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HONG KONG: Hong Kong has sought the help of Australian former rugby star Nick “Honey Badger” Cummins to lure visitors back – albeit it using footage filmed before the COVID-19 pandemic, when masks were not compulsory. The city’s tourism industry has been all but wiped out by pandemic border controls that have left it internationally isolated. It recorded just 76,000 arrivals in the first half of the year, down on 65 million for all of 2018. The Chinese finance hub is gearing up for what it is billing as a grand reopening in early November, to coincide with the Rugby Sevens…

OBJECTIONS OVER GE15 DURING FLOODS Amid signs of an impending GE15, the presidential council of main opposition bloc Pakatan Harapan said in a statement on Wednesday that the three states controlled by the coalition – Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Penang – will only dissolve their state assemblies next year due to concerns over floods.  “The presidential council notes the report issued by the Meteorological Department which states that the La Nina phenomena and the north-east monsoon set to last until early next year could potentially see a high volume of rainfall and a high possibility of heavy rain and floods…

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For Balenciaga’s spring 2023 show, mononymous designer Demna presented his collection atop mountains of mud piled into the stadium venue. Models stomped through the dirt, undoubtedly dirtying the clothes in the process. A once-in-a-lifetime sight to see, you might be thinking. Not if you’re Kim Kardashian. Unable to make the Balenciaga show in person, Kardashian recreated the conditions herself. In a new series of photos uploaded to Instagram, Kardashian posed while lying down in the dirt, wearing a dress that resembled a series of dark belts, Alien-esque sunglasses, and a pair of black slides. She captioned the series, “When I…

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Thu, Oct 6 20225:49 PM EDTMore than 6.4 million metric tons of grain and agricultural products have left Ukrainian portsThe grain harvester collects wheat on the field near the village of Zgurivka in the Kyiv region, while Russia continues the war against Ukraine. August 9, 2022.Maxym Marusenko | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesThe organization overseeing the export of agricultural products from Ukraine said that nearly 6.4 million metric tons of grain and other foodstuffs have been exported under the U.N.-backed Black Sea Grain Initiative.A total of 584 voyages, 302 inbound and 282 outbound, have been enabled so far, according to the…

Shiba Inu price prediction continues to be mixed, as the coin has formed a symmetrical triangle pattern, indicating investor indecision. Even though Shiba Inu (SHIB) was one of the worst hit cryptocurrencies during the recent market crash, the token has made a respectable comeback over the past week.According to statistics from CoinMarketCap, Shiba Inu’s price increased by 2.15% in the past week, making it one of the top 20 performing cryptocurrencies. This increase in value amounted to nearly $250 million, pushing the live market cap to $6.2 billion. When looking at the token overview, the on-chain metrics that give a broad…

Maybe that October market rally has some legs after all? Stocks were mostly unchanged Wednesday, even as a fresh batch of economic data revealed continued strength in the job market and America’s services sector. That’s led to new worries that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes, meant to curb inflation, will eventually lead to a recession. The Dow ended the day with a loss of a little more than 40 points, or 0.1%. The Dow had been down more than 400 points earlier and briefly slipped back below 30,000. Wednesday’s decline ended a brief winning streak on Wall Street, though.…

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