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In a TV interview on August 17, 2021, the Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and said the group is ready to provide women with an environment in which they can work and study. The statement stood in contrast to the Taliban movement's rule from 1996 to 2001, when women were deprived of many basic rights…
The number of confirmed deaths from a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Haiti on August 14, 2021, has soared to at least 1,297. More than 5,700 other people are now known to have been injured by the tremor that crumbled homes and schools. With hundreds of people feared trapped under the rubble, rescue crews ar…
A 22-year-old from China's Henan province can do a double flip while holding both of his legs. With a martial arts background, Tian Xinxin started practising tricking skills 3 years ago. He also worked as a television stuntman for a year and now runs a school that trains students in the art of tricking.
The Indonesian city of Surabaya has a new volunteer on the streets to help with the Covid-19 pandemic – a robotic helper made from discarded household appliances. The “Delta Robot” was the brainchild of a local official and university professors, who envisioned it as a way to entertain residents of Tembok Gede, a su…
The Hong Kong Professional Teachers’ Union has announced it is disbanding after pro-establishment and state-owned media accused the group of “hijacking the education sector”. Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union was founded in 1974 and currently has 95,000 members. One day after the organisation announced its decisio…
Taliban fighters have seized five provincial capitals, including the key city of Kunduz, as of August 6, 2021. Afghan forces have vowed to retake the fallen cities, which include Zaranj, Sheberghan, Taloqan and Sar-e-Pul. Government forces have countered with help from US air strikes, but one operation ended hitting…
A 20-year-old student from India’s Tamil Nadu state has set the national record for the longest tongue. The Indian Book of Records now lists K Praveen’s tongue as measuring 10.8cm (4.25 inches). He hopes to break the Guinness World Record and take the “world’s longest tongue” title from Nick “the lick” Stoeberl from…
Tutors, parents and students are bearing the brunt of China’s crackdown on private tutoring that put the brakes on a once-bustling industry offering off-campus classes. On July 24, 2021, China’s State Council announced a new set of guidelines meant to “ease the burden of young students” as they go through mandatory …
China is strategically positioning itself in Afghanistan as the US withdraws from the war-torn country, but Beijing’s moves do not come without risks, according to Michael Kugelman with the Washington-based think tank Wilson Centre. The deputy director for the centre’s Asia programme and its senior associate for Sou…
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Chinese-born Canadian pop star Kris Wu was detained by police in Beijing on July 31, 2021, a few weeks after student Du Meizhu said he got her drunk to lure her into having sex when she was 17. More than 20 women have since come forward to also accuse Wu of inappropriate behaviour. Wu has denied all allegations and …
China has been closely watching the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and is positioning itself to exert influence in the war-torn nation according to foreign policy experts. Beijing has pledged support for the Taliban to play a role in Afghanistan’s reconstruction, but also demanded that the insurgent group cut ties w…
On the final day of the swimming competition in Tokyo 2020, coach Rick Bishop says he could not be more proud of Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey and Canada’s Maggie MacNeil, who he has coached for six and three years respectively. Haughey took home two silver medals, becoming Hong Kong’s most decorated Olympian, while M…
Scientists have identified what they believe to be the world's oldest animal fossils. They are ancient sea sponges that inhabited primordial reefs built by bacteria roughly 890 million years ago. They were discovered two decades ago in the Mackenzie Mountains in northwest Canada by Dr Elizabeth Turner, who's now bas…
China’s foreign minister said Beijing expects the Taliban to play an important role in the Afghanistan peace, reconciliation and reconstruction process. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian also quoted Foreign Minister and State Councillor Wang Yi as describing the withdrawal of US and NATO troops as a policy fail…
Contract doctors in Malaysia staged a walkout on July 26, 2021, to demand permanent positions along with better pay and benefits. Since 2016, medical school graduates have struggled to find permanent posts within the country’s health care system despite a scheme offering new graduates temporary contracts. Police say…
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Mascots representing the Tokyo Olympics are only the latest in a cast of cute characters that have long made their mark in Japan. The cartoonish creatures have found a marketing role, in part because they connect with many fans in a nation where there are underlying cultural factors such as animist religious beliefs…
Hong Kong secondary school students received the results of their university entrance exams on July 21, 2021. Seven of the 49,976 students who sat this year’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams achieved perfect scores. This is the first year the test results were sent to students via SMS.
