Embattled Hong Kong developer sued for HK$130 million, days after founder’s death
A Hong Kong property developer has been sued for HK$130 million (US$16.6 million) over allegedly breaching guarantor obl
igations in two bond subscription agreements, becoming the latest lawsuit to implicate the embattled company and following its founder’s sudden death earlier this week. Lofter Group, known for its urb...
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A Hong Kong property developer has been sued for HK$130 million (US$16.6 million) over allegedly breaching guarantor obl
igations in two bond subscription agreements, becoming the latest lawsuit to implicate the embattled company and following its founder’s sudden death earlier this week. Lofter Group, known for its urb...
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Africa confirms fatal Ebola outbreak in Congo, urgent cross-border meeting called
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the continent’s top public health body, on Friday confirmed
a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far. The deaths and suspected cases have been recorded mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara he...
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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the continent’s top public health body, on Friday confirmed
a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far. The deaths and suspected cases have been recorded mainly in the Mongwalu and Rwampara he...
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After Trump visit, China’s top party journal doubles down on manufacturing push
Shortly after US President Donald Trump departed Beijing, China’s ruling Communist Party has called for strengthening th
e real economy – particularly manufacturing – to gain a competitive edge in the global economy. An article in Qiushi, set to be published on Saturday, curated selections from past speeches by Presiden...
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Shortly after US President Donald Trump departed Beijing, China’s ruling Communist Party has called for strengthening th
e real economy – particularly manufacturing – to gain a competitive edge in the global economy. An article in Qiushi, set to be published on Saturday, curated selections from past speeches by Presiden...
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Inside Zhongnanhai: Xi welcomes Trump into China’s hidden heart before bidding goodbye
Beyond the crimson walls west of the Forbidden City, where broad lakes shimmer beside stately pavilions and lush greener
y, Zhongnanhai has long stood as the secluded heart of Chinese power – a political sanctuary where phones fall silent and access is tightly controlled. Yet there was a rare glimpse of the interior of ...
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Beyond the crimson walls west of the Forbidden City, where broad lakes shimmer beside stately pavilions and lush greener
y, Zhongnanhai has long stood as the secluded heart of Chinese power – a political sanctuary where phones fall silent and access is tightly controlled. Yet there was a rare glimpse of the interior of ...
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Western powers ramp up support for Philippines’ Luzon economic hub
A widely touted economic hub in the Philippines will involve eight more countries, signalling greater international conf
idence in the long-term viability of the ambitious project to boost connectivity and trade in a key region. The Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC), a trilateral infrastructure initiative led by the US, Jap...
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A widely touted economic hub in the Philippines will involve eight more countries, signalling greater international conf
idence in the long-term viability of the ambitious project to boost connectivity and trade in a key region. The Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC), a trilateral infrastructure initiative led by the US, Jap...
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China couple diagnosed with rare autoimmune disorder together have lost newborn baby
A young Chinese couple who were both diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder a year after getting married have lost th
eir newborn baby. The couple in northern China’s Tianjin municipality were diagnosed with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis last year. The husband, surnamed Li, said only four couples in the world ha...
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A young Chinese couple who were both diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder a year after getting married have lost th
eir newborn baby. The couple in northern China’s Tianjin municipality were diagnosed with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis last year. The husband, surnamed Li, said only four couples in the world ha...
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Chinese EV makers hunt for idled plants in Europe as they expand global influence
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers, from BYD to Leapmotor, are voraciously seeking out manufacturing assets in Europe
as the global energy crisis creates surging demand for battery-powered vehicles. Their pursuit of idled European assembly facilities owned by big names like Stellantis and Volkswagen is disrupting the...
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Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers, from BYD to Leapmotor, are voraciously seeking out manufacturing assets in Europe
as the global energy crisis creates surging demand for battery-powered vehicles. Their pursuit of idled European assembly facilities owned by big names like Stellantis and Volkswagen is disrupting the...
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Chinese tourist banned from Thailand for life after kicking, damaging US$15,000 auto-gates
A Chinese tourist has been barred from returning to Thailand for life after he allegedly kicked and damaged automated pa
ssport control gates at Bangkok’s main airport, in a case that comes amid a wider Thai crackdown on foreign visitors accused of disorderly behaviour. The 30-year-old man, identified by Thai media as Z...
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A Chinese tourist has been barred from returning to Thailand for life after he allegedly kicked and damaged automated pa
ssport control gates at Bangkok’s main airport, in a case that comes amid a wider Thai crackdown on foreign visitors accused of disorderly behaviour. The 30-year-old man, identified by Thai media as Z...
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‘Panic’ over capacity crunch in mature node chips drives orders to Chinese foundries
The global AI boom is driving orders back to Chinese foundries as overseas rivals shift production towards high-margin A
I chips and high-bandwidth memory, creating a shortage in mature-node semiconductors, according to the head of China’s top contract chipmaker. “AI demand has directly pushed power-management and other...
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The global AI boom is driving orders back to Chinese foundries as overseas rivals shift production towards high-margin A
I chips and high-bandwidth memory, creating a shortage in mature-node semiconductors, according to the head of China’s top contract chipmaker. “AI demand has directly pushed power-management and other...
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Finland warns of drone scare near Helsinki, fighter jets scrambled, flights diverted
Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near the capital city Helsinki, i
n the early hours of Friday. Flights were disrupted at the country’s biggest airport, Helsinki-Vantaa, and about 1.8 million residents of southern Finland were told to remain indoors after overnight U...
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Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near the capital city Helsinki, i
n the early hours of Friday. Flights were disrupted at the country’s biggest airport, Helsinki-Vantaa, and about 1.8 million residents of southern Finland were told to remain indoors after overnight U...
