34 h. ago Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in break with the U.S.

Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in break with the U.S.  CBS News

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38 h. ago BREAKING NEWS: Japan protests China's latest resource development move in East China Sea

BREAKING NEWS: Japan protests China's latest resource development move in East China Sea  Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS

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3 d. ago Burning mugwort linked to flat fire that killed elderly Hong Kong man

A 78-year-old man has died in a fire suspected to have started from burning mugwort, a herb used in traditional Chinese medicine, in a flat at a public housing estate in Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung district. Police said they received a report at 12.41pm on Wednesday that a fire had broken out at Cho Yiu Chuen estate’s Kai Him Lau block. Li Kai-chung, assistant divisional officer of the Fire Services Department, said the blaze started in a bedroom of about 60 sq ft in a fifth-floor flat. Thirteen fire...

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4 d. ago Carney Heads to Beijing as Canada Tests New Ground Amid Strains With Washington

Carney Heads to Beijing as Canada Tests New Ground Amid Strains With Washington  Sri Lanka Guardian

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5 d. ago Beijing to Colombo Now Connected: Latest Travel Breaking News as Beijing Capital Airlines Starts Service to Sri Lanka

Beijing to Colombo Now Connected: Latest Travel Breaking News as Beijing Capital Airlines Starts Service to Sri Lanka  Travel And Tour World

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5 d. ago BREAKING NEWS: Katayama says G7 ministers discussed China export controls against Japan

BREAKING NEWS: Katayama says G7 ministers discussed China export controls against Japan  Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS

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5 d. ago China seeks to 'deepen' strategic partnership with Sri Lanka

China seeks to 'deepen' strategic partnership with Sri Lanka  Anadolu Ajansı

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8 d. ago BREAKING NEWS: China begins choking off exports of rare earths to Japan: WSJ

BREAKING NEWS: China begins choking off exports of rare earths to Japan: WSJ  Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS

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8 d. ago New Beijing Daxing to Helsinki Nonstop Route: A Game Changer for Tourism Connections

New Beijing Daxing to Helsinki Nonstop Route: A Game Changer for Tourism Connections  Travel And Tour World

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9 d. ago Macron slams US for ‘breaking free’ from global rules after Maduro raid, Greenland threat

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that the United States was “breaking free from international rules”, and “gradually turning away” from some of its allies. Macron delivered his annual speech to French ambassadors at the Elysee Palace as European powers are scrambling to come up with a coordinated response to US assertive foreign policy in the western hemisphere following Washington’s capture of Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland. “The...

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1 week ago Loot taken from German bank in elaborate vault heist could exceed US$117 million

The loot from the spectacular break-in at a German bank may have exceeded €100 million (US$117.24 million), security sources said on Sunday, as new questions were raised over the origin of some of the money stored inside. The sources said that individual customers reported that they each had more than €500,000 in their safe deposit boxes at the Sparkasse branch in the western city of Gelsenkirchen, confirming earlier reports by the German mass-circulation daily Bild. Bild reported that the...

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2 w. ago Maduro Meets Chinese Envoy Hours Before U.S. Strikes on Venezuela

Maduro Meets Chinese Envoy Hours Before U.S. Strikes on Venezuela  Sri Lanka Guardian

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2 w. ago Eurostar to resume services after Channel Tunnel power glitch sparks travel chaos

Eurostar said on Tuesday it was restarting services suspended earlier over a power supply problem in the Channel Tunnel, as passengers travelling in the busy run-up to New Year faced massive disruption. Travellers were left scrambling to find alternatives after the operator postponed all services between London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels. “As the Channel Tunnel has partially reopened we will start to resume services,” Eurostar said in a statement on its website midafternoon. A spokesperson...

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3 w. ago Cool Christmas break for Hong Kong as temperatures to reach as low as 14 degrees

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Temperatures in Hong Kong will drop to as low as 14 degrees Celsius (57.2 Fahrenheit) over the Christmas holiday due to an approaching north-easterly monsoon, according to the Observatory. The forecaster on Wednesday said the “replenishment of the northeast monsoon” would reach the coast...

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3 w. ago China boy accidentally breaks US$280,000 gold crown on display; owner will not pursue damages

An influencer in China has said online that a golden phoenix crown her artist husband made her as a wedding gift was damaged by a child and her mother while taking a photograph at an exhibition. The influencer, Zhang Kaiyi, who has 13.6 million followers on social media, said on December 13, 2023, that the 2kg crown was badly damaged at an event in Beijing. In surveillance footage posted by Zhang, a mother tries to take photographs of the crown with her phone as her son, who looks primary...

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3 w. ago Baidu teams up with Uber, Lyft for London robotaxi launch in first half of 2026

Chinese tech giant Baidu is teaming up with US ride-hailing platforms Uber and Lyft to roll out robotaxi trials in London next year, highlighting the accelerated push among Chinese autonomous driving firms to expand globally. Baidu and Uber said they would begin pilot runs of robotaxi services in the British capital starting from the first half of next year, according to their respective social media announcements on Monday. In a separate post published on X the same day, Lyft chief executive...

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3 w. ago No Ukraine ceasefire breakthrough despite ‘productive and constructive’ talks

US and Ukrainian envoys issued a joint statement on Sunday that hailed “productive and constructive” talks in Miami but did not announce any apparent breakthrough in efforts to end the war with Russia. Top representatives from both Ukraine and Russia, as well as Kyiv’s European allies, have been in southern Florida over the past several days for a series of separate talks hosted by US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff. The meetings were the latest in a weeks-long diplomatic...

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4 w. ago BREAKING NEWS: U.S. to work with China without undermining commitment to allies: Rubio

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. to work with China without undermining commitment to allies: Rubio  Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS

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