Punishment call: online anger as Chinese teacher scolds students who break ‘no mobile’ school rule by ordering them to submerge phones in water
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 09:00A teacher in China has come up with a novel – and many say extreme –method of making sure her students do not brin...
Fire rips through New Zealand hostel, killing 6 in ‘horrific’ tragedy: ‘This is our worst nightmare’
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 09:08A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand’s capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others ...
Could US-Japan-South Korea meeting lead to Washington Declaration’s extension?
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 09:30A meeting of the leaders of Japan, South Korea and the United States on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshim...
Why are Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific pilots unhappy? Grievances include uncertainty over slashed pay, family lives upended, union claims
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 09:30The grievances of pilots with Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways that led to slow plane taxiing inciden...
Hong Kong Golf Club shares video of baby owls at Fanling course, says site is important breeding ground for birds in attempt to halt public housing plan
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 10:00The Hong Kong Golf Club has shared a video showing five baby owls in a tree on the city’s oldest golf course, sayi...
China’s economic recovery remains mixed as retail sales bounce back in April, but youth unemployment hits record high
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 10:09China’s retail sales surged back in April, data released on Tuesday showed, but rising unemployment remains an iss...
China’s population woes have state organs, demographers calling for drastic societal changes to boost birth rate
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 10:00On the International Day of Families, Chinese authorities took the timely opportunity to stress the importance of ...
Singapore’s deputy prime minister Lawrence Wong visits Ant and Nio in Shanghai as part of China trip
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May 16, 2023
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2023.05.16 10:30Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai, deputy prime minister of Singapore and minister for finance, has visited Ant Group, a fi...
Donald Trump jokes about sexual assault verdict, repeats stolen election claims at CNN Town Hall
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 10:23An unrepentant Donald Trump held firm to past grievances at the first televised town hall of the 2024 US president...
US congressman George Santos decries ‘witch hunt’ after hit with fraud, theft and money laundering charges
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 10:42A scandal-plagued Republican congressman whose extensive lies have made political headlines since his election las...
Google opens ChatGPT rival Bard to 180 countries, with plans to give internet search an AI upgrade
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 11:00Google on Wednesday disclosed plans to infuse its dominant search engine with more advanced artificial-intelligenc...
6-year-old boy in Malaysia crashes dad’s ‘borrowed’ car after joyride with 3-year-old brother
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 10:55He really loved toy cars and had wanted to go to a shop that sold them, so he decided to “borrow” his father’s car...
Japan PM Kishida’s Africa tour lays groundwork for G7 summit, as China and Russia concerns loom large
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 11:30Japan’s bid to reach out to African countries created little impact but was essential in helping Tokyo lay the gro...
Pakistan arrests ex-PM Khan’s party leaders after deploying army to quell protests
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 12:20Pakistani authorities arrested a senior leader of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party on Thursday as the gove...
Wait for Hong Kong public housing drops to 5.3 years after ‘substantial number of flats’ became available in past quarters
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 12:37The average waiting time before moving into a Hong Kong public rental flat has continued to fall, dropping from 5....
‘I love you’ bus: Chinese couple turn electric vehicle into ‘wedding car’ prompting company to start new nuptial transport service after huge response...
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 14:00A story about a newlywed couple in China who turned an electric public bus into a “wedding car” has gone viral on ...
Looted relics worth US$3.5 million on loan to New York’s Met museum returned to China
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 14:04New York authorities have returned looted antiquities worth US$3.5 million to China, following a criminal investig...
Hong Kong driver jailed for 38 months over 2021 New Year’s Eve crash resulting in 2 dead
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 14:44A Hong Kong man has been jailed for more than three years after crashing his BMW car into a shop at high speed, ca...
Some bats make better virus hosts than others, Chinese researchers find
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 14:30A study into what makes some bat species so friendly to viruses – like the new coronavirus that causes Covid-19 – ...
Israel kills another Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza strikes as truce efforts falter
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 14:39Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip killed a fourth militant commander on Thursday, raising the death toll from ...
Hong Kong lawmaker Bill Tang becomes latest victim in recent spate of break-ins when burglar steals HK$500 from his home
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 14:42Hong Kong lawmaker Bill Tang Ka-piu became the latest victim in a recent spate of break-ins when a burglar broke i...
Coronavirus: South Korea to lift quarantine mandate for Covid-19, end testing for travellers
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 15:15South Korea will drop its Covid-19 quarantine requirements and end testing recommendations for international arriv...
Qin Gang calls for China, France to work together to ‘tackle global challenges’
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 15:18China and France should boost cooperation on international affairs and work together to “tackle global challenges”...
South Korean K-pop star IU accused of plagiarising songs, warns of legal action over ‘baseless’ rumours
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 15:42South Korean singer and actress IU is facing accusations of plagiarising six of her past tracks after a police com...
Asean chair Indonesia says Myanmar human rights abuses cannot be tolerated
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 16:05Violations of human rights in military-ruled Myanmar cannot be tolerated and violence should be immediately halted...
China’s lead over the US in EV markets is huge, but not insurmountable
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 16:30In his address at the Brookings Institution, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan basically sounded the deat...
A Chinese-made fusion reactor is creating breakdowns – Thai scientists are delighted
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 17:00Scientists in Thailand have begun generating hydrogen plasma with the help of a device known as a tokamak, recentl...
Google’s ChatGPT rival Bard is still missing in Hong Kong after opening up to 180 countries and territories
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May 11, 2023
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2023.05.11 17:00Google has opened its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Bard to “over 180 countries and territories around the ...
HKUST Celebrates 20 Awards at 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 00:00
Republicans would join China and Russia in celebrating a US debt default
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 01:00Why do Biden administration officials think Republicans would be moved by the argument that China and Russia would...
Canada will not be intimidated by China, Justin Trudeau says in row over diplomats
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 01:18Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Canada will not be intimidated by China following tit-for-tat diplom...
US family sues McDonald’s after girl, 4, scalded by hot chicken nugget
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 02:00The family of a four-year-old girl allegedly scalded by a steaming hot Chicken McNugget is taking McDonald’s to co...
FBI says it has sabotaged hacking tool created by Russia’s elite spies
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 03:03The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, US authorities said on Tuesday, p...
US jury finds Donald Trump sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll, awards her US$5 million in damages
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 03:25Donald Trump sexually abused magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defamed her by branding her a l...
Why a US-led, China-focused Asian Nato is no longer so far-fetched
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 03:30This year is likely to be remembered as a turning point in history because it could signify the emergence of an As...
China’s exporters turn to green production, Made in Vietnam to attract new orders at Canton Fair
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 04:00Low-carbon production and factories in Southeast Asia have become fresh tools for Chinese exporters in traditional...
Chinese ministry’s use of video featuring blackface draws sharp reaction from Indians
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 04:22A video that a Chinese ministry has posted on its official Weibo account showing Chinese dancers performing in bla...
South Korean companies increasingly see India as a viable alternative to China
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 05:00“Strategic ambiguity” has been South Korea’s foreign policy formula for more than a decade. This is because Seoul’...
How China’s farmland-reclamation campaign is driving aggressive crop expansions and land-use crackdowns
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 06:00Tucked between a hillside village and a highway in eastern China’s Zhejiang province lies a vast field growing one...
Ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson to relaunch his show on Twitter
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May 9, 2023
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2023.05.10 06:03Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who was taken off the air by the network last month, said on Tuesday he would...
