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Hong Kong authorities will tighten the regulations governing a labour importation scheme by introducing a two-tier vetting system and raising the maximum penalty for non-compliant employers, with the new arrangements taking effect on Tuesday. Following a review of the Enhanced Supplementary Labour Scheme (ESLS), the Labour Department announced on Monday that the system would distinguish between general applications and sectors with shortages. The long-awaited move to amend the legal regime...

(JTA) — For some Jewish fans of the New York Knicks, the most salient number related to the team’s NBA championship win on Saturday was not 94, the team’s final score, or 53, the number of years since the last title. It was 613. The number is meaningful in Jewish tradition because it signifies the... The post The Knicks won on 6/13. Jewish fans think that’s more than a coincidence. appeared first on The Forward.

Fire engulfed the Kyiv Perchersk Lavra monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site founded in 1051, after a massive Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital. Moscow denied responsibility for the attack but President Zelenskyy described it as “one of Russia’s most serious crimes against Christian culture.”

The remains were found inside a bag across from Tijuana’s Estadio Caliente stadium

By many historical accounts, the Ming dynasty’s doom was sealed when Li Zicheng, the leader of a peasant rebel army, invaded Beijing in 1644. Less than 24 hours after the rebel forces breached Beijing’s inner defences, Chongzhen, the Ming dynasty’s emperor, hanged himself on Jing Hill behind the Forbidden City. The moment marked the end of 276 years of Ming rule. The Ming dynasty’s eunuch dictatorship, factionalism among civil officials, devastating peasant uprisings and the rise of the Manchus...

More than 30 members of Early Rain Covenant Church were taken for interrogation midway through Sunday service.

Armagh will face Kerry and Donegal will travel to Dublin in the third round of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Qamdo Bamda Airport in China is home to the world's longest runway at more than three miles long, but despite the record-breaking feat it has been named one of the most inconvenient on the planet

Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has urged hotels and online booking platforms to clearly outline their responsibilities in cases of booking changes or refunds, after general complaints reached up to 1,050 annually over the past three years. The Consumer Council also said on Monday that it had received 3,346 complaints about lodgings in the city since 2023, with 2,670 coming from non-local travellers. For the larger figure, about 58 per cent involved the termination and amendment of contracts, with...

The measures will see apps including TikTok and Snapchat blocked for UK teens early in 2027.

A Tai Po villa serving as a new shelter for distressed Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong is ready but must receive the green light from local authorities before it can open, with the Philippines’ top labour minister saying the facility is bigger, better and more comfortable. Hans Leo J. Cacdac, Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers, told the South China Morning Post that the new shelter was ready, while his labour attache at the Philippine consulate, Cesar L. Chavez Jnr, provided...

A stone’s throw from the barbed wire and minefields that separate the two Koreas, thousands gathered for a music festival this weekend to sing about peace in a place synonymous with conflict. The DMZ Peace Train Music Festival, named after the demilitarised zone that has separated the neighbours for seven decades, gathered artists and fans from around the world. It was the seventh instalment since the inaugural festival was held in 2018 under the slogan: “Let’s dance for a world without...