Monkeys attack tourists at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, egged on by YouTubers, officials say
[South China Morning Post] - 02/5/2025
At Angkor Wat and other temple ruins nearby, macaque monkeys fed by YouTubers creating videos are stealing visitors’ food and injuring them.
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Chinese man shelters more than 700 young drifters, helps them return home, fosters some
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Southeast Asia’s poorest nation says ‘holding off’ Chinese interest in huge gas field
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Donald Trump downplays China’s retaliatory tariffs and ‘in no rush’ to talk to Xi Jinping
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[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025
Zhao Lusi shines needed light on China’s treatment of mental health
By speaking out, the actress can help break the culture of silence around mental health and help others rethink (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
China artist, whose collectors include Bill Gates, apologises to Belgian peer for plagiarism
Chinese artist, who displayed plagiarised work in art galleries in Amsterdam and London, had tried to sue Belgian (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Trump says United Nations ‘not doing the job’, targets UN bodies
Trump has stopped US engagement with the UN Human Rights Council, extended a halt to funding for UNRWA and ordered a (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
In UK, rise of Indian-origin extremist ideologies risks deepening divisions: analysts
UK Home Office report marks Hindutva as ideology of concern, while analysts note ‘very serious’ issue of Sikh (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
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China could allow its currency to weaken to offset the impact of US tariffs on the country’s exports, but has so far (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025