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Farmers in a fix for land acquisition plans

Quick overview – click for full details Concise summary of key points In one line Farmers in Bidadi protest against a 7,481-hectare settlement project that threatens their fertile land and livelihoods. Key points • Farmers’ livelihoods at risk Families like…

How to calm bond markets

Illustration by Otto Dettmer / Ikon Images Investors around the world are continuing to sell government bonds, which means that borrowing – for the government, for employers and for consumers – is getting more expensive. The lower the price of…

4 plead guilty to rioting at PolyU during 2019 protests

Four men have pleaded guilty to rioting during the siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) campus amid anti-extradition protests and riots seven years ago. Wan Chai District Court. File photo: Hans Tse Cheung Chung-yiu, 24; Cheung Chin-ming, 29;…

Brussels breaks deadlock over defense factory permits

Negotiators managed on Tuesday to reach agreement on two of three proposals to speed up the European defense industry with faster permits for new defense production facilities. The files are part of the Defense Readiness Package presented last year by…