(RTTNews) - The China stock market has finished lower in three straight sessions, sinking almost 75 points or 1.8 percent in that span. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits just above the 3,970-point plateau and it may extend its losses on Thursday.
(RTTNews) - The China stock market has finished lower in three straight sessions, sinking almost 75 points or 1.8 percent in that span. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits just above the 3,970-point plateau and it may extend its losses on Thursday.
South Korea’s central bank reiterated that policy rates will need to rise at an appropriate time, reinforcing its hawkish stance just a week before policymakers will meet to decide on whether to resume tightening. In a report submitted to parliament on Thursday, the Bank of Korea said the shift reflects an economy where stronger growth, inflation above target, and rising financial stability risks ...
South Korea’s central bank reiterated that policy rates will need to rise at an appropriate time, reinforcing its hawkish stance just a week before policymakers will meet to decide on whether to resume tightening. In a report submitted to parliament on Thursday, the Bank of Korea said the shift reflects an economy where stronger growth, inflation above target, and rising financial stability risks are increasingly outweighing the case for keeping borrowing costs unchanged. The report echoes the central bank’s hawkish pivot from May, when it upgraded its 2026 growth forecast to 2.6% and signaled that inflation, growth, the exchange rate, and financial imbalances were increasingly pointing to the same policy direction. Markets widely expect the BOK to raise its benchmark rate to 2.75% at its July 16 meeting.
A Saudi Arabian tech giant has made Hong Kong its first stop on its maiden visit to Asia, expressing strong interest in partnering with local authorities to co-develop a smart city and establish a strategic gateway to the broader regional market. The remarks on Wednesday followed the opening of LEAP East 2026, the inaugural Hong Kong edition of the global tech event, where Financial Secretary Paul...
A Saudi Arabian tech giant has made Hong Kong its first stop on its maiden visit to Asia, expressing strong interest in partnering with local authorities to co-develop a smart city and establish a strategic gateway to the broader regional market. The remarks on Wednesday followed the opening of LEAP East 2026, the inaugural Hong Kong edition of the global tech event, where Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po highlighted deepening ties between the two regions. Chan said he would lead a business...
Canada Considered Suing Citizens Over "False And Misleading" Social Media Posts Authored by Cindy Harper via ReclaimTheNet.org , The Canadian government drew up a plan to take individual citizens to court over what they post online. That plan sat inside a 35-page internal memo from the Department of Industry, most of it blacked out before the public could see it. Blacklock's Reporter pried the doc...
Canada Considered Suing Citizens Over "False And Misleading" Social Media Posts Authored by Cindy Harper via ReclaimTheNet.org , The Canadian government drew up a plan to take individual citizens to court over what they post online. That plan sat inside a 35-page internal memo from the Department of Industry, most of it blacked out before the public could see it. Blacklock's Reporter pried the document loose through an Access to Information request. Dated March 31 and titled "Misinformation And Disinformation Strategy," it belongs to the department run by Minister Melanie Joly, known as ISED. The memo weighs "legal action" against people who post what the government calls "false and misleading information" on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. What kind of legal action? The redactions hide that. What survives the black ink is the logic. "This strategy seeks to uphold the integrity of and public trust in government information," the memo says. The department is appointing itself guardian of its own reputation, with lawsuits as one available tool. Here is who would decide. ISED itself would judge whether a post is "factually incorrect, misleading or out of context." The same department that dislikes a post gets to rule on whether the post is true. No court makes that call first and no independent reviewer checks the work. The government writes the definition of misinformation and then enforces it against the people it defines. The department @ISED_CA itself would determine whether social media posts were “factually incorrect, misleading or out of context.” Any punitive measures against individuals would be “proportionate and subject to senior level approval.” https://t.co/lIFVBUVxvJ pic.twitter.com/6tRaRqNNRI — Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) July 4, 2026 The memo describes any punishment as "proportionate and subject to senior level approval." That language reassures no one. Proportion gets measured by the same officials pushing the complaint, and senior approval...