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A look back at Hong Kong 25 years since the handover

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hong Kong has undergone major changes since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997. From closer economic integration with mainland China to the upheaval of the 2019 protests, the city has evolved and adapted during times of opportunity and uncertainty. A quarter of a century since, and halfway through the period…

Sri Lankans demand president resigns amid nation’s worst economic crisis in 70 years

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Protests continue in Sri Lanka with many demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid a deepening economic crisis that has seen inflation reach an all-time high. The nationwide inflation rate was 45.3 per cent in May 2022 according to the most recent data, as Sri Lanka struggles with its worst economic situation since its independence…

15 Years On: Gaza Blockade Brings Society to the Brink

A report from Human Rights Watch has condemned Israel’s blockade of Gaza. It says the siege has devastated Gaza’s economy and blocked nearly two million people’s access to work and education. The 14th June marks 15 years of an Israeli air, land and sea blockade on the Gaza Strip, that is one of the most densly populated areas in the world. The UN says the…

Remembering the Napalm Girl photo fifty years later, a symbol of the Vietnam War

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Former Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took an influential photo and saved the life of Kim Phuc when covering the Vietnam War in 1972. The photo captured the 9-year-old Kim running and screaming after being badly burned by a napalm attack in her village. The picture has won a Pulitzer Prize and become an international symbol…

10 years after Gangnam Style, Psy is ‘happier than ever’

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Ten years after Gangnam Style turned Psy into a global phenomenon, the South Korean artist is living his best life. The hit’s music video was the first to reach one billion views on YouTube, and its success on the platform changed the way Billboard ranks their charts. He says he is proud of his “greatest trophy”…

Refugees from CAR return after living in Cameroon for years

Refugees from the Central African Republic who have been living in Cameroon are returning home. It is a journey that has resumed after a two-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of the refugees have been living in tents for nearly a decade. Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan reports. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website:…

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