
Hongkongers warned of norovirus infection risk when travelling to Japan
[South China Morning Post] - 03/8/2025
Gastroenteritis cases have surged in Japan after infections linked to contaminated food, including strawberry daifuku, authorities say.
In Chinese newspapers
Polish activists open abortion centre in front of parliament
The majority Catholic Poland has one of Europe’s most restrictive abortion laws despite election promises from Prime (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Former Philippine leader Duterte in Hong Kong for event amid ICC probe
Rodrigo Duterte featured prominently in promotional materials for event, with his daughter appearing at gathering in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Putin ‘went through a phoney witch hunt’: why Trump fawns over Russian president
Experts say the US president likes to brag about his ties with the Kremlin chief because he ‘sees Putin as almost an (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Roots and religion: a Fujian city’s mission to forge cultural bonds with Taiwan
City official at NPC reveals ongoing drive to promote cultural, ancestral connections and bridge ‘emotional gaps’ (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Israeli tourist and homestay owner gang-raped, man drowns in India attack
A male companion with the women drowned after being pushed into a canal by three assailants in Karnataka state.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Hong Kong’s finance chief eyes I&T development after calls at ‘two sessions’
Paul Chan says city needs to make better use of status as financial hub to attract tech sector dollars, while vowing (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Trump administration ends Iraq’s waiver to buy Iranian electricity
The US aims to isolate Iran from the global economy and eliminate its oil export revenues to slow Tehran’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
At this year’s ‘two sessions’ in Beijing, AI seems to be on everyone’s lips
The emerging technology has dominated talking points and media coverage of the annual political event.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
City for sale? Residents in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur fear the squeeze of development
In Malaysia, the push for urban renewal is risking the displacement of the very people the government says it wants (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Russian special forces use pipeline to surprise Ukrainian troops
Ukrainian soldiers seized about 1,300 square kilometres of Russia’s Kursk region in 2024 to gain a bargaining chip (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Driver flees and leaves behind injured passenger after car crash in Hong Kong
Car was travelling in fast lane near Wo Hop Shek when it slammed into roadside barriers and rolled over five times.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025