Belgian police hunt 2 suspects after Brussels metro shooting
[South China Morning Post] - 02/5/2025
Nobody was injured in the shooting, which was probably drug-related, the prosecutor’s office said.
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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
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A researcher’s February 1 social-media post, which has since been removed, hinted use of ‘reinforcement learning’ to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough ‘is biggest shock to come out of China in 185 years’
Leading scientist Rao Yi argues that the significance of the tech’s challenge to US dominance lies in ‘how (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
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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
Chinese e-commerce in spotlight amid EU push to scrap duty-free access for small packages
Brussels is seeking to scrap tax breaks for low-value shipments as it cracks down on ‘dangerous’ goods sold by firms (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Restaurants Eggslut, The Ark to shut Hong Kong outlets amid retail upheaval
Burger joint The Ark is closing its Russell Street outlet later this week and plans to relocate to Shenzhen to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Hong Kong girl, 5, dies after suspected medical blunder involving stitches
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Jimmy Lai admits to pushing for unofficial Hong Kong Legco ‘primary’
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[South China Morning Post] - 5/02/2025
Minitrue Plus Five: February 4, 2020 – Entertaining and “False” Content
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[China Digital Times] - 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