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▪ Nancy Pelosi kicked out of US Capitol office so ousted speaker Kevin McCarthy can have it
▪ In Australia s Outback, Indigenous Voice proposal struggles to inspire
▪ In Japan, more students ‘tired of being in school’ are playing truant. Are bullying and burnout to blame?
▪ Five killed by India glacial lake burst flood, 23 soldiers missing
▪ Residents in rural Australia evacuate homes as floods follow fires
▪ Joe Biden to give ‘major speech’ on Ukraine aid, suggests he has way around Republican roadblock
▪ Actress Julia Ormond sues Harvey Weinstein for sex assault, says Miramax and Disney enabled him
▪ China’s economic malaise boils down to ‘a failure to reform’ the system, Pathfinder report warns
▪ ST Picks: Siam Paragon shooting - Shops reopen but shoppers stay away
▪ Why JPEX scandal won’t derail Hong Kong’s cryptocurrency ambitions
▪ US House paralysed as Republicans seek new leader after Kevin McCarthy booted
▪ IMF likely overestimating China’s economic growth prospects, US analyst says
▪ Russia says it foiled major Ukraine drone attack, as concerns grow over Kyiv’s arms supplies
▪ Saudi Arabia and Russia extend oil supply cuts
▪ Russian oil exports jump 24% in just a week – Bloomberg
▪ Asean must remain united in face of competition among great powers: NTU don
▪ Efforts to stabilise US-China ties will continue amid small window of opportunity: Panellists
▪ Earth’s amphibians ‘are sliding towards extinction’; Chinese populations remain threatened, major study finds
▪ Azerbaijan s Aliyev to skip EU talks with Armenia, angry with France - state media
▪ Tightening gun control in Thailand requires dealing with entrenched interests
▪ 7 Chinese among 33 arrested by Italian police in multimillion dollar mafia money laundering case
▪ India finds more toxic syrups months after poisoning deaths
▪ Cross-strait tensions: China, when pushed into a corner, could ‘tip the world over in a heartbeat’
▪ Drag queen in Philippines arrested for reciting Catholic prayer during show
▪ Armenia s Pashinyan says he s ready to resign if it helps situation in country - RIA
▪ US to plunge East Asia into growth reduction – FT
▪ Refreshed China-Germany deal helps Beijing keep economic foothold in West amid US-led decoupling
▪ Armenia s Pashinyan to attend EU talks despite Azerbaijani refusal
▪ UK PM Rishi Sunak axes costly HS2 high-speed rail line, vows to raise smoking age during Conservative Party meeting
▪ Diverse workforce ‘massively important’ for companies in Hong Kong, EU business panel hears
▪ Climate change: scientists say strong typhoons are arriving earlier, overlapping with extreme summer rain
▪ Turkey says Ankara bomb attackers came from Syria
▪ Pakistan’s ‘unacceptable’ crackdown on illegal migrants may force 1.7 million Afghans out of the country
▪ Germany faces grim long-term economic future – expert
▪ Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines aims to land staff from mainland China, tap affiliated carrier to ensure expansion plans fly
▪ Tensions deepen at University of Hong Kong as president slams handling of bombshell claims against him
▪ China’s property crisis has regional knock-on effects, Asean body says
▪ Hong Kong government to sell only 1 plot this quarter, putting revenue target of US$10.8 billion from land sale out of reach
▪ Thai police target online gun sales after deadly mall shooting
▪ Conveyor belt sushi in Japan goes digital for hygiene, gamifies the dining experience
▪ China bites back as EU launches probe into electric vehicle industry
▪ Anti-China rhetoric in US campaign could hurt ‘new window of opportunity’ to improve ties: analysts
▪ Hong Kong scientists warn steroid drug increases risk of major heart problems among rheumatoid arthritis patients
▪ Vice-Premier He Lifeng shown to be China’s point man on economic ties, reaching trade agreement with Germany
▪ Russia says it held talks with U.S. and EU on Nagorno-Karabakh ahead of crisis
▪ Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: charity on nutrition mission with meals programme for people in need
▪ Climate change: sustainability-linked funding can help hard-to-abate sectors access transitional green finance, Hong Kong forums hear
▪ Nobel Chemistry Prize 2023: Bawendi, Brus and Ekimov win for quantum dot tech used in LED TVs after winners names leaked
▪ Watch out for bears, Japan issues safety warning to those visiting mountains
▪ IMF warns China at risk if commodity markets see further fragmentation
▪ Former school chief sees toddler wandering on street, follows child before taking him to police, warming hearts on Chinese social media
▪ Thai mall shooting: PM Srettha Thavisin reassures tourists about safety amid calls for tougher gun laws
▪ 30 companies pledge to invest HK$30 billion in Hong Kong, helping ‘spur city’s rise’ as I T hub
▪ Indian police arrest NewsClick employees after raids linked to spread of ‘Chinese propaganda’
▪ Canada elects first indigenous provincial leader, as Wab Kinew voted new premier of Manitoba
▪ Shops in Siam Paragon reopen, but shoppers stay away a day after shooting rampage
▪ Singapore saddened by loss of innocent lives in Bangkok shooting
▪ Membership for Ukraine would cost EU $200 billion – FT
▪ Singaporeans mock junior minister’s ‘nonsense’ advice on how to throw away drink packet with Lee Kuan Yew’s image
▪ Hong Kong Observatory to issue T1 warning between Wednesday night and Thursday morning as Typhoon Koinu looms on horizon
▪ Russian reporter who protested Ukraine war on live TV handed ‘absurd’ 8-year jail term in absentia
▪ AI advances ‘supercharge’ online disinformation, censorship and surveillance in growing threat to human rights, report warns
▪ Bangkok’s Siam Paragon shooting: Chinese victim and family were hiding in toilet, says niece
▪ As China fights Japanification, Tokyo should look in the mirror
▪ Foreign troops must leave Maldives, president-elect Muizzu says
▪ Flash flood washes away 23 Indian soldiers in mountainous Sikkim
▪ India, Japan launch $824 million fund for low carbon emission projects
▪ Thailand vows measures to restore tourist confidence after mall shooting
▪ Taiwan says China has very diverse ways of interfering in election
▪ Kevin McCarthy’s historic ouster as House speaker stuns US lawmakers, frays relationships and roils Washington
▪ Can Asia prioritise going green over development as energy experts urge faster emissions reductions?
▪ Southern states in India fight over river water in drought year
▪ Bangkok’s Siam Paragon shooting: Shots started in female toilet, says niece of Chinese victim
▪ Thailand vows safety for tourists after Siam Paragon mall shooting kills 2
▪ Elderly Singapore man pays US$51,000 for imaginary Peking duck as scammers steal his life savings
▪ Hong Kong teenager arrested for allegedly attacking 2 security guards with knife at government headquarters
▪ Choppy waters as Europe navigates China-US rivalry
▪ Fukushima waste water: no room for Hong Kong to ease ban on Japanese seafood, environment chief says before second round of discharge
▪ Russia to make it harder for foreign companies to leave – Izvestia
▪ Russia not complying with Western oil price cap – deputy PM 
▪ Thai mall shooting: Malaysia’s Johor crown prince gives eyewitness account of deadly attack on shopping centre
▪ China exhibition shows latest advances in drone technology, especially for military use
▪ Malaysia Edition: Lowest-earners voted for opposition | Changes to education system draw flak
▪ India s spies infiltrated West long before Canada s murder claim
▪ Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: deaf rugby team stands together on and off the pitch to foster inclusion
▪ Hong Kong JPEX crypto scandal: dividends plan by defiant platform prevents users from withdrawing assets
▪ Bedbug ‘scourge’ becomes a political issue in France ahead of Paris Olympics
▪ Facebook owner Meta to lay off employees in chip unit of metaverse-focused Reality Labs on Wednesday
▪ Johor Bahru mayor fumes as traffic woes reach boiling point
▪ 3 Philippine fishermen dead after South China Sea ramming by unidentified boat, says coastguard
▪ US, China should ‘keep the pipeline open’ for academic exchanges despite rivalry, MIT chief says
▪ How BOCHK empowers entrepreneurs with customised business banking solutions
▪ ‘Worst experience’: Johor Crown Prince recounts Bangkok’s Siam Paragon shooting, thanks S’pore for help
▪ Taiwan shuts offices, cancels flights as Typhoon Koinu nears
▪ Malaysia has no plans to carry out cloud seeding operation to tackle haze
▪ Hong Kong’s Anna Fisher rows her way to 5 gold medals at world masters regatta in South Africa
▪ China’s exporters navigate bumpy road back overseas amid turbulent economic recovery
▪ Guatemala to keep Taipei ties while seeking better Beijing relations: Arévalo
▪ Joe Biden tries to reassure Ukraine allies as turmoil in US mounts
▪ Suspected gunman in mall shooting modified handgun designed to fire blanks - police
▪ 2 injured in Hong Kong light rail train collision at Yuen Long station, MTR Corp diverts routes
▪ South China Sea: 3 Filipino fishermen die after ramming by foreign vessel
▪ Indonesian villagers from Rempang Island vow to resist Chinese-funded project, fearing ‘cultural genocide’
▪ Activists say Indonesian state weapons makers supplying Myanmar
▪ Any Hong Kong housing solution must also serve ethnic minorities
▪ Twitter executives win US$1.1 million in legal fees from Musk’s X
▪ Hong Kong areas still reeling from last big storm and record rainfall brace for Typhoon Koinu
▪ North Korea criticises new US strategy on weapons of mass destruction
▪ China couple who found spy camera pointing at Malaysia honeymoon bed accused of ‘smearing’ Airbnb host online
▪ Australia Indigenous referendum opposition led by older, rural voters -poll
▪ Are China’s state-owned giants about to get even bigger? Party journal flags ‘a matter of survival’
▪ With Kevin McCarthy out, who will be the next speaker of the US House?
▪ Australia state swings from bush fires to flash flooding in 24 hours
▪ Japan’s Miyajima island imposes ‘fair’ tourist tax after G7 leaders’ visit sparks travel rush
▪ FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried shows up for trial leaner, and with his famous curls cut
▪ China, the US and the dangers of a war of words over national decline
▪ Indonesia voted at the UN not to sell arms to Myanmar. So why are its state-owned firms suspected of selling to the junta?
▪ At least 21 killed after bus falls from Venice bridge and catches fire
▪ What’s next after the Korean Wave?
