From US Army to Isis: FBI seeks clues into New Orleans attacker’s radicalisation
[South China Morning Post] - 01/3/2025
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native and US Army veteran, killed 14 in New Orleans after pledging support for Islamic State.
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Thailand moves to seize tycoon’s assets in US$350 million scam
Boon Vanasin, the founder of Thonburi Healthcare, is wanted on charges of fraud and money laundering after allegedly (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
H1-B visa debate in the US reveals a policy dilemma for Trump
Tensions within the president-elect’s coalition over high-skilled immigration are symptomatic of larger problems in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Elon Musk says Nigel Farage should step down as leader of right-wing Reform UK party
Musk had seemingly backed Brexit campaigner but in abrupt withdrawal of support said ‘Farage doesn’t have what it (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Man dies after collapsing on Hong Kong escalator, injuring woman during fall
Man with history of medical problems collapses in Sha Tin and falls onto woman behind him, with pair rushed to hospital.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Germany’s Scholz outraged over ‘indecent’ Moscow visit speculation
CDU’s Roderich Kiesewetter had said Scholz would go to Moscow or meet Putin before February 23. ‘This is a false (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Red Cross says determining fate of Syria’s missing ‘huge challenge’
The fate of tens of thousands of missing people remains one of the most harrowing legacies of the conflict that (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Clashes in Syria between pro-Turkey, Kurdish forces kills 101, monitor says
Clashes have killed 85 fighters from pro-Turkish groups and 16 from the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
China-Pakistan ties will continue to hold fast against all weather
Through fatal attacks on China interests in Pakistan and Islamabad’s debt crisis, both countries clung fast to their (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life to peace, dies at 93
Shigemi Fukahori was only 14 when the US dropped the bomb on Nagasaki and hoped to pass on ‘the baton of peace’ in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
The abandoned Filipino children of sex workers using DNA to find their fathers amid uncertainty
An Australian charity is using DNA to track down fathers of children abandoned by sex tourists in Angeles City, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
How Hong Kong deepfake scam group taught recruits to pass as rich, single women
Learning Japanese, playing golf and tasting red wine worth more than HK$100,000 a bottle among topics for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025