Hongkongers lose HK$200 million to scams in a week, AI voice-cloning used | South China Morning Post
Police urge the public to be vigilant about scams during the coming Lantern Festival and Valentine’s Day
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About 10 people killed at school for adults in Sweden’s worst mass shooting | South China Morning Post
Police say the gunman was among those killed and the death toll is expected to rise
VOA60 World - 'Around 10' dead in shooting at adult education center in Sweden
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VOA60 World - At least 15 killed in car bomb explosion in northern Syria
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American Airlines jet collides with Black Hawk helicopter near Washington’s Reagan Airport | South China Morning Post
An American Airlines regional jet with 60 passengers and four crew members on board collided on January 30, 2025, with a US Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. A large search-and-rescue operation is under way in the nearby Potomac River. There were reportedly multiple fat…
VOA60 World - Dozens killed in stampede at sacred Maha Kumbh Hindu festival in India
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Hong Kong-bound plane catches fire at South Korea’s Busan airport, leaving 3 injured | South China Morning Post
An Air Busan aircraft caught fire at South Korea’s Gimhae International Airport on January 28, 2025, while preparing to depart for Hong Kong. Local authorities said all 169 passengers and seven crew members were evacuated from the Airbus A321ceo plane, and three sustained minor injuries. The incident happened about …
Photographer on a mission to document the colourful tapestry of Hong Kong’s basketball courts | South China Morning Post
Austin Bell set out to catalogue and photograph every outdoor basketball court in Hong Kong, ultimately finding 2,549
US Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, leaving app’s fate to incoming Trump administration | South China Morning Post
The US Supreme Court on January 17, 2025, upheld a law requiring TikTok, the popular Chinese short-video app, to be banned in the United States unless it secures a non-Chinese buyer by January 19. The ruling delivered a significant blow to TikTok, which has 170 million American users, amid escalating concerns over n…
How a local police programme is helping to empower women in Pakistan | South China Morning Post
The “Women on Wheels” programme teaches women how to ride motorcycles, a female taboo in Pakistan
Families mourn Ukrainian women killed in action since Russia's invasion
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VOA60 World - South Korean police arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in hours-long operation
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Woman arrested for allegedly luring 2 Hongkongers to work at Southeast Asia scam centres | South China Morning Post
Victims returned to Hong Kong, while suspect was detained for alleged conspiracy to defraud
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol arrested after weeks-long stand-off | South China Morning Post
Authorities now have 48 hours to question Yoon, after which they must seek a warrant to detain him for up to 20 days or release him
South Korea's Yoon Suk-yeol says he agreed to questioning to prevent bloodshed | South China Morning Post
Yoon Suk-yeol has become the first incumbent South Korean president to be arrested
South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk-yeol arrested | South China Morning Post
Authorities had to scale makeshift barricades set up by the impeached president’s supporters to gain access to his compound
Former university professor found guilty in Hong Kong yoga ball murder case retrial | South China Morning Post
High Court jury unanimously finds Malaysian anaesthesiologist Khaw Kim Sun guilty of causing the deaths of his wife and daughter
Donald Trump sentenced without penalties in New York court
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Supreme Court allows sentencing of Trump to go forward
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VOA60 Africa - South Africa: Five people arrested at former residence of Nelson Mandela
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VOA60 World - At least 95 people killed, more than 130 injured in Tibet earthquake
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South Korean police say ‘legal flaws’ kept them from arresting President Yoon Suk-yeol | South China Morning Post
Corruption Investigation Office officials called off the arrest after a six-hour stand-off with Yoon’s supporters and security personnel at his residence
VOA60 World - Montenegro mass shooting suspect shoots himself, dies on way to hospital
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VOA60 America - Authorities conduct searches in probe of truck attack that killed at least 15
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Crowds at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine pray for peaceful 2025 | South China Morning Post
Japan suffered several disasters at the start of 2024, including an earthquake that killed hundreds as well as a fatal plane crash
Families of Jeju Air crash victims ask South Korean government to recover bodies faster | South China Morning Post
Families of victims of the recent Jeju Air crash in South Korea called for the government to recover bodies faster on December 30, 2024. They made the demand one day after all but two of the 181 passengers and crew on board flight 7C2216 were killed when the jet belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway at …
Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
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A look at South Korea's history of man-made tragedies preceding the Muan International Airport crash | South China Morning Post
The devastating crash of a Jeju Air passenger jet at South Korea's Muan International Airport killed 179 of the 181 people on board. The December 29, 2024, aviation disaster was the latest in the grim history of tragedies in the country resulting in significant loss of life. Other major incidents include a devastati…
Families mourn victims of South Korean plane crash that killed 179 people | South China Morning Post
Hours after the crash, relatives of passengers screamed and wept as airport officials read out the names of victims
Azerbaijan believes missile downed plane, Russia warns against ‘hypotheses’ | South China Morning Post
One Azerbaijani source said Baku expects Russia ‘to confess’ to shooting down the plane
VOA60 World - Mozambique: At least 6,000 prisoners escape maximum security prison
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Devastation, peace and resilience: 2004 tsunami survivors reflect on changes 20 years on | South China Morning Post
The tsunami killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean
VOA60 Africa - Mozambique: At least 21 people killed in unrest after top court ruling on election
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‘Undercover Grinch’ captures suspected drug dealers in Peru | South China Morning Post
A police officer in Lima dressed as the Christmas character raided the home of suspected drug dealers
VOA60 World- Opposition supporters take to the streets in Mozambique after Constitutional Court confirmed presidential poll results
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At least 100 North Korean soldiers killed in Ukraine war, says Seoul lawmaker | South China Morning Post
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Death row survivor returns to Philippines from Indonesia, then goes straight to jail | South China Morning Post
Mary Jane Veloso received a last-minute reprieve from execution in 2015 after being sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia
VOA60 Africa - Ghana: Supreme Court rejects legal challenges to anti-LGBT legislation
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At least 100,000 bodies discovered in mass graves in Syria, advocacy group says | South China Morning Post
Victims were allegedly tortured and killed by the now-overthrown Assad government
Assad's Sednaya prison often last stop in Syrian families’ search
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Imran Khan continues to defy Pakistan’s government from jail as his wife leads protests | South China Morning Post
Despite being in jail since 2023, former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan continues to mobilise his supporters in a tug of war against the government and the army. Calling for Khan to be released, thousands of members of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party marched to the capital Islamabad in late November 20…
At Damascus mosque, Syrian leader calls for justice without revenge
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South Korean President Yoon impeached over martial law debacle | South China Morning Post
Lawmakers in South Korea have voted 204 to 300 in favour of impeaching South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol. The impeachment vote, which took place on December 14, 2024, came amid continued protests over the president’s attempt to impose martial law on December 3, 2024. The move plunged the nation into a constitutio…
American who crossed into Syria by foot freed after 7 months in prison | South China Morning Post
Travis Timmerman entered Syria illegally from the eastern Lebanese town of Zahle on what he called a Christian pilgrimage 7 months ago
Civilians search notorious Syrian prison for loved ones
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Inmates freed from Syria’s most notorious prison after Assad regime falls | South China Morning Post
One of the most potent symbols of Assad’s brutal regime was the Sednaya prison, which Syrians called a “human slaughterhouse"
VOA60 America - Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing charged with murder in New York
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VOA60 Africa - Kenya: Police hurl teargas at demonstrators protesting gender-based violence
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