The Five Eyes network, made up of the US, UK, Canada, Australia & New Zealand, is an informal alliance, but its broadening agenda shows the depth of Western concern about China.
Jack Ma’s Ant Group listing is expected to be so popular that Hong Kong brokers are offering mom-and-pop investors 20 times leverage to buy the shares, with only 5% cash as a down payment.
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.
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'.
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.
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.
Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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