But for two local brothers, Gordon and Alex Lau, that fantasy became a reality when they were invited to perform with Yuri Bashmet and the Moscow Soloists at the farewell concert of Musicus Fest.

Aeroflot operates these flights three times a week with an Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Flights depart from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. On the return, flights depart from Hong Kong on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves began a visit to China on Saturday, seeking to revive dialogue with the world's number two economy as UK borrowing costs soar.

There was plenty of evidence to support such optimism. Stenn Assets UK Ltd., the firm’s main London-based subsidiary, reported $108 million of pretax profits for 2022 and 2023 combined and paid $56 million of dividends to a parent company in the British Virgin Islands, filings show.

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland China, officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is under Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule and asserts that Taiwan is an integral part of its territory, though it has never governed the island.

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When I told my family I was planning a trip to Hong Kong, they responded, "Why? Isn't Hong Kong similar to Singapore?"

Hong Kong's top court has seen an exodus of foreign judges and "escalating geopolitical tensions", and coordinated harassment made it tougher to find replacements, the city's chief justice said on Monday.

"Since June 2020, at least 200 opposition politicians, activists, and protesters have been taken into custody on politically motivated NSL charges," said President Joe Biden.

With less than a week before leaving the White House, President Joe Biden on Wednesday again shielded Hong Kongers who stay in the United States beyond the expiration of their visas from deportation.

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Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is due to attend a high-profile business conference on Thursday where he is expected to discuss the U.S. elections and its implications globally, days before the swearing in of U.