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Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:38:07 +0800
Murderer charged for allegedly attempting to bribe Hong Kong prison official at psychiatric centre
Woman convicted of killing two relatives and injuring two others in Hong Kong park now faces another charge.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:33:22 +0800
Indonesian military captain under fire for pointing gun at West Java motorist while driving government vehicle
The captain in question has been detained by the Ministry of Defense and is currently being investigated.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:33:06 +0800
Indonesia passes long-awaited data protection bill after string of leaks, including of Jokowi’s vaccine records
The bill’s passage came after a series of leaks and alleged breaches, including of a contact-tracing app that revealed President Joko Widodo’s vaccine records. Punishments for mishandling data range from corporate fines to six years in prison.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:30:10 +0800
Chinese scientists say coal power could slash hypersonic flight costs
Experimental engine uses low-cost mix of carbon particles and ethylene to trigger shocks at six times the speed of sound.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:01:12 +0800
Hong Kong police seize weapons stash, arrest suspected triad member after raid on flat believed to be used as mini-arsenal
Suspect, 59, thought to be member of Wo Shing Wo triad; flat was used to store weapons for gang fights with rival groups

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:32:07 +0800
Japan inflation hits 31-year high, calling central bank’s stimulus plans into question
The Bank of Japan’s governor has repeatedly said that it will keep interest rates at rock-bottom levels until there are solid wage gains – even as inflation has quickened to its fastest pace in over three decades.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:08:25 +0800
Coronavirus: top state official signals Beijing’s blessings for Hong Kong reopening to world, praising city’s Covid rule adjustments
Huang Liuquan, deputy director of the State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, gives rare press conference in capital after city leader John Lee’s ‘maximum room’ remarks.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:30:07 +0800
Chinese state newspaper seeks to talk up beleaguered stock market, citing buy-backs, improving economy
Investors should not be pessimistic, as multiple signs emerge that bode well for equities, the Securities Daily said in an opinion piece on its front page on Tuesday.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:17:42 +0800
Ecuador reaches deal with Chinese banks to restructure debt, providing US$1.4 billion relief until 2025
President Guillermo Lasso previously announced he sought to restructure debt and improve conditions of long-term oil sales contracts with Beijing.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:05:12 +0800
South Korea sees rise of women-only gyms, camp sites, other spaces amid surge in sex offences
Experts say the main reason more women are opting for single-sex facilities is the fear of becoming the victim of sexual offences such as voyeurism, stalking and rape, which have surged in South Korea in recent years.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:44:17 +0800
Chinese EV maker Leapmotor to price Hong Kong IPO, aims to raise up to US$1 billion while braving shaky market
Zhejiang Leapmotor revealed cornerstone investors for its Hong Kong listing, but faces a less confident market than the three Chinese EV makers that preceded it.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:00:08 +0800
As African countries pivot, China seizes chance to become a major military player
Experts say China’s military engagement with African countries has become more complex and extensive as it deepens ties and expands influence with developing nations.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:50:25 +0800
US policy on Taiwan aims to keep the status quo, White House official says
A day after Biden affirms American troops would defend the island, Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell says Washington’s policy is consistent and ‘will continue’.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:39:26 +0800
Iranians protest in capital over Mahsa Amini, young woman who died in police custody
Iranians took to the streets of the capital to protest the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been detained for violating the country’s conservative dress code.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 11:08:40 +0800
Malaysia’s top diplomat says Asean must ‘decide what’s next’ for stalled Myanmar peace plan
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said on the sidelines of a UN gathering that Asean needed to decide before its November meeting whether it was going to push ahead with a so-far failed five-point peace plan for Myanmar, or ‘decide what...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:57:55 +0800
Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader vows to create ‘maximum room’ to reconnect with world, sources say hotel quarantine to end but preparation pending
Sources say Chief Executive John Lee and ministers reached consensus in Monday meeting to lift all hotel quarantine, but official announcement pending preparations.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:25:44 +0800
Anti-China, US-led ‘Partners in the Blue Pacific’ group to meet amid ‘anxiety’ over Chinese military ‘footprints’
Washington’s Partners in the Blue Pacific grouping was formed in June and includes Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Britain. ‘A more ambitious China that seeks to develop footprints militarily’ had caused ‘anxiety’ in the region, a White H...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:22:25 +0800
Myanmar military helicopters strafe religious school, killing 7 children and at least 6 adults: eyewitness report
Civilian casualties are disturbingly common as the Myanmar junta has violently cracked down on pro-democracy insurgents and their allies following last year’s coup, but Friday’s attack was especially appalling – even by the generals’ standard...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:15:09 +0800
Aukus’ real threat to Asean is not nuclear-powered submarines, but dreams of Western empire
Contrary to regional concerns, the US and UK helping Australia build nuclear-powered submarines does not pose a material threat. What is dangerous, amid US, UK and European naval operations in the South China Sea, is the imperial longing that drives ...

