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A must read. Determined warrior.

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Eighteen football pitches every minute of every hour of every day: that is the record extent of tropical rainforest destroyed last year due in large measure to fires fuelled by climate change, researchers reported Wednesday. u.afp.com/ScrL

“This is not just my victory, but a chorus of voices often left unheard. A thousand fireflies lighting a single sky, brief, brilliant and utterly collective.” ~ Banu Mushtaq in her acceptance speech. #InternationalBooker2025 #internationalbooker

“Appeal” = 1. attractive 2. Apply to a higher court to reverse a decision.

Person ordering food from FoodPanda in Hong Kong gets surprise visit from immigration authorities, informing him the courier has been arrested for being a illegal worker and his food has been confiscated as evidence.

Or as the government might put it: "Hong Kong's tycoons are undergoing a transitional period" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Clear skies this afternoon in Hong Kong:

With movement shackled by a complex web of Israeli checkpoints and barriers, homegrown mapping solutions have become lifelines for Palestinians in the West Bank, helping them reach work, schools, and hospitals restofworld.org/2025/palesti...

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For India, the performance of Chinese defence technology with Pakistan in the recent conflict represents both a significant security challenge and a potential catalyst for accelerated defence modernisation and industrial development. I write in @themorningcontext.bsky.social

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A great day for cycling along Tolo Harbour, New Territories, HK 🚴 #hongkong

Roucou, Hong Kong's first cheese omakase and bar, takes diners on a 12-course cheese voyage that's full of surprises.

Walk in the woods. Hong Kong

How India’s most notorious gangster declared war on a Bollywood legend. Top notch investigation.

Lee Jae-myung had shied away from supporting constitutional revision, but now says he will move Korea toward a US-style 4-year presidential term with the possibility of reelection if elected. Also suggests several other means to limit presidential power. m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

B💦🌊💧🚰💧 feels like a fish out of water here. 🧘‍♀️🧘🧘‍♂️

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So, in all the news that I missed over the last 10 days, the one that hits hard & feels sore is King Kohli & Rohit Sharma's retirement from tests. Stalwarts who gave us so much joy (and pain). Will be missed.

Don Don Donki Central’s monthly lease was HK$1.2 million when it opened in 2020. Today it is $900,000. Retail landlords in Hong Kong are charging tenants 20-25% less compared to just a few years ago www.scmp.com/business/art...

Hong Kong’s proposed ban on traditional smoking products with added flavourings is not “over the top,” the government has said, adding that the city has to “align itself” with international tobacco policies. hongkongfp.com/2025/05/15/p...

MCL Cinemas announced that Grand Kornhill Cinema will close on May 28, the fourth movie house to close in Hong Kong this year

HK's Consumer Council has urged people to adopt pets after its investigation found that over 90% of online pet shops were suspected of smuggling pets from mainland China or being unlicensed local breeders. In full: buff.ly/tr0QJH4

South Korea has fined Chinese e-commerce giant Temu nearly one million US dollars for illegally transferring Korean users' personal information to China and other countries, a data protection watchdog said Thursday. In full: buff.ly/IWMJ2H8

Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Covid-19 summary, week to May 10 - Trend: Increasing / high - 1042 cases ↑70 (7%) vs prev week - 18 severe/death cases ↓13 - 7 deaths ↓4 - Samples positivity rate 13.66% (vs 11.42% prev week) - Wastewater surveillance: 710,000 Copy/L - Wastewater dominant variants: XDV 76.5%, KP.3 23.0%

HK's security chief Chris Tang has said photographing "prohibited places" is illegal under the city's security legislation only if there is "a criminal intent." In full: buff.ly/QL2bcBl

Hong Kong’s environmental authorities should roll out more robust measures to protect and restore oyster reefs, an international NGO has said. In full: buff.ly/vtJu1ZH

Beijing. (back home now)

Hiking season is over. Hot and humid days ahead.

No worries. Stay calm. After all only 50 mins gone for basic info from MTR Hong Kong. Someone should answer in a few hours? Joke.

Jacaranda in bloom. Summer is here.

Please people resist writing about Rubio's growing power. Holding NSA and Sec State is not Kissingerian. Rubio's just been a more pliable toady than Waltz. That's it.