Alcohol stocks drop after US surgeon general calls for cancer warnings on drink labels
[South China Morning Post] - 01/3/2025
Unclear when or if the surgeon general’s suggestions will be implemented. Decision to update the label will ultimately be made by Congress.
In Chinese newspapers
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
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
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
Syrian photographer’s return to hometown ‘a dream’ 7 years after war tore it apart
Douma, near Damascus, endured years of terror under Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Sameer al-Doumy escaped, and thought (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Father raises safety fears after son gets foot stuck in Hong Kong mall escalator
Boy, aged seven, rescued by firefighters and passers-by after his left foot became stuck in a gap in escalator at (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
How creative therapies help bereaved Hongkongers process unspoken grief
Success of movie The Last Dance has thrust into spotlight how residents process death of loved ones, with one NGO (…)
[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
Swiss stance on Russia may boost family office business in Hong Kong: minister
Switzerland’s neutral image affected by Russia-Ukraine war, treasury secretary Christopher Hui says.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
FBI says man responsible for New Year truck attack visited New Orleans twice before
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US citizen from Texas, recorded video of French Quarter with hands-free glasses before attack (…)
[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
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