Emboldened by US Supreme Court, California clears homeless from streets
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Japan’s ruling LDP picks Shigeru Ishiba as successor to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida | South China Morning Post
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Hong Kong court sentences 2 former Stand News editors to 21 months for sedition | South China Morning Post
Two former editors of the now-defunct Stand News in Hong Kong have been sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiring to publish seditious articles, with one being given immediate release because he suffered from a rare disease. The District Court judge handed down the sentences on September 26, 2024, almost a mon…
Vietnam tycoon Truong My Lan, sentenced to death for embezzling US$12.5 billion, faces new trial | South China Morning Post
Condemned Vietnamese real estate tycoon Truong My Lan went on trial again on September 19, 2024, for additional fraud charges, state media reported. The chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group was sentenced to death in April after being found guilty of masterminding what is believed to be V…
Suspect in apparent attempt to assassinate Trump charged in federal court
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· Katherine Gypson
Peru’s controversial former president Alberto Fujimori dies of cancer | South China Morning Post
Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori died of cancer on September 11, 2024, at the age of 86. A deeply divisive figure in Peru, Fujimori steered economic growth during the 1990s only to later end up jailed for 25 years for human rights abuses. In 2017, then-president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski pardoned Fujimori on h…
Students demand peace after deadly ethnic violence in India’s Manipur | South China Morning Post
Students in India's northeastern state of Manipur demanded an end to ethnic violence on September 11, 2024, after internet services were suspended for five days and an indefinite curfew imposed in some parts of the region. Ethnic strife has escalated between the majority Meitei and minority Kuki communities, with ov…
California takes new homelessness approach after high court ruling
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· Angelina Bagdasaryan
Hong Kong court convicts Stand News, 2 ex-editors of sedition over 17 articles | South China Morning Post
A Hong Kong court has convicted a now-defunct online news service and two former editors of conspiracy to publish seditious articles after the city’s adoption of the national security law four years ago. The district court ruling, handed down on August 29, 2024, marked the first time a judge hand-picked by the city’…
Palestinians appeal to Israeli court about water shortage
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· Linda Gradstein
VOA60 World - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin removed from office by court order
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Thai Prime Minister removed from office by Constitutional court | South China Morning Post
Thailand’s Constitutional Court removed Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, after he was found guilty of breaching ethics. He had appointed a cabinet member who had served a jail term in April 2024.
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina accused of murder in deadly Bangladesh protests | South China Morning Post
A court in Bangladesh opened a murder investigation against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six other figures on August 13, 2024. Hasina was accused of being responsible for the death of a protester allegedly shot and killed during recent civil unrest. The country was shaken in July by a wave of protests tha…
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LeBron, 11-year-olds in action – 5 things to know for day 11 at the Paris OlympicsMore track and field action as well as the skateboarding and NBA stars taking to the court as the basketball heats up.
Bangladesh protests widen to target top officials appointed during Sheikh Hasina’s rule | South China Morning Post
Advertisement03:05BangladeshVideoAsiaBangladesh protests widen to target top officials appointed during Sheikh Hasina’s ruleJayson AlbanoandCaroline Qiqige WangPublished: 6:30pm, 12 Aug 2024Read more about Bangladesh: https://sc.mp/eeab2 Bangladesh’s chief justice and central bank chief have reportedly resigned afte…
VOA60 Africa- Former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang was convicted Thursday by a New York court in a bribe conspiracy case
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Chinese gang accused of stealing thousands of corpses for use in dental bone grafts | South China Morning Post
A Chinese crime ring has been accused of stealing more than 4,000 bodies from crematoriums and medical laboratories to use their bones for dental grafts. The scandal came to light after a well-known criminal lawyer published details of the case on social media on August 8, 2024. The lawyer, Yi Shenghua, said police …
South Korean defence chief: building nuclear arms would roil US ties, markets | South China Morning Post
South Korea could rupture its alliance with the US and shock financial markets if it were to start building nuclear weapons, Seoul’s Defence Minister said on August 7, 2024. Shin Won-sik dismissed renewed domestic calls for the South to develop its own arsenal to deter the North. As Pyongyang rapidly expands its nuc…
AI ‘coaching’ replacing human instructors at hi-tech Chinese driving school | South China Morning Post
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Thailand’s reformist Move Forward political party dissolved under lèse-majesté law | South China Morning Post
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ordered the dissolution of the largest party in the country’s parliament. Move Forward was disbanded on August 7, 2024, after its leader, Pita Limjaroenrat was found guilty of conspiring against the monarchy. Move Forward won the largest share of votes in the 2023 general election…
VOA60 World - Thai Constitutional Court dissolved the Move Forward Party and banned leader Pita Limjaroenrat for 10 years
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Chinese boy born with 1 arm shines on badminton court | South China Morning Post
Youyou was born without a left arm, and has found a stage to shine on: the badminton court. The boy’s mother thinks the 10-year-old has become a more outgoing child after two years of training.
