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Sun, 27 Nov 2022 18:00:12 +0800
Egg tart germ exposure: mass transit blunder puts spotlight on iconic Hong Kong dessert, revives mystery of its origins
A bakery worker carrying unprotected tray-loads of Hong Kong’s iconic egg tart on the city’s busy mass transit rail system prompts social media storm and reignites mystery over the dessert’s origins.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 17:28:57 +0800
Indian Tamil man, 85, burns himself to death in Hindi language protest against government
Farmer MV Thangavel doused himself in petrol and kerosene and set himself alight, police say; he was holding a Tamil-language placard reading, ‘Modi government, stop imposing Hindi’.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 17:20:02 +0800
Hong Kong temperatures could drop to 10 degrees Celsius this week as cold front nears
Warm weather to remain until Tuesday, before mercury dips to as low as 15 degrees from Wednesday.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 17:06:54 +0800
Hong Kong rail fans flock to take first passenger rides on new Q-train that boasts ergonomic seats, wider doorways
New eight-car train, made in mainland China, went into operation on Kwun Tong line.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:44:07 +0800
‘I’d rather stay home’: Beijing residents push back at Covid rules as cases mount
Infections are on the rise – along with concerns about being sent to unsanitary isolation centres.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:37:02 +0800
Mirror accident: installations at concerts to be reviewed by third-party inspectors under planned Hong Kong pilot scheme, culture minister says
Project to be implemented at a few large-scale events first, culture minister say.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:08:14 +0800
Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader John Lee back at work after testing negative for Covid 2 days in a row following infection
Chief executive says on Facebook he has received the all-clear blue health code after registering online with authorities.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 15:42:26 +0800
Thailand still wants Russian tourists; and direct flights are making it easy to get to Phuket
Numbers dipped in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Western sanctions reduced travel capacities, but Russian tourists are returning to Phuket in droves.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:33:16 +0800
Malaysia election 2022: PM Anwar Ibrahim says subsidies must be targeted to low-income people
Malaysia offers subsidies to all citizens, with fuel and cooking oil accounting for the biggest expense. It also subsidises electricity, sugar and flour.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:14:33 +0800
Hong Kong leader’s Thailand trip for Apec summit a big step in regaining foreign confidence in city’s return to normality, former top adviser says
Former Executive Council convenor Bernard Chan voices hope authorities can ‘take the next step’ in further easing Covid curbs.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:14:09 +0800
Ukraine war: civilians escape Kherson after Russian strikes on freed city, snow to blanket Kyiv
Fleeing shelling, civilians on Saturday streamed out of the southern Ukrainian city whose recapture they had celebrated just weeks earlier.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:00:17 +0800
As Thailand tries to clean up its hazy cannabis laws, will the high times come to an end?
Recreational use has exploded, creating a grey area of law enforcement and prompting calls for plant to be heavily controlled

