Hong kong has a new leader, though to say that john lee won a free election is overstating it a bit. The semi finals of the annual eurovision song contest begin among the contenders in this beloved festival of overproduced silliness. A porap group representing ukraine that's coming straight from the battlefield. We'll find out why pandemic has produced an entrapenurial spirit.
John Lee, the successor to Chief Executive Carrie Lam, won by a predictable landslide: he is just the sort of law-and-order type party leaders in Beijing wanted. As the rich world emerges from the pandemic, surges in activity abound—particularly the opening of new businesses. And ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals, we hear about this year’s entrants from Ukraine.
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