The transport minister urges voters to flood Saturday’s state election to ensure Malay-led Barisan Nasional does not have its way
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Alex Lo has been an SCMP columnist since 2012, covering major issues affecting Hong Kong and the rest of China.
A girl from a disadvantaged rural family in central China topped this year’s gaokao , attracting numerous live-streamers eager to finance her education, which she declined.
The home of 18-year-old secondary school graduate Han Yaping in a Henan province village was recently bustling with live-streamers.
This attention came after Han achieved an impressive score of 699 out of 750 in the gaokao , China’s national college
Chinese report claims problems expose vulnerabilities caused by excessive deployments, tech overreliance and insufficient shipyard support
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The report in Naval & Merchant Ships pointed to fires, electrical failures and propulsion issues on America’s most advanced warships in recent months
At least six universities in Hong Kong have moved into office buildings or shopping centres over the past three years as classroom space has tightened amid rising non-local enrolment, according to the latest data.
Among them is the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), which spent HK$345.4 million (US$44 million) in 2025 to acquire a 31,410 sq ft campus in Admiralty for its business school teaching centre.
The university unveiled the
Dharmesh Patel had been charged with attempted murder after driving his Tesla off a cliff known as Devil’s Slide in California in 2023
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All charges against a radiologist accused of trying to kill his family in 2023 by driving his car off a cliff along the Northern California coast have been dismissed by a judge following his completion of a mental health programme.
Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko said strikes in the attack had triggered fires in 2 districts and warned residents to stay in shelters
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A series of explosions rocked Kyiv early on Wednesday as Russia keeps up its barrage of attacks on the Ukrainian capital while Nato leaders meet for a summit in Turkey
The US Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it is adding California-based Digitalsystem Technology to a list of companies posing risks to US national security, citing links to Chinese telecoms firms and its ownership by a Chinese national.
The FCC also said it was denying the Los Angeles-based IT company permission to provide international telecommunications services, saying it could be exploited by Chinese threat actors.
“There is significant risk that the government of China and other threat actors could exploit any vulnerabilities to the detriment of US national security
For decades, warnings of Hong Kong’s terminal decline have arrived in periodic waves.