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All Hong Kong public universities make Asian league table top 100 for first time

For the first time, all eight Hong Kong public universities have been ranked among the top 100 in a widely watched Asian league table, with the city’s two oldest tertiary institutions ranking among the region’s top 10. Phil Baty, chief global affairs officer of Times Higher Education (THE), also highlighted Hong Kong’s role as a world-leading education hub, noting it remained the only metropolis with as many as five...

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Watch: 'Tomato juice' thrown at Iran's exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi in Germany

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to Watch: 'Tomato juice' thrown at Iran's exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi in Germany.

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Indian-origin restaurant owner in North Carolina arrested for attempt to murder wife, daughter calls 911

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to Indian-origin restaurant owner in North Carolina arrested for attempt to murder wife, daughter calls 911.

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All Hong Kong public universities make Asian league table top 100 for first time

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Watch: 'Tomato juice' thrown at Iran's exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi in Germany

Times of India World is tracking Economy & Trade developments tied to Watch: 'Tomato juice' thrown at Iran's exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi in Germany.

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Indian-origin restaurant owner in North Carolina arrested for attempt to murder wife, daughter calls 911

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Malaysia’s durian growers in ‘survival mode’ as early glut and Iran war hit export trade

Malaysia’s durian growers say they are in “survival mode” as an early bumper harvest collides with a surge in fuel and freight costs, squeezing an export trade built around getting premium fruit into China fast. Hot weat...

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How fire safety failures worsened Hong Kong’s deadly inferno

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Hong Kong’s Langham group among first to invest in Beijing’s ‘city of the future’ Xiongan

A hotel operator’s planned entry into Xiongan New Area southwest of Beijing highlights a tentative but growing alignment between Hong Kong’s private sector and the state-backed development project, as leaders renew effor...

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