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White House Correspondents’ Dinner gets new date in wake of shooting incident

The White House Correspondents’ Association will hold another dinner on July 24, three months after its annual gala was postponed due to a shooting incident at the venue. The black-tie gathering of journalists and government officials was halted on April 25 when a gunman stormed a security checkpoint just outside the ballroom where guests including US President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet were sitting. “We will not allow an act of violence to have the last word, especially during a...

Hong Kong Free Press

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Hong Kong couple arrested for child neglect after refusing DNA test for ‘free birth’ son

A Hong Kong couple have been arrested for child neglect after refusing to allow their baby boy, who was born without any medical record, to undergo a DNA test for birth registration. Security minister Chris Tang told journalists on Tuesday afternoon that the couple, who said they were the parents of an infant named Danny, […]

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AI ‘slopaganda’ and the battle for Philippine political reality

The Philippines is no stranger to politically weaponised memes and internet trolls. What has changed is the way information warfare is waged, now requiring nothing more than a smartphone and a well-crafted prompt. Supporters of former president Rodrigo Duterte helped pioneer the industrialised use of social media to spread disinformation, rewarding loyalists and destroying opponents through the ruthless deployment of memes, viral videos, paid amplifiers and manufactured trending topics. Analysts...

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Unicorn born in record time amid ‘arms race’ among China’s robotic hand developers

Venture capitalists and industrial giants in China are aggressively backing developers of dexterous robotic hands – the toughest bottleneck in the global humanoid hardware arms race – in a funding blitz that is rapidly driving up start-up valuations. The latest capital injection was announced on Friday by Xynova. The Hangzhou-based start-up said it had completed a series A round from investors including the venture arms of smartphone maker Xiaomi and electric vehicle giant Li Auto, bringing...

South China Morning Post

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Ex-chief of Hong Kong journalist union serving 5-day jail term after losing appeal

A former chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association has failed in his bid to overturn a conviction and five-day jail sentence for obstructing a police officer. Ronson Chan Ron-sing, 45, had refused to present his identity card to police during a stop-and-search procedure nearly four years ago. Deputy Judge Lily Wong Sze-lai dismissed his appeal at the High Court on Friday and ordered him into custody immediately. Chan was sentenced to five days in jail in 2023 after a magistrate found him...

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Israel, Russia hit back after being added to UN blacklist for sexual violence in conflicts

An annual United Nations report documenting sexual violence in conflicts worldwide has included Israeli forces for the first time since the review began more than 15 years ago for their treatment of Palestinian detainees. Israel denies the accusations. The 35-page report – shared by the Israeli mission to the UN late Thursday ahead of its expected release on Friday – blacklists 77 government and non-government parties in a dozen countries suspected of committing or being responsible for sexual...

South China Morning Post

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Is self-censorship behind Japan’s ‘problematic’ press freedom ranking?

Japan is often seen as one of Asia’s most stable democracies, with a sophisticated media industry and constitutional protections for free expression, yet one of the world’s leading press freedom indexes has once again rated the country’s media environment as “problematic”. Analysts and journalists said the label points to a contradiction at the heart of Japan’s press system – reporters are rarely subject to the overt repression seen in authoritarian states, but political pressure, access...

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Spanish police search headquarters of PM Sanchez’s ruling party

Spanish police are searching the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party as part of an ongoing investigation into possible financial wrongdoing, the Civil Guard said on Wednesday. The raid on the office in central Madrid is another blow to the party of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, whose Socialists have been hammered by a series of corruption scandals. The Civil Guard said the police were under judicial orders to find material relevant to a National Court probe into accusations of corruption...

South China Morning Post

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‘Notorious’ Vietnam market defies raids, US tariff threats to sell luxury knock-offs

At a sprawling bazaar ⁠on the outskirts of Vietnam’s capital, the trade in counterfeit goods is bustling despite government crackdowns and the threat of US tariffs over the issue, two visits by Reuters journalists to the market found. “Police come once a year with a TV crew. They film the seizure of a shop, and then it’s business as usual,” said a seller at her stall displaying fake Ralph Lauren polos at Hanoi’s Ninh Hiep ‌wholesale market. Ninh Hiep is among about 30 “notorious markets”...

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Trump moves to punish US government workers who leak information to reporters

US President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday proposed asking federal employees to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDA) with the goal of preventing them from sharing confidential information with journalists. The Office of Personnel Management, the human resources office for the ‌US government, released a draft NDA designed for federal agencies to use with new and existing employees. Under the draft agreement, the administration could pursue civil and criminal penalties against employees...

Hong Kong Free Press

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HKFP Lens: Crowds flock to Cheung Chau for annual bun festival race and Pui Sik Parade

The Cheung Chau Bun Scrambling Competition attracted around 1,650 spectators on Sunday, as 12 finalists fought to gather as many buns as possible from a 14-metre tower within a three-minute time limit. Kwok Ka-ming won the men’s championship, according to a Sunday government press release, whilst Kung Tsz-shan won the women’s contest at Pak Tai […]

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UAE deports Pakistani Shiites: jobs lost and savings frozen amid Iran war

In a cluster of villages in Pakistan’s largely ⁠rural Chakwal district, more than 100 Shiite Muslims have returned from the United Arab Emirates without jobs, luggage or access to the savings they spent years building abroad. They are among potentially thousands of Shi’ites deported from the UAE to Pakistan during the Iran war, raising alarm in Pakistan’s Shiite community and prompting Human Rights Watch to investigate. Journalists reviewed immigration documents, visa-status screenshots and...

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White House Correspondents’ Dinner gets new date in wake of shooting incident

Hong Kong couple arrested for child neglect after refusing DNA test for ‘free birth’ son

AI ‘slopaganda’ and the battle for Philippine political reality

Unicorn born in record time amid ‘arms race’ among China’s robotic hand developers

Ex-chief of Hong Kong journalist union serving 5-day jail term after losing appeal

Israel, Russia hit back after being added to UN blacklist for sexual violence in conflicts

Is self-censorship behind Japan’s ‘problematic’ press freedom ranking?

Spanish police search headquarters of PM Sanchez’s ruling party

‘Notorious’ Vietnam market defies raids, US tariff threats to sell luxury knock-offs

Trump moves to punish US government workers who leak information to reporters

HKFP Lens: Crowds flock to Cheung Chau for annual bun festival race and Pui Sik Parade

UAE deports Pakistani Shiites: jobs lost and savings frozen amid Iran war