India PM Modi’s BJP seeks to oust anti-corruption party in state polls
[South China Morning Post] - 02/5/2025
The BJP is up against the AAP, which runs New Delhi and has built a vast support base on its welfare policies and an anti-corruption drive.
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AI-assisted scam costs Thai beauty queen Charlotte Austin US$118,000
The scammers allegedly used AI to impersonate Thai police officers to deceive victims including Thai-British beauty (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Philippines’ Sara Duterte faces senate trial after House impeachment
A bill of impeachment will be sent to the upper house, Duterte could face removal and be barred for life from (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
2 ex-project managers in Hong Kong face fraud charges in fake quotes case
Yip Hing-fai, 45, and Wong Chun-tung, 43, oversaw projects for ATAL Engineering, founded by the husband of city’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Poll shows transgender Singaporeans still face work bias; complaints are ‘nuclear option’
Most transgender persons in Singapore have faced negative experiences in the workplace, according to the survey.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of world’s Ismaili Muslims, dies at 88
Both a business magnate and a philanthropist who donated billions, he moved between the spiritual and the worldly (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Zelensky says he is willing to negotiate with Putin
In addition to Ukraine and Russia, the US and Europe should also be involved in the talks, Zelensky told British (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Alibaba’s updated Qwen AI model overtakes DeepSeek’s V3 in chatbot ranking
Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen2.5-Max comes in seventh on Chatbot Arena, beating out DeepSeek-V3 in ninth place, but trailing (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Battle of the bots: China, US scrap for top of the humanoid heap
China, fuelled by recent successes from DeepSeek and Unitree, is making a play for pole position in humanoid robots. (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025
Monkeys attack tourists at Cambodia’s Angkor Wat, egged on by YouTubers, officials say
At Angkor Wat and other temple ruins nearby, macaque monkeys fed by YouTubers creating videos are stealing visitors’ (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
As Japan’s ‘weak’ PM faces the Trump test, can Ishiba hold the line?
Armed with promises to buy US weapons and energy, Shigeru Ishiba hopes to stave off tariffs – but Trump is expected (…)
[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