Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and media mogul Jimmy Lai was being hailed by supporters as the city’s “conscience” on Monday after he was sentenced to 20 years in prison on national security charges. Once a penniless teenage refugee who arrived in Hong Kong as a stowaway, Mr Lai rose to become one of the city’s … Read more
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s most prominent media tycoon, Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to a total of 20 years in prison on national security charges that include two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing seditious materials. The … Read more
Crypto prices got absolutely nuts this week with Bitcoin dropping nearly $15,000 in 24 hours—a bloodbath not seen since the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire back in 2022. On Friday, Bitcoin had recovered most of those losses, and is now trading around $70,000, but it has left every other long-term episode. happened?!” There are many … Read more
By James Pomfret HONG KONG, Jan 20 (Reuters) – A lawyer for the Chinese captain of a Hong Kong-registered ship alleged to have damaged submarine cables in the Baltic Sea said on Tuesday 18 witnesses will be called to testify in the case. Wan Wenguo, the captain of the container ship NewNew Polar Bear, is … Read more
Scores of families are still missing after Hong Kong’s worst blaze in decades engulfed hospitals on Friday as firefighters searched the last apartment block of the housing estate to burn, with the death toll now at least 94. Flames engulfed Wang Fuk Court in the northern district of Tai Po on Wednesday afternoon and quickly … Read more