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Officials in “zero-Covid” economies such as Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand have resisted being drawn on specifics about when their communities can return to pre-pandemic life. But Roberto Bruzzone, co-director of the HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, warns that eliminating Covid-19 is an unrealistic goal. The infecti…
Hong Kong’s national security police raided the student union office at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on July 16, 2021, as part of an investigation into a now-withdrawn motion “appreciating the sacrifice” of a man who stabbed an officer before killing himself. The controversial motion, passed by 30 representativ…
Hong Kong’s national security police raided the student union office at the University of Hong Kong on July 16, 2021, as part of an investigation into a now-withdrawn motion “appreciating the sacrifice” of a man who stabbed an officer before killing himself. The controversial motion, which was passed by the 30 repre…
A black bird was filmed aggressively attacking male passers-by on a university campus. The bird only attacks males but never females, students say. It has been around the campus for five years and returns every spring and summer. That, and more trending videos from China this week.
India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, has proposed a two-child policy citing “limited ecological and economic resources.” The plan to discourage couples from having more than two children was announced July 10, 2021, and is the second proposed in a state governed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Ove…
Water leaked from the roof of a high school conference hall in eastern China’s Jiangsu province following heavy rainfall.
Students at this South Korean university can pay for their coffee by using the eco-friendly ‘BeeVi toilet’, which helps power a school building by turning faeces into methane gas. Those who use the invention at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology can earn digital currency, Ggool, which allows them…
Pakistan has opened its first school for transgender women in the country’s Punjab province. Education minister Murad Raas vowed to provide “education for everyone”, saying that the school aims to help transgender youth pursue better job opportunities later in life. The country’s first Islamic religious school for t…
Pakistan’s taxidermy business has been struggling to survive amid fewer Western arrivals to the country. But practitioners at the University of Karachi are seeking to revive the craft by bringing in teachers from overseas and offering incentives for professors to include the art form into their curriculum.
Primary schools in the North Korean capital Pyongyang have intensified measures to fight the spread of Covid-19. The extension of the country’s "emergency campaign" was announced by state media on June 30, 2021, and comes despite the fact that officials have yet to confirm any coronavirus infections.
A black bird was filmed aggressively attacking male passers-by on a university campus in southern China’s Guizhou province. The bird only attacks males but never females, students say. It has been around the campus for five years and returns every spring and summer.
Hong Kong police arrested nine people on July 5, 2021, over an alleged terrorist plot to bomb streets, courts and transport networks. Among the group are secondary school students as well as a member of management at a local university and a secondary school employee. Police said the pro-independence group known as …
On June 30, 2020, mainland Chinese authorities imposed a national security law (NSL) on Hong Kong banning secession, subversion of state power, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces. In the year since, many opposition activists in the city have been arrested and charged under the legislation while others have …
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Fiona Callanan lost a leg in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami while on holiday in Thailand. Sixteen years since that fateful day, Callanan has used that experience to overcome subsequent challenges, having since trained as a lawyer and raising a child as a single mother. The Hong Kong resident is also a TEDx speaker an…
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The highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant is exposing the vulnerability of economies with low vaccination rates, such as Australia and Hong Kong. Catherine Bennett, public health expert and epidemiologist at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, explains how infectious the variant is and how it could f…
The Chinese Communist Party will mark its 100th anniversary on July 1, 2021. Ahead of the anniversary, various activities are being held across the country to celebrate the milestone, with most focusing on the party’s history. The Post spoke to visitors at one of the biggest exhibitions at the Capital Museum in Beij…
Landslides and severe flooding were reported in some areas of Hong Kong on June 28, 2021, as the first black rainstorm warning of the year forced the suspension of public services including schools and vaccination services.
While only a tiny portion of China’s population eats dog meat, about 10 million canines are still killed each year, according to the Washington-based Humane Society International (HSI). Thousands of dogs are slaughtered each June alone during the controversial Yulin Dog Meat Festival in southern Guangxi province. Th…
A student in southeastern China’s Sichuan province was filmed hugging his father after checking his university entrance exam results. He scored 689 out of 750 and is one of the top placed students in the area. Peking University, a top-notch college in China, has contacted them, his mother said.