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:00:13 +0800
‘Dad, you are a hooligan’: tearful girl, 2, in China refuses to let father undress or wash her after mother’s ‘sex education’ talk
A toddler in China took her mother’s basic sex education to heart and refuses to let her dad help bathe or undress her, becoming distressed in a video trending on mainland social media.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 08:30:12 +0800
South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol must appease both US and China during his first UN address, analysts say
South Korea finds itself in an increasingly difficult position, trying to maintain its balancing act between Washington and Beijing amid an intensifying rivalry between the two superpowers.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 08:30:10 +0800
Hong Kong property market favours bargain hunters as prices drop, with 1 in 10 home sellers in August incurring a loss
The Hong Kong home market favours buyers as a looming prime rate hike and an ongoing wave of emigration continue to depress prices.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 08:15:11 +0800
China’s Greater Bay Area factories mostly staying put, but many have diversified abroad, survey finds
Greater Bay Area firms choosing to shift factory operations overseas have cited improved labour pools and supplies, access to new customers and various other incentives and benefits.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 08:00:29 +0800
One small step for Hong Kong? Health experts suggest fewer Covid tests but extended tracking for travellers, citing success of rival Singapore
Infectious disease specialist who chairs key WHO network says quarantine rule has ‘questionable benefits’.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 08:00:26 +0800
Singapore e-commerce giant Shopee cuts jobs in China as lay-offs spread from Indonesia, Latin America
The operator of Southeast Asia’s largest e-commerce platform laid off a number of employees in China on Monday, as its parent Sea Limited trims its global payroll following steep losses.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 07:32:33 +0800
Ukraine eyes Donbas as its forces push further into liberated territory, Russians retreat
Ukraine said its troops have marched farther east into territory recently abandoned by Russia, paving the way for a potential assault on Moscow’s occupation forces in the Donbas region.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 07:30:09 +0800
Chinese cities Qingdao, Suzhou reinstate homebuying curbs a day after scrapping them, leaving market in limbo
Restrictions on home purchases in some major second-tier cities were back in place just 24 hours after they were lifted, leaving the future of China’s bruised US$1.7 trillion housing market hanging in the air once more.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 06:49:55 +0800
US woman jailed 18 months for faking own kidnapping
Sherri Papini had staged the abduction so she could go back to her ex-boyfriend, sparking a three-week search across several states.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 06:00:26 +0800
China’s fatal quarantine bus crash sparks online outcry over Covid-19 controls
Social media topics related to the accident viewed more than 400 million times, one day after 27 died and 20 were injured.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 05:15:42 +0800
‘Serial’ case: US judge tosses murder conviction of man featured on hit podcast
Adnan Syed spent over 20 years in jail for the killing of ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee; his case got worldwide attention after the podcast cast doubt on his guilt.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 04:00:12 +0800
Powerful earthquake hits Mexico on anniversary of its two most devastating tremors
The magnitude 7.6 event shook the nation’s capital on the same date as deadly quakes that battered the country in 1985 and 2017.

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 03:00:13 +0800
Ancient eggshells show dinosaurs already dying out before asteroid strike, Chinese scientists say
Volcanic eruptions in India or an asteroid strike in Mexico may have ended their reign but had dinosaurs previously lost ability to adapt to environment?