▪ US House votes to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker
▪ US, asked about Sikh separatist groups, says it respects free speech
▪ India police raid media office, journalists homes in illegal funding probe
▪ US sanctions China-based drug network over fentanyl
▪ China’s consul general in New York pitches a positive economic outlook
▪ WHO says no new cases of Nipah virus detected since Sept 15
▪ US senators probe TikTok hiring of executives from Chinese parent ByteDance
▪ Ukraine designates China’s biggest oil firms as ‘sponsors of war’ for Russian joint ventures
▪ Dalio says China-US relations are on the brink of red lines
▪ Crowds run out of Siam Paragon, hide, as the shooting starts
▪ Beer giant terminates license agreements in Russia
▪ US calls for release of Uygur scholar Rahile Dawut, given reported life sentence by China
▪ Biden speaks with US allies about Ukraine support, White House says
▪ Ruble exchange rate to dollar doesn’t matter – Kremlin
▪ Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to gun charges, faces possible trial as father president Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election bid
▪ Little hope of Chinese President Xi Jinping meeting US senators in Beijing, analysts say
▪ 12 infants die in a day at Indian hospital, opposition alleges negligence
▪ Indonesian presidential candidates turn to largest Islamic organisation NU to find running mates
▪ EU’s China ‘de-risking’ plan puts AI, semiconductors, quantum tech and biotech in cross hairs
▪ India-Canada killing row: New Delhi tells Ottawa to remove 41 diplomats amid row over Sikh separatist’s death
▪ Indonesian city closes schools over peatland fire haze
▪ Kremlin says Russia has not abandoned moratorium on nuclear testing
▪ EU prepared to give in to Hungarian demands – FT
▪ 9-year-old who vanished from New York park found ‘safe’, man linked to ransom note arrested
▪ Pakistan orders all illegal immigrants to leave after suicide bombings
▪ Veteran professor at Hong Kong University ‘poised to become next medical school head’ after serving as interim dean for over a year
▪ EU could review Azerbaijan ties if crisis worsens - document
▪ Indonesia hunting foreigner who meditated naked at shrine
▪ Chinese-owned TikTok to stop sales in Indonesia after social media transaction ban
▪ Singapore money-laundering probe not done ‘at the behest of China’: minister
▪ Taiwan urges US to speed up weapons systems deliveries, boost defence supply chain
▪ Ruble returns to landmark US dollar rate
▪ Hong Kong floating temple to sea goddess Tin Hau gets new lease of life with onshore home for deity
▪ China promises to make business, life in Shanghai easier for foreign companies
▪ Suspected gunman arrested after shots fired at mall in Thailand s capital - media
▪ Floods hit 4,000 homes in central Thailand
▪ Japan car industry losing billions over Russia export ban – Reuters
▪ Haze crisis in Southeast Asia sparks fresh blame game, as green groups urge laws to deter ‘bad apples’
▪ Nobel Physics Prize 2023: Pierre Agostin, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier honoured for work on electrons, molecules
▪ Hundreds flee from ‘active shooter’ at Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok
▪ Speaking of Asia Podcast: Behind the murder in Canada of an anti-India Sikh
▪ ICRC combs streets of deserted Karabakh capital for stranded residents
▪ Thai police responding to shots fired in Bangkok shopping centre
▪ Hong Kong to host LIV Golf League event next year, sports club says, calling for park patrons to have chance to play on site taken back by authorities
▪ China needs ‘wholistic approach’ to meet military modernisation goals
▪ ‘Downfall of prodigy’: China’s youngest graduate student and PhD candidate at 16 still financially dependent on parents at 28, says ‘they owe me’
▪ Filipinos call for supplies to spread Christmas cheer for troops stationed in South China Sea
▪ Apple enforces new check on apps in China as Beijing tightens oversight
▪ China’s ‘extraordinary’ Chang’e 5 lunar mission wins award for its team
▪ Russia says moon shot failed due to control unit malfunction
▪ Typhoon Koinu on track to hit Taiwan, approach Hong Kong
▪ Indian police launch ‘shocking’ raids on journalists, activists prompting ‘deep concern’ over media freedom
▪ Hong Kong police ‘arrest suspected triad member’ hours after officer drew gun in bungled attempt to stop hit-and-run driver
▪ Countries pledge to raise $16b billion to fund coral reef protection
▪ India must rapidly scale solar to reach renewable targets: Study
▪ French minister heads to Armenia to boost bilateral support
▪ Giant pandas in zoos beyond natural latitude frustrated by being out of sync with their environment, find researchers
▪ India-Canada ties fray in row over Sikh separatist killing
▪ Malaysia PM Anwar threatens action against rice hoarders as prices soar
▪ Families endure grief s open wound a year after Thai nursery massacre
▪ In boost for semiconductor ambitions, Japan approves US$1.3 billion in subsidies for US chip firm Micron’s plant in Hiroshima
▪ Maldives new pro-China president-elect vows to kick out Indian military
▪ Japan slams MP s surprise visit to Russia
▪ How Russia uses Storm-Z squads on Ukraine front line: ‘They’re just meat’
▪ Detention of Evergrande founder Hui Ka-yan ‘a signal Chinese authorities won’t let super-rich off the hook’
▪ Malaysian police arrest three men in road rage assault case
▪ Dunked in paint, whacked with concrete slab: Animal lovers outraged by cat abuse in Malaysia
▪ Former Hong Kong policeman jailed for unlawfully borrowing money from juniors and bid to destroy evidence of act
▪ Japan just had its hottest September in 125 years – and so did a lot of places
▪ Hong Kong woman rescued from car after 15km police chase, 6 suspected triad members arrested over abduction case
▪ UN Security Council approves Haiti force to combat gangs
▪ China offers to collaborate on lunar mission as deadlines loom
▪ Hong Kong to issue T1 alert on Wednesday night as Typhoon Koinu nears
▪ Hong Kong’s John Lee says city has to ‘face trend’ of resident outflow during holidays, shore up tourism strengths
▪ Race issues emerge in New Zealand s election
▪ Kingmakers rise ahead of close-run New Zealand election
▪ Italian factories ‘trapped in recession’ – S P
▪ Russian gas production forecast to soar
▪ Japan’s first red sweet corn becomes social media ‘jewel’
▪ Malaysia and Indonesia’s oil palms are getting old – and that’s becoming a multibillion dollar problem
▪ Actor Tom Hanks warns of dental ad with an AI clone
▪ TikTok owner ByteDance’s valuation down 26 per cent to US$223.5 billion in stock buy-back from US employees, report says
▪ Ukrainian officials hit back at Elon Musk for mocking Volodymyr Zelensky
▪ Japan sees hottest September since records began
▪ University of Hong Kong president requests legal representation in special meeting with governing council over ‘extremely serious allegations’
▪ Rio’s latest rock shelter damage highlights need for Aboriginal Voice, advocates say
▪ Appeal of wedding ceremonies declining in China
▪ Japan’s sex abuse scandal-tainted Johnny Associates rebrands to ‘Smile-Up’: ‘the Johnny’s name will have to go’
▪ Nobel Medicine Prize 2023: how Katalin Kariko helped pave way for Covid-19 vaccine discoveries
▪ Smart Tips for Buying Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme
▪ Malaysians urged to keep calm as rice prices spike, avoid hoarding: ‘don’t panic buy’
▪ Changes to Malaysia’s education system raise fears that students are not prepared for future
▪ Avoid outdoor activities, wear masks when going out on hazy days, says senior Malaysian health official
▪ For Chinese chip-making, lack of advanced lithography systems becomes a focal point in wake of Huawei’s breakthrough
▪ Japan banks on ‘golden week’ spending boost as China’s extended national holiday fuels tourism
▪ Shares of Evergrande and its property unit jump in Hong Kong as they resume trading after confirming chairman is under police control
▪ New Zealand starts new tourism campaign as post-Covid-19 visits lag
▪ Haze worsens in Malaysia, with 13 locations recording unhealthy air quality
▪ Johor Bahru shop draws customers with 17 cents buns
▪ ‘People are scared of Japanese seafood’: Hong Kong restaurants bear brunt of imports ban following Fukushima waste water row
▪ China kindergarten teacher trio fired for ‘repeated abuse’ after boy tells mother of relief at ‘not being hit all day’, social media in shock
▪ Bushfires in parts of south-east Australia amid spring heatwave
▪ China flexes green thumb as it pursues agricultural self-reliance
▪ Matt Gaetz files resolution to oust Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker
▪ Support for Australia Indigenous referendum gaining slightly, poll shows
▪ EU to assess risks of critical technologies being weaponised
▪ China’s ‘opening up’ policy risks becoming an empty promise without going beyond simple business deals
▪ Latest US-China talks seen as ‘progression’ of plans for leaders’ summit
▪ US Congress debates Ukraine aid as Pentagon warns money running low
▪ A more humane approach to prison life offers lessons for Hong Kong
▪ US senators to seek Xi Jinping meeting, discuss Micron on China visit next week
▪ US deal with Marshall Islands lapses without renewal, but talks continue
▪ ‘No one better’: Egyptians rally in Cairo in support of third term for President al-Sisi
▪ Slovakia accuses Russia of election interference, summons Russian embassy official
▪ WHO recommends malaria vaccine for children, to be rolled out next year
▪ White House has been in touch with allies over potential delays in new Ukraine funding
▪ Germany sticks with China’s Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank
