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13 parents, 1 other convicted for offering bribes to obtain places in Hong Kong school

A Hong Kong court has convicted 13 parents and a merchant who offered HK$20,000 to HK$200,000 (US$2,600 to US$25,600) to bribe a kindergarten administrator at the city’s biggest in...

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13 parents, 1 other convicted for offering bribes to obtain places in Hong Kong school

Chinese tourism to Japan plunges 50% over Lunar New Year as Thailand cashes in

China scenic spot faces outcry over real horse carousel ride, raising animal welfare concerns

Incomplete remains of world's 'youngest' impact crater spotted lurking in Chinese forest — Earth fro...

BlackRock Sees Europe Credit Spreads Steady in Face of AI Angst

Indonesian Wealth Fund Co-CIO Resigns as Leadership Gap Widens

Philippines May Draw $3 Billion If Added to JPMorgan Bond Index

Yen Extends Decline After Report on Takaichi’s Rate Hike View

'Anyone who runs is shot': Watch Russian soldiers describe killings of troops who refuse orders

StanChart CEO Winters Says Bank 'Not Missing a Beat' After CFO Exit

‘It’s not Robocop’: UK police embrace AI ‘efficiency’ in complex investigations

Police AI chief admits crime-fighting tech will have bias but vows to tackle it

Where Ukraine and Russia stand as war enters fifth year

Tuesday briefing: The long and winding road of war in Ukraine, as the human cost mounts

France moves to bar US Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct government access

Devastation and frozen frontlines: Ukraine marks four years of Russia’s war

How Russia’s 'thousand cuts' tactic is straining Ukraine’s frontline forces

Bowen: Why Ukraine remains defiant and does not feel close to defeat

Russia soldiers tell BBC they saw fellow troops executed on commanders' orders

Kyiv Is Freezing, but There Is Warmth, Too

Siow: Tariffs Impact Clearer for China

Ayub: US Assets Not the Same Safe Haven Status

Ayatollah Khamenei’s Politics of Martyrdom

Trump Says General Caine Sees Easy Victory if U.S. Attacks Iran

Gold Rises for Fifth Day on US Tariff Uncertainty, Iran Tension

Oil Steadies as Trump Reiterates Preference for Deal with Iran

Trump puts Iran’s leader in double bind: Capitulation or risk of war

Trump’s Iran buildup, briefly explained

Trump refutes reports that top general Dan Caine warned of Iran strike risks

Trump Iran airstrikes decision to be guided by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s advice

McDonald's to raise menu prices in Japan starting Wednesday

Hong Kong Bank Tries to Sell Mansion It Bought at Huge Discount

Citrini’s Dystopia Fuels Asia’s Breakaway From Global AI Gloom

HK-Based Stablecoin Payments Firm RedotPay Is Said to Consider $1 Billion US IPO

World-leading EV motor expert joins Hong Kong PolyU after 38 years in Britain

Panama’s port takeover ‘culmination of a campaign’ against CK Hutchison

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Takaichi plans Japanese ‘Cfius’ to tighten economic security

South Africa Traders Are Most Bearish on Rand in Three Years

Goldman and Citi See South Africa Waiting to Adopt Rule on Debt

Congo Names New Leadership at State Copper and Cobalt Miner

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Robert Mugabe's son charged with attempted murder in South Africa

Gazans face impossible wait at Rafah crossing to Egypt

Peatland lakes in Congo Basin release carbon that is thousands of years old

Horizons Middle East & Africa 2/23/2026 (Video)

Ellawn: GCC Continues to Outperform Many Global Markets

State Department receives hundreds of calls on 24/7 crisis hotline for US citizens in Mexico

After Chaos Rips Across Mexico, the Remnants of Cartel Violence Haunts Residents

Mexican Forces Say They Tracked El Mencho to Cabin by Following His Lover

Canada to Probe What OpenAI Knew About Tumbler Ridge Shooter

Mexico Is on Edge After the Killing of a Cartel Boss

Trump’s Broad-Brush Options for Tariff Revamp

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Unprecedented military raid is risky gamble for Mexico’s Sheinbaum

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At America’s biggest retail show, the China question never really goes away

Vietnam leader To Lam consolidates power as country targets 10% growth

Mandela's prison key, sunglasses and shirt can be sold after daughter wins court battle

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Europe Poised to Import More LNG Than Ever This year, IEA Says

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Thailand’s Trade Data Point to Tariff-Bypassing Shipments

Singapore Core Inflation Rate Steady For Third Straight Month

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