South China Morning Post - 2022-05-06

• Union says miscommuni­cation delays reopening of pools
• CITY’S INTEREST RATE RISES BY THE MOST IN 22 YEARS
• Zero-Covid strategy will ‘stand the test of time’ in Shanghai, Xi says
• ‘Death’ puts focus on life at homes for elderly
• Online investment scams net HK$132m in just two months
• ISOLATION CENTRE CLOSURES TO LEAVE 6,000 OUT OF WORK
• ESF offers relief grant of HK$1,600 for all its students
• Student who carried petrol bombs near police station handed 14-month jail term
• DISPUTE OVER LEGAL STATUS OF ISLAND REVIVED DURING FORUM
• PLA sounds US satellite alarm
• Reluctance to host missiles threatens US strategy
• Policy speech blow after Blinken contracts Covid
• ‘Generals not in US sights’
• Russia targets rail system in bid to slow flow of Western arms
• Russia’s ‘Nickel King’ dodges sanctions to flourish
• Pro-Russian separatist­s in Moldova decry military aid by EU to Chisinau
• ISLAMABAD HIT BY JAKARTA’S BAN ON PALM OIL EXPORTS
• Shortage fears loom
• K-pop band BTS in spotlight over military duty exemption
• Pyongyang website slams Yoon over weapons tests
• Ousted president Conde to face murder charge
• Fears grow over other rights after abortion opinion
• Jewish uproar after Arizona death-row inmates offered cyanide used by the Nazis
• How the city can welcome people back
• US rate rise promises even more pain on way for battered city
• Human traffickin­g law is long overdue
• Chief executive hopeful’s ‘new chapter’ for the city missing a page on climate change
• Peace role for Beijing
• Restart nation’s economy by reopening city to the world
• How our role as gateway to China will be solidified
• HIKVISION HOPES FOR FAIR TREATMENT BY U.S.
• China travel, tourism ‘unlikely to improve in May’
• Mainland firms face profit slump as disruption­s bite
• Activity in services sector hits second-lowest level on record as curbs take toll
• Evergrande gets break on bond payment
• Regal sees events being broadcast into the metaverse
• Communist Youth League latest to embrace NFT craze
• Beijing working on policies ‘to support tech firms’
• Bad call to split up HSBC
• How a Chinese spin-off would ring-fence bank’s golden goose
• Universal Crossword
• Times Crossword
• Viola Davis tells of her early struggles in new memoir
• Cantonese shows its fine-dining finesse
• An Australian food lover’s pick of the city’s best bites
• Salisterra adds a splash of sunshine to revamped menu
• British skatepark a perfect fit for Asia
• THE SIGNS OF JOB BURNOUT AND – HOW TO EASE IT
• Look, no hands: Snap reveals a picture-taking drone that follows you
• HAYES ROLLS WITH PUNCHES IN HIS HUNT FOR A HALF-CENTURY
• Japan in Panfield’s sights as wait goes on for Sixty call
• Harrison vows ‘to shock the world’ against Nong-O
• Team turns down wild-card offer for Thomas Cup
• HK teenager’s New York fairy tale comes to end but earns praise of top rivals
• COVID RULES ‘PUSH FOREIGN FIRMS TO RETHINK CHINA’
• Symptoms less likely for jabbed children
• Beijingers told to work from home as city shuts transport, schools and restaurant­s
• Deaths of 14.9m almost triple reported figure, WHO says

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