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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva There have been many “gates” in the history of global news, but not yet a “lobster gate.” At least, not until the members of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) landed in a lobster-related scandal this week. Amid the deepening cost of living crisis in Turkey, ruling party MP Şebnem Bursalı found herself at the heart of public criticism when she posted a photo of a lobster dish during her trip to Monaco. Another party member, Salih Kahraman, also shared a photo of himself on social media celebrating his birthday with a lobster dish at the center of the...
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Tomato sellers at the main market in Accra, Ghana. Image by Runjiv on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED). Recently, Ghana has been grappling with profound macroeconomic challenges, including currency depreciation, escalating inflation, and diminished investor confidence. These have led to a sombre economic outlook and slow growth forecasts, as highlighted by the World Bank. To curb the depreciation of the Ghanaian cedi and foster industrialisation, which will, in turn, boost the economy, the government of Ghana wanted to pass an Export and Import Regulations bill which would impose restrict...
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Josephine Chow moved to the UK with her parents in early 2022. She opened a factory producing Chinese cured meat in Birmingham. Photo: Ring Yu/HKFP. This report was written by Irene Chan and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on February 10, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. After more than three years in Britain, Hongkonger Charlotte Wong, her husband William Kan and their two children are adapting to the changes in lifestyle. Before leaving the city in the summer of 2020, they rarely cooked. “We were busy with wo...
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