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Thursday, Sep 24, 2020

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Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong loses legal bid to overturn district council elections ban

Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong loses legal bid to overturn district council elections ban

SCMP, 24 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has lost a bid to challenge his disqualification from last year’s district council elections.

Ducks in Thailand hustle at “work” in rice fields

Ducks in Thailand hustle at “work” in rice fields

SCMP, 23 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Video shows a flock of ducks hustling at rice fields in Thailand to help farmers devour pests.

72-year-old man recovered from Covid-19 travels 1,800 kilometers to thank medics

72-year-old man recovered from Covid-19 travels 1,800 kilometers to thank medics

SCMP, 23 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube 72-year-old Zhu Chuancai, a recovered Covid-19 patient, travelled from Wuhan to Shenyang just to thank medics who had saved his life.

China sentences Communist Party critic Ren Zhiqiang to 18 years for corruption

China sentences Communist Party critic Ren Zhiqiang to 18 years for corruption

SCMP, 23 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Ren Zhiqiang, an outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption on September 22, 2020.

Trump and Xi trade barbs over Covid-19 as world leaders voice fears at UN’s 75th General Assembly

Trump and Xi trade barbs over Covid-19 as world leaders voice fears at UN’s 75th General Assembly

SCMP, 23 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube World leaders took turns speaking at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly’s 75th anniversary session in New York.

Intelligent sorting systems help China's JD.com cope with demand during Covid-19 pandemic

Intelligent sorting systems help China's JD.com cope with demand during Covid-19 pandemic

SCMP, 23 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Online shopping has surged worldwide during the Covid-19 pandemic, meeting the demand for people who are confined to their homes under rules meant to halt th...

Chinese motorist hurls coffee at another car in road rage incident

Chinese motorist hurls coffee at another car in road rage incident

SCMP, 23 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A motorist in China’s Beijing threw coffee over another car’s windscreen, after deliberately blocking and brake checking the vehicle several times.

Mysterious mass deaths of elephants in Botswana linked to toxins in drinking water

Mysterious mass deaths of elephants in Botswana linked to toxins in drinking water

SCMP, 23 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The mysterious deaths of 330 elephants in Botswana might have been caused by toxin-producing bacteria in water, wildlife officials in the southern African na...

Trump vs Biden: The 2020 US presidential election

Trump vs Biden: The 2020 US presidential election

SCMP, 23 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The US presidential election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2020.

Women conductors shine at Paris philharmonic competition, La Maestra

Women conductors shine at Paris philharmonic competition, La Maestra

SCMP, 23 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Female conductors from Indonesia and China have won prizes in the Paris Mozart Orchestra’s first International Competition for Women Conductors, La Maestra.

In Malaysia, ocean-bound plastic waste is transformed into furniture

In Malaysia, ocean-bound plastic waste is transformed into furniture

SCMP, 23 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube In Malaysia, volunteers are working with a recycling plant to transform the ocean-bound plastic waste they collect into products ranging from auto parts to h...

Indian artist sets sight on breaking world record with his typewriter portraits

Indian artist sets sight on breaking world record with his typewriter portraits

SCMP, 22 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube India artist A C Gurumurthy has been using a typewriter to create pictures of world’s prominent figures, animals and places he loves for more than 50 years.

Race to save hundreds of whales in deadly stranding on sandbars off Australian island of Tasmania

Race to save hundreds of whales in deadly stranding on sandbars off Australian island of Tasmania

SCMP, 22 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A rescue operation was under way after a mass whale stranding off Australia's southern island state of Tasmania on September 21, 2020.

Indian army prepares camels for patrols along tense border with China

Indian army prepares camels for patrols along tense border with China

SCMP, 22 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation said on September 21, 2020, that the nation’s army will use Bactrian camels to help patrol the tense...

Coronavirus stealing Christmas cheer from Yiwu, China’s hub for seasonal product production

Coronavirus stealing Christmas cheer from Yiwu, China’s hub for seasonal product production

SCMP, 22 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The city of Yiwu in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang has a worldwide reputation for producing Christmas merchandise.

Chinese driver turns truck into ‘magic kitchen’

Chinese driver turns truck into ‘magic kitchen’

SCMP, 22 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A truck driver in southeastern China’s Anhui province has turned his vehicle into a ‘magic kitchen’.

Roadside classes help underprivileged pupils cut off from Indian schools during Covid-19 pandemic

Roadside classes help underprivileged pupils cut off from Indian schools during Covid-19 pandemic

SCMP, 22 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A couple has set up a “school” on a pavement in India’s capital New Delhi to teach underprivileged children who are unable to attend classes in person or onl...

Tips to help you avoid embarrassing tonal traps while speaking Cantonese

Tips to help you avoid embarrassing tonal traps while speaking Cantonese

SCMP, 22 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Mastering tones in Cantonese could save you from embarrassing yourself in front of others.

Woman gets her foot stuck when hanging upside down in a mischief moment on a train in China

Woman gets her foot stuck when hanging upside down in a mischief moment on a train in China

SCMP, 22 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A woman was filmed getting one foot stuck when she hung upside down in a train in northeastern China’s Liaoning province.

Global expansion of TikTok and other Chinese tech companies is likely, only not in the West

Global expansion of TikTok and other Chinese tech companies is likely, only not in the West

SCMP, 22 Sep 2020

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Chinese hi-tech companies such as TikTok will continue to expand around the world, but their focus will increasingly be on countries that are not in the West...