Hong Kong welcomes public into new sporting home as Kai Tak Stadium opens doors
[South China Morning Post] - 01/5/2025
University rugby sevens tournament serves as test event for the venue as it prepares to host Hong Kong Sevens, Coldplay and National Games.
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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
Ukraine to ask allies for boost to air defences at Germany meeting, Zelensky says
Volodymyr Zelensky said that dozens of partner countries will participate in the meeting of the Ramstein group in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Could sea goddess Mazu connect atheist mainland China with believer Taiwan?
Taipei is suspicious of Beijing’s efforts to attract devotees of the goddess to her mother temple but 200,000 (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025
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
Biden’s move to block Nippon Steel takeover creates uncertainty for US Steel workers
Analysts say the decision to nix the deal could harm US Steel’s prospects and put the jobs of workers at risk.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
French police seize two tons of cocaine worth around US$134 million in Le Havre
Truck driver, dock worker were arrested and face up to 30 years in jail. Port of Le Havre is major gateway for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025
Amount of drugs found on air passengers in Hong Kong last year up by 244% over 2019
Customs officers seized 874kg of narcotics, worth HK$349 million, from air travellers in 2024, Post learns.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Why export controls are the weapon of choice in US-China tech war
With Donald Trump poised to expand tech sanctions in the name of national security, Beijing has signalled it won’t (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/01/2025
Hong Kong authorities contact embassy after resident crashes car into eatery in Japan
Owner of soba shop in Shizuoka prefecture says he thought he was ‘hit by a rocket’ when Hong Kong tourist drove car (…)
[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
As West cuts global aid, emerging powers must step up and contribute
Emerging donors from developing nations with significant economic growth should play a bigger role. Kazakhstan is (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/01/2025