Can Malaysia’s Mahathir outwit ‘common enemy’ Anwar over Pedra Branca row?
[South China Morning Post] - 12/26/2024
A recommendation for a probe into Mahathir Mohamad over the island saga has triggered the ex-leader into forming an anti-Anwar coalition.
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3 dead, 4 injured after tourist bus veers off road, plunges into lake in Norway
Police said 58 passengers were on board from 8 countries including China, India, Malaysia and Singapore.
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
In 2025, can Trump and Xi rise to the ocassion and collaborate for peace?
The world doesn’t need grand gestures or empty promises – it needs pragmatic, results-oriented cooperation on issues (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Panama rejects talks with Trump over canal threat, says ‘no’ Chinese soldiers in waterway
President Mulino said the ‘canal is Panamanian and there’s no possibility of opening any kind of conversation around (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
China Olympic champions Fan Zhendong, Chen Meng stun table tennis fans with ‘retirement’
The duo, separately, say their decisions to step away are due to fines that will be imposed for missing (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Membership of UK’s anti-immigration Reform party overtakes Conservatives for first time
Party leader Nigel Farage hailed ‘historic moment’ as membership tally ticked past 131,680 figure declared earlier (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Chinese cities offer subsidies to boost access to the computing power needed for AI
Voucher programmes help reduce computing power rental costs for companies and researchers.
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
South Asia needs to get its political house in order to turn around its economy
Political violence and social unrest have dented support for South Asian countries from investors and multilateral (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
US says it pushed retraction of famine warning for north Gaza; aid groups are concerned
Declaration of famine would be an embarrassment for Israel, which insists its war in Gaza is aimed against Hamas, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Hong Kong’s IPO boom awaits in 2025 as regulatory boost, interest rates align, bankers say
Deloitte forecasts Hong Kong IPO volume to surge 71 per cent to US$19.3 billion in 2025, which has been collating (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Hong Kong start-up offers personalised avatars in bid to monetise generative AI
The company’s AI photo booth is built upon several large image models including Stable Diffusion, which it uses to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
China trans woman faces legal challenges 3 years after firm dismissal for gender expression
Company labels her ‘selfish’ for not meeting male employee standards and causing issues.
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024