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69 per cent of small businesses in Hong Kong anticipate growing in 2024. However, Hong Kong ranked top among surveyed APAC markets on the expected threat of a cyber-attack.
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2 years ago Read more at AsiaOne

AgustaWestland AW-139 and Eurocopter AS555SN Fennec took off from the Sitiawan field at 9.03am on a training routine for the 90th Naval Day celebration. The helicopters crashed on the stairs at the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) stadium in Lumut, Perak.
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2 years ago Read more at The Star Online

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrived by helicopter at Kokoda Village with his Papua New Guinean counterpart James Marape. The pair will walk 15 kilometers (9 miles) over two days along the rugged Kokodas Track where the Japanese army’s advance toward what is now the national capital, Port Moresby, was halted in 1942 in the wilds of the Owen Stanley Range. “In forging a relationship of brothers and sisters, together as one we will go forward,” Albanes said.
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2 years ago Read more at mymcmurray.com

The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation began efforts to re-establish the only federal Indian reservation in Illinois. The move could have wide-ranging impacts on matters ranging from criminal justice to climate and environmental jurisdiction. In the early 18th century, as the United States expanded westward, the federal government took massive swaths of land from Indigenous nations throughout the Midwest.
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2 years ago Read more at Grist

Slovenian President Nataa Pirc Musar invited Hungarian President Tamás Sulyok, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and Croatian President Zoran Milanovi to Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia. At the meeting, they all spoke in favor of the enlargement of the European Union and its open internal borders, pointing out the challenges ahead.
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2 years ago Read more at Hungary Today

India’s D Gukesh will take on reigning world champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship in November-December this year. This was revealed by Emil Sutovsky, the CEO at FIDE, the global governing body of chess, on social media. The 17-year-old from Chennai had emerged victorious in the Candidates tournament in Toronto.
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2 years ago Read more at The Indian Express

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will clash with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on April 23. He has scored 245 runs in seven innings. His strike rate is 157.05, and his average is 49.00. Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad is next. Mustafizur Rahman is Chennai’s top bowling performer.
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2 years ago Read more at Mint

Doctors question committee's direction, qualifications of chairman By Jun Ji-hye A special presidential committee for medical reform the Yoon Suk Yeol administration created to discuss policy. Through the committee, the government is seeking to find a breakthrough regarding the prolonged walkout by more than 90 percent of the country's 13,000 trainee doctors over its plan to increase the number of medical school seats by 2,000 starting next year. However, the Korean Medical Association (KMA) and the Korea Intern Resident Association
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2 years ago Read more at koreatimes

In a landmark decision early this month, the European Court of Human Rights found the Government of Switzerland guilty of violating the rights of a group of women senior citizens. As a first of its kind, it highlights how the climate crisis is increasingly becoming a human rights crisis. The Supreme Court of India ruled that people have a right ‘to be free from the adverse impacts of climate change’, citing Articles 14 (equality before law and the equal protection of laws)
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2 years ago Read more at United Nations Development Programme

Professor Christopher Johnson will join DSIT in July as the department’s first Chief Scientific Adviser ( CSA) Professor Johnson brings over 20 years of experience in engineering and physical sciences, with a focus on safety and security. He is currently Pro Vice Chancellor for Engineering and Physical Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast. Professor Johnson is a leading researcher in cyber security for safety critical computing systems.
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2 years ago Read more at GOV.UK