▪ Adolf Hitler’s birthplace in Austria being converted into police station to discourage glorifying Nazi dictator
▪ 460,000 mainland Chinese visitors arrive in Hong Kong over holiday weekend – but 1 million residents head elsewhere
▪ Hong Kong’s fresh graduates ‘earning 9.8% more than peers did 5 years ago’, with economist pointing to race to secure talent amid brain drain
▪ Russian beer giant taking Carlsberg to court – Kommersant
▪ Donald Trump arrives for New York civil fraud trial that could deal major blow to ex-president’s real estate legacy
▪ China Evergrande applies for trading to resume in Hong Kong on Tuesday
▪ A ‘thaw’ in Germany’s ties with China? Berlin and Beijing commit to closer financial cooperation
▪ Ukraine war: Zelenksy say victory ‘depends on cooperation’ from allies during Kyiv meeting as signs of strain show
▪ Armenia urges EU to sanction Azerbaijan, warns of further attack
▪ Largest foreign companies operating in Russia revealed
▪ Zelenskiy says cooperation with EU vital for victory, Kyiv needs defence support
▪ Conservatives challenge pope on women, same-sex couples before Vatican meeting
▪ Crypto trading in mainland China and Hong Kong drops along with East Asia activity, but adoption continues: report
▪ A US hell-bent on destroying China is only hurting itself
▪ Panda diplomacy: future of Chinese loans in doubt as US prepares to farewell Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and Xiao Qi Ji
▪ Russian industrial production falls for fourth straight month
▪ In Mexico, 3 children among 10 killed in church roof collapse during a baptism
▪ Philippines, allies kick off naval drills amid Asia-Pacific tension
▪ Taiwan’s ex-leader Ma Ying-jeou vows to boycott Double Tenth event over ‘pro-independence’ logo
▪ China hopes US will do more things conducive to dialogue
▪ Indonesia denies smog from forest fires drifted to Malaysia
▪ Nobel Medicine Prize awarded to Katalin Kariko, Drew Weissman for development of mRNA vaccines used to fight Covid-19
▪ Death by drinking: man in China dies after speed-downing litre of strong liquor at office party in bid to win US$2,700 contest prize
▪ Singapore jails man who repeatedly asked teen son’s best friend for sex, nude photos
▪ Pakistan doctor and mechanic arrested for illegal transplant operations
▪ Indonesia’s rice dilemma persists even with eased import curbs amid high prices
▪ Thousands return home to Hong Kong after enjoying good deals in ‘no-brainer’ Shenzhen over National Day long break
▪ Hong Kong must act before ‘deep correction’ in property market, Midland analyst says after 2023 forecast points to record lows for new, secondary markets
▪ Pope Francis challenged by conservative cardinals, including Hong Kong’s Joseph Zen, to affirm teaching on gays and women
▪ Japan s top talent agency to dissolve after sex abuse s over 300 seek damages
▪ China uses underwater explorer with 8km cables to create first 3,000m deep-sea map in hunt for oil and gas
▪ Philippines Marcos suffers significant drop in approval rating
▪ Taiwan investigating accusation submarine program details leaked
▪ Hong Kong police officer draws gun in attempt to stop car over suspected traffic violation, before vehicle rams into vehicles, injuring 2 people
▪ Typhoon Koinu likely to intensify as storm encroaches on Taiwan, reach within 400km of Hong Kong by Friday
▪ Two elves and a scroll: China military releases animation on Taiwan reunification
▪ Bangladesh dengue deaths top 1,000 in worst outbreak on record
▪ Thai Airways flights from China almost full after visa waiver
▪ ‘Anita Mui is still here’: loyal fans of late Hong Kong star hold exhibition to keep singer’s legacy alive 20 years on
▪ Crisis? What crisis? China’s domestic tourism is booming
▪ Falling solar power costs give hope for power-deprived Bangladesh
▪ In election year, Taiwan s national day becomes polarising celebration
▪ Indonesia gets its China-backed ‘Whoosh’ high-speed railway rolling
▪ Incentives are prompting wealthy families from Middle East, Europe to eye Hong Kong for managing their wealth, industry players say
▪ Flights from China to Thailand almost full amid visa waivers, Thai Airways says
▪ Chinese-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank seeks to boost Ivory Coast’s trade links to Asia with road upgrade scheme
▪ Hong Kong’s judicial system has autonomy thanks to ‘strong, independent’ legal profession, Bar Association head says at opening of UK legal year
▪ Japan start-up develops $4.1m Gundam-like robot with hopes of aiding disaster relief
▪ Russia’s national debt reaches 16.7% of GDP
▪ Chinese payment service aiming to enter Russian market – RBK
▪ Malaysia cabinet reshuffle a possibility - deputy PM
▪ Hydrogen has way to go before it emerges as a truly green fuel for powering Hong Kong’s public transport, expert says
▪ Pakistan plans prison time for parents who fail to vaccinate children against polio
▪ Malaysian housewife bitten by ‘monitor lizard’ discovers it was actually a baby crocodile
▪ Indonesia’s China-built railway, Gen Z woes add up in Singapore, Hong Kong celebrates National Day: 5 weekend reads you missed
▪ Philippines braces for flash floods as Typhoon Koinu hovers
▪ Chinese-led research team finds evidence of spinning black hole
▪ Turkey strikes Kurdish targets in Iraq after suicide bombing in Ankara
▪ Ex-SoftBank executive sets up UAE stablecoin, teams up with Hong Kong firm to target high-net-worth users
▪ Beijing craft brewers add Chinese flavours as Great Leap, other microbreweries grapple with expat exodus
▪ Indonesia launches China-backed Whoosh high-speed railway
▪ ‘Trumpiest congressman’ Matt Gaetz is taking aim at US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
▪ Young Chinese vacationers opt for fitness over feasting
▪ Myanmar’s well-known hot air balloon festival to resume after three-year halt
▪ Japan slams brakes on sending used cars to Russia, axing lucrative trade
▪ Fukushima food event debuts in London and Bangkok, similar festivity to come in Singapore
▪ Australia PM rallies support for Indigenous referendum as early voting starts
▪ Are Hong Kong government agencies giving Gay Games the cold shoulder? Authorities stay quiet about coming event
▪ Chinese households opt for domestic goods as budgets tighten, national pride swells
▪ From Vietnam to Indonesia and Singapore, delivery riders struggle as ‘supply and demand not matching’
▪ Good vibes or bad, Hong Kong must first get the basics right
▪ Hong Kong airport’s 11 Skies complex to get ‘deep-sea adventure experience’ as shopping mall landlords beef up entertainment offerings
▪ Malaysian parents taking precautions to limit children’s exposure to haze
▪ Japanese city Nagoya bans walking on escalators
▪ ‘Treat ignorance as fashion’: China new media firm accused of ‘unforgivable disrespect’ over photos of models perched on altars
▪ Southern Malaysian states brace for haze from Sumatra
▪ Malaria makes a scary comeback in Malaysia
▪ French connection: business links between Hong Kong and country fostered at conference in Paris
▪ North Korea slams UN nuclear agency as US mouthpiece
▪ SenseTime says a former IP rights employee is under police investigation in China
▪ North Korea slams UN nuclear agency as US mouthpiece
▪ New Zealanders start voting in Oct 14 general election
▪ Afghanistan’s embassy in India suspends operations
▪ Myanmar begins pilot census in 20 townships
▪ Could fear of embarrassment and China’s domestic woes keep Xi Jinping away from Apec summit?
▪ Hong Kong’s shoebox housing are a disgrace John Lee must end
▪ Nato boosts presence in Kosovo with 600 UK troops to deal with resurgence of tension in region
▪ I will be back to haunt them, says progressive activist banned from Thai politics
▪ Thailand’s Move Forward Party back on the opposition bench, but wiser, more experienced
▪ One million people join opposition protest two weeks before Polish election
▪ BAE Systems awarded £4 billion UK contract for Aukus attack submarine programme
▪ Ukraine left out in cold by last-gasp deal to avoid a US government shutdown
▪ One year after deadly fan crush at Indonesia football stadium, families still seek justice
▪ US Speaker McCarthy vows to survive ouster threat for avoiding shutdown: ‘This is personal’, he says
▪ Indonesians pay tribute to victims of stadium crush one year on
▪ Indonesia to launch China-funded high-speed rail, first in South-east Asia
▪ Italy’s working population set to dramatically shrink – data
▪ Xi Jinping highlights importance of innovation on path to ‘Chinese-style modernisation’
▪ North Korea blames US for ‘grave terrorist’ act against Cuban embassy
▪ UN mission arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh as ethnic Armenian exodus continues
▪ Most royal of UK boroughs declares it s nearly broke
▪ As more Chinese tourists stay home, Hong Kong must embrace them even more
▪ Egypt ramping up Russian grain imports – Bloomberg 
▪ Deadly nightclub blaze kills at least 11 in southeastern Spain, rescue continues
▪ Pope says Nagorno-Karabakh experiencing a humanitarian crisis
▪ Open up to Chinese EVs and 5G tech, Beijing’s envoy urges Berlin and Brussels
▪ Thailand revenue up US$4 billion from China tourism after visa waivers
▪ Hong Kong braces for severe typhoon later in week, as tropical storm approaches
▪ Woman stabbed with scissors at laundromat in Malaysia
▪ Hongkongers and tourists line Victoria Harbour hours before National Day fireworks display to bag best seats
▪ Russia can’t keep up with inflow of Chinese imports – Bloomberg
▪ North Korea blames US for grave terrorist act against Cuban embassy
▪ ‘Disgusting’: China beauty school intern, 17, forced to bathe, massage male customers’ genitals at salon alerts police
▪ China’s film industry rides a summer wave of pandemic-delayed movies but will it last?
