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We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Xi, Trump and Putin may hold trilateral meeting at next Apec forum, Kremlin says A senior Russian aide suggested on Tuesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold a...

Argentine President Javier Milei escalated his country’s dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands on Thursday, vowing new measures to halt an oil project near the British-controlled archipelago and praising US President Donald Trump for saying Washington could reconsider its neutral stance on the islands’ sovereignty. Milei cast Trump’s comments as proof that his close relationship with the US president – criticised by political opponents as overly deferential – was paying dividends. “The...

"Literally 2 minutes after the holes were filled with concrete this happens," Termini Brothers wrote in a post on Facebook.

The Australian icon was killed in 2006, after a stingray's barb pierced his chest during filming.

The Australian icon was killed in 2006, after a stingray's barb pierced his chest during filming.

The Australian icon was killed in 2006, after a stingray's barb pierced his chest during filming.

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has delayed the resumption of passenger flights to Dubai and Riyadh until December at the earliest, extending the suspension of its Middle East services to nine months. The airline attributed the extended postponement to “the latest developments in the Middle East”, with services to both cities now cancelled through November 30. “Affected travellers will be offered the flexibility to rebook, reroute or refund their tickets,” it said. Cathay said it...

The only option, according to the company, is to make all booths "inaccessible" to customers, which means there will be no more walk-in booths at the Christmas Village or the Made in Philadelphia Holiday Market.

Even as China installs new solar and wind power capacity faster than the rest of the world combined, it is setting new benchmarks for the technologies through innovation. This year alone, Chinese companies and researchers have generated the first electricity from high-altitude winds 4,000 metres above Earth, cleared the last hurdle to commercialising a cheaper and more efficient alternative to silicon solar panels, begun trials of the world’s most powerful floating and fixed-bottom offshore wind...

The latest US visa restrictions on citizens of African countries are facing increasing criticism that they are not only punitive but also likely to backfire by driving those nations closer to China. Since August 1, visa services have been suspended in 25 African cities, forcing applicants to travel to other approved locations, sometimes in another country. Travellers from 30 African nations must also post a US$20,000 bond, which is refundable if they depart on time. Separately, 26 countries face...

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President Trump on Thursday evening reacted to Maria Bartiromo’s sudden departure from Fox News. The post President Trump Goes Off on Fox News For Ousting Maria Bartiromo appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.