30 h. ago Chinese aircraft carrier sails into Hong Kong to boost patriotism

The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong has sailed into harbor on a port call as part of a drive to drum up patriotism and pride in China's military advancements

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32 h. ago Teen dies after backflip to celebrate 'new life' with girlfriend goes horribly wrong

Sonny Blundell, 18, suffered a serious brain injury when doing a backflip in his apartment in Queensland, Australia, and was rushed to hospital, but tragically died a few days later

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47 h. ago Teen dies after doing backflip to celebrate starting 'new life' with girlfriend

Sonny Blundell, 18, suffered a serious brain injury when doing a backflip in his apartment in Queensland, Australia, on June 24. He was taken to hospital, where he died on June 30

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51 h. ago Hong Kong teen dies on 5,276m peak in China’s Sichuan province

Rescue teams recovered 16-year-old boy’s body hours after he slipped during descent

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55 h. ago Inside Jack Draper's remarkable body transformation: British tennis star admits he was a teen 'maniac' who 'broke down easily' before one change to his diet helped propel him to Wimbledon contender

Jack Draper is Britain's great hope in the men's singles at Wimbledon and has undergone a huge physical transformation to become one of the world's best tennis players. 

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3 d. ago China sanctions former Filipino lawmaker over South China Sea claims

China has sanctioned a former Filipino lawmaker, Francis Tolentino, who sponsored legislation that marks out the Philippines’ territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea

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3 d. ago Parents of Scots teen who died at university call for action on 'prank spiking'

Mandy and Colin Mackie lost their son Greg in 2017, and are calling for 'prank spiking' to be criminalised.

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3 d. ago Five years on, Hong Kong’s national security law extinguishes last standing pro

League of Social Democrats disbands amid ‘the omnipresence of red lines and the draconian suppression of dissent’, days before anniversary of Beijing’s imposition of NSLIn a cramped, dark office, in front of a wall adorned by some misshapen shelves, faded photographs, and a single fan battling against the summer heat, Hong Kong’s last active pro-democracy party admitted defeat.Behind them, a sticky-taped banner declared: “We’d rather be ashes than dust.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Teen 'died in stolen motorbike crash while burglary victim was chasing him'

A court heard Dean Barnes, 16, who was riding as a pillion passenger on a stolen bike, died in a crash while Callum Duncan chased burglars in the early hours of January 24, 2023.

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4 d. ago Lochore Meadows: Tributes to ‘much loved, caring’ teen who died paddleboarding on Scottish loch

Police have released a family statement after a teenage boy died at Lochore Meadows in Fife on the weekend.

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4 d. ago First picture of teen paddleboarder who died at Lochore Meadows as family pay tribute

The body of Alexander McNab, 15, was recovered from the water on Sunday.

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4 d. ago ‘Joyous and uplifting’: why Chungking Express is my feelgood movie

The next in our series of writers on their go-to comfort watches looks back at Wong Kar-Wai’s unusual and profound romantic comedyChinese auteur Wong Kar-Wai is not a director you’d immediately seek out for a cosy feelgood experience. His films delve into loneliness, yearning and doomed love affairs, carried along by a melancholy undercurrent. Chungking Express, the story of two Hong Kong cops reeling from being dumped by their respective partners, doesn’t deviate from these obsessions of his but the quirky romantic comedy also manages to be his most joyous and uplifting offering.The film has a playful energy and is brimming with offbeat humour. Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Takeshi Kaneshiro play the heartbroken policemen, both deep in denial over the end of their relationships. We watch them cope in very different ways with their heartache. Kaneshiro’s Cop 223 pines outside his ex’s flat, buys cans of pineapple because they were her favorite food and goes on jogs so his body has no wate...

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4 d. ago Hong Kong's security net extends beyond arrests as small businesses pressured

It’s been years since Hong Kong’s mass arrests of activists devastated its pro-democracy activism

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8 d. ago The top US diplomat in Hong Kong criticizes China and the city for curtailing freedoms

The top U.S. diplomat in Hong Kong has criticized policies by China and Hong Kong for eroding freedoms

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8 d. ago Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say

Chinese and Hong Kong scientists succeed in animal trials, but potential problems include risk of devices being left in body and public suspicionsSwarms of tiny robots, each no larger than a speck of dust, could be deployed to cure stubborn infected sinuses before being blown out through the nose into a tissue, researchers have claimed.The micro-robots are a fraction of the width of a human hair and have been inserted successfully into animal sinuses in pre-clinical trials by researchers at universities in China and Hong Kong. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Three jockeys rushed to hospital and one horse fatally injured in horror incident

Lyle Hewitson, Jerry Chau and Karis Teetan came down when the favourite suffered a fracture, bringing down two others, in a race at Happy Valley on Wednesday in Hong Kong

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9 d. ago Abuser dies in prison after preying on teen he met in underpass

Thomas Mullen offered the vulnerable young woman a hot drink then went on to sexually abuse her in his home

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9 d. ago Hong Kong pop star rescued after falling into sea while out jogging

Keung To of boy band Mirror says he is doing okay

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9 d. ago Bobby Sherman, 60s teen idol and singer of hit Little Women, dies aged 81

The teenage heartthrob, who become an LAPD instructor, had announced he had stage 4 cancer earlier this yearBobby Sherman, whose winsome smile and fashionable shaggy mop top helped make him into a teen idol in the 1960s and 70s with bubblegum pop hits such as Little Woman and Julie, Do Ya Love Me, has died. He was 81.His wife, Brigitte Poublon, announced the death Tuesday and family friend John Stamos posted her message on Instagram: “Bobby left this world holding my hand — just as he held up our life with love, courage, and unwavering grace.” Sherman revealed he had stage 4 cancer earlier this year. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Bobby Sherman, 60s teen idol and singer of hit Little Woman, dies aged 81

The teenage heartthrob, who become an LAPD instructor, had announced he had stage 4 cancer earlier this yearBobby Sherman, whose winsome smile and fashionable shaggy mop top helped make him into a teen idol in the 1960s and 70s with bubblegum pop hits such as Little Woman and Julie, Do Ya Love Me, has died. He was 81.His wife, Brigitte Poublon, announced the death Tuesday and family friend John Stamos posted her message on Instagram: “Bobby left this world holding my hand — just as he held up our life with love, courage, and unwavering grace.” Sherman revealed he had stage 4 cancer earlier this year. Continue reading...

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