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A teenager opened fire outside a secondary school in western Turkey on Tuesday, wounding 11 pupils, before being detained in the country’s third such shooting in six months, officials said. Three of the victims were in serious condition following the attack outside a school in Turgutlu near the western city of Izmir. “The treatment of 10 minors is ongoing, including three of whom are in intensive ...
An attacker opened fire near a secondary school in western Turkey on Tuesday and injured at least 11 people, officials said. The suspected shooter was arrested. At least two of the injured were in serious condition, Justice Minister Akin Gürlek said in a statement on X. The attack took place in front of a vocational and technical secondary school in Turgutlu district, in Manisa province, the provi...
The Communist Party’s flagship newspaper has set the tone for the summit on Thursday between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, calling for the two sides to build on the “constructive strategic stability” agreed upon during Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. The Chinese government and state media have also spelled out Beijing’s “red lines” days ahead of the high-stakes event in Washington....
The Communist Party’s flagship newspaper has set the tone for the summit on Thursday between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, calling for the two sides to build on the “constructive strategic stability” agreed upon during Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. The Chinese government and state media have also spelled out Beijing’s “red lines” days ahead of the high-stakes event in Washington....
The Communist Party’s flagship newspaper has set the tone for the Thursday summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, calling for the two sides to build on the “constructive strategic stability” agreed upon during Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. The Chinese government and state media have also spelled out Beijing’s “red lines” days ahead of the high-stakes event in Washington. Th...
A South Korean university has embedded graduation photos with anti-deepfake technology to prevent a repeat of a scandal two years ago, when portraits of female graduates were used to create sexually explicit manipulated images. Seoul National University’s (SNU) use of StealCut Protect, created by a start-up founded by SNU alumni, marked the first time it was used for a university graduation album ...
A South Korean university has embedded graduation photos with anti-deepfake technology to prevent a repeat of a scandal two years ago, when portraits of female graduates were used to create sexually explicit manipulated images. Seoul National University’s (SNU) use of StealCut Protect, created by a start-up founded by SNU alumni, marked the first time it was used for a university graduation album ...
A former acting chief editor for the now-defunct Stand News was fulfilling his duty to publish articles and had no intent to undermine national security in Hong Kong, his lawyer has said, despite an earlier conviction finding the outlet liable for sedition. A panel of High Court justices pointed out on Tuesday that the presiding trial judge had ruled Patrick Lam Shiu-tung’s decision to run materia...
Cutting-edge Chinese technology could gradually be becoming part of Serbia’s weapons systems with the appearance of robot dogs in a Serbian military drill on the weekend soon after the opening of a Chinese robotics factory in the Balkan country, according to observers. Robodogs equipped with machine guns, grenade launchers and rocket launchers were among the major weapons systems unveiled at Serbi...
Indonesia plans to press ahead with discounted Russian crude oil imports to secure domestic energy supplies and manage fiscal pressures, despite the risk of higher US tariffs as Washington moves to tighten economic pressure on Moscow. On Friday, US President Donald Trump signed into law an act that would give him authority to impose sanctions on Russia and slap tariffs of up to 100 per cent on the...
A man in northern China created a poignant record of his mother’s final 14 days, documenting her rapid decline from a vibrant woman to her last moments. Gao, hailing from the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, shared that his mother travelled to his city for medical treatment after developing a fever and a persistent cough. On August 29, he captured her arrival at the railway station. Dressed in he...
Foreign investors continue to pile into Hong Kong’s commercial real estate, with a unit of online retail giant Amazon and Singapore-headquartered Shorea Capital among the latest to snap up assets, according to agents. Shorea won the tender for The Pemberton, a mixed office and retail property in Sheung Wan, for an undisclosed amount, Colliers said, underscoring Southeast Asian investors’ continuin...
At least 14 students have been sent to hospital after drinking free beverages that were found with suspicious pinhole marks near a sports ground in Hong Kong, prompting a police investigation. Students from Maryknoll Secondary School in Kwun Tong reportedly posted messages on social media claiming that free bottles of a sports drink had been handed out during lunch on Wing Ting Road, a short dista...
At least 12 students were reportedly sent to hospital after drinking free beverages that were found with suspicious pinhole marks near a sports ground in Hong Kong, prompting a police investigation. Students from Maryknoll Secondary School in Kwun Tong reportedly posted messages on social media claiming that free bottles of a sports drink had been handed out during lunch on Wing Ting Road, a short...
About 10 students reportedly fell ill after drinking free beverages that were found with suspicious pinhole marks near a sports ground in Hong Kong, prompting a police investigation. Students reportedly posted messages on social media claiming that free bottles of a sports drink had been handed out during lunch near the school athletics meet at Hammer Hill Road Sports Ground in Wong Tai Sin. Some ...
