Hong Kong flu cases to spike as students, residents return from holiday: expert
[South China Morning Post] - 02/5/2025
Dr Edwin Tsui’s warning follows surge in vaccine inquiries and bookings after actress Barbie Hsu’s death from flu-triggered pneumonia in Japan.
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Hong Kong’s 8 public universities amass nearly HK$140 billion in reserves
Finance chief Paul Chan earlier called on institutions to make better use of funds and expand their sources of income.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
More rice, less gas: Chinese and Swedish scientists create hybrid to cut methane emissions
Researchers hope to register their rice in China for farmers and are working with firms to add oxantel to fertilisers.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
US military plane deports 104 Indians ahead of Trump-Modi meet
Previous US administrations have deported Indian immigrantsbut it is the first time Washington has used a military (…)
[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
India PM Modi’s BJP seeks to oust anti-corruption party in state polls
The BJP is up against the AAP, which runs New Delhi and has built a vast support base on its welfare policies and an (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
OpenAI’s video generation tool Sora sees Hollywood resistance amid data, labour concerns
OpenAI has spent months talking to the industry’s largest studios such as Disney and Warner Bros but faces a hard (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Russia’s close ties with North Korea and Iran represent diverging goals
Key differences in comprehensive strategic partnership treaties with Pyongyang and Tehran give insight into Moscow’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 4/02/2025
Emilia Perez woes mount with Netflix said to end Oscars backing for star over online posts
Streaming giant said to distance itself from best actress nominee, Spain’s Karla Sofia Gascon, over her offensive (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
China keeps yuan stable against US dollar: what it means for the trade war
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
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
Russians told not to panic over ‘gas cloud’ near Ukraine-hit plant
The gas was the result of work to restart the plant near Astrakhan, which has a population of about 475,000 people, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025