Two-time Paris Olympics bronze medallist Siobhan Haughey returns to Hong Kong | South China Morning Post
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“I just made history”: China’s Zheng hopes to enjoy tennis more after Olympic gold win | South China Morning Post
Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese and Asian player to win an Olympic singles title at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 21-year-old tennis player overpowered Donna Vekic of Croatia, 6-2 and 6-3, in Saturday’s gold medal match. In a post-game press conference, Zheng said she had felt even more determined to perform we…
Hong Kong’s post-Covid graduates look to the future while recalling student life | South China Morning Post
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Why Chinese university students are taking to social media with IDs in hand to report sexual abuse | South China Morning Post
Wang Guiyuan, 65, a literature professor at the prestigious Renmin University of China, was dismissed on July 22, 2024, less than 24 hours after one of his PhD students posted a video on the Chinese social media platform Weibo detailing his predatory behaviour. Wang was also expelled from the Communist Party. Legal …
Cosplaying in Hong Kong: the anime players behind the costume | South China Morning Post
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Chicken wings advertised as 'boneless' can have bones, Ohio Supreme Court decides
FILE - A “boneless chicken wing” is displayed in Glenside, Pa., on Feb. 8, 2023. On Thursday, July 25, 2024, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that consumers cannot expect boneless chicken wings to actually be free of bones, rejecting claims by a restaurant patron who suffered serious medical complications from getting a…
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Bangladesh court slashes civil service job quotas for children of independence fighters | South China Morning Post
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In a first since Cold War, Russia convicts American journalist in ‘sham' trial
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In Peru, investigative journalist weathers physical and legal threats
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VOA60 America - Boeing accepts plea deal to avoid criminal trial over 737 Max crashes
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Tokyo’s first female governor wins third term in bellwether test for ruling party | South China Morning Post
Tokyo’s first female governor, Yuriko Koike, was re-elected to a third four-year term on July 7, 2024. Koike has been in office since 2016 and has long been affiliated with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Her most prominent opponent was Renho Saito, a leading female opposition lawmake…
Cambodian court jails environmentalists accused of anti-state activities | South China Morning Post
A court in Cambodia sentenced several environmental activists to jail on July 2, 2024. Members of the green group, Mother Nature, were found guilty of plotting against the government and insulting the king after exposing the pollution of a public river near the royal palace in 2021.
How US Supreme Court's immunity decision could impact presidential race
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· Dora Mekouar
VOA60 America- U.S. Supreme Court granted presidents broad immunity from prosecution for official acts conducted while in office
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VOA60 America - WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich on trial in Russia
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VOA60 America- Federal judge to hear arguments in classified documents case against former president Donald Trump on Friday.
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Where do drivers stand in Hong Kong’s Uber vs taxi battle? | South China Morning Post
A long-simmering dispute between Hong Kong’s traditional taxi industry and the Uber ride-hailing service flared up in May 2024 when a group of “undercover” cabbies tried to report Uber drivers to police for carrying passengers without licences. Uber has been operating in Hong Kong since 2014, but its legal status ha…
Lack of legal framework complicates policing political deepfakes
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Abortion looms in US presidential election 2 years after key ruling
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Supreme Court decision keeps guns at center of US presidential race
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Swiss sinologist sues Chinese academic and publisher for copyright infringement | South China Morning Post
A renowned Swiss sinologist is suing his once-favourite student from China and the country’s leading academic publisher for plagiarism. Professor Iso Kern began his cross-continent legal battle in January, after filing the infringement case with the Dongcheng District Court in Beijing. His lawyer told him in March 2…
Myanmar’s military government lost direct control over 86% of its territory after months of fighting | South China Morning Post
Myanmar remains torn in a bloody civil war more than three years after a military coup toppled its democratically elected government. The ruling junta has resorted to desperate measures, including by enacting military conscription and adopting a defensive posture, to control an insurgency led by ethnic rebel forces …
Hong Kong star Louis Koo sued over alleged failure to repay HK$8.3 million loan | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong film star Louis Koo Tin-lok has been sued by a business partner who claims he failed to repay a loan of HK$8.3 million (US$1.1 million) arising from a fashion joint venture more than a decade ago. According to a High Court writ made public on June 12, 2024, Koo and his business partner, Dong Choi-chi, agre…
Peruvian president to visit China to discuss Belt and Road Initiative investment | South China Morning Post
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte will visit China at the end of June 2024 to try to court more investment in her country. Boluarte will address recent controversies surrounding the operation of a new megaport being built with Chinese financing. The facility in the Peruvian coastal city of Chancay is expected to open…
Pakistani PM in China to court government, businesses
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· Sarah Zaman