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Singapore’s Pritam Singh, US sends migrants back to China: 5 weekend reads you missed

From US sending migrants back to China to Singapore’s Pritam Singh trial, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

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1. US sends second flight of migrants back to China for repatriation

Migrants rest at a camp after trekking across the Darien Gap from Colombia into Panama in hopes of reaching the US. Photo: AP
Migrants rest at a camp after trekking across the Darien Gap from Colombia into Panama in hopes of reaching the US. Photo: AP

2. Hong Kong is getting tough with surfers at local beaches. But many ask why now?

A surfer is chased by staff members of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department at Shek O beach as Super Typhoon Yagi skirts Hong Kong on September 5. Photo: Antony Dickson
A surfer is chased by staff members of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department at Shek O beach as Super Typhoon Yagi skirts Hong Kong on September 5. Photo: Antony Dickson

3. Forbidden City: Beijing site bars designer Rick Owens and ‘dark and strange’ friends

Rick Owens (left), Fecal Matter founders Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran, along with Michele Lamy were turned away from the Forbidden City. Photo: Instagram/Matières Fécales
Rick Owens (left), Fecal Matter founders Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran, along with Michele Lamy were turned away from the Forbidden City. Photo: Instagram/Matières Fécales
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