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The Morning Risk Report

Wall Street Journal At FTX, multimillion-dollar expenses were approved by emoji, and Goldman Sachs paying $15 million to settle investigation of swaps business. Also, social-media platform Discord emerges at center of classified U.S. documents leak. https://createsend.com/t/d-D76CEA4B56F3E5532540EF23F30FEDED

Hong Kong 47: Activist’s campaign against election ‘primary dodgers’ would have breached electoral laws, court hears

Hong Kong Free Press An online campaign which called on people not to vote for candidates who failed to join an unofficial legislative primary poll would have violated the city’s election laws, a former politician has said at a high-profile national security trial involving 47 pro-democracy figures. Ex-district councillor Andrew Chiu. File photo: Andrew Chiu,…

Hong Kong women’s ice hockey team urges city not to cut funds for sport over national anthem blunder

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Athlete Chloe Chan says ‘long-term impact’ of possible funding cuts ‘hard to tell’ as she calls on authorities to consider alternatives to improve team’s sports organisation. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3216709/hong-kong-womens-ice-hockey-team-urges-city-not-cut-funds-sport-over-national-anthem-blunder?utm_source=rss_feed

Source: Hong Kong police officer lost evidence thought to be cocaine seized from car that raced through drink driving checkpoint

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Two small packets of what is suspected to be cocaine discovered in abandoned car, but ‘dropped’ by officer at scene. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3216708/source-hong-kong-police-officer-lost-evidence-thought-be-cocaine-seized-car-raced-through-drink?utm_source=rss_feed

Crimea ready for Kiev’s counteroffensive, nothing catastrophic looms — region’s leader

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Crimean parliamentary speaker doubts if Kiev’s intentions to attack in this direction are realistic https://tass.com/defense/1602655

2 technology universities agree on merger plan

Taipei, April 11 (CNA) National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) and Hwa Hsia University of Technology have agreed to merge, the two schools said Tuesday in a joint statement. https://focustaiwan.tw/culture/202304110023

Iran, Russia sign memorandums on cooperation in aviation

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Bilateral memorandums and agreements between Iran and Russia to use the infrastructure for pilot training and aircraft repair and maintenance centers have been signed at the highest level,” Head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority Mohammad Mohammadi Bakhsh stressed https://tass.com/economy/1602651

Moscow-Astana relations develop in spirit of strategic partnership — top diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that the development and maintenance of a high level of bilateral interaction is primarily facilitated by close, trusting and traditionally friendly relations between the leaders of the two states https://tass.com/politics/1602645

Russia, Kazakhstan to continue building up strategic relations, Lavrov believes

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Russian top diplomat congratulated his counterpart on his appointment to office https://tass.com/politics/1602647

China Lays Out Rules for ChatGPT-Like AI Tools

Wall Street Journal The proposals would give Beijing power over services using the technology as Alibaba and Huawei join rush to offer services. https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-lays-out-strict-rules-for-chatgpt-like-ai-tools-32f70c89