How the 5-year plan can serve the nation and deliver for Hong Kong
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How the 5-year plan can serve the nation and deliver for Hong Kong

This year marks the opening year of the national 15th five-year plan. Faced with accelerating change globally and significant opportunities brought by national development, Hong Kong must better integrate into and serve the overall national development, enabling our economic progress to reach new heights while enhancing people’s livelihood and well-being. This February, I announced that the Hong K...

How the five-year plan can serve the nation and deliver for Hong Kong
SCMP •

How the five-year plan can serve the nation and deliver for Hong Kong

This year marks the opening year of the national 15th five-year plan. Faced with accelerating change globally and significant opportunities brought by national development, Hong Kong must better integrate into and serve the overall national development, enabling our economic progress to reach new heights while enhancing people’s livelihood and well-being. This February, I announced that the Hong K...

China grandma drains life savings on US$450,000 beauty fraud before daughter discovers it

China grandma drains life savings on US$450,000 beauty fraud before daughter discovers it

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A 75-year-old woman from Shanghai spent three million yuan (US$450,000) on beauty treatments in a salon, completely depleting her retirement savings before her daughter uncovered the situation. The elderly woman’s daughter recently sought assistance from a Shanghai television programme after discovering that her mother had exhausted all her savings on beauty services. The woman, surnamed Yu, had s...

Australian politics live: Hastie urges deal with US to get AI model; Taylor says Hanson’s comments on PM’s mother ‘off limits’

Australian politics live: Hastie urges deal with US to get AI model; Taylor says Hanson’s comments on PM’s mother ‘off limits’

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Follow the day’s news liveGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastHanson’s comments on Albanese’s mother ‘gratuitous and unnecessary’: HumeJane Hume has joined the pile on, blasting Pauline Hanson for her comments about Anthony Albanese’s mother.I think that these comments were gratuitous and unnecessary. And the idea that you would disparage people that have grown up in social ...

Trump visits Ireland amid skyrocketing energy prices

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Americans are feeling the squeeze from skyrocketing fuel prices, with gas rising 16 cents from a week ago to a nationwide average of $4.31 per gallon. Concerns about oil prices followed President Trump during his trip to Ireland this weekend. Nancy Cordes has more details.

Politics live: Hastie urges deal with US to get AI model; Taylor says Hanson’s comments on Albanese’s mother ‘off limits’

Politics live: Hastie urges deal with US to get AI model; Taylor says Hanson’s comments on Albanese’s mother ‘off limits’

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Follow the day’s news liveGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastHanson’s comments on Albanese’s mother ‘gratuitous and unnecessary’: HumeJane Hume has joined the pile on, blasting Pauline Hanson for her comments about Anthony Albanese’s mother.I think that these comments were gratuitous and unnecessary. And the idea that you would disparage people that have grown up in social ...

Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA

Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA

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Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s directors on their devastating film about Israeli intelligenceIsrael’s culture minister has called for the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of NAZA, a documentary about the country’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza, to be strippe...

Motorcyclist’s death reignites debate over potholes on Victoria’s ‘deteriorating’ roads

Motorcyclist’s death reignites debate over potholes on Victoria’s ‘deteriorating’ roads

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Coalition says potholes must be fixed ‘as a matter of urgency’ after 71-year-old crashed and died on Western Highway at Trawalla, west of Ballarat, on SundayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastEmergency services were called to Trawalla, west of Ballarat, shortly before 1pm on Sunday after reports a motorcycle had struck a...

Mary Gaudron, first female judge of Australia’s high court, dies aged 83

Mary Gaudron, first female judge of Australia’s high court, dies aged 83

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Legal pioneer remembered as an advocate for equality and champion of women in the workplaceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMary Gaudron, the first woman appointed to the high court of Australia, has been honoured for her contributions to the legal landscape after her death at the age of 83.Gaudron was appointed to the...

Beijing’s ‘trust issue’ with Hong Kong and what the city can promise in its 5-year plan

Beijing’s ‘trust issue’ with Hong Kong and what the city can promise in its 5-year plan

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In the final instalment of our series of previews on the five-year plan and policy address, to be announced on September 16, Natalie Wong and Matthew Cheng look at how national security spans areas such as finance and technology and what Hong Kong must do to earn Beijing’s trust. Read part one here, part two here, part three here and part four here. With the recent sentencing of former leaders of ...

Clavicular Claims Cultural Impact: Ludwig backs 2026 nod; streamer says he streams less

Clavicular Claims Cultural Impact: Ludwig backs 2026 nod; streamer says he streams less

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Clavicular has responded after Ludwig named him among his five picks for Streamer of the Year 2026, alongside Kai Cenat, IShowSpeed, Stable Ronaldo and Jynxzi. Ludwig said Clavicular may have had the biggest cultural impact on the list, despite the choice potentially causing debate. Clavicular agreed, writing, "Easily the biggest impact on culture, but I don't stream enough recently." He also said...

Politics live: Pensioners to pay for half of Labor’s $3bn private health savings; electrifying push for Australians to save $5,000 a year

Politics live: Pensioners to pay for half of Labor’s $3bn private health savings; electrifying push for Australians to save $5,000 a year

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Figures revealed in modelling commissioned by independent MP Monique Ryan. Follow the day’s news liveGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastHanson’s comments on Albanese’s mother ‘gratuitous and unnecessary’: HumeJane Hume has joined the pile on, blasting Pauline Hanson for her comments about Anthony Albanese’s mother.I think that these comments were gratuitous and unnecessary....

China’s intelligence chief warns of risks from AI as ‘new arena for strategic rivalry’

China’s intelligence chief warns of risks from AI as ‘new arena for strategic rivalry’

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China’s top intelligence official has warned of rising national security risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), calling for robust risk prevention frameworks and stronger global governance of the emerging technology. The call from Chen Yixin, China’s state security minister, comes as Beijing seeks to play a leading role in global AI governance while criticising US restrictions. At the Brics ...

Man up, break down: unpacking the Philippines’ male suicide crisis

Man up, break down: unpacking the Philippines’ male suicide crisis

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Richardson Mojica is no stranger to thoughts of ending it all. The 40-year-old university professor and mental health advocate was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder and depression in his early 20s. He finds fulfilment in his job, yet suicidal ideation has always lingered. “We call it passively suicidal – you don’t want to live, but you don’t want to stop everything,” he...

Centre-left bloc leads Swedish elections – as it happened

Centre-left bloc leads Swedish elections – as it happened

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This live blog has now closed – you can read the latest news story hereIf you’re looking just for a single story to quickly catch up on the story of tonight, let’s cross to our Nordic correspondent, Miranda Bryant, for her preview.The prospect of far-right anti-immigration Sweden Democrats entering the government has understandably attracted a lot of international attention, particularly coming ju...