Let art flourish in Hong Kong’s busy streets
Hong Kong Free Press Some say the latest public art project at Harbour City, a shopping mall in Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui district, looks like gigantic hanging portraits of death. The project – collages of monochrome photographs showing smiling Hongkongers and celebrities celebrating the end of the mask rule after three years of Covid…
Read MoreProsecutors Seek 25-Year Jail Term for Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes for Role in Capitol Riot
Wall Street Journal The militia group’s founder was on the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, but didn’t enter the building. https://www.wsj.com/articles/prosecutors-seek-25-year-jail-term-for-oath-keepers-founder-stewart-rhodes-for-jan-6-role-6127e4e5
Read MoreHKFP op-ed nominated for prestigious press award
Hong Kong Free Press A Hong Kong Free Press opinion piece has been nominated for a prestigious press award by the The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA). Yuen Chan’s op-ed about media freedom in Hong Kong is competing for a SOPA Award in the Excellence in Opinion Writing: Regional category. Photo: HKFP. Published on…
Read MoreRussian soldiers seize homes of evacuated Ukrainians in Kherson Oblast
Pravda Ukraine Russian forces are settling their invaders in the seized houses of local residents on the temporarily occupied left (eastern) bank of Kherson Oblast. Source: Ukraine’s National Resistance Center Details: The National Resistance Centre has said that a Russian Guard unit arrived in Oleshky and moved into the homes of the forcibly evacuated Ukrainians.…
Read MoreThe world’s oldest Hebrew Bible will be publicly displayed in NYC
Jerusalem Post The Codex Sassoon has a long and mysterious history but remained in Jewish hands for its 1100-year existence. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-742221
Read MoreRussia says its suicide drones destroyed two UK-made howitzers
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Alexander Gordeyev, a spokesman for the battlegroup East said the munitions were also used to destroy a similar UK howitzer and a Buk-M1 anti-aircraft system used by Ukraine near Maksimovka https://tass.com/russia/1614413
Read MoreKing Charles coronation: Australia’s Sydney Opera House won’t light up for royal ceremony to save costs
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. While many public buildings and monuments will be illuminated in royal purple to mark the event, the iconic landmark’s sails will not be among them. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3219606/king-charles-coronation-australias-sydney-opera-house-wont-light-royal-ceremony-save-costs?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIcon donated by Putin travels from unit to unit of battlegroup Dnieper
Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The president gave a similar replica to the National Guard’s East Headquarters https://tass.com/russia/1614411
Read MoreOman’s top cleric congratulates resistance on enhancing defensive capability
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Oman’s grand mufti congratulates Gaza’s resistance groups on their enhancing their defensive capability. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/05/05/702835/Oman-Palestine-Israel-resistance
Read MoreSecond week of Hong Kong’s DSE exams springs no major surprises after tough first round, pupil and tutors say
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. About 47,500 DSE candidates started elective exams this week, with science and finance-related subjects at fore. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3219560/second-week-hong-kongs-dse-exams-springs-no-major-surprises-after-tough-first-round-pupil-and-tutors?utm_source=rss_feed
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