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 23:52:03 +0800
Hong Kong health authorities launch inquiry after staff at private hospital run by Chinese University give mother wrong newborn to breastfeed
Baby was briefly given to wrong mother for breastfeeding, with spokesman for CUHK Medical Centre saying employee immediately realised mistake and handed child to correct parent.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 23:22:58 +0800
Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Starlink internet is now active on all 7 continents
Starlink added 54 satellites to its constellation, despite FCC rejecting US$886 million subsidy to expand the service to 650,000 rural areas across US.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 23:00:16 +0800
Beijing ‘won’t be threatened’ into changing Taiwan plans, analysts say
China’s foreign ministry lodged ‘stern representations’ with the US after President Joe Biden again said American troops would defend the island if the PLA attacks.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 22:53:19 +0800
Stellar cast of world leaders, royals meet for Queen’s funeral, but the uninvited catch the eye
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, US-China tensions and the tailend of a pandemic backlit the funeral, with the list of absentees revealing deep divisions in global politics.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 22:32:05 +0800
Zelensky: Russian missile hits near southern Ukraine nuclear plant
‘We must stop it while it is not too late,’ President Zelensky wrote on social media.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 22:22:05 +0800
Chinese health expert amends monkeypox advisory after online backlash
Epidemiologist Wu Zunyou refines his advice after warning earlier against direct skin contact with foreigners and returnees from abroad.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 22:15:57 +0800
Hong Kong’s 2 busiest cross-harbour MTR lines report peak-time commuter drop of up to 17 per cent, part of more even distribution of passenger flow from East Rail extension
MTR Corporation attributes drop in passengers during morning rush hour to launch of Hung Hom to Admiralty section, says ‘effects are very positive and ideal’.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 22:00:10 +0800
Chinese VP Wang Qishan attends Queen Elizabeth’s funeral
Wang Qishan, as special envoy of Xi Jinping, pays tribute to the late queen alongside US President Joe Biden and other foreign leaders and dignitaries.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:43:12 +0800
Use Hong Kong’s country park fringes for housing, rural body tells city leader
Heung Yee Kuk also proposes changing rural zoning policies to allow high-rise blocks in certain areas.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:35:08 +0800
US national freed in exchange for key Taliban ally jailed for heroin smuggling
Mark Frerichs was working as a civil engineer in Afghanistan when he was ‘taken hostage’. Bashar Noorzai, a militia commander and Taliban associate, had been sentenced to life imprisonment in the US for smuggling heroin.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:30:09 +0800
China’s Tianwen 1 Mars mission wins top international aerospace award
Team recognised for making an ‘essential contribution to a deeper understanding of Mars and the solar system’.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 21:21:58 +0800
More than 160 primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong to raise fees by average of 3.7 per cent
Average fee hike for international schools amounts to 4.26 per cent, the highest among all types.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 20:57:53 +0800
Britain and the world bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth as state funeral marks end of era
US President Joe Biden, Chinese Vice-President Wang Qishan and French President Emmanuel Macron among world leaders at state funeral at Westminster Abbey on Monday.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 20:32:32 +0800
Leader of Hong Kong journalists’ group charged with obstruction days before flight to UK to take up prestigious Oxford University fellowship
Ronson Chan vows to apply for bail on Thursday so he can travel to Oxford University to start scholarship.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 20:30:10 +0800
China and Russia want fair world order, won’t bend to ‘external factors’, Russian security chief says
Russian Security Council secretary is in China for annual meetings with top diplomat Yang Jiechi as part of bilateral security cooperation mechanism set up in 2004.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:57:48 +0800
Activists in Cambodia fear rising surveillance from China’s Belt and Road Initiative
China has installed more than 1,000 CCTV cameras in Phnom Penh as part of a new nationwide surveillance system, and activists say their every move online and offline is tracked by software, cameras and drones.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:00:09 +0800
Why China’s food security is being threatened by nutrient loss
Chinese authorities have in recent years ramped up rhetoric around safeguarding food supply. They now say more needs to be done to prevent the loss of nutrient-rich foods through processing.

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:45:08 +0800
Climate change: Beijing must provide more financial support, guidance to develop China’s cultivated protein sector, NGO says
More help is needed from the government to guide researchers and companies in the cultured meat sector, says Sebastian Joy, president of ProVeg, a non-profit organisation that raises food awareness.



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