Why is Hong Kong charging everyone more for hotel stays and air travel?
[South China Morning Post] - 01/1/2025
Authorities have introduced new hotel accommodation tax and increased airport security fee to help boost public coffers.
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Bereaved orca whale seen carrying second dead baby, say US researchers
The animal, known to scientists as Tahlequah, carried the body of another deceased newborn for 17 days in 2018.
[South China Morning Post] - 3/01/2025
Malaysia doubles patrols to find Myanmar migrant boats after nearly 200 people detained
The coastguard says 196 migrants, thought to be Rohingya refugees, were detained on Friday on the Malaysian resort (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 3/01/2025
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While stalled ceasefire talks were set to resume in Qatar, dozens of Gazans were also killed the previous day.
[South China Morning Post] - 3/01/2025
‘Miracle’ Zimbabwe boy, 7, wanders for 5 days through animal-filled national park
Tinashe Farawo roamed through Matusadona Park where wild animals – including lions, elephants and rhinos – live.
[South China Morning Post] - 3/01/2025
Beijing’s pilot zone for economic integration with Taiwan running out of steam
By 2022 there were over 3,000 people and nearly 1,300 enterprises from Taiwan in Pingtan, Fujian, but the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 3/01/2025
China’s Comac doubles down on safety as C919 roll-out enters ‘critical stage’
The company said that 2025 would be a challenging year, as the global aviation industry faced a ‘severe, complex (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 3/01/2025
US sanctions Chinese cybersecurity firm for alleged role in Beijing-sponsored hacks
Treasury Department accuses Integrity Tech of involvement in ‘multiple computer intrusion incidents’ linked to Flax (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 3/01/2025
Surgery via satellite: China conducts ultra-remote medical procedures in world first
Remote doctors have successfully operated on a series of patients using a Chinese satellite and surgical robot system.
[South China Morning Post] - 3/01/2025
Thai PM declares millions in watches and bags, among assets worth US$400 million
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of billionaire ex-PM, had to identify her assets and liabilities to the National (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 3/01/2025
TikTok tells US Supreme Court ‘sell-or-ban’ law stems from company’s refusal to censor
Its filing comes as Justice Department argues the law is meant to cut the popular short-video app’s ties to the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 3/01/2025
At the ‘frontline’ of US-China conflict, the Philippines prepares for war
The US treaty ally is spending billions to arm itself for a conflict over Taiwan or the South China Sea it hopes (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025