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HONG KONG — Hong Kong will reduce the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to three days from a week, the city’s leader said Monday. The southern Chinese city remains one of the few places in the world, together with

BEIJING — The capital of China’s Hainan province has locked down its residents for 13 hours on Monday as a COVID-19 outbreak grows on the tropical island during the summer school holidays. The temporary lockdown of Haikou city from 7

China announces fresh military drills around Taiwan  Reuters The ‘cynical reason’ that Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan: China expert  Fox News Taiwan crisis: China defends calling off US military talks as exercises set to resume  The Guardian By taunting the US ‘paper tiger’,

‘We are advancing,’ EU official at Vienna talks says, but Tehran’s demand to shut down UN watchdog’s probe remains unresolved

What the Alex Jones trial means for the future of conspiracy culture  CNN Alex Jones’ $49.3M verdict and the future of misinformation  KSL.com John Oliver Gleefully Mocks Alex Jones’ Defamation Trial Screw-Up  The Daily Beast Inspired by her son standing up to Sandy

Hong Kong’s COVID lockdown measures have devastated the city’s tourism industry and disrupted business travel in a city known for being an international financial center and a business hub. (Image credit: Kin Cheung/AP)

After 18 months of negotiations, all Democrats back $430 billion spending plan, which Republicans have slammed as too costly while liberal Democrats say it doesn’t go far enough

Hong Kong’s bid to restore the city as Asia’s leading global financial hub falls short of business demands to scrap isolation period altogether.

IDF begins to allow Gaza-area towns to return to normal; military says 26 civilians killed in Gaza fighting, 15 by terror group rocket misfires; over 1,000 rockets fired at Israel

US president thanks Egypt for leading talks alongside Qatar, backs probe of civilian casualties caused by Israel and PIJ, commends Lapid’s leadership during the crisis