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Shellfish thieves in Australia make off with 400,000 oysters worth US$250,000 Australian police said on Wednesday they were o
Shellfish thieves in Australia make off with 400,000 oysters worth US$250,000 Australian police said on Wednesday they were on the hunt for thieves who made off with hundreds of thousands of oysters. The molluscs have an estimated total value of A$350,000 (US$250,000) and were lifted from an oyster farm near the town of Taree, north of Sydney, New South Wales police said. Over 300 bags, containing 400,000 oysters, were stolen. Police are urging the public to come forward with any information they might have about the theft, which they said happened “earlier this year” but... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:43:17 +0000 [Agence France-Presse] [Full Text]

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Hong Kong man loses HK$2.8 million in investment scam, among 50 cases in past week A Hong Kong man has lost over HK$2.8 milli
Hong Kong man loses HK$2.8 million in investment scam, among 50 cases in past week A Hong Kong man has lost over HK$2.8 million (US$357,000) in an online investment scam in which fraudsters claiming to be employees of electricity companies duped him into investing in a “recyclable waste project”. Police also said on Wednesday that the force had recorded 50 investment scams in the past week, with losses totalling over HK$30 million. The force said the man in his 60s became acquainted with the scammer on Facebook. The fraudster claimed to be an employee of CLP Power, one of Hong... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:29:24 +0000 [Leopold Chen] [Full Text]
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15 newborns die in Pakistan hospital fire triggered by air-con fault At ⁠least 15 ⁠infants were killed when ⁠a fire broke out
15 newborns die in Pakistan hospital fire triggered by air-con fault At ⁠least 15 ⁠infants were killed when ⁠a fire broke out at a state-run hospital in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, triggered by a fault in air conditioning systems, local broadcaster Geo ‌TV reported on Wednesday. The blaze started at around 7am at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, on the third floor of the hospital’s mother and child health ward, the broadcaster said. Islamabad chief commissioner Sohail Ashraf said on social media that rescue teams, specialists, police and himself... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:01:35 +0000 [Reuters] [Full Text]
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‘Squeezed further’: calls for SME energy subsidies as power fuel surcharges soar An industry leader and a lawmaker have calle
‘Squeezed further’: calls for SME energy subsidies as power fuel surcharges soar An industry leader and a lawmaker have called for subsidies for small and medium-sized enterprises after fuel surcharges imposed by Hong Kong’s two power suppliers jumped by nearly 80 per cent and 15 per cent respectively in March, following the outbreak of the Middle East conflict. HK Electric, which supplies electricity mainly to Hong Kong Island and Lamma Island, announced that its fuel clause charge would rise by 5.9 per cent from last month to 60.7 HK cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:45:07 +0000 [Eric Jiang] [Full Text]
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Hong Kong police officer accidentally discharges firearm at base loading area A Hong Kong constable is suspected of dischargi
Hong Kong police officer accidentally discharges firearm at base loading area A Hong Kong constable is suspected of discharging his service firearm accidentally at a police base in Mong Kok, the force has revealed. The incident occurred at 11.01pm on Tuesday as the officer was loading a round into his service firearm in at the West Kowloon Regional Emergency Unit’s base, police said on Wednesday. A single round was fired and no one was injured. Police stressed that the force had strict regulations on the use of firearms and that the incident was being investigated. Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:37:33 +0000 [Ambrose Li] [Full Text]
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South Korea scrambles jets after Russian military planes enter air defence zone South Korea said on Wednesday it had scramble
South Korea scrambles jets after Russian military planes enter air defence zone South Korea said on Wednesday it had scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian military aircraft entering its air defence zone, the second such incursion in weeks. The relationship between the countries has worsened since South Korea joined Western sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and since Moscow built stronger ties with North Korea. Seoul’s defence ministry said multiple Russian aircraft had entered and then left its air defence identification zone over the East Sea, also... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:27:19 +0000 [Agence France-Presse] [Full Text]
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Dog injured, woman bitten in 2 new canine attack cases in Hong Kong Hong Kong authorities are investigating two new dog attac
