1-metre-long civet cat spotted roaming at Hong Kong shopping centre
Cat seen walking back and forth on glass curtain wall supports at IFC Mall at 7am on Monday, police say.
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Man who fatally shot 23 at Texas Walmart set to plead guilty to murder nearly 6 years on
Patrick Crusius expected to receive life sentence with no possibility of parole for the 2019 racist attack near the US-Mexico border.
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‘Complacent’ US risks losing out to China in Global South tech race, report says
Washington risks ‘falling behind’ in the race to shape advanced technology if it does not engage with developing countries, report warns.
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Chinese executive linked to Bangkok tower collapse arrested
The 30-storey tower was reduced to rubble when a quake struck neighbouring Myanmar last month, killing 47 people and leaving 47 missing.
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Vehicle catches fire, suffers multiple explosions in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay
Burning vehicle forces evacuation of bus following behind on Gloucester Road flyover near Victoria Park.
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South Korea confronts unseen scars of AI sex crimes: ‘the law didn’t protect me’
Victims lament a lack of police help to resolve their cases, while sex educators call for a change in gender attitudes to tackle the scourge.
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Malaysia bids farewell to Chinese pandas as new conservation deal begins
Fu Wa and Feng Yi, who have been in Malaysia for 11 years, will be replaced with a new pair under Xi Jinping’s freshly signed deal.
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Indian man trying to smuggle out US$2.8 million in cash and gold caught at Zambian airport
Those involved in transnational organised crime activities will be punished, Zambian officials warn.
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Father of Gaza hostage Edan Alexander hopeful son still alive, urges US to hold Hamas talks
‘It seems like the negotiations are stalled, everything is stuck and we are kind of back to a year ago,’ Adi Alexander says.
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Tencent-backed Hero Esports leverages AI in bid to become global leader
CEO Danny Tang said the esports tournament organiser is pilot-testing AI models, including DeepSeek, in ‘all aspects of the business’.
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Gazans resort to turtle meat amid famine, humanitarian crisis: UN
The heads of 12 major aid organisations warned that ‘famine is not just a risk, but likely rapidly unfolding’ in Gaza.
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Mob in Pakistan beats to death man from persecuted minority
The minority Ahmadiyya community are considered heretics by the Pakistani government and have been persecuted for decades.
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Nvidia boss Jensen Huang meets Shanghai mayor in wake of new US export controls on chips
The tech chief executive’s visit is seen by Chinese media as a sign the US company remains committed to the country.
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Luxury Tokyo hotels face watchdog warning over data-sharing that may have inflated prices
A probe by the Japan Fair Trade Commission found pricing talks between hotel executives may have led to distorted market rates.
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Why falling pupil numbers are hitting Hong Kong subsidised kindergartens harder
Parents aiming to enrol children in popular primary schools are attracted to private kindergartens due to their competitive curriculum.
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China’s museums get new mission: promote ethnic unity, counter ‘wrong historical views’
Ethnic policy chief Pan Yue tells training session that exhibits should emphasise unity over ethnic division between Han and minorities.
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Trump goes to war with the US Federal Reserve: a ‘recipe for disaster’?
The president’s conflict with the Fed could threaten the central bank’s independence and destabilise US financial markets, analysts warn.
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As sea levels rise, Indonesian woman turns to mangroves to keep floodwaters at bay
Pasijah’s home is the only one remaining in this part of Rejosari Senik, a small village on Java’s northern coast that is now submerged by water.
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From gifted student to AI hero, DeepSeek’s founder Liang Wenfeng inspires a nation
Hailing from an obscure village in southern China, Liang Wenfeng has risen from humble roots to become a household name.
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Trump studying whether to fire Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell, adviser says
A bid to remove Powell would threaten the Fed’s independence and could further roil markets already battered by Trump’s tariff war.
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