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The veteran fighter returns to action on April 23.

1. Hong Kong braced for exodus after Beijing vote crackdown  The Times
2. China's parliament remakes Hong Kong in its own image  BBC News
3. China hits back at US criticism of Hong Kong election change  The Independent
4. President Xi is sowing the seeds of his own destruction  Telegraph.co.uk
5. Biden condemns Beijing over Hong Kong election law  Financial Times
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In May a group of researchers comprising clinicians, policy makers, parents and youth applied for and received a $50,000 federal grant to determine how best to treat eating disorders during a pandemic, particularly in children and young adults under 25.

They're billed as Canada's spies on the sea: an award-winning team gathering intelligence on illegal fishing. But the National Fisheries Intelligence Service has faced problems with sloppy techniques and apparent enforcement bias, according to internal files released under freedom of information.

The COVID-19 pandemic created a year of fear, uncertainty, lockdowns and loss. But it also created resilience, and, for some, successful new business models.

Dozens of clients of a disgraced B.C. tax consultant who tried to bilk the Canada Revenue Agency out of millions of dollars are facing the possibility of financial ruin after being penalized by the CRA for "gross negligence."

The federal government failed to properly redact sensitive information during a court case and is now asking the courts to put it back under cover. The incident is raising questions about how well the border and immigration departments are handling national security cases during the pandemic.

The Strait of Gibraltar is featured in this false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

1. Lockdown GDP fall of 2.9% less severe than feared  The Times
2. Exports to EU plunge by £5.6bn in first month since Brexit  The Guardian
3. Economy back in reverse gear in January as lockdowns and Brexit drag  Sky News
4. Economy shrank 2.9pc in January as exports to the EU plunged 40pc – live updates  Telegraph.co.uk
5. UK food and animal exports to EU slump, as economy shrinks in January – business live  The Guardian
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Taiwan and China, Asia

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Here's What You Need to Remember: It is clearly in the American interest to develop a nuanced understanding of the threat China poses to Taiwan, and to cultivate a strategy that takes this into account. Indeed, it is often the case that only by thinking tragically can tragedy be avoided. It is also true that in the absence of understanding many will buy into Chinese propaganda. Читать дальше...

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BTS will make history on Sunday as the first K-pop act to perform one of their own songs at the Grammys.