▪ Australia fires force evacuations as country swelters in ‘scorching’ heat amid record temperatures
▪ Worshippers split over Chinese flag displayed at Hong Kong’s oldest church building on National Day for first time, as chaplain shrugs off criticisms
▪ What are Hongkongers doing in Shenzhen for National Day break? Turning away from regular staples and hunting for bargains
▪ BJP woos women voters with greater political representation and other perks
▪ EU launches world’s first carbon border tax
▪ Seoul’s subsidy programme for egg-freezing gets ‘overwhelming’ response from unmarried women
▪ Terrorist ‘blows himself up’ in Turkey’s capital Ankara near parliament
▪ Hong Kong JPEX crypto scandal is a chance for residents to ‘learn more about fintech, improve vigilance’ over unlicensed platforms
▪ Woman who jumped out of moving car not kidnapped, driver has hearing loss, say cops
▪ Chinese chemists take ‘Holy Grail’ leap to make low-carbon methanol
▪ Haze: Unhealthy air levels recorded in several Malaysian states
▪ Brazilian love bite: poisonous banana spiders may help treat erectile dysfunction in ‘few minutes’
▪ Slow start for Hong Kong restaurants with National Day deals as residents lament they were unaware of discounts
▪ Hong Kong sustainable battery start-up GRST seeks funding for joint ventures after making finals of Prince William’s Earthshot Prize
▪ Slovakia party opposed to Ukraine aid wins election, pro-Russia ex-PM needs partners to form government
▪ Critically endangered baby Sumatran rhino born in Indonesia
▪ Russia boosts cross-border settlements in yuan
▪ Return of National Day fireworks stirs painful memories of 2012 Lamma ferry disaster for Hong Kong families of victims, as long-awaited inquest looms
▪ On the roof of the world, a Chinese team tests the extremes of environmental science
▪ Indonesia races to extinguish wildfires as dry season hits peak
▪ Vietnam confirms arrest of energy think tank chief
▪ South American country boasts world’s fastest-growing economy
▪ How Malaysia and China can deepen ties amid South China Sea disputes and US-China rivalry
▪ Johnny Kitagawa sexual assault scandal: J-pop agency to set up separate talent management unit
▪ Malaysia blames Indonesia for haze, prompting ‘don’t talk carelessly’ rebuttal from Jakarta
▪ Aging trees show a crisis looms for the world’s everything oil
▪ American Ballet Theatre ‘excited’ about return to China in November
▪ Hong Kong green group slams revellers for leaving tree covered in plastic glowsticks during Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations
▪ Growth slows in China’s factory, services sectors as economy struggles to find footing: Caixin PMI
▪ India-Canada killing fallout: Sikh diaspora fear for their safety as Khalistan gets ‘disproportionate’ attention
▪ England bans certain single-use plastics to curb ‘harmful’ waste
▪ Heads continue to roll as China’s anti-corruption drive enters second decade
▪ National Day: Hongkongers are ‘full of ideas’ and can turn crises into opportunities, John Lee says, urging residents to fuel country’s development
▪ For Singapore’s Gen Z, ‘Girl Math’ offers a path to ‘finding joy’ – and spending recklessly
▪ New Zealand PM tests positive for COVID-19, to work via zoom
▪ Australia swelters through scorching heat lifting bushfire risk
▪ How my family and I are preserving a slice of Chinese-American history
▪ China Evergrande’s Hui Ka-yan, once China’s richest man, has seen his wealth dwindle as developer’s prospects sour
▪ Australia swelters through scorching heat lifting bushfire risk
▪ New CEO of Hong Kong’s Octopus says payment service must shift ‘from plastic to phone’, and vows to put more readers in taxis
▪ ‘Tastes like milk’: boss of Chinese firm eats bar of soap in live-stream promotion video to prove product is safe and natural shocking social media
▪ Chipotle sued in US after manager allegedly rips off employee’s hijab
▪ As coups threaten African stability, China struggles to make headway with belt and road interests
▪ Indian diplomat’s Glasgow visit disrupted by protesters over Canadian Sikh’s murder
▪ Spike in demand for self-defence items, classes after random subway stabbings in S. Korea
▪ India s monsoon rains hit five-year low due to El Nino
▪ Kevin McCarthy’s last-gasp bid to avoid US shutdown passes key vote with Democrat help
▪ Pro-China front runner set to win Maldives presidency, local media says
▪ Almost all ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh
▪ China says US empire of lies , rejects State disinformation report
▪ More than 100,000 refugees arrive in Armenia as exodus swells
▪ Opposition candidate Muizzu projected to win Maldives presidency - local media
▪ Death toll from Pakistan blast rises to 59 as minister blames India
▪ Paris battles infestation of bloodsucking bugs as France prepares for 2024 Olympics
▪ Hong Kong’s top Catholic priest Stephen Chow made a cardinal by Pope Francis, calling role important bridge between ‘China and universal church’
▪ Hong Kong police arrest 2 men in connection with JPEX crypto scandal after they are returned by Macau authorities
▪ German companies may still receive LNG from Russia – Uniper
▪ ‘Dog at the wheel’: Slovakia police fine car owner after speed camera captures image
▪ China says US is an ‘empire of lies’ as it hits back at report into information manipulation
▪ Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific seals cut-price deal on 32 new Airbus jets worth HK$36 billion
▪ London office vacancies hit 30-year high
▪ Over 100,000 Nagorno-Karabakh refugees arrive in Armenia, says UN
▪ Oil prices score major third-quarter rise
▪ Armenia seeks EU aid for refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, Italy says
▪ De-risk? Decouple? A Chinese official says it’s just the West disrupting supply chains
▪ Putin marks anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian regions
▪ Hong Kong’s Anglican cathedral will display the Chinese flag on National Day for first time but some aren’t happy
▪ Prof. Schlevogt’s Compass № 5: How telework impedes leaders and their organizations
▪ Maldives vote gets under way in shadow of China-India power play
▪ Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers cross border to mainland China for Mid-Autumn Festival long weekend, eyeing deals and diverse attractions
▪ ‘Vulgar farce’: terrified bridesmaids cower on street in China screaming for help as men spray fire extinguishers at them in wedding prank
▪ Paw patrol: Philippine security guards adopt stray cats
▪ Russian bank tops European finance brand ratings
▪ Leading Emirati property developer eyes Russian market
▪ Pope Francis cements legacy, stamps Church future with new cardinals
▪ US Secretary of State Blinken congratulates China on 74th National Day, pledges cooperation on ‘shared challenges’
▪ Thai court denies bail for lawyer who called for monarchy reforms
▪ ‘Thousands of hate messages’: Chinese artist behind London’s Brick Lane street art scandal reveals his work’s true meaning and his frustration over the response
▪ China plans second megaconstellation, G60 Starlink with 12,000 satellites, to rival American SpaceX programme
▪ China’s economy stabilises, factory activity returns to expansion
▪ Singapore jails man for stepping on wife’s back till her ‘bones cracked’ during argument
▪ Russian oil cap not working – Washington
▪ Mainland Chinese tourists hit Hong Kong for holiday period, but many plan to make it a one-day trip
▪ China’s plan to boost tourism promises easier visas, payment methods and travel bookings for foreigners
▪ As Hong Kong’s old buildings rain concrete, it’s time for urgent action
▪ Russian who put girlfriend’s body through meat grinder pardoned for fighting in Ukraine
▪ Maldives presidential run-off pits pro-India, pro-China figures
▪ Hong Kong court denies bail to manager accused of manslaughter after 2 workers died in underground tube at construction site
▪ Russian energy revenues set to rise – Finance Ministry
▪ In Nepal, a new book memorialises women of nation’s feminist movement: ‘to know is to understand’
▪ Alarm in Taiwan as online map appears to show PLA ‘Trojan horse’ flight
▪ ‘No chance to meet new people’: Daughter’s plight inspires South Korean mayor to be matchmaker
▪ 700 mainland tour groups to arrive in Hong Kong over National Day break, such tourists typically account for only 5% of visitors from across the border: minister
▪ Haze at unhealthy levels in several areas in Malaysia
▪ Man dies after boat overturned by whale in Australia
▪ China changes position on key Russian meat export
▪ Chuseok food cost in South Korea hits all-time high
▪ Covid-19 anti-vaxxers attack Taylor Swift’s rumoured boyfriend Travis Kelce for starring in Pfizer ad
▪ ‘I cried for days’: Chinese home buyers left in the lurch by China’s real estate slump
▪ China’s manufacturing expands for first time in 6 months in latest sign of stabilising economy
▪ Hong Kong Muslim faith leader calls for schools to be more sensitive after pupils told to shave beards adopted as way to observe faith
▪ Phuket, Phang Nga to have new airports as Thailand looks to boost tourism
▪ Indonesia’s China-backed high-speed railway: a ‘burden to carry’ for years to come?
▪ Minister says Indian diplomats face ‘atmosphere of intimidation’ in Canada
▪ Top US military general Mark Milley retires with ‘dictator’ swipe at Donald Trump
▪ Huawei’s 5G smartphone comeback, with advanced chip wrapped in secrecy, releases chokehold of US sanctions on China tech
▪ Philippines gives rice farmers $306m in aid amid El Nino
▪ Luxury home in Redhill Peninsula, where landslide exposed illegal structures, sells for just over half its 2017 price, agents say
▪ China’s indebted local governments splash out billions to save struggling small banks
▪ More than a game: single mother uses passion for touch rugby to help Hong Kong’s foreign domestic workers beat mental, physical health issues and build community
▪ Amid US-China rivalry, ‘big winner’ Vietnam walks a diplomatic tightrope to avoid getting ‘caught in the crossfire’
▪ India s Jaishankar says Canada has climate of violence for Indian diplomats
▪ Boy taken to ICU in China with life-threatening condition after teacher’s punishment of 200 deep squats for talking in class
▪ National Day long weekend expected to put HK$1.2 billion sparkle back into Hong Kong restaurants
▪ Malaysian government helping people cope with rising cost of living, says PM Anwar
▪ India s Jaishankar says Canada has climate of violence for Indian diplomats
▪ Internal Revenue Service contractor charged with leaking Donald Trump’s tax returns
▪ US names veteran diplomat Mark Lambert as top China policy official
▪ US government shutdown imminent, as Republicans reject own funding bill
▪ China’s next multi-nation space mission is set to reveal secrets from the far side of the moon
▪ Armenia asks World Court to order Azerbaijan to withdraw troops from Nagorno-Karabakh
▪ Second man arrested over felling UK’s beloved ‘Robin Hood Tree’
▪ Young Taiwanese tap, swipe, scroll for love but not spouse
▪ Matchmaking corners in city parks in China are hot spots for anxious parents
▪ From nasi padang to Vietnamese rice rolls: Taiwan’s vibrant enclaves give homesick migrants taste of home
▪ ST Picks: Taiwan’s enclaves give homesick migrants a taste of home
▪ How a US government shutdown would affect foreign policy
▪ Fourth Bahraini serviceman dies after Houthi drone attack close to Saudi border
▪ US condemns China s reported life sentence for Uyghur activist Rahile Dewat
▪ Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis arrested in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing, officials say
▪ Antony Blinken urged India to cooperate in Canada’s Sikh murder probe, US official says
▪ US trying to counter Chinese overtures to Paraguay, document suggests
▪ In taking Karabakh, Azerbaijan s president avenged his father
▪ In taking Karabakh, Azerbaijan s president avenged his father
▪ Putin calls for global economic change
▪ New York under state of emergency after storms flood subways and strand drivers
▪ Blinken urged Indian cooperation in Canada s Sikh murder probe -spokesperson
▪ Nagorno-Karabakh blast toll soars to 170, hundreds in hospital, as exodus continues
▪ Drivers using Hong Kong’s Tai Lam Tunnel face 7% toll rise on average as operator bumps up prices for third straight year
▪ Nagorno-Karabakh exodus amounts to a war crime, legal experts say
▪ Major attacks in Pakistan during 2023
▪ Asian Games a chance for China to break the ice with sports diplomacy
▪ US Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, gun control advocate, dead at 90
▪ Time to ‘kill’ SWIFT, Russian banker suggests