Dog injured, woman bitten in 2 new canine attack cases in Hong Kong Hong Kong authorities are investigating two new dog attack cases that have resulted in injuries to a canine and a woman, which come amid mounting safety concerns after two other similar but deadlier incidents last week. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said on Wednesday that it had been notified by police about the first incident involving the injured dog and had contacted its owner to gather more information. “If there is sufficient evidence that persons concerned... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:16:25 +0000 [Leopold Chen] [Full Text]
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DeepSeek nears pre-IPO funding round as 2027 market debut takes shape sources DeepSeek is nearing the completion of a new fun
DeepSeek nears pre-IPO funding round as 2027 market debut takes shape sources DeepSeek is nearing the completion of a new funding round that values the company at about 500 billion yuan (US$74 billion) before investment, as the Chinese artificial intelligence start-up moves closer to a potential listing on Shanghai’s Star Market, according to people familiar with the matter. The company was seeking to raise about 50 billion yuan in the round, which was expected to close before the end of August, according to one person. Investors included incumbents from the company’s... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:01:09 +0000 [Ben Jiang, Wency Chen] [Full Text]
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Deadly Shah Alam brawl reignites Malaysian gang violence fears Malaysian police are investigating a killing near Kuala Lumpur
Deadly Shah Alam brawl reignites Malaysian gang violence fears Malaysian police are investigating a killing near Kuala Lumpur as murder after a man rammed by a car died following an armed brawl in broad daylight that was caught on camera – footage that has stirred fresh alarm over brazen street violence in the country. The fight, in which several men were filmed slashing at one another, broke out at around 2pm on Tuesday in the Taman Alam Megah neighbourhood of Shah Alam, police said. One local man has been arrested in connection with the case. Shah Alam... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:43:41 +0000 [Iman Muttaqin Yusof] [Full Text]
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China’s coastal regions on high alert as Typhoon Saudel cancels flights, ferries Airports in China’s Zhejiang and Fujian prov
China’s coastal regions on high alert as Typhoon Saudel cancels flights, ferries Airports in China’s Zhejiang and Fujian provinces remained on high alert for potential delays and cancellations as Typhoon Saudel approached landfall on Wednesday, after multiple flights were cancelled in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Saudel, which entered the East China Sea early on Wednesday morning, led to 16 cancelled flights at Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport. Affected carriers included Peach, China Airlines, EVA Air, Starlux and Thai Lion Air. Hong Kong Airlines fully cancelled its... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:39:33 +0000 [Xinlu Liang] [Full Text]
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US Treasury sanctions on Iran’s trade partners The US Department of the Treasury launched targeted sanctions against some 24
US Treasury sanctions on Iran’s trade partners The US Department of the Treasury launched targeted sanctions against some 24 entities based in mainland China or Hong Kong as part of its “Operation Economic Outcast” campaign against Iran and its enablers. See below for the original announcement: US Treasury sanctions by scmp Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:29:39 +0000 [Haining Gao] [Full Text]
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RTHK editor gets 160 hours of community service for upskirt video A Hong Kong court has ordered a civil servant at public bro
RTHK editor gets 160 hours of community service for upskirt video A Hong Kong court has ordered a civil servant at public broadcaster RTHK to perform 160 hours of community service after he admitted filming upskirt footage of a woman in public. Chong Tak-yin, assistant chief assignment editor at RTHK’s Chinese news and current affairs division, received the sentence on Wednesday at West Kowloon Court after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful recording or observation of intimate parts. The 57-year-old told arresting officers the offence was “a momentary... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:09:50 +0000 [Fiona Chow] [Full Text]
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As more expats flock to Hong Kong, luxury home rents poised for further upswing Hong Kong’s growing number of expatriates is
As more expats flock to Hong Kong, luxury home rents poised for further upswing Hong Kong’s growing number of expatriates is boosting the city’s residential property leasing market with luxury rents likely to rise by about 5 per cent this year and continue their upswing in 2027, according to property consultancy JLL. The private residential rental index by the Rating and Valuation Department had surged by 18.5 per cent as of June to 205.8 from the Covid-19 pandemic trough in January 2023, which was 173.6, marking the first sustained breach of the 200 threshold. “Hong Kong’s... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:00:08 +0000 [Cheryl Arcibal] [Full Text]
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Ming dynasty work shows how Chinese understood the world in the 1600s Long before the digital age, a Ming dynasty scholar mad
