Thursday 18 April 2024
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600-year-old German church features Taylor Swift music to attract younger people: ‘it’s much easier’
Hong Kong green groups call for rejection of impact assessment report for San Tin Technopole project
China’s growing data centres and AI industry could strain scarce water resources, according to new report
- scmpMarcos vs Duterte family feud drags both political dynasties’, and the Philippines’, names through the mud
- scmpAttack on Philippine drag artist Taylor Sheesh sparks outrage and renewed calls for LGBTQ equality bill
- scmp‘It’s for you’: Hong Kong government public inquiry hotline gets HK$4.6 million boost to improve efficiency
- scmpVisit to China by German Chancellor Scholz shows up divisions in EU over how to engage with Beijing on trade and Russia
- scmpHong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai promoted unofficial primary election in 2020 and planned to back localist candidates to boost opposition, trial told
- scmpHong Kong culture minister rejects call to impose funding restrictions on films that tell ‘negative’ stories
- scmpUS trade office and Joe Biden target China’s steel, maritime and logistics sectors in latest trade war battles
- scmpHong Kong customs arrests 3 over alleged HK$1.8 billion money-laundering scheme linked to cryptocurrency platform, shell companies
- scmpChina’s Foreign Minister warns against ‘bloc confrontation’ in Indo-Pacific on visit to Indonesia
- scmpUS Presidential election 2024: Biden to win endorsement of Kennedy family in hit to Robert F. Kennedy Jnr’s White House bid
- scmpChina primary school bans homework after 9.30pm with no penalty for unfinished assignments, sparks heated online debate
- scmpHong Kong student teacher arrested on suspicion of filming female colleague in school restroom
- scmpHong Kong lawmakers question HK$4.39 billion bill for running 30,000 temporary public housing flats
- scmpChina reports 4 times more cross-border trips by foreigners, but total still below pre-pandemic levels
- scmpAbout 60 enterprises forge partnerships with new Hong Kong I T park as city pushes forward plan to attract jobs and billions of dollars in investment
- scmpPost wins gold with property and Greater Bay Area reporting at Hang Seng University’s 8th Business Journalism Awards
- scmpChina’s GDP growth beat expectations – so why are analysts and business groups still downbeat?
- scmpHong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai knew US conditions for continued support of protests, national security trial told
- scmpParis Games: France’s Macron calls on China to help with 3-week ‘Olympic truce’ as Russia, Israel divide world opinion
- scmpChina’s top diplomat Wang Yi to push belt and road during visits to Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea
- scmpHong Kong doctor tells Coroner’s Court he followed prescription of earlier doctor in hepatitis B case where woman later died of liver failure
- scmpChina’s semiconductor output jumps 40% in first quarter amid growing dominance in legacy chips
- scmpHong Kong tourism sector optimistic over prospects during mainland China’s Labour Day ‘golden week’ holiday
- scmpEx-Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam needs office costing HK$9 million annually to match status, admin chief tells sceptical lawmakers
- scmpBaidu claims 200 million users for Ernie chatbot, in sign that generative AI investments are paying off
- scmpIsrael-Gaza war: as Singapore investigates latest anti-Israel protest, is there a ‘paradigm shift’ in domestic views?
- scmpMore than 45,000 Hong Kong students sit inaugural university entrance exam for citizen and social development subject
- scmpFitch cuts outlook for China’s state-owned banks from stable to negative citing Beijing’s limited capacity to support them
- scmpSingapore’s incoming PM, Lawrence Wong, says current leader Lee Hsien Loong to serve as senior minister
- scmpPhilippines’ Marcos Jnr says any Filipino death due to ‘foreign power’ could activate defence treaty with US
- scmpHong Kong’s bitcoin, ether ETFs seen as attractive to Asian buyers, but ‘child’s play’ compared with scale of US market
- scmpMalaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad challenges anti-corruption authorities to prove alleged abuse of power
- scmpVeteran Hong Kong film star Tony Leung urged to make way for younger talent by top city movie director, sparking debate
- scmpElectric vehicles: China’s Chery Automobile enters UK’s car rental business as its Omoda EVs are leased out by Octopus
- scmpOfficials promote China-led cyber governance to Belt and Road members during the Digital Silk Road forum in Xian
- scmpMassive fire topples spire at Copenhagen’s 17th-century old Stock Exchange, reminiscent of Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral
- scmpHong Kong lawmakers slam HK$3.75 million monthly bill for 6 Covid isolation facilities on standby
- scmpIndia’s Bishnoi gang members arrested for shooting at Bollywood star Salman Khan’s home, in payback for antelope killings
- scmpChinese police arrest over 1,500 for online rumours in campaign targeting influencers, bloggers and live-streamers
- scmp‘He won’t budge an inch’: South Korea’s humbled yet defiant Yoon ploughs on despite electoral drubbing
- scmpChina Evergrande: PwC refutes letter claiming fraud tied to indebted developer, vows to investigate ‘fabricated’ claims
- scmpJohn Lee vows to showcase Hong Kong as ‘city of hospitality’ in push to attract more tourists during golden week holiday
- scmpHong Kong man jailed for petrol bomb offences during 2019 social unrest and for trying to escape justice by fleeing in boat to Taiwan
- scmpSingapore gives workers right to request 4-day weeks, more work from home under new flexitime guideline
- scmpTech war: how Chinese scientists rigged a low-cost AI computer chip to power a hypersonic weapon
- scmpHong Kong ‘to speed up legislative efforts to clamp down on ignored fire safety orders’, after fatal blaze in Kowloon
- scmpCase review of rural China doctor jailed for treating sex workers in 2012 sparks medical ethics debate on social media
- scmpBeijing accuses UK of ‘repeating old tricks’ over report slamming Hong Kong’s national security laws
- scmpEx-TVB artist Lee Lung-kei’s fiancée hit with extra charge related to overstay in Hong Kong, bringing total to 7
- scmpEven the ‘man in the street’ can set up a family office in Hong Kong if their money is legitimate, John Lee says
- scmpIndonesia-Israel relations: why normalising ties for an OECD seat would be ‘political suicide’ for Jakarta
- scmpChinese breakthroughs in chip tech, air pollution controls headline top science award nominees
- scmpAfter air attacks Iran tells China it will not escalate violence against Israel as Wang Yi holds Mideast calls
- scmpChina ‘invisible man’ painter blends into surroundings with chameleon body colouring to promote love of nature
- scmpAttacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the whole world at risk, warns IAEA
- scmpChina’s energy trade with Middle East set to surge since Beijing brokered last year’s Iran-Saudi deal, UBS says
- scmpFrom consumption to tourism, China’s middle class holds the key to revving up economic engine, but can they turn it?
- scmpBiden hosts Iraqi leader after Iran’s attack on Israel throws Middle East into greater uncertainty
- scmpHong Kong slams latest British government report on city, saying London is putting politics above the rule of law
- scmpAnnual operating costs for offices of ex-Hong Kong leaders reach HK$21 million, with Carrie Lam’s workplace accounting for 44%
- scmpChinese tea shop giant Sichuan Baicha Baidao aims to raise US$330 million in Hong Kong’s biggest IPO of 2024
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