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Jul 30, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Denise Tsang |Tom Shuai |Alice P.S. Kong
Congratulations and applause have poured in from Hong Kong’s leader and residents after city athletes Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey bagged gold and bronze medals at the Paris Olympics. Cheung – who first struck gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the only Hongkonger to do so – made history again by winning the city’s second fencing gold medal on Monday night. “We have proved that even if Hong Kong is a very small place, we can still do many different things,” he said.
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May 11, 2024 | 
nbcnews.com | Jennifer Jett |Alice P.S. Kong
May 11, 2024, 4:00 AM UTCHONG KONG — Hong Kong’s famous neon signs are becoming harder and harder to find. The once-ubiquitous signs advertising bakeries, restaurants, pawn shops and more became a symbol of Hong Kong as it transformed into an international financial center in the decades after World War II. They provided the backdrop in films such as “Blade Runner” and local director Wong Kar-wai’s “In the Mood for Love,” and drawing tourists from all over the world.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
nbcnews.com | Mithil Aggarwal |Alice P.S. Kong
Create your free profile or log in to save this articleJan. 11, 2024, 2:51 PM UTCBy and HONG KONG — It did not fall off the Empire State Building. Instead, a giant ape sometimes dubbed the “real King Kong” was driven to extinction by climate change that put its favorite fruits out reach during the dry season, according to new research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
news.yahoo.com | Janis Mackey Frayer |Jay Ganglani |Alice P.S. Kong |Lena Li |Eric Baculinao
TAIPEI, Taiwan — 2024 is a year of pivotal elections, and not just in the United States. Among the first up is Taiwan, a Beijing-claimed island that is one of the strongest democracies in Asia. On Saturday, voters here will elect a new president to replace Tsai Ing-wen, who is limited to two terms.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
msn.com | Janis Mackey Frayer |Jay Ganglani |Alice P.S. Kong |Lena Li |Eric Baculinao
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
nbcnews.com | Janis Mackey Frayer |Jay Ganglani |Alice P.S. Kong
Create your free profile or log in to save this articleJan. 9, 2024, 10:05 AM UTCBy , and TAIPEI, Taiwan — 2024 is a year of pivotal elections, and not just in the United States. Among the first up is Taiwan, a Beijing-claimed island that is one of the strongest democracies in Asia. On Saturday, voters here will elect a new president to replace Tsai Ing-wen, who is limited to two terms.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
nbcnews.com | Arata Yamamoto |Alice P.S. Kong
Create your free profile or log in to save this articleDec. 7, 2023, 9:54 AM UTCBy and TOKYO — “Oppenheimer,” the blockbuster film about U.S. efforts to develop the world’s first nuclear weapons, is finally coming to theaters in Japan, where it faced fierce public backlash over what critics said was insensitivity toward the only country to have suffered atomic bombings.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
earth.org | Alice P.S. Kong
Take Action Today - for a Thriving Planet Slow Action by governments Sequential Crises across the world Join thousands of others in taking up membership of the Earth.Org Movement. By joining the EO Movement and donating - your membership helps us in our mission. Our children and their children deserve to inherit a thriving planet.
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Sep 18, 2023 | 
earth.org | Alice P.S. Kong
In June 2023, young environmental activists were heard for the first time in a US climate trial. In August, the judge ruled in favour of the activists, who accused Montana officials of violating their constitutional right to a healthy environment. The Montana climate trial, many argue, paved the way for young climate activists to overturn policies that explicitly contribute to worsening the climate crisis.
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
earth.org | Alice P.S. Kong
Take Action Today - for a Thriving Planet Slow Action by governments Sequential Crises across the world Join thousands of others in taking up membership of the Earth.Org Movement. By joining the EO Movement and donating - your membership helps us in our mission. Our children and their children deserve to inherit a thriving planet.
