How Beijing’s takedown of a pro-democracy newspaper is silencing a financial capital. My deep dive on the demise of Hong Kong's Apple Daily is this week's cover story for Businessweek. bloomberg.com/features/2022-…

What happened to Apple Daily is starting to look less like an exception. It’s starting to look more like a template. This piece by Iain Marlow tells how Hong Kong is being silenced.

For many of Hong Kong's underprivileged, 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗴 used to be their last, best hope. In his 12-year career as a lawmaker, he had been a constant advocate of minority rights. Yesterday a magistrate jailed him for three weeks. Here's what happened:🧵1/11

Final 7 hours to get a haircut before the 14-day forced closure of hair salons. One salon put up a notice saying : fully booked today #HongKong #COVID19

"Where will I run? Where do I go, tell me please?" Residents of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol say they are being forced to leave after Russian troops invaded

.The New York Times is deeply saddened to learn of the death of an American journalist in Ukraine, Brent Renaud. Brent was a talented photographer and filmmaker, but he was not on assignment for The New York Times in Ukraine. Full statement is here.

“The capacity for them to stay in Poland is becoming limited.” More than 1,5 million refugees have arrived in Poland since the war in Ukraine broke out - what happens to them next? Wojtek Moskwa reports from Warsaw

I’ve left prison and am on my way to Washington.

傳真社停止運作聲明 傳真社2015年成立，是香港人創下的歷史紀錄，亦是一個夢想的實現。 近年傳媒行業巨變，傳真社屢次思考是否仍有空間繼續，每次最終都決定謹守崗位。 惜萬物有時，是時候告別了。 傳真社於即日起(6月10日)停止運作，感謝讀者一路的支持。 聲明全文：bit.ly/3xiOo0D

If you see a squirrel lying down like this, don't worry; it's just fine. On hot days, squirrels keep cool by splooting (stretching out) on cool surfaces to reduce body heat. It is sometimes referred to as heat dumping.

BREAKING: Britain's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, dies at age 96, says Buckingham Palace trib.al/TIO82qB x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

European Union nations agreed to pursue a €43 billion ($44.4 billion) plan to jump-start the bloc’s semiconductor production, clearing a key hurdle in its plan to bolster high-tech industry trib.al/3ts6PdR

Beijing right now: police have arrived but people gathered to mourn the Xinjiang fire victims are peacefully surrounding them and singing

“I've been here almost 13 years in Shanghai and I've never seen anything like it.” Protests against Covid restrictions spread across China as citizens took to the streets, venting their anger and frustration. Bloomberg's Allen Wan reports trib.al/HDIsdRe

Dozens demonstrated outside Chinese consulate in New York last night. Chants calling for China's leader Xi Jinping were heard.

A "miracle potion" is spreading online, promising to heal Covid, cancer and autism. It's actually industrial bleach and it could kill you. Learn more in the Bloomberg x Neon Hum podcast "Deadly Cure" trib.al/H5YTKGt

Summer temperatures in India challenge the limits of human survivability. But as reliance on AC units grows in that country, so does the threat to the climate, Kai Schultz reports trib.al/3BEF3qi

The war between Israel and Hamas could lead to a regional conflict, drawing in Hezbollah and even Iran. The resulting economic fallout, starting with a spike in oil prices, may in turn cause a global recession Watch the full video here trib.al/hIx04HJ