The rate of gun ownership among women in America is rising, highlighted by the growing popularity of women’s-only shooting ranges. One of them is the A Girl and A Gun club, which has over 70 chapters around the country. The trend comes amid recent social and political turmoil in the United States, prompting some wom…
High-flying Hong Kong aviation engineering graduates who launched a start-up to pioneer an artificial intelligence (AI) programme to assist in spotting signs of missing hikers in drone images helped speed up the massive effort to rescue a lost 17-year-old boy.
Thousands of passengers were left stranded at Hong Kong’s international airport as Typhoon Koinu approached the city triggering a sudden No 9 storm alert on the evening of October 8, 2023. Airport Express train and bus services were suspended leaving taxis as the only means of public transport. Long queues for taxis…
One week ago on September 7, 2023, Hong Kong was hit by a record-breaking rainstorm that flooded the city. South China Morning Post city desk reporter Harvey Kong breaks down what happened across the city and explores the questions Hong Kong’s government now faces as clean-up continues. Post Hong Kong news editor De…
Swiss students broke the world acceleration record with a hand-built electric car on September 1, 2023. The car went from 0 to 100km/h in less than a second, beating the previous record set in September 2022.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Russia on September 12, 2023, in his dark green bulletproof train, as seen from video released by Russian officials. Kim has been travelling by train for every state visit since becoming leader in 2011. A former North Korean official explained why Pyongyang’s ruling Kim fam…
A Hong Kong kindergarten pupil was grabbed by the neck and hauled off the ground with his legs left dangling in the air as a woman carried him across a busy street, a video clip posted online and circulating on social media has shown. An online post said the incident took place outside Tin Hau MTR station on King’s …
In September 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled an ambitious plan for economic integration on a global scale. A decade since the launch of what’s known as the Belt and Road Initiative, around 152 countries have signed trade and infrastructure deals with China. Beijing says the initiative will benefit the en…
Fiji Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua announced on September 7, 2023 that several South Koreans alleged part of a ‘cult’ will be deported from the island nation. Grace Road Church had persuaded hundreds of followers to move to Fiji, where the movement bought swathes of land and started companies. Fiji says the c…
A 28-year-old woman lost her left arm and left leg after being in a car accident while travelling in Hainan 3 years ago. Although the disability limited her mobility, she didn’t give up and learned to walk again. Now, she participates in charitable activities to encourage other people with disabilities.
Typhoon Haikui made landfall in Taiwan on September 3, 2023, becoming the first typhoon in four years to hit the island directly. Watch some of the most destructive moments, when roads flooded and trees were ripped from their roots. A few dozen people were injured in the storm, which is now barrelling toward southea…
The Indonesian Light Rail Transit (LRT), which has been delayed for years, finally launched a Greater Jakarta service to two satellite cities, including Bogor and Bekasi on August 28, 2023. Officials believe the LRT will go a long way to alleviating Jakarta's traffic congestion and pollution problems.
A 62-year-old grandmother realised her dream of going on a solo motorcycle road trip from eastern China’s Zhejiang province to Lhasa. Grandma Liu got her rider’s licence in September last year and has already travelled more than 20,000km.
The Chinese-built Chancay megaport in Peru is set to become one of the main trade routes between South America and Asia. A representative from the company building it, Cosco Shipping, called it the “gateway to Asia” in a press conference on August 22, 2023. Located about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Lima, const…
Having one of the world's most challenging extreme cycling trails, The Silk Road Mountain Race in Kyrgyzstan is one of the world's most challenging extreme cycling trails, with a course almost 1,800 kilometres (1,120 miles) long. This year’s 2023 participants included its first two female racers. Neither of the wome…
Advertisement01:33PakistanVideoAsiaPakistan tram line snaps over ravine, trapping 7 childrenZoey ZhangPublished: 10:30pm, 22 Aug 2023Read the full story: https://sc.mp/c0qi A cable car in Pashto, Pakistan malfunctioned while ferrying pupils to school over a canyon on August 22, 2023. Seven children and one teacher w…
Hong Kong’s trams have been rolling through the streets for nearly 120 years and through historic events including the Japanese occupation during World War Two and riots coinciding with China’s Cultural Revolution. Although faster forms of transport such as buses and the MTR underground railway are now in place, the…
A security guard was pushed and carried on the bonnet of a Mercedes over nearly a kilometre, after a dispute with the car’s driver in eastern China’s Shandong province.
A man in central China’s Wuhan has been arrested for smashing a car windscreen with a rock after he collided with the car owner while changing lanes, local police said.