▪ Trail of child brides, sexual abuse, drug trafficking leads to Philippine cult’s ‘baby Jesus’
▪ Bulgaria to stop imports of Russian oil
▪ Streets packed as Hong Kong heads into long Mid-Autumn Festival weekend, with crowds drawn to fire dragon dance, night markets
▪ Indonesia to seek fresh bids for Labuan Bajo airport refurbishment project
▪ Leading Chinese car engineer given provincial leadership role in Hubei
▪ Chinese President Xi Jinping tells children of fallen policemen to follow ‘heroic fathers’
▪ ‘We did it’: Taiwan’s new sea monster of a submarine sends deterrence message to China
▪ Three quarters of Karabakh population already out in swift exodus
▪ 7 US lawmakers to watch in government shutdown talks
▪ Flu outbreaks spike at Hong Kong schools with doctors warning winter will bring more serious cases
▪ China pushes ‘pivot to South and Southeast Asia’ with Yunnan province as gateway to vast market
▪ Sikh group protests outside Golden Temple over killing in Canada
▪ Azerbaijan will allow UN experts to visit Karabakh in matter of days - presidential office
▪ South China Sea: Philippines doesn’t want war but will stand up to China’s ‘bullying’, defence chief says
▪ Billionaire issues dire warning for US economy
▪ Hong Kong’s public primary, secondary schools add 11 classes for academic year, with uptick ‘linked to arrival of mainland Chinese talent’
▪ New World boss Adrian Cheng joins chorus asking Hong Kong officials to aid stagnant sector by easing cooling measures
▪ TikTok sends team to Jakarta in scramble to respond to Indonesia’s ban on social media e-commerce
▪ Myanmar resistance leader claims majority control over territory
▪ How Chinese EVs’ rapid growth put them in European crosshairs
▪ EU to unveil technologies targeted in China ‘de-risking’ agenda, but plan remains divisive within bloc
▪ Russia has left ‘sick part’ of global economy – minister
▪ Bad Samaritan: China waiter who stopped mother hitting girl with chair forced into US$1,400 payout for posting ‘mentally damaging’ video online
▪ Myanmar junta angry at China over crime blockbuster No More Bets
▪ Hong Kong raising minimum wage for domestic helpers by 3% to HK$4,870 a month
▪ Pakistan suicide blast on religious procession kills at least 52, injures dozens
▪ South China Sea: US-China confrontation looms large
▪ Suicide blast in south-west Pakistan kills at least 52, more than 50 injured
▪ UN refugee agency readying for up to 120,000 refugees in Armenia
▪ German jobs market ‘showing first cracks’ – Bloomberg  
▪ Beijing wants more openness and less China bashing from Europe: envoy
▪ India police say mob did not storm home of Manipur chief minister
▪ Hong Kong, Macau police arrest 4 people ‘relatively close to core’ of JPEX crypto scandal, with 1 trying to destroy evidence in dramatic bust
▪ Hong Kong customs officers put the bite on shark fin smugglers in HK$12.8 raids on cargo ships
▪ No current talks with Taliban, Afghanistan s Massoud says, promising guerrilla warfare
▪ Tech war: FCC says reinstating ‘net neutrality’ rules could boost agency’s authority to remove Huawei, ZTE equipment from US networks
▪ Chinese AI-developed drug offers hope to sufferers of obesity and diabetes
▪ Nobel Peace Prize could honour Indigenous, women or green activists
▪ Previous winners of the Nobel Peace Prize
▪ Drought-hit Indian farmers protest against sharing of river water
▪ Indonesia plans Bali light rail to ease congestion: Minister
▪ China’s Yunnan to limit Myanmar border crossings to counter telecom fraudsters
▪ Death toll from fuel depot blast in Karabakh rises to 170 - media
▪ Bangkok airport gets new terminal as Thailand braces for visa-free Chinese tourist rush
▪ Russia’s Putin discusses Ukraine war with top Wagner commander Andrei Troshev
▪ South China Morning Post wins Gerald Loeb Award for visual storytelling for piece illustrating Hong Kong’s notorious subdivided flats
▪ New Zealand declares El Nino, warns of high winds and temperature changes
▪ Bangkok readies new airport terminal to deal with tourist rush
▪ Why Rupert Murdoch stepping down can only be good news
▪ China-US ties: Beijing and Washington diplomats overseeing Asian affairs meet in sign of more open communication
▪ No plans for Hong Kong’s National Day long weekend? Don’t worry, the Post has got you covered
▪ Putin met top Wagner commander Troshev - Kremlin
▪ Elon Musk wades into US immigration debate at Texas-Mexico border
▪ Australian lawmakers’ Taiwan visits could cool warming ties with Beijing
▪ Share of dollar in global payments rising – SWIFT  
▪ Malaysian PM Anwar sees no urgency to revamp Cabinet, says still mulling
▪ Philippines leader says defending territory, not looking for trouble over S. China Sea
▪ Sweden’s leader seeks military help amid unprecedented wave of deadly gang violence
▪ Thai PM Srettha to donate salary to charities
▪ Over 84,700 people cross into Armenia from Karabakh - RIA
▪ China s gateway to North Korea waits in vain for border opening
▪ Vietnamese and Iraqi women rescued from cold truck in France after distress call to BBC reporter
▪ Hong Kong court denies bail to subcontractor charged with manslaughter over deaths of 2 workers in gas-filled underground tube
▪ German climate envoy given cold shoulder on trip to Beijing after ‘dictator’ remarks
▪ China explores chip innovation, tennis star’s violent outburst at the Asian Games, dispute over India’s moon landing: SCMP’s 7 highlights
▪ Singaporean woman, daughter arrested at Manila airport with 14kg of cocaine
▪ Pacific Island summit at White House collaborative : US official
▪ Thailand s new PM says committed to attracting major foreign investors
▪ Second round of Fukushima wastewater release to start next week
▪ Social media and private partnership: inside the changes at India s space agency
▪ Bangkok’s fine dining scene lures tourists to Thailand
▪ Russia unveils huge spending hike to battle ‘hybrid war’
▪ Memorials to be installed at South Korea’s Halloween crowd crush site
▪ Timor-Leste president says China military cooperation ‘never discussed’
▪ East Timor says not seeking military ties with China, Australia and Indonesia can ‘sleep at peace’
▪ Can China’s high-speed railways get its economy back on track?
▪ Seoul wary as North Korea seeks to arm Russia in exchange for military tech secrets
▪ Hong Kong should lead the crackdown on wildlife smuggling and exotic pets
▪ Senior US, China diplomats meet in Washington in latest dialogue
▪ Australia to retire Taipan helicopter fleet early after crash
▪ South China Sea: US says Philippines removing Chinese barrier from Scarborough Shoal ‘a bold step’
▪ ‘Golden week’ tourism in Hong Kong: 1 million mainland Chinese visitors expected for National Day break, but how long will they stay?
▪ ‘Ignorant and disrespectful’: top China star Fan Bingbing slammed for snapping movie image at Spain film festival, posting ‘pirated’ photo online
▪ Australia retires Taipan helicopters after crash
▪ Hong Kong’s new waste charging scheme has loopholes, environmentalists and cleaning industry warns
▪ Republicans open Joe Biden impeachment inquiry with focus on son Hunter’s business dealings
▪ Japan officials stunned by demand as singles vie to mingle with fellow Studio Ghibli lovers
▪ Hong Kong developers set to delay launch of new flats as sector counts on easing of property cooling measures: agents
▪ US intensifies scrutiny of China’s bid to hold sway over domestic policy in ‘threat of our lifetime’
▪ First made-in-Taiwan submarine unveiled as island seeks to strengthen naval defences
▪ Joe Biden warns that ‘extremist’ Donald Trump is putting US democracy in peril
▪ Global investors’ love affair with India is about to be tested
▪ US accuses China of global media manipulation
▪ Lil Tay accuses dad of death hoax, makes first public appearance in 5 years
▪ Indian protesters try to storm home of Manipur chief minister
▪ Student gunman kills two in Rotterdam twin shootings, Dutch police say
▪ UK teen arrested after famous ‘Robin Hood Tree’ cut down at Hadrian’s Wall
▪ Fallout from killing of Canadian Sikh activist may pose predicament for US with ally India
▪ ‘External pressure’ strengthening Russian economy – Putin   
▪ Fire dragon dance lights up Tai Hang providing ‘real night vibes Hong Kong has long missed’
▪ ‘I hear you’: Biden reiterates US commitment to Pacific Islands amid China’s overtures
▪ Russia ‘making a fortune’ – Trump
▪ China’s property woes, deepened by Evergrande, test Beijing’s bottom line of no systemic risks
▪ Flu claims Hong Kong’s first child victim of 2023 after girl, 5, develops complications and dies
▪ Ukraine war: Zelensky meets Nato’s Stoltenberg to discuss military needs, says Kyiv’s inclusion a ‘matter of time’
▪ Austrians urged to save rubles
▪ China’s vows to further open up appear to show how political motivations are changing in Beijing
▪ Hong Kong watchdog decides against guidelines for community care team staff taking part in district council poll, despite conflict of interest concerns
▪ US soldier Travis King arrives in Texas after release from North Korea
▪ US to announce disaster response team for South Caucasus amid Karabakh crisis
▪ China s Xi, not premier, delivers National Day speech in break with convention
▪ China s Xi, not premier, delivers National Day speech in break with convention
▪ Fleeing Karabakh, elderly couple fear for the future with their disabled son
▪ Why India and Vietnam won’t be joining US’ China containment
▪ Nagorno-Karabakh to dissolve breakaway government in surrender to Azerbaijan, ending ethnic Armenians independence dream
▪ Hong Kong Housing Society deficit balloons to HK$1.8 billion as ‘challenging operating and investment environment’ takes toll
▪ Michael Gambon, actor who played Dumbledore in 6 Harry Potter films has died aged 82
▪ Russia resumes gas supplies to China
▪ UK band The 1975, barred from Malaysia after Taylor Swift’s ex-boyfriend Matt Healy’s same-sex kiss, on ‘indefinite hiatus’
▪ Asian Insider: Walking the tightrope on regional security | Stargazing takes off in Thailand
▪ Asian Insider: Walking the tightrope on regional security | Stargazing takes off in Thailand
▪ Putin meets Chechen leader Kadyrov after storm over prisoner beating comments
▪ US soldier Travis King arrives in Texas after release from North Korea
▪ Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall chief Dai steps away from roles at subsidiaries to focus on core e-commerce business: reports
▪ Beijing keeps focus on security, corruption and ‘worst-case scenarios’
▪ Scrapping Hong Kong property curbs would be welcomed, but not sufficient to fix what ails the flagging sector: analysts
▪ Hong Kong’s leader accuses ‘anti-China’ forces of threatening national security under cover of media
▪ China will host Xiangshan Forum, but no word on missing defence chief
▪ A picture and its story: Fleeing from Nagorno-Karabakh on the mountain road west
▪ China liked pope s recent overture, Beijing bishop to visit Hong Kong
▪ HKEX creates ‘short cut’ for secondary listings by likes of Aramco, adds Saudi Exchange to list of recognised bourses
▪ ‘Night Vibes Hong Kong’ carnival on Wan Chai waterfront to close for National Day fireworks show
▪ China’s ‘golden week’ spending and travel surge seen as economic boon
▪ Thai police seize drugs worth $11m in one of nation’s largest drug hauls
▪ Thai police seizes $8.15 million worth methamphetamine pills and other drugs
▪ Oil prices jump to highest in over a year
▪ For first time, China sends security chief to Germany for key talks as Beijing eyes closer cooperation with Berlin
▪ US soldier who crossed into North Korea arrives in Texas after China’s help
▪ Hong Kong medical social workers were in contact with 2 mentally disabled brothers before they died, health minister says
▪ Hong Kong protests: student who was shot by police pleads guilty to attacking officer and trying to flee to Taiwan
▪ Hong Kong’s semi-private schools get go-ahead to raise fees by 4% on average, highest in 4 years, after ‘tough time under inflation, pandemic’
▪ German cartel office clears Rheinmetall, Ukrainian defence firm JV in Kyiv
▪ Hongkongers to be given chance to view 52 world-renowned paintings with collection from London’s National Gallery to go on display
▪ Heartbreaking: China boy, 8, ties himself to little sister with toy string as anxious pair wait for abused mother to undergo hospital check-up
▪ 5 dead, 15 injured in China expressway car crash ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival holidays
▪ Foreign domestic helpers must get fairer media treatment in Hong Kong’s new normal
▪ Malaysia has made some big foreign investment pledges, but can it walk the talk?
