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Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily to print last edition on Thursday

Asia Pacific · 9:21 AM UTC

Hong Kong's pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily said it will print its last edition on Thursday, after a tumultuous year in which it was raided by police and its tycoon owner and other staff were arrested under a new national security law.

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