‘Free love dumplings’: Chinese girl spending allowance on hot food for workers praised
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South China Morning Post
‘Free love dumplings’: Chinese girl spending allowance on hot food for workers praised
Millions praise big-hearted teenager in China who used pocket money to buy dumplings to cook and serve for free to street cleaners and manual workers.
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Younger Singaporeans snap up big-ticket items ahead of GST hike on January 1
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Travel plans of thousands in Hong Kong to be disrupted by Japan flight curbs
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China’s change in Covid policy doesn’t compel students in US to return for break
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Expensive airfare, concern over rampant infections in China, school schedules and concerns over US visas are preventing the rush home.
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Hong Kong is lifting Covid curbs big time. Here are travel must-knows
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Among the biggest changes is the dropping of PCR tests for arrivals and all social-distancing restrictions.
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Hong Kong leader disappointed by Japan flight curbs as 60,000 travellers hit
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‘Time to hand over Covid responsibility and power to Hongkongers’
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Pele, Brazil’s mighty ‘king of football’, has died at 82
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Pele, Brazil’s mighty ‘king of football’, has died at 82
Santos, the club where Pele played in Brazil, said the public will be able to pay their final respects at Vila Belmiro Stadium, outside Sao Paulo. Santos will also hold his funeral on Monday and Tuesday.
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China’s border reopening presents rest of world with dilemma
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Hong Kong urges Japan to drop all flight curbs after country eases airport bans
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