Hanwha Defense Australia to Bid for the Australian Land400 and the Oshkosh Defense-led Consortium

As Hanwha Defense Australia (HAD) reached the Australian Land400 finale where its Redback infantry fighting vehicles were bid, it will now be supporting the consortium that is Oshkosh Defense-led (Hanwha Defense USA included) in the US Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV) project. Norbert Ne...

Shashi Tharoor gets clean chit in Sunanda Pushkar death case by Delhi court

Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor was discharged of all the charges against him related to Sunanda Pushkar death case on Wednesday.

Tharoor, the former Union Minister was on bail regarding the case. He was charged-sheet by the Delhi Police under section 498-A and 306 of the Indian Penal C...

HONG KONG TO DISQUALIFY LOCAL COUNCIL MEMBERS FAILING TO TAKE PLEDGE

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• Hong Kong to disqualify local council members failing to take pledge.
• Elected candidates will have to swear allegiance to the HKSAR govt. and to uphold the Basic Law.
• The new legislation will be officially implemented on ...

CHINA’S HEALTH COMMISSION HOPES HONG KONG WILL SOON BE COVID-19 FREE

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• China’s health commission hopes Hong Kong will soon be COVID-19 free.
• Ma Xiaowei, director of the National Health Commission made such a comment.
• He appreciated the unremitting efforts of the HKSAR government in fig...

CHINA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY OPPOSES REMARKS BY FCC IN HONG KONG

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• China’s Foreign Ministry opposes remarks by FCC in Hong Kong.
• The Ministry opposed a court ruling in Hong Kong.
• Hong Kong police are said to have lived up to their duty and meticulously enforced the law.
• ...

GLAXOSMITHKLINE HOPING TO DELIVER NEXT COVID-19 TREATMENT IN AUSTRALIA

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• The pharmaceutical company ‘GlaxoSmithKline’ is hoping to deliver the next covid-19 treatment in Australia
• The process of is going to start with the approvals from the Australian medicines regulator

The pharma...

GSK TO PRODUCE 60 MILLION COVID-19 VACCINE DOSES OF NOVAVAX IN UK

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• The company ‘GlaxoSmithKline’ is going to help for producing 60 million covid-19 vaccines doses of Novavax
• The corona virus vaccine of Novavax has yet to receive the approval from the regulators of the United Kingdom

JAPAN LIKELY TO MAKE INBOUND TRAVELERS UNDERGO COVID-19 TEST A REQUIREMENT

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• Japan likely to make inbound travellers undergo COVID-19 test a requirement.
• 24 designated countries are currently required to take additional testing three days after entering Japan.
• Japan tightened border controls on tr...

BAIDU INC. TO PRICE ITS SHARES $32.45 EACH AT HONG KONG SECONDARY LISTING

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• Baidu Inc. to price its shares $32.45 each at Hong Kong secondary listing.
• Baidu reportedly will sell 95 million shares as part of the upcoming transaction.
• Baidu is reported to start trading its shares on the Hong Kong ...

CUHK WARNS STUDENTS OF STRINGENT PRACTICES IN SECURING NATIONAL SECURITY LAW

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• The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has decided extreme punishments against understudies or understudy bodies those who will consider to imperil public security or advocate or submit unlawful acts in the coming year

The Univer...

CHINA’S CLOVER BIOPHARMA VACCINE PARTNERSHIP WITH GSK COMES TO AN END

• China's Clover Biopharmaceuticals said on Monday it has ended its joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline Plc. GSK.L to develop a COVID-19 vaccine using the British drug maker's adjuvant, even as early-stage trials showed good results.
• The decision marks a further upset to G...

HK REGULATOR GAVE RULING THAT RTHK DID INSULT POLICE IN ITS TV PROGRAM

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• The Communications Authority has decided that an ironic program by open telecaster RTHK offended and slandered the police power and has firmly prompted the station to follow broadcasting guidelines all the more intently

The administr...

RTHK JOURNALIST CRITICAL OF GOVT TO AGREE FOR SHORT TERM WORK CONTRACT OR QUIT

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• A news writer with Hong Kong public telecaster RTHK who is known for her extreme addressing of authorities have been advised to acknowledge another temporary agreement or face excusal, as an examination concerning her lead proceeds

T...

CUHK UNIVERSITY VIOLENCE CAUSED PRO-BEIJING LAWMAKERS ANGRY, CALLED IT BLACK VIOLENCE ACT

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• Favorable to Beijing legislators in Hong Kong have thrashed the Chinese University (CUHK) over a week ago's an assault on safety officers and blamed the organization for enduring dark savagery attacks

The CUHK Vice-president Eric...

HK CHRONICLES FOUND ANOTHER DOMAIN NAME AFTER BLOCKAGE FROM GOVERNMENT

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• HKChronicles, an anti-government website that was obstructed by Hong Kong experts on public security grounds, says it has obtained another name 

The announcement by a network access supplier that specialists had requested the si...

HK COURT’S DECISION OF LAND AVAILABILITY FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO BE CHALLENGED BY ACTIVISTS

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• Activists said he will appeal to the highest court for a legal decision maintaining the Small House Policy which gives male native residents in the New Territories extraordinary rights there

The Court of Appeal decided for the public...

HONG KONG POLICE CHIEF DISMAYED OVER STUDENTS ATTACKING CAMPUS SECURITY

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• Hong Kong's police head Chris Tang communicated outrage on Tuesday over an assault by a dark-clad gathering on safety officers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), which resulted in one man ending up in the hospital

He ...