Operation Santa Claus: Hong Kong healthcare workers cook-off for charity
[South China Morning Post] - 12/26/2024
Outdoor celebration hosted by HKSH Medical Group a culmination of a month-long series of fundraising activities.
In Chinese newspapers
China launches deep-sea icebreaker to help forge path in research and Arctic influence
In announcing Tan Suo San Hao launch, state media says its Chinese engineers broke through foreign-controlled (…)
[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
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
Deadly fight erupts between security forces, Assad loyalists in Syria
Security forces stormed village in central Syria where remnants of former regime were holed up, leaving several dead (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
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
Public whipping in Malaysia sparks outrage, raising questions about sharia courts
The construction worker was caned for being in “close proximity” to a woman who was not his wife, igniting outrage (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
2 dead in separate incidents during treacherous Sydney-Hobart yacht race
Both sailors were hit by booms as the yachts headed along the New South Wales coast after setting off from Sydney (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 26/12/2024
Hong Kong schools to receive HK$400,000 to boost English and Mandarin learning
Funds aimed at improving students’ self-learning and will cover academic years to 2027.
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Philippines forges ahead with Typhon purchase plan: ‘China should not intervene’
Experts say the move is a declaration of self-reliance and a calculated gamble amid mounting tensions in the South (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
China Yiche ethnic minority, known for open relationships, earliest wearers of mini-shorts
One of China’s oldest ethnic groups maintains many interesting customs, one of which allows men to touch women’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024
Hong Kong career scheme aims to give disadvantaged youth employment footing
Scheme, run by NGO SideBySide, has so far helped 2,200 people aged 16 to 30.
[South China Morning Post] - 27/12/2024