▪ UK greenlights development of its biggest untapped oil field
▪ China appoints new finance head as government debt, revenue shortfalls threaten growth prospects
▪ Mystery Russian plane in Pyongyang stokes concerns of North Korea arms deals
▪ Iraq wedding party fire: mourners demand accountability after burying loved ones, ‘nothing is up to standard’
▪ Singapore unveils US$802 million package to cushion pain from cost of living crisis
▪ India imposes curfew in strife-hit areas of Manipur state
▪ China appoints Lan Foan as new finance ministry party chief
▪ Chinese scientists set record in water desalination with solar power
▪ China’s US envoy urges ‘practical’ steps to help restore ties
▪ Top Chinese scientist claims India moon landing nowhere near South Pole
▪ Warehouse blast near Tashkent airport causes multiple injuries
▪ China, Germany resume high-level financial talks after COVID-19
▪ Australia says exports of hay to China will resume
▪ Happiness level of Hongkongers at decade low, survey finds, as concern group cites Covid ‘post-trauma’
▪ Taiwan says China knows armed threats backfire on influencing elections
▪ Malaysia’s poorest voted for opposition, signalling discontent with economy
▪ Malaysia bans book that likened Indonesian domestic worker to a ‘monkey’
▪ Indonesians dejected as Putri Ariani bows out of America’s Got Talent finale with mesmerising performance
▪ Taiwan says China knows armed threats backfire on influencing elections
▪ China launches first cross-sea bullet train line near Taiwan Strait
▪ More than half of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh have left
▪ Japan, Petronas to discuss exporting CO2 to Malaysian storage sites
▪ Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will cease to exist from Jan 1 2024 - Nagorno-Karabakh authorities
▪ Can Hong Kong keep track of all construction works in confined spaces? Concern group calls for rule after underground deaths
▪ Russia slashes food exports to ‘unfriendly’ countries – minister
▪ Finnish housing market crashing – Bloomberg
▪ ‘I control my life’: China amputee with blinking prosthetic leg empowers others with limb loss to achieve remarkable speed in running and swimming
▪ South China Sea: Beijing says it removed sea barrier voluntarily despite Manila’s claim ‘special operation’ cut cordon
▪ Vietnam jails environmental activist for 3 years for tax fraud: Reports
▪ Taiwan unveils first domestically built submarine
▪ China launches first cross-sea bullet train line near Taiwan Strait
▪ Former Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa steps down as chairman of think tank he founded amid health concerns
▪ Chinese immigrants in US sue over forced labour at marijuana operation
▪ Singaporean mother, daughter arrested in the Philippines for allegedly smuggling cocaine
▪ Trump Tower without Donald Trump? Here’s what that could look like after New York fraud ruling
▪ China’s Defence Minister Li Shangfu skips first event since graft reports
▪ Pakistani briyani: A spicy recipe for delectable debate
▪ Crypto exchange Binance exits Russia amid US investigations on breach of Ukraine sanctions
▪ China-US ties: ambassador to US calls for ‘concrete, small steps’ in relations but silent on whether Xi will attend Apec
▪ US, Japan authorities warn of China-linked hacking group BlackTech
▪ Girl, 3, in Hong Kong hospital after accidentally ingesting meth, police searching for mum
▪ Holidays at home for record number of Chinese as economic slowdown bites
▪ Hong Kong developer Wharf calls for ‘comprehensive review’ of property market curbs to stop the rot in home sales, prices
▪ US throws weight behind new undersea internet cable to rival China in Pacific
▪ With Donald Trump absent again, Republicans exchange insults at chaotic presidential debate
▪ Japan’s Hokkaido fears attacks from ‘starving’ bears as warm waters delay arrival of salmon
▪ Haiti gang violence, rape, impunity growing worse, UN chief warns in new report
▪ Pop Mart banks on its first global theme park in Beijing for growth
▪ Aussie fakes kidnap to spend New Year’s Eve with mistress, forced to pay $14k for wasting police work
▪ China’s first suspended monorail line launched
▪ Man, 93, on quest to become South Korea’s oldest PhD graduate
▪ How Hong Kong can prepare for the next freak rainstorm
▪ Indonesia election 2024: could rise of Jokowi’s ‘political clan’ boost Prabowo Subianto’s chances?
▪ Solomon Islands PM Sogavare says he snubbed US-Pacific summit to avoid ‘lecture’
▪ Solomon Islands leader says he spurned US summit ‘lecture’
▪ Asiana Airlines mishandled mid-air door-opening, South Korean ministry rules
▪ Hong Kong’s night scene: A tour of city’s evening hotspots reveals what’s hot and what’s not as consumers weigh in on what will get it alive and kicking again
▪ ‘Not stupid’: China girl determined to find husband who doesn’t expect her to do housework in contrast to situation at home, delights social media
▪ New teachers’ manual bans recording devices in South Korea classrooms
▪ TikTok clip has netizens questioning standards used to hire foreign teachers in Thailand
▪ Hong Kong fintech unicorn WeLab targets eight-fold growth in customers, tapping digital banking demand in Southeast Asia
▪ ‘Do you know Dr Hong?’ Moms in South Korea say they wish they didn’t
▪ Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds
▪ House, Senate stand-off raises chances of US government shutdown
▪ North Korea parliament amends constitution to enshrine nuclear policy: KCNA
▪ Thailand mulls ban at Unesco site Si Thep after tourists climb sacred hill, angering locals
▪ Apple missing from China’s list of 26 registered app stores after requirement to submit information to government
▪ China shifts attention to post-pandemic recovery
▪ Burkina Faso junta says it foiled coup attempt
▪ In China pull-out, more South Korean firms are heading to Japan for the first time since 1980s
▪ Buying up American farmland not part of China’s agricultural investment strategy, US panel told
▪ Ex-soldier in China lauded for catching woman collapsing just before half marathon finish line
▪ Indian students fear they may be the ultimate losers as New Delhi, Ottawa bicker
▪ US says North Korea release of soldier a one-off and not breakthrough in ties
▪ Canada PM Justin Trudeau offers ‘unreserved’ apology for invite to ex-Nazi during visit by Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky
▪ Nearly half of Karabakh population flees Azerbaijan s control
▪ US Senator Bob Menendez pleads not guilty as resignation calls mount
▪ Hong Kong police charge expatriate engineer with manslaughter in connection with 2017 accident that left 2 workers dead at mega bridge site
▪ More gloom ahead for UK economy – study
▪ Syrian first lady thanks China for standing by her country, preventing plans ‘still being hatched’
▪ Hong Kong toddler in hospital after accidentally ingesting suspected meth
▪ ‘I felt ashamed and lost’: Hong Kong NGO charts emotional cost paid by family members of gambling addicts
▪ Russia sanctions threaten US dollar – top financial institution
▪ ‘A few bad apples’: Hong Kong police record over 2,700 malpractice complaints against cabbies, surpassing pre-pandemic number
▪ Private Travis King in US custody after North Korea expulsion
▪ 4 universities in Hong Kong fall in global ranking of top 100 institutions, reversing last year’s general upwards trend
▪ Did India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft really land near the moon’s south pole?
▪ Son of jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai says it s in Hong Kong s interest to free him
▪ Pakistan receives first Russian fuel delivery
▪ Alibaba’s Cainiao, one of founder Jack Ma’s grand projects, to heat up China’s logistics industry after US$1 billion IPO in Hong Kong, analysts say
▪ ‘Night Vibes Hong Kong’: hundreds flock to Wan Chai bazaar but power supply glitches zap event energy
▪ Indonesia to sue UK anti-graft agency for share of $1.4b Airbus bribery case settlement
▪ North Korea to expel US soldier Travis King over illegal border crossing
▪ 2 Russians, American return to Earth after a year at the International Space Station. Nasa’s Frank Rubio sets US record
▪ South China Sea: Beijing hits back at Manila over Scarborough Shoal barrier ‘farce’
▪ Ageing Asia: In Japan, it’s never too old to start a boy band
▪ Myanmar garment workers struggle to survive – and keep up with global orders
▪ World’s top crypto exchange leaves Russia
▪ Don’t write off Hong Kong and mainland China despite headwinds, Post’s ‘Redefining Hong Kong’ conference hears
▪ Can India’s Congress Party turn tables on ruling BJP in national elections if it ‘certainly wins’ state polls?
