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No funding cuts to Hong Kong arts groups for next 3 years, agency chief pledges

5 months ago02 mins

Hong Kong’s arts funding body has said it will not cut financial support to arts groups and artists for the next three years, even as it undertakes a review of its grant system amid tightening public finances. The Hong Kong Arts Development Council’s (HKADC) pledge on Monday comes amid a government effort to get statutory…

France is in big trouble, again | World News

Cs news12 months ago08 mins

FOR THE third time in little over a year, France looks likely to lose its prime minister. François Bayrou’s decision on August 25th to put his government’s survival on the line with a vote of confidence on September 8th was as unexpected as it was risky. The centrist prime minister runs a minority government in…