Hundreds rescued or evacuated in South Korea building fire
[South China Morning Post] - 01/3/2025
The multi-storey building affected, which also has basement floors, houses shops, medical and sports facilities, restaurants and car parks.
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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
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
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The project aims to harness blockchain technology to create a ‘decentralised identity’ and preserve the Rohingya’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
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[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
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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
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Former Obama-era diplomat Daniel Russel says China faces a less forgiving global environment than during Donald (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
US TikTok creators left in limbo awaiting potential ban
The US government sees the platform as a national security risk, while TikTok and its allies argue the law violates (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Is China’s mystery 6th-gen stealth fighter poised to be a command centre for combat drones?
Military experts expect new J-36 to feature multiple breakthroughs but suggest it is likely to be ‘a node in a (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
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Venezuelan opposition politician Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia fled his country after a tumultuous election and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025