▪ TikTok’s time is ticking, and a ban on selling in Indonesia could set it back
▪ Europe’s top online social network returns ‘home’
▪ North Korea to expel US soldier Travis King over illegal border crossing
▪ Lorry driver spots tiger on Kelantan road
▪ Hong Kong bourse operator HKEX to launch digital IPO platform FINI on November 22, eyes cutting settlement times from 5 to 2 days
▪ Property cooling measures to be relaxed amid falling prices? Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan says government will take ‘pragmatic approach’, concedes conditions today different from before
▪ In Mexico, a mum protects son with Down syndrome from hungry bear that devours boy’s birthday meal of tacos, enchiladas
▪ Single mum and Singaporean friend plead guilty to abusing, neglecting boy in Malaysia
▪ China to set up ‘restricted zone’ near Myanmar border to stop human trafficking by cybercrime gangs
▪ ‘Is your family poor?’: Chinese teacher under probe after filming pupils without required stationery and shaming them in parent chat group
▪ Two tourists fatally hit by speedboat while swimming in sea off Pattaya
▪ South China Sea: Philippine lawmakers back proposal to boost funding for security forces
▪ Family offices from all corners of the globe eye Hong Kong as new incentives start to bear fruit, financial forum hears
▪ China former deputy central bank governor Fan charged with bribery - Chinese state media
▪ Hong Kong police arrest 6,400 people and seize HK$410 million in illicit goods, crime proceeds in cross-border crackdown
▪ UK approves controversial North Sea oil and gas plan that activists say will ‘shatter climate commitments’
▪ Solomon Islands joins China-backed AIIB days after PM snubs Biden invite for Pacific leaders’ summit at White House
▪ US sanctions Boeing titanium supplier
▪ Will Hong Kong’s Wine and Dine Festival pour life back into night economy? Event to return in October, with 140,000 visitors expected
▪ Space capsule carrying U.S. astronaut Rubio and two Russian cosmonauts undocks from ISS
▪ Pegatron India fire traced to workers failure to turn off switch -sources
▪ Retiree in Malaysia cheated of life savings in $1m lottery scam
▪ 2023 is smashing global heat records. Chinese experts are even more worried about 2024
▪ Ex-Morgan Stanley bankers win coveted role on Hong Kong IPO of Alibaba unit Cainiao
▪ ‘Beware of safety’? Beijing govt invites residents to help correct mistranslated signs
▪ India resumes Internet ban in restive Manipur after protests
▪ Self-exiled ex-PM Nawaz Sharif plans return to Pakistan, but can he lead party to election victory?
▪ Hong Kong security chief vows to hunt down ringleader of cryptocurrency platform JPEX at centre of city’s largest alleged fraud case
▪ ‘Stronger than expected’ response as Hong Kong support hotline logs over 370 calls on first day, mostly for disabled
▪ New Zealand farmers set for right-wing protest vote over climate change policies
▪ Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians rush to flee Nagorno-Karabakh
▪ Chinese demand drives deals at world s largest coal conference
▪ Singapore jails cleaner who stabbed colleague in neck over photo of dustbin
▪ Musk s X disabled feature for reporting electoral misinformation, says Australia researcher
▪ Winston Peters may be kingmaker in New Zealand election, poll shows
▪ Germany s Baerbock calls on Azerbaijan to allow observers to enter Karabakh
▪ India slows lentil imports from Canada amid Sikh separatist killing row
▪ From AI to to data leaks, cyber dangers threaten China’s infrastructure, state security chief warns
▪ ‘Let Europe see the splendour of China’: girl dons traditional hanfu dress at London graduation, earning praise for exuding confidence and beauty
▪ Great white sharks fled to avoid being hunted by liver-eating killer whales
▪ Philippines urges fishermen to keep up presence at China-held shoal
▪ Malaysia Edition: Sarawak draws returning locals | Outcry over men in women-only train coach
▪ German economy forecast to shrink
▪ Russian retail booming – study
▪ Hong Kong police arrest subcontractor of underground site where 2 trapped workers died, probe finds no prior risk assessment
▪ China vows ‘more powerful’ policy supports after August industrial profits rebound
▪ Flood misery for much of Thailand’s Bangkok metropolitan area
▪ Growing concerns in South Korea over women’s safety following gender-based violence
▪ Salmon shortage leads to brown bear cubs dying in Japan
▪ Suicide ‘everywhere’ among Afghan women, UN official tells Security Council
▪ Filipino fishermen ‘laugh at’ Chinese coastguard’s Scarborough Shoal antics: ‘they should give it back’
▪ Astronaut Zhai Zhigang conducts China’s first spacewalk, breaking 4 decades of US, Russian dominance — from the SCMP archive
▪ Jokowi’s son Kaesang becomes youth party chief, laying ground for Indonesia political dynasty
▪ Japan’s Fukushima cools on solar energy, pushing project providers to ‘give up’ to preserve environment
▪ Thousands flee Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, death toll rises in fuel depot blast
▪ Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, is the biggest source of fake news, primarily from Russia, EU official says
▪ China-US relations: American businesses welcome, Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng tells Henry Paulson in Beijing
▪ First panda college opens to protect loved species
▪ China says aim of its drills near Taiwan is to combat ‘arrogance’ of separatists
▪ Japan’s Komeito party leader seeks to visit China by year end
▪ For China, bamboo ‘is where the future lies’ in shift away from polluting plastics
▪ Giving back to an adopted home: Zambian volunteer in Hong Kong champions multiple causes, from helping the needy to beach clean-ups
▪ Russian Admiral Viktor Sokolov shown on video call after Ukraine said it killed him in missile strike
▪ Crocodiles ‘escort’ dog to safety in India, stunning scientists
▪ South Korea opposition leader avoids jail after court rejects warrant
▪ Amazon faces landmark monopoly lawsuit by top US consumer watchdog FTC
▪ 4 hurt in fire at subdivided flats in Hong Kong’s North Point, case classified as arson
▪ Botched cosmetic surgery allegedly leaves housewife dead in Malaysia, unlicensed beautician missing
▪ Malaysians hit back after minister says nation ‘addicted’ to dining out, making people poorer
▪ An India seeking gains from US-China rivalry is no guru to the world
▪ 18 hurt after faulty electric bus slams into 3 cars in Bangkok
▪ Chinese universities squeeze new students with tuition increases
▪ ‘If we win, I’ll take you home’: man tirelessly cares for wife with late-stage lung cancer, documenting everyday struggles capturing hearts in China
▪ Fire at wedding party in Iraq kills at least 100
▪ China, Japan and South Korea top the list of Malaysians’ year-end holidays
▪ Malaysia PM Anwar may reshuffle Cabinet as soon as this week: Sources
▪ South Korean court rejects arrest warrant for opposition leader
▪ Unlicensed Malaysian beautician at large after botched breast enhancement surgery led to woman’s death
▪ Corpses, body parts strewn across Mexico’s Monterrey in spate of violence
▪ Cost of living stress fuels crime wave in Australia, New Zealand
▪ US influencer Johnny Somali’s arrest in Japan shows lengths people take to be ‘famous’
▪ SFC puts small Hong Kong crypto exchanges under glare of public scrutiny as they pursue virtual asset licences
▪ US sounds warning to American businesses on China forced labour as shipment denials surge
▪ Why so many sport chiefs in China have come under corruption clouds
▪ Donald Trump defrauded banks and insurers while building real estate empire, New York judge rules
▪ How being ‘full-time children’ is helping China’s ‘chicken babies’ grow up
▪ At UN, South-east Asia nations push for peace in Myanmar, South China Sea, Ukraine
▪ US urges continued humanitarian aid for Nagorno-Karabakh
▪ Azerbaijan seeks ‘war crime’ suspects in sea of Karabakh refugees
▪ India told Canada it is open to looking into specific information on Sikh separatist killing -Jaishankar
▪ Canada parliament speaker Anthony Rota resigns after tribute to Nazi-linked veteran
▪ India, not China, is best suited to lead the developing world, top diplomat tells UN
▪ Joe Biden makes history by joining striking US car workers
▪ Azerbaijan will not use force to create land corridor via Armenia -official
▪ Death toll from fuel depot fire in Karabakh leaps to 125 - media
▪ Retired teacher, now refugee, does not expect to see her Karabakh home again
▪ UN chief Antonio Guterres deplores ‘madness’ of new nuclear arms race
▪ If EU wants Australia’s critical minerals, ‘get moving or you will miss the boat’, minister says
▪ China still a key market, US businesses say, but hope dims for improved prospects
▪ Pope, condemning body shaming, uses personal example from boyhood
▪ Russia extends restrictions on money transfers abroad
▪ Hong Kong health workers could have done more to prevent deaths of 2 mentally disabled brothers, advocates say
▪ Hunter Biden sues ex-Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani over ‘total annihilation’ of his digital privacy
▪ Dozens of Karabakh children reach safety in Armenia in back of a truck
▪ China issues white paper on global community of shared future, presses on with green BRI projects
▪ Resumption of trilateral summit first step towards mending S. Korea and China ties
▪ Hong Kong school facing risk of closure offers Primary One pupils HK$10,000, free books and uniforms to enrol, prompting rebuke by officials
▪ JPMorgan Chase settles Jeffrey Epstein-linked sex trafficking lawsuits with US Virgin Islands for US$75 million
▪ ‘Driver lost control’, says Singaporean man who survived after fatal accident on Penang hill
▪ Asian Games 2023: China wins first esports gold medal in Hangzhou playing Tencent’s Arena of Valor
▪ Trade data reveals EU’s dependence on Russian commodities – FT
▪ Why Beijing’s stance on Russia is a ‘path that will slowly move EU and China apart’
▪ Sponsoring body behind Hong Kong’s Rosaryhill School ‘floats sending secondary students to fellow aided institution’
▪ China remains uncommitted to Xi Jinping’s attendance at Apec summit as tensions persist
▪ Pilot scheme offers Hong Kong cancer patients at public hospital subsidised Chinese acupuncture therapy to ease treatment side effects
▪ Philippine food, toy brands jump on dollar-swallowing airport screener bandwagon to sell online
▪ Alibaba’s Cainiao and AliExpress start ‘5-day global delivery’ service for consumers in UK, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium and South Korea
▪ Sanctions are an outdated 19th century tool – Russian tycoon
▪ Thailand PM Srettha Thavisin orders probe on ‘Betflix’ raid at No 2 police officer’s house
▪ Does the US really want a Biden-Xi Apec summit and better relations with China?
▪ Spain charges Colombian pop singer Shakira with tax evasion for second time, demands US$7.1 million
▪ Hong Kong’s Sanxingdui exhibition: Palace Museum to impose visitor quota to safeguard relics, give patrons time to explore
▪ India s tech hub of Bengaluru braces itself for protests over water sharing with Tamil Nadu
▪ US army chief and allies discuss Asia-Pacific in India
▪ Nomura banker Charles Wang banned from leaving China: report
▪ Retailers report boost in foot traffic as ‘Night Vibes Hong Kong’ campaign gathers pace
▪ China urges countries to boycott Hong Kong media freedom event - document
▪ Explainer-What is the risk of conflict at the disputed Scarborough Shoal?