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 14:00:14 +0800
‘Second only to men’ is my name: more Chinese women ditch sexist names from boy-seeking parents amid feminist awakening
Growing numbers of Chinese women are legally changing sexist names given to them at birth by parents who wanted a son after authorities loosened restrictions amid a wider feminist awakening.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 13:59:18 +0800
More zero-Covid protests in China after deadly lockdown fire in Xinjiang
Public defiance of zero-Covid fanned by anger over deaths of 10 people in Urumqi, in China’s western Xinjiang region.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 12:23:39 +0800
China’s zero-Covid policy comes under fire, but experts don’t expect big changes any time soon
With China’s zero-Covid strategy set to enter its fourth year next spring, displays of defiance pose a challenge to President Xi Jinping’s “people-centred” narrative.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 12:12:08 +0800
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan says his party getting out of ‘corrupt system’, and quitting all assemblies
Khan said on Saturday his party was quitting the country’s regional and national assemblies, as he made his first public appearance since being wounded in a gun attack earlier this month.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 10:42:29 +0800
Ukraine war: fake Covid-19 outbreak helped hospital staff in Kherson resist Russian takeover
Believing there was an active outbreak Russian troops left the hospital in Kherson and it remained in Ukrainian hands.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 10:41:57 +0800
Who is PAS, the party with the most seats in Malaysia’s new parliament?
PAS, one of the parties in ex-premier Muhyiddin Yassin’s Perikatan Nasional coalition, has long unnerved Malaysia’s minority groups with its hardline Islamist stance.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 09:00:11 +0800
‘Beware of love slaughterhouse’: single mother of 3 moves in with man she met a month ago triggers warnings and debate on Chinese social media
Public opinion is split in China by a viral story about a 32-year-old single mother with 3 children who moved in with a man whom she met online a month ago.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 08:54:07 +0800
Donald Trump faulted for dinner with Kanye West, white nationalist
Trump had dinner at his Mar-a-Lago club with Kanye West, as well as Nick Fuentes, a far-right activist who has used his online platform to spew antisemitic and white nationalist rhetoric.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 08:30:07 +0800
Japan joining Aukus: the ‘logical choice’, but would it be a full partner in the alliance?
Even Chinese state media concedes that a ‘Jaukus’ alliance is likely to happen sooner or later. There are still unresolved issues surrounding the transfer of sensitive technologies, however – not to mention that submarine deal.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 08:00:16 +0800
Time for more nuclear power? Hong Kong electricity price increases unavoidable, experts say
Power companies’ latest round of tariff increases effective January revives debate on options for the city.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 08:00:13 +0800
US-led diversification push tests India’s potential as a China supply chain alternative
India is emerging as a viable alternative production base to China, but if it wants to capitalise on Western diversification efforts it must address a raft of challenges, ranging from red tape to skills shortages.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 07:22:25 +0800
SpaceX rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Centre, giving Space Coast 52nd launch of the year
The CRS-26 mission lifted off from Launch Pad 39-A on a resupply run to the International Space Station.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 06:14:40 +0800
Kim Jong-un says North Korea’s goal is for world’s strongest nuclear force
The announcement comes after Kim inspected a test of the country’s new Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and pledged to counter US nuclear threats with nuclear weapons on Friday.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 06:00:08 +0800
World-class production lines speed up deliveries of China’s J-20 stealth jet fighter
A military insider says the increase in J-20 production is aimed at balancing increasing US deployment of fifth-generation stealth jet fighters in the region.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 03:32:07 +0800
Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, ally to President Lukashenko, dies at 64
During Makei’s tenure, Belarus came under criticism from the West for dubious elections and for allowing Russian troops to be based there during the war in Ukraine.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:59:05 +0800
Anti-US protest in German city of Leipzig runs into large counterdemonstrations
The protesters demanded that the US troops and nuclear weapons still based in Germany be removed. Protesters were met by counterdemonstrators, some of whom clashed with the anti-American protesters.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:34:10 +0800
Scottish rugby legend Doddie Weir dies aged 52 after battle with motor neurone disease
Weir, who won 61 caps for his country and was selected for the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa in 1997, was diagnosed with MND in 2016.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:15:24 +0800
Ukraine launches food aid programme in bid for support from African and Asian countries
Kyiv announced launch of an international aid programme called ‘Grain from Ukraine’. Initiative will provide for food deliveries to poor countries.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:00:10 +0800
To North Korea, from China: put fresh focus on regional peace
Xi Jinping says in letter that he will work with Kim Jong-un for stability and development.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 01:37:08 +0800
Queen Elizabeth letter from 1966 auctioned in Germany for US$8,634
Besides the late queen’s letter, a Buckingham Palace letter from Princess Diana’s office was also on offer during the auction in Stuttgart on Saturday.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 01:05:09 +0800
Hong Kong protests: 6 found guilty of rioting in first trial related to PolyU campus siege in 2019
District Court judge remands five men and a woman, aged between 18 and 23, in custody until December 10 for sentencing.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:46:44 +0800
Landslide leaves one dead and 12 missing on Italian island of Ischia
Torrential rain hit the port of Casamicciola Terme, one of the six small towns on the island, triggering flooding and bringing down buildings.

