
Pakistan NGO chief who alleged vote rigging has home sealed
[South China Morning Post] - 02/22/2025
Sarwar Bari’s report alleged widespread rigging in national elections last year, when a coalition of parties friendly to the military took power.
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Taobao’s first physical store in Hong Kong draws crowds
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[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Macau aims to generate 1.1 billion patacas in consumption with spending scheme
Government spending 295 million patacas on campaign offering residents chance to win vouchers worth between 10 and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Most Singaporeans say budget sweeteners inadequate to cushion rising living costs: survey
Among 1,002 adults surveyed by a research firm, 55 per cent said the budget’s US$92.8 billion in spending was not (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Hong Kong temperatures to dip to 13 degrees on Monday next week
Observatory says mercury to rise slightly in middle of next week, while conditions on Saturday remain cool.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Ex-Miss Hong Kong winner and other pet owners bewildered by spate of poisonings
Dog owners describe horrors of watching their pets seize up after ingesting poisoned meat laid out on streets and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Chinese provincial boss fired over Covid response facing corruption probe
Jiang Chaoliang, who was dismissed as Hubei party boss at the start of Wuhan outbreak, also spent years in the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Cash-flush Toyota builds a city to test AI, green technology
Daisuke Toyoda, an executive in charge of the project, stressed it’s not ‘a smart city’ but a ‘test course for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Quirky China: sausage man mimics Trump, watch gang snared, twin woman has third baby shock
Sausage seller with presidential predilections, mobile fraud gang and a woman has surprise baby, the Post checks out (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Pope begins second week in hospital, cancels Sunday prayer
Francis is alert but still ‘not out of danger’ according to his doctors, while top cardinals sought to dampen (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Syrian leader Sharaa meets Chinese envoy in first bilateral exchange since fall of Assad
Meeting seen as major diplomatic development since armed rebels led by Sharaa’s HTS ousted Beijing-friendly Assad, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
New infrastructure funding must be found before it bankrupts states
Many governments have difficulty funding basic needs while meeting global challenges like climate change. Meanwhile, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025