▪ China, Japan, South Korea agree to revive summit at ‘earliest convenient time’
▪ Thai supermarket chain Big C delays dual Hong Kong and Bangkok listing until 2024, when ‘economic activities will be better’, CEO says
▪ Australian Aboriginal leader criticises Voice vote: ‘most indigenous Australians doing fine’
▪ Russian Black Sea commander shown working after Ukraine said it killed him
▪ China Evergrande has ‘no bullets’ left as crisis lights up mainland social media about end-game for fallen billionaire Hui Ka-yan
▪ True Crimes of Asia Podcast: Japan: Killer prowled Twitter for the suicidal
▪ China-backed AIIB unveils US$50 billion loan plan for climate action
▪ University pair invited to strangers’ wedding in China to create good vibe criticised online for less than US$30 cash gift but bride happy to have duo
▪ Alibaba’s Cainiao files for US$1 billion IPO, helping Hong Kong to land the world’s second-biggest listing of 2023
▪ South China Sea: Philippines aims to ‘take control again’ of shoal from China amid rising tensions
▪ Russia to reduce oil discounts – RBK
▪ China produces world record peanut test crop amid national food security push
▪ Yemen flare-ups jeopardise peace negotiations
▪ China, Japan, South Korea to hold meeting of leaders at a time convenient for all
▪ Indian telcos’ proposal sparks concern over higher user costs
▪ Beijing should be cautious about going too far on public security, academic tells forum
▪ Hong Kong Jockey Club’s philanthropy forum brings together global thought leaders to discuss solutions for fairer societies
▪ South Korea s Yoon to pay state visit to Britain, Netherlands
▪ China considers charging users to compensate utilities for building coal plants
▪ Taiwan lobbies Australian lawmakers on supporting its bid for Pacific trade pact
▪ Australian croc expert pleads guilty to bestiality, dog torture, possessing child abuse material
▪ Ukrainian captain says deeply sorry about Budapest boat accident that killed 27
▪ Australia warns of multi-billion dollar climate disaster costs
▪ Thailand jails top protest leader Arnon Nampa for insulting monarchy: ‘a worthwhile personal sacrifice’
▪ Congress moves into crisis mode with US government shutdown just days away
▪ Indonesia launches carbon trading under push to tame coal
▪ Malaysian hawker’s ‘oxygen curry puffs’ a hit with customers
▪ Why China’s soaring youth unemployment doesn’t signal an economic apocalypse
▪ Hong Kong’s leader John Lee says still waiting for invite to Apec summit in US
▪ A mystery species was discovered in trafficked pangolin scales from Hong Kong and Yunnan
▪ Vietnam protests China’s vessel ID stations in Paracel Islands
▪ Singapore detonates unexploded WWII-era bomb found on construction site
▪ ‘Duel of strength’: China university girl cheered by classmates after defeating male opponent in arm-wrestling battle, winning online fans
▪ Lego scraps plans to ditch oil-free bricks – FT
▪ Lufthansa going green would use half of Germany’s electricity – Bloomberg
▪ First US Abrams tanks arrive as Ukraine claims Russian admiral killed in missile strike
▪ Hong Kong’s John Lee orders full-speed investigation into accident that claimed lives of 2 workers in underground gas-filled tube
▪ Leader of Australia s Victoria state, known for COVID lockdowns, to step down
▪ Most anti-Muslim hate speech in India linked to Modi’s ruling party: report
▪ Hong Kong JPEX cryptocurrency scandal: new disclosure of trading platforms eyeing licence will better inform investors, John Lee says
▪ Asia’s scam menace prompts rare China-Asean-UN unified response
▪ India s BJP, the world s biggest party, plots election drive of epic scale
▪ China says willing to play constructive role in APEC s success
▪ Activist who called for Thai monarchy reforms sentenced to four years for royal insults - judge
▪ North Korea allows foreigner entry for first time since 2020
▪ Canadian Sikhs stage protests against Indian government over murder
▪ Russia, US trade diplomatic blame over instability in Karabakh crisis
▪ Is China’s ‘slow employment’ surge just another way of saying more graduates are lying flat?
▪ Anti-Covid drug molnupiravir may have led to virus mutations, study says
▪ New e-CNY feature in China’s digital renminbi payment services to benefit foreigners
▪ Are we prepared for the next pandemic? Only if world breaks ‘cycle of panic and neglect’, says ex-New Zealand PM
▪ Philippines says China has removed remnants of floating barrier in South China Sea
▪ Hong Kong cryptocurrency firm loses US$200 million in largest theft of its kind this year
▪ Singapore investors lead interest in ‘attractive’ Japan real estate amid weak yen, low rates
▪ Social media inspires Japanese women to dash into rickshaw pulling
▪ Social media inspires Japanese women to dash into rickshaw pulling
▪ EU’s point man in Hong Kong says political situation and global tensions hamper city’s development
▪ Why a weak yuan is spurring a retail gold rush in China
▪ ‘Haha, yiyi’: man woken at 5am daily by elderly runner’s weird exercise noises confronts noise-maker, striking a chord with many online in China
▪ China’s ailing property market faces key test over Golden Week
▪ South Korea hosts Japan, China as US allies try to reassure Beijing
▪ Court in South Korea jails man for using AI to make sexual images of minors for the first time
▪ Trump’s ex-chief of staff’s suits smelled ‘like a bonfire’ from burning papers, book claims
▪ Anti-Muslim hate speech in India concentrated around elections, report finds
▪ South Korea s Yoon to pay state visit to UK in November
▪ Top Thai police officer’s home raided over ‘Betflix’ gambling ring, suggests ‘internal politics’ for probe
▪ Joe Biden unveils Pacific nations aid, embassies at US-hosted summit as Solomon Islands PM sits out
▪ David McCallum, star of hit TV series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and NCIS, dies at 90
▪ Philippines removes Chinese barrier at contested South China Sea shoal
▪ As Russia, China and the US pursue hypersonic missiles, a global non-proliferation treaty is needed
▪ Ten dead, 24 missing in Guatemala and Mexico after heavy rains and flash floods
▪ True Crimes of Asia: Suicidal people still baited on social media in Japan despite ‘Twitter murders’
▪ US refuses Iran top diplomat’s request to visit Washington
▪ Energy chief says US aims to create nuclear fusion facility within 10 years
▪ Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Turkery’s President Erdogan visits Azerbaijan
▪ India reassures confidence in Aadhaar after Moody s questions its reliability
▪ UK police open sexual offences investigation after allegations about Russell Brand
▪ Trump argues First Amendment protects him from ‘insurrection’ cases aimed at keeping him off ballot
▪ EU member warns against Russia sanctions
▪ US hits Chinese and Russian firms with trade restrictions over Moscow military aid
▪ TSMC chip fab site in Arizona, touted last year by Joe Biden, struggles with delays and scepticism
▪ US Senator Bob Menendez vows to stay in Congress, fight bribery charges
▪ EU’s man in Hong Kong says political situation and global tensions hamper city’s development
▪ US National Zoo bids farewell to pandas as government shutdown looms
▪ Hungary warns EU against ditching Russian energy
▪ US hits Chinese, Russian firms over Moscow military aid
▪ Ahead of Indonesia’s 2024 national polls, Jokowi’s son named youth party chair
▪ Hong Kong police to ask judges to pass tougher sentences for narcotics cases amid surge in substance abusers
▪ Hong Kong leader John Lee calls for three-pronged approach to support carers after death of two brothers with mental disabilities
▪ KL pushing to get two Malaysians released from Guantanamo Bay: Home Minister
▪ Canadian Sikh group urges followers to protest outside Indian embassies
▪ China warns EU to show restraint when seeking to counter Beijing’s trade tactics
▪ EU makes precedent-setting decision on frozen Russian assets – Kommersant
▪ Russia tells Armenian PM: you are making a big mistake by flirting with West
▪ Azerbaijani and Turkish leaders hold talks, eye forging land corridor via Armenia
▪ US recognizes Cook Islands as sovereign nation, says Biden
▪ PM Orban says Hungary in no rush to ratify Sweden s NATO bid
▪ US to recognize independence of two small Pacific nations - Biden
▪ More than 1,700 Hong Kong restaurants to cut prices to boost business around National Day holiday
▪ Step up pace of technological breakthroughs, Chinese President Xi Jinping urges
▪ ‘Regulate them’: Hard-up Indonesia traders urge TikTok sales ban
▪ Taiwan presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih wants to shake off KMT’s pro-Beijing image
▪ Indonesia’s potential ban on social media transactions, including on TikTok, draws mixed reactions
▪ Hong Kong illegal structures: officials warn they will seek court warrants to enter 3 houses at Redhill Peninsula after owners fail to respond to inspection requests
▪ UK’s secret ‘James Bond’ tunnels may become London tourist attraction: ‘who wouldn’t come here?’
▪ Most Russian oil exports bypassing price cap – FT
▪ Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan moved to a new jail after court order - lawyer
▪ Thirty-four years after fleeing Azerbaijan, a Karabakh Armenian is on the move again
▪ Head of Hong Kong’s largest journalist union sentenced to 5 days in jail for obstructing police officer after refusing to show identity card
▪ AI sportscasters claim place in Philippine sports, but critics say they lack ‘soul’
▪ Hong Kong’s biggest political party elects new leader Gary Chan, who vows reform to focus on city’s ‘good governance’ instead of chasing votes
▪ For Philippine WWII rape victims of Japanese soldiers, a final bid for reparations
▪ U.S. exploring potential space force hotline with China, U.S. commander says
▪ More direct China-US flights on the horizon, but return to 2019 traffic far more distant
▪ Head of Hong Kong journalists group sentenced to jail for obstructing police
▪ Residents use rocks to smash windows to rescue trapped Singapore tourists in Penang van crash
▪ Indonesia set to protect small traders as Widodo says social media ‘not a platform for business’
▪ Tech war: Huawei unveils slew of new products but keeps quiet on breakthrough Mate 60 Pro and chip inside
▪ EU faces dependence on US energy supplies – official
▪ Ukraine: nearly 1,000 tons of grain stored in port facilities attacked by Russia overnight
▪ Hong Kong among world’s top sources of property capital, but global investors give city’s real estate a miss: Colliers report
▪ ‘Good husband and dad’: China delivery driver shows remarkable care for depressed wife, brings her and baby son to work, earning online praise
▪ China’s state investment arm said to be planning US$14 billion fund to support strategic new industries
▪ Russian maritime trade forecast to grow
▪ Germany’s housing sector slumps into crisis, with 1 in 5 developers reportedly cancelling projects in August
▪ Malaysia boosts China palm oil exports as EU calls for ban of products from deforested land
▪ Senior US officials traveling to Armenia as Karabakh s Armenians start to leave
▪ ‘Humans of New York’ creator slams Indian version for suing rival for financial gain
▪ After U.N. meeting, countries brace for COP28 fossil fuel fight
▪ Taiwanese president Tsai’s popularity hit by #MeToo and egg scandals
▪ South China Sea: Philippines vows to remove Beijing’s 300-metre floating barrier in disputed lagoon

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