Tuesday 19 March 2024
Hong Kong police officer pleads guilty to laundering HK$6 million as court warns of harsh sentence
- scmpHong Kong customs seizes HK$208 million in black market cigarettes in 15 days, after tobacco tax took effect in last month’s budget
- scmpMore Chinese tied the knot in 2023, lifting marriage rates for first time in nine years
- straitstimesAfter election victory, Putin warns West a Russia-Nato conflict is just a step from World War 3
- scmpHong Kong’s Cathay Pacific promises no disruptions in coming Easter holiday after cancelling 786 flights over 2 months
- scmpBeijing visit shows China and Angola are redefining economic relationship for a post-oil, post-loans era
- scmpRisk warning as new China ‘blind box socials’ trend sees growing numbers of young people meet up with strangers for activities
- scmpGlobal Impact: Hong Kong’s stock market eyes light at the end of the tunnel after 3 years in the doldrums
- scmp2 New Zealand men arrested in Phuket for allegedly attacking a policeman and snatching his gun
- straitstimesDemocracy under threat from AI-generated fake news and disinformation, warns South Korea’s Yoon
- scmpFilipino mail-order brides trafficked to China: alarm in Philippines over links to Chinese organised crime
- scmpHong Kong legislature to resume second reading of Article 23 bill on Tuesday morning, as government fast-tracks law
- scmpMalaysia looks to China to fast-track rare earths processing and tackle illegal exports
- straitstimesSingapore and Indonesia talk of co-hosting big concerts, other events. Are they ready for it?
- straitstimesRamadan in Gaza, Malaysians feel the pinch, Taylor Swift’s impersonator: 6 weekend reads you may have missed
- scmpHongkongers wake to fog and drizzle after partially sunny weekend, with cold weather expected on Tuesday
- scmpKeep calm, let authorities probe socks issue, says Malaysia’s Religious Affairs Minister
- straitstimesHong Kong’s Gaw Capital bets on ‘China plus one’ opportunities in Vietnam and Mexico, AI-boom driven US office market growth to offset mainland woes
- scmp‘Sexual shame’: China holds online professional circumcision contest to correct misconceptions, promote positive attitudes, levels of acceptance
- scmpWhy is Hong Kong fast-tracking its Article 23 domestic national security law? Catching enemies off guard among key reasons, sources say
- scmpJapanese firms snap up retail spaces in Hong Kong, making the most of city’s low rents and residents’ fondness for country’s brands
- scmp‘All ethnic groups matter’: new Chinese textbook cites splits in the West to justify Beijing’s integration policies
- scmpWhy an idea to nominate Chinese new villages as a Unesco site got Malaysians riled up
- straitstimesBiden tells dinner guests that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. ‘The other’s me’
- scmpHong Kong homebuyers snap up Uptown East flats worth US$179 million in Kowloon Bay, as market rebounds after curbs removal
- scmpHong Kong’s Article 23 law: auditors call for clarity amid fears over handling confidential information linked to possible state secrets
- scmpKickboxing China PhD student at prestigious Canadian university suffers brain damage in brutal combat contest
- scmpChina’s cryptocurrency investors record gains of more than US$1 billion in 2023 despite sweeping government ban
- scmpHong Kong home sales jump but prices remain static after property curbs ditched last month, real estate organisation says
- scmpWife of tech mogul, mother-in-law of British PM, philanthropist: Sudha Murty enters Indian Parliament
- straitstimes20 major companies to open or expand in Hong Kong this week, finance secretary Paul Chan says
- scmpMalaysian PM Anwar’s ex-aide takes major stake in tech firm, raising governance concerns
- straitstimes Sources
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