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Messi not in Argentina’s Paris Olympics squad, Álvarez and Otamendi selected for Games

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Coach Javier Mascherano includes four World Cup winners in squad, with players joining team after Copa America ends.

New travel permits for Hong Kong permanent residents hurt economy? Play long game: experts

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Economists say city’s already struggling retail and restaurant sectors could suffer with easier expat entry to mainland China, but are divided over strength of impact.

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‘Race to the bottom’: Hong Kong home prices slump to multi-year lows, with change far off

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Recent new-home launches have sold poorly despite decade-low prices, while prices of lived-in flats hit a nearly eight-year low, according to JLL.

Tuesday, Jul 2

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Euro 2024: Merih Demiral double sends Turkey into quarter finals at Austria’s expense in 2-1 win

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Turkey advance to face the Netherlands on Saturday. Austria had emerged as dark horses after topping a group including France and the Netherlands.

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Euro 2024: Much-improved Netherlands beat Romania 3-0 to reach first Euros quarter final in 16 years

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After a Cody Gakpo goal in the 20th minute, Donyell Malen scored 2 late goals to send the Dutch to their first quarter final in the tournament since 2008.

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Wimbledon: Marketa Vondrousova is first defending champion out in first round for 30 years

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Czech Vondrousova, who became the first unseeded woman to lift the title last year, earned a far less welcome accolade after a 6-4, 6-2 defeat by Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

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Terrorism fears spark blackout of key operators listed in Hong Kong cybersecurity bill

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Proposed legislation requires operators of ‘critical infrastructure’ to formulate and carry out computer system security management plans.

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Hong Kong man gets 4 months in jail after admitting splashing water on women’s buttocks

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Construction worker, 56, says stress and psychological problems led him to splash water on buttocks of three female victims.

Hong Kong 47: lawyer creates stir by suggesting court looks to mainland China legal precedent

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City’s national security law and mainland’s criminal code are enacted by the same legislative body, defence counsel Cheung Yiu-leung says.

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Boy, 7, drowns in Hong Kong hotel pool, police investigating possible neglect

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Boy is pulled out of the water unconscious by his father, receives CPR from lifeguard and doctor but later dies in hospital.

Twilight of the Warriors delivers knockout blow to become Hong Kong’s most-watched local film ever

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Action film brings in 1.59 million viewers and box office sales of HK$105 million since its premiere earlier this year.

Hong Kong draws US$4.9 billion in FDI in 2024 with Chinese, US firms leading: InvestHK

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Macallan, Geodis, Biren Technology and Uisee are among the 322 companies that set up or enhanced their businesses in Hong Kong in the first half, a 43 per cent year on year jump, InvestHK says.

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Wimbledon 2024: Andy Murray pulls out of singles because of injury – but will play doubles

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Murray, 37, takes the decision after surgery to remove a spinal cyst, though will play in the doubles with his brother Jamie.

Euro 2024: Kylian Mbappé, France misfiring in Germany with defence key to quarter-final run

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Les Bleus have scored only three times in four games so far at the European Championship, once from a penalty by Mbappe and twice via opposition defenders.

Hong Kong retail sales drop 11.5% in May, marking second straight monthly double-digit fall

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Government spokesman attributes poor performance to changes in consumption patterns of visitors and residents.

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Scammers impersonate Hong Kong retail chain Mannings, cheat public with fake messages

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Police received 15 reports in past week of scams in which victims fall for ‘expiring points’ ruse, give credit card details on fake websites.

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ONE Championship: ‘Reug Reug’ faces social media rival ‘Boucher Ketchup’ before title fight

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Oumar “Reug Reug” Kane has taken shots on Instagram from fellow Senegalese Mamadou “Boucher Ketchup” Kamara, and the pair have been added to the ONE Fight Night 23 card.

2 suspects arrested after Hongkonger attacked, robbed of HK$800,000 Patek Philippe watch

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Police say four robbers punched, kicked and mugged victim, 30, before fleeing in car driven by fifth man.

Demand for mainland China travel permits surges as Hong Kong ethnic minority groups hail move

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Hong Kong permanent residents with foreign passports can apply for Beijing’s new five-year multi-entry mainland China travel permit on July 10.

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Danny Shum would ‘prefer to stay in Hong Kong’ with Romantic Warrior next season

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He has options in Australia, America and Japan, but the veteran handler may keep his superstar on home soil

John Lee urges Hongkongers to take advantage of Beijing’s new measures, be innovative

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City leader also brushes aside calls for further raises in duty-free shopping allowance for mainland tourists visiting the city.

Hong Kong man drives delivery truck into sea at wholesale fish market

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Driver accidentally steps on accelerator pedal while goods are being loaded; later passes police breathalyser test.

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Paris Olympics: gold medallist Rublev among 12 Russians, Belarusians to skip Games

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Tokyo doubles champion Andrey Rublev opted not to compete as a neutral athlete in Paris, but US Open winner Daniil Medvedev will.

All you need to know: mainland China travel permit for Hong Kong permanent residents

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Foreign chambers of commerce welcome new five-year travel permit, saying it helps establish the city as a key gateway to mainland China.

Pierre Ng turns to Beauty Waves to snap winless streak at Happy Valley and add to championship lead

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Talented sprinter headlines premiership-leading handler’s pursuit of first city circuit win since April 24

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Firms from Middle East, Europe are eyeing Hong Kong IPO thanks to cross-border schemes: UBS

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Companies from the Middle East, Asia and Europe in particular are looking at Hong Kong, says the Swiss bank, after a push by Chief Executive John Lee to promote the city’s fundraising credentials abroad.

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Hong Kong delegation to head to Sichuan to ensure safe arrival of 2 giant pandas: John Lee

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Delegation to meet officials, panda experts to discuss procedures as animals will need to undergo quarantine, city leader John Lee says.

Ex-head of Hong Kong dentistry school hits back at watchdog amid row over student training

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Professor Thomas Flemmig, newly retired dean of HKU’s dentistry school, says pandemic made students’ clinical training tougher than ever.

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Harmonising profitability and sustainability to thrive in the new green era

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Since its debut in the 1960s, the concept of environmental protection has transcended from a plea for action on climate change to a myriad of sustainability pursuits over the past few decades, reshaping the way we live and conduct business…

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Hong Kong animal shelter applications may be front for other uses, NGO warns

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Liber Research Community study finds 31 of 60 successful applications involve animal shelters that may only exist on paper.