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Malaysia’s Loke decries school dinner alcohol claims as political attack scmp.com/news/asia/southeast…
Malaysia’s Loke decries school dinner alcohol claims as political attack

Malaysia’s Loke decries school dinner alcohol claims as political attack

The transport minister denied students were forced to serve booze at the reunion gala amid police investigation into the incident.

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Could Taipei’s unexpectedly tight mayoral race add to cross-strait tensions? scmp.com/news/china/politics…
Could Taipei’s unexpectedly tight mayoral race add to cross-strait tensions?

Could Taipei’s unexpectedly tight mayoral race add to cross-strait tensions?

Incumbent from KMT beset by municipal controversies, as his opponent from Taiwan’s ruling DPP enjoys rising support among centrist voters.

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Singapore turns up heat on power-hungry air cons with cool revolution scmp.com/news/asia/southeast…
Singapore turns up heat on power-hungry air cons with cool revolution

Singapore turns up heat on power-hungry air cons with cool revolution

More buildings embrace new heat-beating solutions like active chilled beams and radiant cooling to reduce energy use and noise.

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Hate paper straws? Asia’s new alternatives are another eco trap scmp.com/week-asia/health-en…
Hate paper straws? Asia’s new alternatives are another eco trap

Hate paper straws? Asia’s new alternatives are another eco trap

Cafes and coffee chains are swapping soggy paper for costly bioplastics, but scientists warn the ecological fallout is far from solved.

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Ex-Japanese adult film actress in intensive care after alleged drugging in Hong Kong scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-…
Ex-Japanese adult film actress in intensive care after alleged drugging in Hong Kong

Ex-Japanese adult film actress in intensive care after alleged drugging in Hong Kong

Mao Hamasaki’s manager says disc jockey tested positive for four kinds of drugs after consuming suspected spiked drink.

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‘Be alive’: Hongkonger with muscular dystrophy turns 18, against all odds scmp.com/news/hong-kong/soci…
‘Be alive’: Hongkonger with muscular dystrophy turns 18, against all odds

‘Be alive’: Hongkonger with muscular dystrophy turns 18, against all odds

Told he had a life expectancy of 18, Chen Tsz-kin marked the milestone with treatment, friends and plans for a digital twin to outlast him.

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Far from home, close to grief: why millions of Filipino migrants dread Undas scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle…
Far from home, close to grief: why millions of Filipino migrants dread Undas

Far from home, close to grief: why millions of Filipino migrants dread Undas

Separated by thousands of miles, overseas Filipinos must balance remembering their dead with the pain of missing their families back home.

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Despite having to use a wheelchair, Chen Tsz-kin has been embracing life in a way many other teenagers only dream about.

How to live when you’re expected to die young

Despite using a wheelchair, Chen Tsz-kin has embraced life in a way many other teenagers only dream of.

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FBI blames North Korea for Binance hack in biggest crypto heist in history scmp.com/news/world/united-s…
FBI blames North Korea for Binance hack in biggest crypto heist in history

FBI blames North Korea for Binance hack in biggest crypto heist in history

The US agency blames the attack on an entity known as TraderTraitor, the same actors behind a US$1.5 billion Bybit hack last year.

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Hong Kong man falls from luxury housing complex, striking domestic helper below scmp.com/news/hong-kong/soci…
Hong Kong man falls from luxury housing complex, striking domestic helper below

Hong Kong man falls from luxury housing complex, striking domestic helper below

Both victims conscious when taken to hospital after man falls at 1 Austin Road West and lands on podium, hitting Filipino woman.

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In Focus | How the Zhuhai air show charted China’s path from catching up to flying high scmp.com/news/china/military…
In Focus | How the Zhuhai air show charted China’s path from catching up to flying high

In Focus | How the Zhuhai air show charted China’s path from catching up to flying high

Since the debut show in 1996, the country has gone from importing Russian planes to competing with the US at the cutting edge.

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‘Flirtatious’ US$2,500 photo shoots for ‘lonely’ Chinese women spark backlash scmp.com/news/people-culture…
‘Flirtatious’ US$2,500 photo shoots for ‘lonely’ Chinese women spark backlash

‘Flirtatious’ US$2,500 photo shoots for ‘lonely’ Chinese women spark backlash

From male live-streamers to AI personas, creators across mainland platforms are monetising the loneliness of middle-aged and elderly women.

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South Korea’s latest chart sensation has a secret: the singer isn’t human scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle…
South Korea’s latest chart sensation has a secret: the singer isn’t human

South Korea’s latest chart sensation has a secret: the singer isn’t human

The K-pop act’s sudden rise has exposed brewing copyright rows and prompted fresh debate over the future of AI-generated music.

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Judge throws out Trump lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday letter scmp.com/news/world/united-s…
Judge throws out Trump suit against WSJ over Epstein birthday letter

Judge throws out Trump suit against WSJ over Epstein birthday letter

The ruling said the lawsuit was ‘grasping at straws’, and the case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled.

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G20 foreign ministers end Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issues scmp.com/news/china/diplomac…
G20 foreign ministers end Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issues

G20 foreign ministers end Atlanta meeting without consensus on key issues

Top diplomats from the world’s largest economies worry about export restrictions and threats to supply chains but stop short of calling out China.

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Clashes break out at France’s Halloween protests, as hundreds of thousands take to streets scmp.com/news/world/europe/a…
Clashes break out at France’s Halloween protests, as thousands take to streets

Clashes break out at France’s Halloween protests, as thousands take to streets

The third consecutive weekend of marches was largely peaceful, but some demonstrators hurled stones and a Molotov cocktail at police.

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Quad diplomats finalise first leaders’ summit in two years before Trump-Xi meeting scmp.com/news/china/diplomac…
Quad not ‘anti-China’, says Rubio as first summit in two years set before Trump-Xi talks

Quad not ‘anti-China’, says Rubio as first summit in two years set before Trump-Xi talks

Without naming China, foreign ministers express ‘grave concerns’ about overcapacity disrupting global supply chains in critical industries.

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Hong Kong man falls from luxury housing complex, striking domestic helper below scmp.com/news/hong-kong/soci…
Hong Kong man falls from luxury housing complex, striking domestic helper below

Hong Kong man falls from luxury housing complex, striking domestic helper below

Both victims conscious when taken to hospital after man falls at 1 Austin Road West and lands on podium, hitting Filipino woman.

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With ‘Kissinger moment’ over, US and China urged to foster new ‘bridge builders’ scmp.com/news/china/diplomac…
With ‘Kissinger moment’ over, US and China urged to foster new ‘bridge builders’

With ‘Kissinger moment’ over, US and China urged to foster new ‘bridge builders’

Academics call for a new generation of talent to guide ties amid geopolitical frictions and a shortage of American China experts.

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Is Beijing’s 2027 military milestone now a US readiness deadline over Taiwan? scmp.com/news/china/military…
Is Beijing’s 2027 military milestone now a US readiness deadline over Taiwan?

Is Beijing’s 2027 military milestone now a US readiness deadline over Taiwan?

Focus reflects Pentagon priorities rather than an identifiable plan by mainland China to attack the island that year, analysts say.

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