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Monday, May 29, 2023

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Hong Kong pro-democracy party disbands after championing opposition causes for 17 years

Hong Kong pro-democracy party disbands after championing opposition causes for 17 years

SCMP, 29 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on this: https://sc.mp/wgmf Hong Kong’s Civic Party has disbanded after 17 years as a high-profile opposition group.

South Korea aims to be major global arms seller after clinching Poland deal

South Korea aims to be major global arms seller after clinching Poland deal

SCMP, 29 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read the latest story: https://sc.mp/09sv South Korea is using its biggest arms deal ever, with Poland, to lay the groundwork for dominating the European def...

Naughty child cuts woman’s hair at beauty salon in China

Naughty child cuts woman’s hair at beauty salon in China

SCMP, 29 May 2023

Also Trending in China: https://sc.mp/6bw1 Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A six-year-old girl took a pair of scissors from a cabinet at a salon and cut off a significant amount of a woman'...

Indian Olympic wrestlers held amid protests over sex-harassment claims against federation chief

Indian Olympic wrestlers held amid protests over sex-harassment claims against federation chief

SCMP, 29 May 2023

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Proptech start-up Skyland Innovation makes winning pitch at HKSTP’s EPiC 2023

Proptech start-up Skyland Innovation makes winning pitch at HKSTP’s EPiC 2023

SCMP, 29 May 2023

[Paid Post: Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks] A data collection system for construction projects that combines artificial intelligence with 3D modelling technology, developed by Hong Kong-based proptech start-up Skyland Innovation,...

Turkey’s Erdogan wins presidential election, extending rule into third decade

Turkey’s Erdogan wins presidential election, extending rule into third decade

SCMP, 29 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on this story: https://sc.mp/c3yw Turkey’s election chief declared the incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan winner of the run-off presidential election o...

China’s C919 passenger jet completes maiden commercial flight from Shanghai to Beijing

China’s C919 passenger jet completes maiden commercial flight from Shanghai to Beijing

SCMP, 29 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For the full story: https://sc.mp/45v0 China’s first domestically developed C919 narrow-body jet completed its first commercial flight on May 28, 2023.

‘It’s simpler dealing with birds’: Raptor rescue centre saves thousands of Beijing’s birds of prey

‘It’s simpler dealing with birds’: Raptor rescue centre saves thousands of Beijing’s birds of prey

SCMP, 28 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The Beijing Raptor Rescue Centre has been providing treatment and care for thousands of birds of prey rescued around the Chinese capital since it was set up ...

Hong Kong athlete’s fight to defend her ‘Queen of Bun Scrambling’ title

Hong Kong athlete’s fight to defend her ‘Queen of Bun Scrambling’ title

SCMP, 28 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more about the Cheung Chau Bun Festival: https://sc.mp/qnib Hong Kong’s traditional Cheung Chau Bun Festival has returned after a three-year hiatus duri...

Why has Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil gone silent after 30 years?

Why has Hong Kong’s Tiananmen vigil gone silent after 30 years?

SCMP, 27 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more about the June 4 vigil: https://sc.mp/h3ny Hong Kong’s June 4 vigil at Victoria Park marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, is expected to st...

Aeroplane door opens mid-flight aboard South Korean Asiana jet

Aeroplane door opens mid-flight aboard South Korean Asiana jet

SCMP, 26 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For the latest coverage: https://sc.mp/quyi A passenger on Asiana Airlines Airbus A321 plane was arrested by South Korean officials for opening the plane’s e...

Socially awkward? This AI solution using ChatGPT is aimed at helping you figure out what to say

Socially awkward? This AI solution using ChatGPT is aimed at helping you figure out what to say

SCMP, 26 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For more ChatGPT coverage: https://inks.tn/ouq If you’re stuck in a conversation and don’t know what else to say, Stanford University students have come up w...

China-made battery plant upsets local residents in Hungary, triggering protests

China-made battery plant upsets local residents in Hungary, triggering protests

SCMP, 26 May 2023

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IN A MINUTE: China’s first commercial skytrain starts trial run #shorts

IN A MINUTE: China’s first commercial skytrain starts trial run #shorts

SCMP, 26 May 2023

The Chinese city of Wuhan has begun testing a driverless sky train in its hi-tech park, ahead of the 2023 debut of the country’s first commercial sky train.

IN A MINUTE: Would you eat this kind of ramen? #shorts

IN A MINUTE: Would you eat this kind of ramen? #shorts

SCMP, 26 May 2023

The Ramen Boy noodle bar in Taipei introduced a limited-edition ramen dish, topped with a 14-legged isopod, a deep sea creature that resembles woodlice.

Look out Starlink: China is supersizing its rocket industry

Look out Starlink: China is supersizing its rocket industry

SCMP, 26 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more on this: https://sc.mp/s3xd China is building an unprecedented rocket assembly plant on the country’s tropical island of Hainan.

WATCH LIVE: Sydney lights up for Vivid Festival 2023

WATCH LIVE: Sydney lights up for Vivid Festival 2023

SCMP, 26 May 2023

Australia’s largest festival, Vivid, kicks off in Sydney for 23 days of illuminations, food and music.

These women are risking their lives to collect drinking water amid shortage in Indian village

These women are risking their lives to collect drinking water amid shortage in Indian village

SCMP, 26 May 2023

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WATCH LIVE: Hong Kong Cheung Chau Bun Festival parade 2023

WATCH LIVE: Hong Kong Cheung Chau Bun Festival parade 2023

SCMP, 26 May 2023

It’s all buns and games as crowds gather on the island of Cheung Chau in Hong Kong for the 2023 edition of the city’s famous bun festival.

IN A MINUTE: Rare knife and gun attack in Japan leaves 4 dead #shorts

IN A MINUTE: Rare knife and gun attack in Japan leaves 4 dead #shorts

SCMP, 26 May 2023

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A man has been arrested after four people were killed in a rare stabbing and shooting attack in Japan’s Nagano prefecture on May 25, 2023.