Ming dynasty work shows how Chinese understood the world in the 1600s Long before the digital age, a Ming dynasty scholar made it his mission to map human knowledge from a Chinese perspective. The result was an encyclopaedia spanning 127 volumes known as the Tushu Bian, or Compendium of Illustrations and Texts. The work – published in 1613 – was compiled by Neo-Confucian scholar Zhang Huang and drew on more than 200 printed sources across several decades to document the concepts of heaven, earth and humanity. “His goal was to gather all the illustrations and texts... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000 [Holly Chik] [Full Text]
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‘I want to survive’: Malaysian commando adrift in South China Sea for 15 hours “I want to survive. ” That was uppermost in Se
‘I want to survive’: Malaysian commando adrift in South China Sea for 15 hours “I want to survive. ” That was uppermost in Senior Seaman Michael Coccon Johen’s mind while he was drifting in the South China Sea, hours after a free-fall parachute training exercise went wrong. Johen, 27, was one of six Malaysian navy special forces personnel who landed in the sea on August 12 after missing their designated landing site at Pulau Layang-Layang, off Sabah’s coast. It happened during the drill’s second jump at 4.30pm, when a sudden change in weather severely affected... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:16:44 +0000 [The Star] [Full Text]
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Terror as Malaysian roller coaster fails mid-ride, 10 injured A roller coaster malfunction at a major theme park on the outsk
Terror as Malaysian roller coaster fails mid-ride, 10 injured A roller coaster malfunction at a major theme park on the outskirts of Malaysia’s capital city injured 10 people on Saturday, the operator confirmed after coming under fire for what critics called a prolonged silence over the incident. Authorities said on Monday that the riders had suffered minor injuries after the ride abruptly stopped, leaving them stranded. The incident sparked a flurry of complaints across Malaysian social media, with numerous posts sharing videos purportedly showing the... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:15:49 +0000 [Joseph Sipalan] [Full Text]
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Writing the rulebook? China to steer world’s first solid-state battery standards A Chinese-proposed international standard fo
Writing the rulebook? China to steer world’s first solid-state battery standards A Chinese-proposed international standard for automotive solid-state batteries has been approved as a new work item by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) – marking the first of its kind for the advanced power systems and the nation’s latest effort to shape rules in emerging industries. Led by China, with input from technical experts in France, Japan, South Korea and other countries, the proposal outlined application guidelines, items and conditions for testing rechargeable... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:00:12 +0000 [Mandy Zuo] [Full Text]
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Chinese worker develops severe muscle breakdown after manager punishes her with 200 squats A Chinese woman developed life-thr
Chinese worker develops severe muscle breakdown after manager punishes her with 200 squats A Chinese woman developed life-threatening muscle breakdown after her company forced her to perform 200 squats as punishment for unfinished work. The young woman, surnamed Yang, recently moved to Hangzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang province and began her first job as a financial consultant at a loan assistance company in June. The role is essentially a tele-sales position. Her team manager, surnamed Zhang, required each team member to make 200 calls, invite one client, and secure one client... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:48:09 +0000 [Fran Lu] [Full Text]
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Singapore court hands Amos Yee 4 new charges for posts on race, child porn Singaporean online commentator Amos Yee Pang Sang
Singapore court hands Amos Yee 4 new charges for posts on race, child porn Singaporean online commentator Amos Yee Pang Sang on Wednesday received four fresh charges linked to posts he made about race and children. This brings his total number of charges to seven, including three for allegedly dodging national service. According to charge sheets, the 27-year-old allegedly promoted feelings of disharmony between racial and religious groups in Singapore in two blog posts in April. In the posts, he allegedly discussed racial discrimination, commented on crimes and... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:37:21 +0000 [CNA] [Full Text]
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North Korea sharpens anti-Japan rhetoric as Russia ties grow North Korea has stepped up its verbal attacks on Japan, issuing
North Korea sharpens anti-Japan rhetoric as Russia ties grow North Korea has stepped up its verbal attacks on Japan, issuing more than a dozen denunciations through state media since early July and hardening its rhetoric in recent days by accusing Tokyo of whipping up a “neo-militarist frenzy” and preparing for a “war of aggression”. Analysts said the latest broadsides from Kim Jong-un’s regime reflected both renewed confidence in Pyongyang as ties with Moscow deepen, and a desire to frame Asia-Pacific geopolitics as a contest between rival blocs –... Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:00:09 +0000 [Julian Ryall] [Full Text]
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