s most trusted accountant who’s heading to prison for the second time aged 76

In a country of more than 98 million Catholics, neither of the two leading candidates – both women – has shared specific proposals on abortion.

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Princess Beatrice’s first boyfriend, Paolo Liuzzo, was recently found dead in a Miami hotel room and had multiple run-ins with the law over the years – here’s what we know about him

China is readying a revision of its law on money laundering, signalling a hardening of penalties for financial crimes and a desire to keep practices in line with international standards.

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In Jiangsu, workers who report clues could be rewarded with up to US$4,100, particularly if it leads to a criminal case involving national security.

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As China works to sell itself as a viable destination for international firms to air their disputes through arbitration, more must be done for these efforts to meet with success, analysts and professionals say.

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A source says the government has shifted to a ‘softer, reactive’ approach but is not planning any large-scale publicity campaigns or high-level delegations to explain the new law overseas.

New York prosecutors portrayed US$130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels as a criminal effort to deceive voters when Trump was facing other accusations of crude sexual behaviour.

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Six male defendants plead not guilty to charge of bombing, while one female suspect denies role in providing or collecting property to commit terrorist acts.

Police charged Peter Murrell with embezzlement of funds from Sturgeon’s pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP), the BBC and other media reported on Thursday.

The sport’s top-paid coach has led her teams to 4 national championship wins – but she has also been called a homophobe, and appeared callous in the face of Brittney Griner’s detention

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The former press sec is ex-Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee’s daughter, battled cancer and comments about her body, and has had a rocky relationship with media