Observatory keeps eye on low-pressure area, to consider issuing T1 over weekend
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Observatory keeps eye on low-pressure area, to consider issuing T1 over weekend

The Hong Kong Observatory has said it will consider issuing the No 1 standby typhoon signal over the weekend, as it tracks a low-pressure system that could approach the city and bring stormy weather. The forecaster said on Wednesday that the area of low pressure over the northern part of the South China Sea was moving westward and edging closer to the southern section of the mainland Chinese provi...

Observatory keeps eye on low pressure-area, to consider issuing T1 over weekend
SCMP

Observatory keeps eye on low pressure-area, to consider issuing T1 over weekend

The Hong Kong Observatory has said it will consider issuing the No 1 standby typhoon signal over the weekend, as it tracks a low-pressure system that could approach the city and bring stormy weather. The forecaster said on Wednesday that the area of low pressure over the northern part of the South China Sea was moving westward and edging closer to the southern section of the mainland Chinese provi...

Republican senator Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola advance in Alaska Senate primary
The Guardian

Republican senator Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola advance in Alaska Senate primary

Result tees up marquee race in US midterm elections, which could decide if Republicans or Democrats control SenateIncumbent Dan S Sullivan, the US senator, advanced in Alaska’s nonpartisan primary race for his seat on Tuesday alongside Mary Peltola, a former Democratic congresswoman.With the top four candidates moving forward from Alaska’s open primaries to the general election, the Associated Pre...

Ukraine’s new defence minister takes office as popular predecessor calls for presidential vote

Ukraine’s new defence minister takes office as popular predecessor calls for presidential vote

France 24

Ukrainian lawmakers approved former top special forces operative Yevhenii Khmara as the country’s new defence minister Wednesday, just hours after his predecessor Mykhailo Fedorov called for fresh presidential elections. Elections have been banned in Ukraine since President Volodymyr Zelensky declared martial law following the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. Read our liveblog to see ...

Live: Ukraine’s new defence minister takes office as popular predecessor calls for presidential vote

Live: Ukraine’s new defence minister takes office as popular predecessor calls for presidential vote

France 24

Ukrainian lawmakers approved former top special forces operative Yevhenii Khmara as the country’s new defence minister Wednesday, just hours after his predecessor Mykhailo Fedorov called for fresh presidential elections. Elections have been banned in Ukraine since President Volodymyr Zelensky declared martial law following the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. Follow our liveblog for t...

Ukraine live: Zelensky fires deputy head of presidential office as corruption probe unfolds

Ukraine live: Zelensky fires deputy head of presidential office as corruption probe unfolds

France 24

President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed presidential office deputy head Iryna Mudra on Wednesday, according to a decree published on the presidential website. The move came after Ukraine’s anti-graft agencies said they had uncovered a money laundering group allegedly involving senior officials from Zelensky's office. Follow our live blog for the latest updates. 

China to build environmental monitoring station near disputed Scarborough Shoal

China to build environmental monitoring station near disputed Scarborough Shoal

SCMP

China has approved the construction of a marine environmental observation station to monitor an area that includes the disputed Scarborough Shoal, a persistent flashpoint in tensions with the Philippines in the South China Sea. The Zhongsha Islands Marine Ecological and Environmental Field Observation and Research Station, proposed by the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO) of the Chin...

France’s ‘aid in dying’ law comes into effect after constitutional approval

France’s ‘aid in dying’ law comes into effect after constitutional approval

The Guardian

Right to assisted dying established for patients with conditions assessed as incurable and causing unbearable pain Legislation granting incurably ill adults the right to assisted dying has been formally adopted in France after the text was approved by the country’s highest constitutional authority and published in the official journal.The law, known as a law on “end of life” or “aid in dying” rath...

Mable Chan uses Qatar Airways cargo office opening to drop Central Asia route reveal

Mable Chan uses Qatar Airways cargo office opening to drop Central Asia route reveal

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Qatar Airways has set up its new regional cargo office in Hong Kong, with the city’s transport minister using the occasion to reveal a local airline would soon announce a relaunch of direct flights to Central Asia. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan dropped the hint, but did not name the airline, when she attended the opening ceremony for Qatar Airways’ regional cargo office and witn...

Dog food recalled after reports of pets losing their sight

Dog food recalled after reports of pets losing their sight

The Guardian

Move by Years, which provides personalised meals in subscription-based service, follows recipe changeA dog food brand has recalled all of its fresh meals after reports that a recipe change may have caused some animals to develop an eye condition that, if left untreated, can lead to sight loss.Years said owners should stop feeding its fresh meals to their dogs “immediately” and also told them not t...

Medical researcher who touted Covid ‘cure’ and was hailed by Dr Oz under fire over ethics

Medical researcher who touted Covid ‘cure’ and was hailed by Dr Oz under fire over ethics

The Guardian

New findings further call into question scientific judgment of current health leaders in the Trump administrationA French researcher whose work was praised by Donald Trump and Dr Mehmet Oz during the Covid-19 pandemic published hundreds of papers with “substantial” ethical and legal concerns, according to a new analysis.An international team of scientists found concerns in 853 articles published b...

In 1964, a 27-year-old woman bought an abandoned Maine island and lived alone; 22 years later, it became a wildlife sanctuary

In 1964, a 27-year-old woman bought an abandoned Maine island and lived alone; 22 years later, it became a wildlife sanctuary

Times of India

Witch Island, previously inhabited by the infamous Anna Chittenden—referred to as the 'Witch of Wall Street'—has transformed into a wildlife sanctuary. After her brief stay, Jane Sewall took on the responsibility of safeguarding the isle from irresponsible tourists. In 1986, Sewall gifted the island to the Maine Audubon Society, which is now overseen by the Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust.

Is Bulgarian prime minister Rumen Radev sizing up the EU’s Orbán-shaped hole?

Is Bulgarian prime minister Rumen Radev sizing up the EU’s Orbán-shaped hole?

The Guardian

Rightwing populist’s inconsistent positions on Europe and Russia suggest he is testing how far he can push partners and electorateOne evening nine years ago in the Bulgarian town of Balgari, a Brazilian tourist approached the casually dressed, middle-aged man surrounded by bodyguards, bystanders and photographers. “Why are you important?” she asked. “I’m not so important,” he replied. She repeated...

Fake residency of foreign children in Thailand spotlights widening corruption

Fake residency of foreign children in Thailand spotlights widening corruption

SCMP

On paper, the small rooms inside the flats in Din Daeng, a district in Bangkok, were packed with foreign children. A total of 64 foreign children had been registered as occupants in one flat alone – an implausible listing that authorities say has exposed a wider fraud in Thailand’s house-registration system. The children were not found living there. Their names, investigators say, have been fraudu...

Zelenskyy sacks deputy head of his office amid reported corruption investigation – Europe live

Zelenskyy sacks deputy head of his office amid reported corruption investigation – Europe live

The Guardian

Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies said they uncovered group responsible for money laundering $3.35m but did not name individuals involved Meanwhile, for all the noise and controversy around it, the Ukrainian parliament has just approved Zelenskyy’s nominations for foreign and defence ministers.Andrii Sybiha and Yevhen Khmara were both approved by the lawmakers just minutes ago.“I am grateful to t...