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Friday briefing: Special relationships, unlikely ‘friendships’ – Trump’s state visit beyond the cliches | Donald Trump

Friday briefing: Special relationships, unlikely ‘friendships’ – Trump’s state visit beyond the cliches | Donald Trump

Good morning. Donald Trump has gone home, no doubt so thrilled by the Red Arrows and the chance to have dinner with Nick Faldo that he will enter the Oval Office this morning a changed man. Admittedly, at his Chequers press conference with Keir Starmer yesterday afternoon, the transformation hadn’t entirely taken hold: Trump suggested,…

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SOCIAL x Hong Kong Tourism Board launch PANDA-MONIUM in India

SOCIAL x Hong Kong Tourism Board launch PANDA-MONIUM in India

Hyderabad: SOCIAL and the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) are set to launch PANDA-MONIUM, a month-long cultural takeover that will transform 45 SOCIAL outlets across Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Pune into panda-inspired playgrounds. Running from 21st September to 21st October, this collaboration brings Hong Kong’s most iconic resident, the panda, into SOCIAL’s neighbourhood spaces,…

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Asia-Pacific markets mostly fall as Trump fires Fed Governor Lisa Cook

Nikkei 225, Kospi, Bank of Japan

People crossing the street in Shibuya, Tokyo. Maydays | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index pared gains to fall 0.59% Friday, after the Bank of Japan kept its policy rate steady at 0.5%, in line with the forecast from a Reuters poll of economists. The benchmark index had hit a fresh record…

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HK$15 million in bogus items seized in customs’ largest online fake goods case

HK$15 million in bogus items seized in customs’ largest online fake goods case

Hong Kong customs officers have uncovered the department’s largest-ever case involving counterfeit goods sold online, arresting seven people and seizing HK$15 million (US$1.9 million) worth of items, including bogus medications and fake Louis Vuitton and Hermès handbags. Hong Yan, a senior inspector with the Customs and Excise Department’s intellectual property general investigation unit, said officers…

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Late-Night Hosts React to Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension

Late-Night Hosts React to Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension

Stephen Colbert, whose namesake late-night show is set to be pulled off the air in May, defended Kimmel during his opening monologue on Thursday night. He started the show saying, “Tonight, we are all Jimmy Kimmel,” calling the suspension “blatant censorship.” “The Late Show” posted a clip of Colbert’s comments on Kimmel on its Instagram…

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