US judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order nationwide
[South China Morning Post] - 02/5/2025
More than 150,000 newborn children would be denied US citizenship annually if Trump’s order is allowed to stand.
In Chinese newspapers
Southeast Asia’s poorest nation says ‘holding off’ Chinese interest in huge gas field
East Timor would prefer to work with Australia and Japan over Chinese firms that have expressed interest in the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
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
Hong Kong flu cases to spike as students, residents return from holiday: expert
Dr Edwin Tsui’s warning follows surge in vaccine inquiries and bookings after actress Barbie Hsu’s death from (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Room with a seal view: Dutch hotel gets unusual guest
The seal had become ‘quite grumpy due to its disturbed beauty sleep’ and animal rescue moved it to a more usual (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Service disruptions on Hong Kong’s East Rail line easing as train fault fixed
MTR Corporation says faulty sensor on engineer’s train had to be fixed before it could be moved safely.
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
ByteDance’s new AI model goes viral for its deepfake capabilities that animate photos
Clips from the TikTok owner’s new OmniHuman-1 multimodal model have gone viral for their lifelike appearance and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
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
Indonesia’s nickel sector faces headwinds from Trump’s electric vehicle curbs
The move by US President Donald Trump to revoke electric vehicle incentives may also widen China’s dominance in (…)
[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
Countdown to quit: thousands of US federal workers accept Musk’s ‘buyout’ offer
About 1 per cent of the US federal workforce have signed up for a deferred resignation deal as Thursday’s deadline (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
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