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How Beijing’s Africa ambitions, financed by China’s mega banks, triggered a crisis in Zambia Malaysia’s baby bust accelerates shift towards greying society
Malaysia’s shift towards an older society is accelerating, as children make up a shrinking share of the population and older people a growing one, raising…
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Senior Hong Kong policeman sentenced to 6-month jail term for molesting clerk
A senior Hong Kong police officer has been sentenced to jail for nearly six months for molesting a subordinate on three occasions at the force’s…
Video AI: MiniMax challenges ByteDance with low price, open weights for new H3 model
Chinese AI firm MiniMax has launched H3, its newest multimodal video generation model, pledging to break closed-source “dominance” through open weights and competitive pricing –…
Chinese PTSD survivor finds healing through volunteering 15 years after devastating train crash
A young survivor of a catastrophic train collision 15 years ago has grown up to become a volunteer who gives hope to many inflammatory bowel…
How Hong Kong’s five-year plan could get ball rolling on Olympic bid
The government has started public consultation on Hong Kong’s first five-year plan. The accompanying consultation document sets out principles which will be applied and includes…
Malaysian police probe vote-buying claims ahead of Negeri Sembilan state poll
Malaysian police are investigating three reports of alleged vote-buying ahead of Saturday’s Negeri Sembilan state election.
Negeri Sembilan police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said…