HONG KONG — Prominent Hong Kong political and business leaders paid tribute Monday to the city’s late billionaire property tycoon Lee Shau-kee, who led one of the biggest real estate empires in the former British territory. Lee, who died at age 97 on March 17, was once ranked as the richest man in Asia. In…
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen was allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City. Zen, a 93-year-old retired bishop, left Hong Kong on Wednesday night after applying at a court to get back his passport, his secretary told The Associated Press in…
Hundreds of mourners gathered on Monday in the pouring rain for a ceremony ahead of the funeral of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who was killed in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE said Monday police arrested three Uzbek nationals following the death of Zvi Kogan, who ran a kosher grocery store in Dubai. (AP video shot…