Indonesia opens its skies to Malaysian rainmakers as haze crisis deepens
Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to share the skies amid a haze crisis that has closed nearly 600 Malaysian schools…
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Shellfish thieves in Australia make off with 400,000 oysters worth US$250,000
Australian police said on Wednesday they were on the hunt for thieves who made off with hundreds of thousands of…
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China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system covers 90% of ‘key industry’ uses: ministry
China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system – its home-grown alternative to the US-run Global Positioning System – has…
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Hong Kong man loses HK$2.8 million in investment scam, among 50 cases in past week
A Hong Kong man has lost more than HK$2.8 million (US$357,000) in an online investment scam in which fraudsters…
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At least 14 newborns die in Pakistan hospital fire triggered by air-con fault
At least 14 infants were killed in a fire at a state-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad on Wednesday, the…
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‘Squeezed further’: calls for SME energy subsidies as Hong Kong power fuel surcharges soar
Small and medium-sized businesses need subsidies to cope with soaring electricity costs as fuel surcharges imposed by…
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Hong Kong police officer suspected of accidentally discharging firearm at base
A Hong Kong constable is suspected of discharging his service firearm accidentally at a police base in Mong Kok, the…
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South Korea scrambles jets after Russian military planes enter air defence zone
South Korea said on Wednesday it had scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian military aircraft entering its air…
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DeepSeek nears pre-IPO funding round as 2027 market debut takes shape: sources
DeepSeek is nearing the completion of a new funding round valuing the company at about 500 billion yuan (US$74 billion)…
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Deadly Shah Alam brawl reignites Malaysian gang violence fears
Malaysian police are investigating a killing near Kuala Lumpur as murder after a man rammed by a car died following an…
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China’s coastal regions on high alert as Typhoon Saudel cancels flights, ferries
Airports in China’s Zhejiang and Fujian provinces remained on high alert for potential delays and cancellations as…
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US sanctions Chinese firms trading with Iran
The US Department of the Treasury launched targeted sanctions against some 24 entities based in mainland China or Hong…
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Ming dynasty work shows how Chinese understood the world in the 1600s
Long before the digital age, a Ming dynasty scholar made it his mission to map human knowledge from a Chinese…
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‘I want to survive’: Malaysian commando adrift in South China Sea for 15 hours
“I want to survive.” That was uppermost in Senior Seaman Michael Coccon Johen’s mind while he was drifting in the South…
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Terror as Malaysian roller coaster fails mid-ride, 10 injured
A roller coaster malfunction at a major theme park on the outskirts of Malaysia’s capital city injured 10 people on…
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Writing the rulebook? China to steer world’s first solid-state battery standards
A Chinese-proposed international standard for automotive solid-state batteries has been approved as a new work item by…
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Chinese worker develops severe muscle breakdown after manager punishes her with 200 squats
A Chinese woman developed life-threatening muscle breakdown after her company forced her to perform 200 squats as…
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Singapore court hands Amos Yee 4 new charges for posts on race, child porn
Singaporean online commentator Amos Yee Pang Sang on Wednesday received four fresh charges linked to posts he made…
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North Korea sharpens anti-Japan rhetoric as Russia ties grow
North Korea has stepped up its verbal attacks on Japan, issuing more than a dozen denunciations through state media…
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Japan expands Fukushima soil recycling project to Sendai, Saitama
Japan’s Environment Ministry says it plans to reuse soil collected in decontamination work near the disaster-stricken…
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Trump pick Darline Graham wins election despite struggling over Taiwan question
South Carolina Senator Darline Graham won the Republican nomination in seeking a full term on Tuesday, overcoming a…
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China rushes to develop Moderna-style cancer vaccines amid market frenzy
A group of Hong Kong-listed biotechnology companies have seen their stock prices surge in the wake of Moderna’s…
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Why Philippine, US forces tried to ‘scope’ a Chinese-linked steel plant in Mindanao
Philippine military officials said on Tuesday that Filipino and US personnel had tried to access a closed…
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China event asks if Apec’s rules can close growing AI gap between rich and poor
A “widening” AI gap between advanced economies and developing countries has sparked calls to use the Asia-Pacific…
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In Australia, Disney’s Ooshies send Woolworths whooshing ahead of Coles
Ooshies were not just fun to collect – the tiny plastic Disney figurines were powerful enough to move sales between…
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What is really behind Japan’s planned cabinet shake-up?
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi remains in a strong position despite a poll showing falling support for her…
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US starts returning staff to some Middle East missions after Iran war evacuations
US President Donald Trump’s administration is starting to send staff back to some diplomatic missions in the Middle…
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Hong Kong’s property, financial markets face test under cross-border anti-corruption law
China’s deliberation on its sweeping cross-border anti-corruption law may ripple through Hong Kong’s financial and…
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US man kills 8 relatives, including 4 children, at family dinner
A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, as they gathered for Sunday dinner at a home outside…
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Sikh separatist says FBI, Canadian police warned him of new credible death threat
A prominent Sikh separatist said Tuesday that the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have warned him that he…
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No immunity: how Xi’s anti-corruption fighters are zeroing in on fresh targets
The South China Morning Post has launched a major data project diving into President Xi Jinping’s signature anti-graft…
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Africa knows who its true friends are – and they’re not in Washington
The gaffe at last month’s Aids 2026 conference in Rio de Janeiro, where a US State Department presentation displayed a…
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Trump says China is driving anger at US data centres. These residents disagree
On the tree-lined streets of Sterling, northern Virginia, Lindsay Shaw’s home sits across from an industrial neighbour…
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US Secret Service says it is aware of Iranian video threat to Barron Trump
The US Secret Service is aware of a video broadcast by Iranian state television discussing a potential plot to…
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Fire at Russian gas chemical complex leaves 6 Chinese dead, 9 more missing
Six Chinese nationals were killed and nine more are missing after a fire broke out at a gas chemical complex in…
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Canada hits US goods with tariffs of up to 50% as trade war escalates
Canada announced retaliatory tariffs of up to 50 per cent on US$19.94 billion (C$27.6 billion) of American goods on…
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