7 h. ago Israel kills Hamas commander in Lebanon, further testing ceasefire

Israel said the targeted militant Hassan Farhat was behind a rocket attack on the city of Safed last year that killed Israeli soldiers.

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8 h. ago Police in Hong Kong, Singapore, 4 other jurisdictions, arrest 435 in child porn sting

Teenage boy who took pictures of younger sister among those charged locally after operation across East and Southeast Asia in February, March.

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8 h. ago Police in Hong Kong, Singapore, 4 other jurisdictions, arrest 435 over child porn

Teenage boy who took pictures of younger sister among those charged locally after operation across East and Southeast Asia in February, March.

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15 h. ago Israeli strike on school in Gaza kills at least 27, Palestinians say

The Israeli military said it struck a ‘Hamas command and control centre’ and took steps to lessen harm to civilians.

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17 h. ago 2 dead, 32 injured after Russian drone attack hits Kharkiv homes

Regional Governor Oleg Syniehubov said 2 children were among the injured. Rescue teams were sifting through rubble in the search for survivors.

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17 h. ago 3 dead, dozens injured in Russia drone strikes on Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Russia and Ukraine have stepped up aerial attacks even as the US pushes Moscow and Kyiv to agree to a ceasefire.

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17 h. ago 4 dead, dozens injured in Russia drone strikes on Ukraine’s Kharkiv

Russia and Ukraine have stepped up aerial attacks even as the US pushes Moscow and Kyiv to agree to a ceasefire.

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21 h. ago Mexico’s Sheinbaum welcomes being left off Trump’s import tariffs list

Sheinbaum told reporters Mexico was spared thanks to her government’s ‘good relationship’ with the US administration.

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21 h. ago Mexico’s Sheinbaum welcomes being left off Trump’s tariffs list

Mexico excluded from President Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on trading partners.

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25 h. ago French worker faces 30 years’ jail on charges of killing baby with drain fluid

Myriam Jaouen, 30, faces charges of killing baby Lisa by making the infant drink drain cleaning fluid at the day care centre where she worked.

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37 h. ago Shock over teen surrogate, China’s ‘century baby’ dies, placenta theft: 5 trending stories

From a teenage surrogate mother to a RedNote rendezvous in Shanghai, here are five stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

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37 h. ago Shock over teen surrogate, China’s ‘century baby’ dies: 5 trending stories

Shock over teen surrogate, China’s ‘century baby’ dies: 5 trending stories  South China Morning Post

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37 h. ago Israel military ‘dissecting’ Gaza to force Hamas to free hostages

More than 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed military operations last month, Palestinians say.

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55 h. ago Singapore detains boy, 17, allegedly planning to kill ‘at least 100’ Muslims

The boy, 17, had decided on five mosques across Singapore for his post-Friday prayer attacks.

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59 h. ago Malaysians angry over Selangor gas pipeline fire, blame ‘haphazard’ works

More than 100 people were injured in the huge blaze that happened near a residential area, with 65 of them hospitalised.

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59 h. ago Trump’s auto tariffs may raise consumer prices, cut demand and hit job growth, Magna says

Ontario-based Magna employs 170,000 employees in 28 countries, including 59 facilities in the United States, 50 in Canada, 33 in Mexico and 69 in China.

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61 h. ago Algeria shoots down drone near border with Mali as tensions simmer

Algeria and Mali give differing accounts of an unmanned aircraft that went down in their desert border region.

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67 h. ago ‘JFK’ director Oliver Stone calls for reinvestigation of 1963 Kennedy assassination

Thousands of pages of government documents related to the US president’s shooting were released on Trump’s orders last month.

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3 d. ago Prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione, UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect

US Attorney General Pam Bondi called the killing of Brian Thompson a ‘premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America’.

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3 d. ago Hong Kong rescue team presses on with search for survivors of Myanmar earthquake

Death toll has exceeded 2,000, with 3,900 people injured and 270 more still missing.

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