Hong Kong property deals drop in December as slump thins agent ranks
[South China Morning Post] - 01/3/2025
Transactions rose 17 per cent in 2024 despite a December decline of 28.3 per cent, according to government data.
In Chinese newspapers
France’s ex-president Sarkozy on trial over alleged Gaddafi pact
Sarkozy’s trial sees him charged with accepting illegal campaign financing as part of an alleged pact with late (…)
[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
Ukraine to ask allies for boost to air defences at Germany meeting, Zelensky says
Ukrainian PM said dozens of partner countries will take part in meeting of the Ramstein group in Germany this week.
[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
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
Winter storm will not delay Trump election certification in Congress, House leader says
‘Whether we’re in a blizzard or not we’re going to be in that chamber making sure this is done,’ Mike Johnson said (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Hong Kong welcomes public into new sporting home as Kai Tak Stadium opens doors
University rugby sevens tournament serves as test event for the venue as it prepares to host Hong Kong Sevens, (…)
[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
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
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
Biden says it’s awful that Trump is seeking to do away with US birthright citizenship
Biden also said US president-elect Trump was a ‘genuine threat to democracy’ ahead of anniversary of January 6, 2021 (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 6/01/2025