Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, with Hong Kong surging while Korean benchmark slides | Nation and World

Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, with Hong Kong surging while Korean benchmark slides | Nation and World

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Monday in Asia, with South Korea’s benchmark down almost 3% and Hong Kong’s up nearly 3%, after U.S. stocks closed out last week with more records. Oil prices rose after the weekend overthrow of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, who sought asylum in Moscow after rebels ended the Assad family’s…

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A jailed Hong Kong activist loses appeal over denial of early release under new security law | National

HONG KONG (AP) — A jailed Hong Kong activist has lost his landmark legal challenge against the prison authorities’ refusal to grant him early release under the new national security law. Ma Chun-man was serving a five-year term for inciting secession under a separate, Beijing-imposed national security law. He was convicted in 2021 for repeatedly…

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A jailed Hong Kong activist loses appeal over denial of early release under new security law

A jailed Hong Kong activist loses appeal over denial of early release under new security law

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Pres. Joe Biden visits firehouse at Nantucket as VP Harris volunteers in DC for Thanksgiving

Pres. Joe Biden visits firehouse at Nantucket as VP Harris volunteers in DC for Thanksgiving

U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited a firehouse in Nantucket, Massachusetts while the Second Couple volunteered prepping charity meals in Washington, DC on Thanksgiving. U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited a firehouse in Nantucket, Massachusetts while the Second Couple volunteered prepping charity meals in Washington, DC on…

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DCI denies claims of illegal mobile surveillance amid increased abductions

DCI denies claims of illegal mobile surveillance amid increased abductions

Plainclothes police officers arrest protesters along Tom Mboya Street during the #NaneNaneMarch on Thursday, August 8, 2024. (Photo: Justine Ondieki) The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mohamed Amin, has dismissed allegations suggesting that detectives are collaborating with mobile service providers to conduct unauthorised tracking and monitoring of citizens. The denial follows a recent exposé…

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Hong Kong: future-proofing the financial system for long-term sustainability | Business

Hong Kong: future-proofing the financial system for long-term sustainability | Business

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​Wall Street Just Predicted Kamala Harris Has A Chance of Winning

Trends have shown that the United States stock market is capable of making near-accurate predictions about the Presidential elections—and recent data from Wall Street indicates a considerable probability of Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris taking the White House. Knewz.com has learned that Wall Street’s prediction came at a time when the national polls have been…

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Global Times: One year on, Xi Jinping Thought on Culture leads path to national rejuvenation

BEIJING, Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Editor’s Note: Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, formally put forward in October 2023, encompasses several key aspects, including strengthening the Party’s leadership over public communication and culture and promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of China’s fine traditional culture. Theorists state that the establishment of the thought shows…

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Inside Revealing Memoirs of Bill Gates, Melania Trump, and More

Inside Revealing Memoirs of Bill Gates, Melania Trump, and More

‘From Here to the Great Unknown’ by Lisa Marie Presley BY: MEGA Following Lisa Marie Presley‘s death in January 2023, Random House published her memoir, From Here to the Great Unknown, posthumously on October 8. Knewz.com has learned that she asked her daughter Riley Keough to finish the book in 2022, but the Daisy Jones & The Six star was left to complete it alone following the…

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