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Friday, August 15, 2025
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Topic: Hong Kong

Virtual bank or a brick-and-mortar one? Millennials have good reasons to opt for the first

With more virtual banks popping up, there is hope they will be more cost-effective, better scalable versions of savings, loan associations and chit funds, with fewer blowups and scams.

Jack Ma’s Ant Group ‘wins’ China nod for Hong Kong IPO plan

The China Securities Regulatory Commission's green light for Ant's listing in Hong Kong paves the way for what could be the world’s biggest IPO.

‘Learned bitterly from 2003 SARS’ — top doctor on why Hong Kong’s Covid fatality rate is low

The 2% Covid fatality rate lends weight to Hong Kong's approach as Prof. Yuen Kwok-Yung says they admit 'any patients, even without much symptoms, into the hospital for isolation'.

Spain could declare state of alarm in Madrid, Peru’s antibody tests fiasco & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

8-fold jump in Hong Kong residents getting UK’s BNO passport in 2019, report says

Political unrest that started last year and the introduction of national security law by China have prompted many Hong Kong residents to plan an exit from the former British colony.

Singapore, Hong Kong top destinations for dodgy money transactions, followed by China, India

Revelations are based on a leaked trove of documents which detail more than $2 trillion in transactions between 1999-2017, flagged as possible money laundering or criminal activity.

China is an enemy of freedom of thought. It wants the same from other powerful nations

It would be a strategic error of historic proportions to limit the understanding of China’s rise as merely a clash of interests.

Inconsistencies in Texas data, Lebanon jail could become hotspot and other global Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Africa’s low death rates, South Korean doctors end 2-week strike & other global Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Why Hong Kong’s free coronavirus tests for all is an experiment in trust

Hong Kong’s campaign, which kicks off on 1 September, will be the largest global attempt to test an entire city on a voluntary basis.

On Camera

India talked big on Russia-Ukraine mediation. Alaska meet offers a window

Europe and Ukraine’s agencies are crucial. Steering the Alaska talks bilaterally between the US and Russia will foil the outcomes before they even start taking effect.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

President awards 1st set of Sarvottam Yudh Seva medals since Kargil, 7 honoured for leading Op Sindoor

This year, the Indian Air Force received four of the seven awards, followed by the Indian Army with two medals, and the Indian Navy with one. 

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.