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Gunfire, farce and fugitive Philippine Senator Bato dela Rosa
The Philippine Senate has witnessed political coups, scandals and the occasional shouting match. It had never, until thi
s week, seen a sitting senator sprint down its corridors in a muddy olive shirt, knocking aside female investigators like bowling pins, to avoid an international arrest warrant for crimes against huma...
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The Philippine Senate has witnessed political coups, scandals and the occasional shouting match. It had never, until thi
s week, seen a sitting senator sprint down its corridors in a muddy olive shirt, knocking aside female investigators like bowling pins, to avoid an international arrest warrant for crimes against huma...
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Xi-Trump summit: can ‘aspirational’ new vision for stability survive strategic rivalry?
President Xi Jinping’s new formula for China-US relations is “aspirational”, but the “real test” will be ensuring the tw
o powers can work together despite their deepening rivalry, a leading Chinese political observer has cautioned. During his much-anticipated summit with US President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday...
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President Xi Jinping’s new formula for China-US relations is “aspirational”, but the “real test” will be ensuring the tw
o powers can work together despite their deepening rivalry, a leading Chinese political observer has cautioned. During his much-anticipated summit with US President Donald Trump in Beijing on Thursday...
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Xi-Trump summit aside, 2 meetings in Asia matter for global trade
Most readers of foreign news pages this weekend will be assuming that US President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese Pr
esident Xi Jinping in Beijing has been dominating everyone’s attention. But across Asia, Trump, with his massive business entourage, was not the only act in town this week. At least two other major se...
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Most readers of foreign news pages this weekend will be assuming that US President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese Pr
esident Xi Jinping in Beijing has been dominating everyone’s attention. But across Asia, Trump, with his massive business entourage, was not the only act in town this week. At least two other major se...
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Top Singapore-based physicist relocates to China after superconductor breakthrough
Stephen Lin Er Chow, a physicist who designed a groundbreaking copper-free superconducting oxide capable of high-tempera
ture superconductivity, has joined Zhejiang University from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Last year, at 27, Chow published the findings in the journal Nature, marking the first top-tier ...
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Stephen Lin Er Chow, a physicist who designed a groundbreaking copper-free superconducting oxide capable of high-tempera
ture superconductivity, has joined Zhejiang University from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Last year, at 27, Chow published the findings in the journal Nature, marking the first top-tier ...
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Thailand unearths Southeast Asia’s largest dinosaur, the mighty Nagatitan
A new giant dinosaur weighing about 27 tonnes has been unearthed by researchers in Thailand, making it the largest ever
found in Southeast Asia. According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports on Thursday, the 27 metre (88 foot) long plant-eating beast is believed to have meandered through what is now ...
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A new giant dinosaur weighing about 27 tonnes has been unearthed by researchers in Thailand, making it the largest ever
found in Southeast Asia. According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports on Thursday, the 27 metre (88 foot) long plant-eating beast is believed to have meandered through what is now ...
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Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim wants to project strength. His former ministers won’t let him
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling alliance will try to show a united front this weekend, but two former mi
nisters from his own party are threatening to pull attention back to the fractures inside the reformist camp. Pakatan Harapan (PH), the reformist coalition led by Anwar, holds its first convention in ...
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling alliance will try to show a united front this weekend, but two former mi
nisters from his own party are threatening to pull attention back to the fractures inside the reformist camp. Pakatan Harapan (PH), the reformist coalition led by Anwar, holds its first convention in ...
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Australian trade minister to visit China to secure fuel during Iran war crunch
Australia’s trade minister will visit China in an effort to shore up fuel supplies that have run short this year because
of bottlenecks in the Strait of Hormuz during the US–Israeli war in Iran. Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell told a press conference that he would travel to China to meet Commerce Mini...
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Australia’s trade minister will visit China in an effort to shore up fuel supplies that have run short this year because
of bottlenecks in the Strait of Hormuz during the US–Israeli war in Iran. Australian Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell told a press conference that he would travel to China to meet Commerce Mini...
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‘Tell good stories of Hong Kong’ amid global turmoil, John Lee urges local media
The local media should contribute to “telling the ‘good stories of Hong Kong’” amid global turbulence as the city formul
ates its first five-year blueprint to align with national development, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said. Speaking at an annual award ceremony organised by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong o...
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The local media should contribute to “telling the ‘good stories of Hong Kong’” amid global turbulence as the city formul
ates its first five-year blueprint to align with national development, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said. Speaking at an annual award ceremony organised by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong o...
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Former Wang Fuk Court representative and wife held over fraud, money laundering
A man who previously represented residents of fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has been arrested, along with his wi
fe, on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, the South China Morning Post has learned. Sources familiar with the matter said Jason Kong Cheung-fat, a director of Ace Interior Design...
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A man who previously represented residents of fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has been arrested, along with his wi
fe, on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and money laundering, the South China Morning Post has learned. Sources familiar with the matter said Jason Kong Cheung-fat, a director of Ace Interior Design...
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Hong Kong urged to shift from role as ‘superconnector’ to ‘value-adder’
Hong Kong must move beyond its traditional role as a “superconnector” and reposition itself as a “super value-adder”, a
leading think tank has said, urging the city to strengthen its role in global supply chains and align with national development amid geopolitical and technological shifts. In a 216-page report release...
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Hong Kong must move beyond its traditional role as a “superconnector” and reposition itself as a “super value-adder”, a
leading think tank has said, urging the city to strengthen its role in global supply chains and align with national development amid geopolitical and technological shifts. In a 216-page report release...
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