Hong Kong slams ‘smear campaigns’ as Jimmy Lai returns to court for trial

Hong Kong slams ‘smear campaigns’ as Jimmy Lai returns to court for trial

The Hong Kong government has strongly condemned “smear campaigns” by foreign forces and anti-China media companies in relation to the national security law trial of former newspaper boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who returns to court on Thursday. Prosecutors and defence lawyers will make their final oral arguments in his high-profile trial. The closing submissions procedure…

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Hong Kong slams ‘smear campaigns’ as Jimmy Lai returns to court for trial

Hong Kong slams ‘smear campaigns’ as Jimmy Lai returns to court for trial

The Hong Kong government has strongly condemned “smear campaigns” by foreign forces and anti-China media companies in relation to the national security law trial of former newspaper boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, who returns to court on Thursday. Prosecutors and defence lawyers will make their final oral arguments in his high-profile trial. The closing submissions procedure…

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Russia launches accounts with withdrawal guarantees for foreign investors

Russia launches accounts with withdrawal guarantees for foreign investors

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has launched a new type of investment account that contains withdrawal guarantees, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, as Moscow looks to attract foreign investors to the Russian stock market. Since sweeping international sanctions were imposed against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, Russia has frozen billions of…

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