Hong Kong does not need to emulate Singapore’s generous childbirth incentives, a senior official has said, defending the city’s latest 11-measure policy drive as a “comprehensive” approach tailored to local needs across short-term cash flow, housing and childcare. Addressing concerns that Hong Kong’s drive was too incremental compared with Singapore’s multi-tier sustained funding, Deputy Chief Sec...
Sri Lanka’s High Court has convicted 14 of the 24 men accused of being directly involved in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people, while one defendant was found guilty of only some of the charges. Nine others were acquitted, the court said. The three-judge bench read out its decision after a five-year trial and said sentencing would take place later. Suicide bombers struck three...
Sri Lanka’s High Court has convicted 14 of the 24 men accused of being directly involved in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people. The three-judge bench read out its decision after a five-year trial and said sentencing would take place later. The charges included murder and conspiracy to commit terrorism. Nine others were acquitted, while one defendant was found guilty of only s...
Sri Lanka is set to conclude on Tuesday the trial of 24 men accused of plotting the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, the deadliest attack against civilians in the island’s history. Suicide bombers struck three luxury hotels and three churches on April 21, 2019, killing 279 people, including 45 foreigners. Investigators blame the attack on a home-grown Islamist extremist group. One of 25 men indicted o...
The United States, Japan and South Korea agreed to resist “economic coercion” and emphasised the need for stability in the Taiwan Strait, taking an implicit shot at China just days before President Xi Jinping’s White House summit. The three countries plan new talks on economic security and enhancements to a trilateral supply chain early warning system, according to a statement issued after a meeti...
Senior police official Kelvin Kong Hok-lai has been named head of the force’s National Security Department, succeeding Andrew Kan Kai-yan, who began pre-retirement leave on Tuesday. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu appointed Kong as deputy police commissioner (national security) under Article 16(2) of the national security law. The appointment took effect immediately after Kong took the oath of of...
Hong Kong deserves credit for its first five-year plan, accompanied by a detailed policy address. The plan establishes a useful framework beyond the annual policy cycle. Precisely because this is an important first effort, it is worth asking what could make the framework even stronger. One striking omission is that the five-year plan never explicitly mentions climate change. This does not mean Hon...
The third son of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has said he wants to return home for urgent brain surgery. Chakriwat “Than Aong” Vivacharawongse posted a video on social media on Monday saying he had two large brain tumours requiring surgery. The 43-year-old doctor said he wanted to receive treatment in Thailand. “I want to return to Thailand for treatment because Thai doctors are highly capa...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Germany to help steer the European Union away from protectionist measures against China, saying that Beijing and Brussels should not engage in trade wars just days before President Xi Jinping’s high-stakes US visit. “China and the EU are comprehensive strategic partners, and a trade war should not be fought between them,” Wang told his German counterpart ...
Indonesia’s bid for another term on the United Nations’ premier security body stands a good chance of success given Jakarta’s growing global engagement, analysts say, but its balancing act between competing powers could complicate efforts to speak for the Global South. Jakarta’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it would launch its campaign this week for a fifth term as a non-permanent member...
China is attempting to breathe new life into its nearly 20-year-old Han Xin code by promoting a miniaturised version to use on semiconductors, marking the latest chapter in Beijing’s long-running attempt to secure a foothold for its home-grown standards in global industrial supply chains. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said on Monday that the “Micro Han Xin” code – a scaled-...
Residents of a wide swathe of eastern Japan were picking up the pieces on Tuesday after Typhoon Dujuan tore through the area the previous day, causing extensive flooding, landslides, power outages, flight cancellations and at least four deaths. Nearly 2 million people were instructed to evacuate their homes in low-lying coastal areas, or be prepared to move at short notice, after the Japan Meteoro...
A Hong Kong man with a mental disability has been sentenced to an indefinite period in a psychiatric hospital for stabbing two women to death in a frenzied knife attack at a shopping centre three years ago. The High Court on Tuesday ordered former warehouse worker Szeto Sing-kwong to receive mandatory psychiatric treatment and supervision at Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre in Tuen Mun, noting that he c...
Inside a brightly lit cleanroom at Chungbuk Semiconductor High School in South Korea, a group of teenagers in head-to-toe protective suits carefully handled silicon wafers, learning the same production processes used in commercial chip plants. About half of the school’s graduates head straight to large companies such as Samsung Electronics or SK Hynix without ever setting foot in a university clas...
Cambodia is set to present the outcome of its crackdown on scams to global governments and security agencies gathering in Phnom Penh this week. Yet questions remain over where the missing billions have gone – as well as the role of the country’s elite, who for many years denied the problem existed at all on Cambodian soil. Scam compounds took over declining mega-casinos during the pandemic. As bor...