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:03:02 +0800
Fifa World Cup 2022: South Asian labourers watch tournament they helped create from outskirts of Doha
A cricket ground in Asian Town outside the city is where migrant workers from some of the world’s poorest countries enjoy the tournament they helped create. The World Cup spotlight has compelled Qatar to overhaul its labour system.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 23:41:53 +0800
Hong Kong may adjust review period for minimum wage, improve efficiency of process, labour chief reveals
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun says he will ask the Minimum Wage Commission to look at the existing mechanism can be made more efficient.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 23:25:32 +0800
Oscar-winning star of ‘Fame’ and ‘Flashdance’ Irene Cara dead at 63
She was well-known for the title track of the hit 1980s film Fame, with its indelible refrain ‘I’m gonna live forever, I’m gonna learn how to fly’.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 23:17:40 +0800
China’s top legislative body will have to ‘make adjustments’ to Hong Kong national security law if tycoon Jimmy Lai allowed foreign lawyer in trial, veteran politician warns
Tam Yiu-chung, Hong Kong’s sole delegate to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, issues second and strongest warning ahead of top court’s decision.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 23:00:15 +0800
Competition with US inevitable if China is to protect core interests, expert says after visit
After a 9-day visit to the US as part of a semi-official Chinese delegation, the head of Fudan University’s Centre for American Studies, Wu Xinbo, says significant changes in American policy towards China mean competition cannot be avoided.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:17:36 +0800
Iran leader praises force tasked with quashing dissent – many protesters blinded by security forces, say doctors
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Basij – the volunteer wing of the elite Revolutionary Guard – ‘saved people from a bunch of rioters and mercenaries’. While eye doctors are concerned about many severe injuries from metal pellets and rubber bul...

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 22:07:40 +0800
Taiwan elections: DPP’s Tsai resigns as party chief after KMT wins big
Results indicate the main opposition party has control of four of six key municipalities.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 21:29:57 +0800
Hong Kong charity’s sewing project helps women from ethnic minorities contribute to their families’ income
Housewives say they feel empowered by a project that taught them how to sew and sell their creations.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 21:16:08 +0800
‘Russia will pay’, Ukraine says as it marks Soviet-era famine in which millions died
Ukraine holds memorial day for the victims of the ‘Holodomor’ famine when Josef Stalin was Russia’s leader. Millions of Ukrainians starved to death after Russian police seized all grain, livestock and seed from farms.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 20:37:32 +0800
Man fired for not being ‘fun’ at work wins legal fight after refusing to embrace ‘excessive alcoholism’ and ‘promiscuity’
He refused to participate in ‘humiliating and intrusive’ practices involving bullying, incitement to various excesses and simulations of sexual acts while working for Paris consultancy firm Cubik Partners.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 20:36:14 +0800
Hong Kong Automobile Association calls for ride-hailing firms such as Uber to be legalised after city drops to 16th in global mobility index
Hong Kong falls eight places in ‘Urban Mobility Readiness Index’ despite topping a sub-index for having the best public transit system in the world.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 20:27:22 +0800
Covid-19 in China: Urumqi to ease lockdowns amid unrest over deadly fire
Footage appears online of public protests and fire engines blocked from entering a residential complex.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 20:23:18 +0800
China’s former football head coach Li Tie under investigation for ‘serious violations of the law’
Li Tie quit as head coach last December amid mounting criticism of the team’s performance in the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 19:39:05 +0800
Hungry rats to blame for 1,000lbs of missing marijuana, India police say – court not convinced
Police in Mathura, a city about 100 miles south of New Delhi, said rodents ate the sizeable stockpile, filled with enough of the drug to roll 1.3 million joints. A court demanded proof.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 18:06:55 +0800
Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan vows to fight on in first rally since assassination attempt
‘I have seen death from up close,’ said Khan, who hobbled to the stage with a walking frame. ‘I will fight for this country until my last drop of blood.’ Khan blames opposition for what he believes was an assassination attempt.

Sat, 26 Nov 2022 18:05:11 +0800
China sends coastguard ships near disputed Diaoyus days after maritime talks with Japan
Tokyo lodges formal protest over the sailings, reportedly the 32nd this year, that came days after talks to set up a bilateral mechanism for maritime affairs.



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