Huge cement-dust cloud blankets streets in China after silo rupture
[South China Morning Post] - 01/9/2025
Pedestrians and streets were blanketed in dust.
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Attempted assault on Chad presidential complex leaves 19 dead
The events coincided with an official visit by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Chad.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
Jimmy Carter’s legacy endures in Indian village renamed in late US president’s honour
The village, once home to Carter’s mother, a Peace Corps volunteer, now holds a small memorial to the late US (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
China remains stuck in low consumer inflation for second year
Consumer price index rose 0.2 per cent last year, matching 2023 figure as lowest increase since 2009.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
Hong Kong marine police officer hits HK$69 million jackpot in Mark Six lottery
Officer, who made HK$10 bet over a phone call, will return to duty after taking a break with his family.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee plagiarised master’s thesis, university concludes
Kim, who was previously embroiled in controversy over her academic credentials, has until the end of January to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
How the Global South can defend against Trump’s AI offensive
US removal of AI safeguards risks widening the global divide. Global South must invest in AI regional partnerships, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
US urged to bolster Global South ties to counter China-Russia partnership
Washington must build up relations with ‘global swing states’ and offer a more ‘affirmative and assertive’ trade (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/01/2025
Cathay expands European network with direct flights from Hong Kong to Rome
The service, which was suspended in February 2020, will be relaunched on June 5.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
South Korea’s impeached Yoon to accept court decision, even ‘removal’ from office: lawyer
Despite facing arrest warrants and accusations of orchestrating an insurrection, Yoon maintains his innocence and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
China military improves air supply for troops at Himalayan border with India
The PLA has upgraded infrastructure and improved logistics to achieve ‘combat oxygen’ for soldiers in the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025
Who needs Art Basel? Town in ‘Uruguay’s Tuscany’ hosts international Campo Artfest
Pueblo Garzon, an old mill town, drew 6,000 visitors to its eighth Campo Artfest. For one resident artist, the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/01/2025