3 h. ago Police in Kelantan detain over 20 for ‘gay party’, condoms and HIV pills found

A police raid on a private bungalow in Kelantan has led to the detention of more than 20 men in what Malaysian authorities have described as a “gay party” – the first such case reported in the deeply conservative northern state. The raid, which took place in June but was only disclosed on Thursday, also turned up hundreds of condoms and several boxes of HIV medication, according to Kelantan police chief Mohd Yusoff Mamat. “Investigations found that there was no sexual activity on location during...

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9 h. ago Hong Kong cabbies call for subsidies and grace period to meet new regulations

Some Hong Kong taxi drivers have called on authorities to provide subsidies and a grace period to help the industry comply with looming requirements to accept fares through electronic payment methods and install journey recorders. In a paper submitted to the Legislative Council on Wednesday, the Transport and Logistics Bureau revealed that the mandatory requirement for taxi drivers to provide e-payment methods would be implemented on April 1 of next year. The bureau said a significant portion of...

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10 h. ago SCO foreign ministries' spokespersons meet in Beijing for consultations

SCO foreign ministries' spokespersons meet in Beijing for consultations  qazinform.com

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10 h. ago ‘One too many deaths’: missing Myanmar student found dead in Malaysia

A Myanmar student who had been missing since last week has been found dead, his university confirmed late Wednesday, the latest in a string of tragic incidents involving students at Malaysian private colleges. Sithu Hpone Maw, a 20-year-old architecture student at UCSI University in Kuala Lumpur, was last seen on July 9 at a rented flat near the campus. His disappearance was reported by the university, prompting a police investigation. Cheras police chief Aidil Bolhassan said in a statement on...

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12 h. ago Charting a course in AI seas: why barristers are still captains of legal ship

The full title of “barrister at law” apparently traces back to 16th century England, providing pleading and advocacy services. Since then, little has changed. Around that time, in the mid-16th century, something else happened in Europe: the Scientific Revolution. Since then, everything has changed. The name and the services of barristers have not changed, but in the last quarter of a century, digitisation and the internet have brought about evolutionary changes to the way barristers provide...

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25 h. ago Chinese state newspaper strikes friendly tone towards internet giants

A leading Chinese state media outlet has expressed support for the nation’s internet platform operators, emphasising their importance alongside hard-tech companies like chip manufacturers, as it adopts a positive tone that reflects Beijing’s friendly stance towards e-commerce companies. According to the editorial published by the Economic Daily on Wednesday, food delivery and “hard-tech” breakthroughs – such as advances in high-speed trains and aerospace technologies – represented two key...

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27 h. ago Kuok Hui Kwong, daughter of Malaysia’s richest man, to lead Shangri

Kuok Hui Kwong, daughter of Malaysia’s richest man, Robert Kuok Hock-nien, has been named CEO of luxury hotel group Shangri-La Asia, effective August 1. Kuok, 47, has been serving as Shangri-La Asia’s executive director since June 2016 and chairman since January 2017, according to a Wednesday filing with Hong Kong’s stock exchange. Shangri-La Asia is listed in Hong Kong and Singapore. The Harvard-educated Malaysian, the sixth of Robert Kuok’s eight children, took the helm of the luxury hotel...

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27 h. ago China family has funeral as Indian neighbours host wedding in show of communal unity

A Chinese funeral and an Indian wedding took place on the same street on the same day in Malaysia, but the two families managed to coexist and show mutual respect, winning applause online. Both ceremonies took place on July 5 in Tampin, in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The funeral was that of the mother of a local Democratic Action Party politician of Chinese origin. On the other side of the street, an Indian family rented a hall to host a wedding. Funerals are usually considered...

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28 h. ago China's New Internet Law Raises Privacy Fears for 1 Billion Users

China's New Internet Law Raises Privacy Fears for 1 Billion Users  Newsweek

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31 h. ago Chinese county admits plagiarism after web users flag data identical to another

A county government in southern China has confirmed plagiarism in an official document and pledged to “promptly correct” the offending sections in a rare admission of such misconduct. This came after internet users flagged information almost identical to that filed by another county about 400km (250 miles) away in a neighbouring province. In a news release on Tuesday, the government of Pingle county in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region said it had detected plagiarism in “a limited number of...

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33 h. ago Meet Apoh: the ‘chonky’ panther captivating the Malaysian internet

Malaysia’s internet has fallen in love with Apoh, a black panther at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur whose portly figure has prompted both laughter and reassurance from zookeepers. Apoh celebrated his 15th birthday on Tuesday, but it was last week that he shot to online fame after a visitor shared a 15-second TikTok clip of the panther rolling onto his back, his belly prominently displayed. A text overlay in Malay asks the zoo to explain how Apoh got “so chonky and cute”. The video attracted...

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33 h. ago Disappointed with your Hong Kong DSE results? Here’s what you can do next

With about 55,000 Hong Kong candidates receiving their Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exam results on Wednesday, some will have performed less well than they expected or did not meet the minimum university entry requirements. So what can students left disappointed by their results do? The Post has sought advice from teachers and a mental health expert. 1. What options do students with fewer than 20 points have? DSE subjects are graded from level 1 to 5**, the highest mark. The grades...

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34 h. ago Robots, AI will power factories within a decade, Nvidia’s CEO says

The world’s factories will be powered by robots and artificial intelligence within a decade, as machine learning and automation replace humans in assembly line work, especially those that are repetitive and hazardous, said the founder of the world’s most valuable company. “Today, AI is [a] fundamental infrastructure, like electricity and internet before, [and] AI is revolutionising the supply chain, changing how we build and move things,” said Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, during the opening...

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37 h. ago He’s done it! Meet Hong Kong’s ‘ultimate top scorer’ in this year’s DSE

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Students across Hong Kong are learning their results on Wednesday for the city’s university entrance exams. Both parents and their children will be hoping for the best as they find out scores for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), which grades most subjects on a seven-level scale from 1...

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37 h. ago ‘Feels like magic’ as ‘nightmare’ over: Hong Kong’s DSE stars revel in results

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Students across Hong Kong are learning their results on Wednesday for the city’s muniversity entrance exams. Both parents and their children will be hoping for the best as they find out scores for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), which grades most subjects on a seven-level scale from...

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37 h. ago ‘Feels like magic’: Hong Kong’s DSE top scorers revel in results – as it happened

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. New users who download our updated app get a seven-day free trial. Students across Hong Kong learned their results on Wednesday for the city’s university entrance exams. Both parents and their children were hoping for the best as they found out scores for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), which grades most subjects on a seven-level scale from 1 to...

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47 h. ago Nvidia can export AI chips to China after Jensen Huang and Trump meet

Nvidia can export AI chips to China after Jensen Huang and Trump meet  Quartz

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47 h. ago China, Australia talk free trade, more dialogue as leaders meet in Beijing

China, Australia talk free trade, more dialogue as leaders meet in Beijing  Reuters

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50 h. ago Nvidia’s AI Chips Are Returning to China After Huang and Trump Meet

Nvidia’s AI Chips Are Returning to China After Huang and Trump Meet  Bloomberg.com

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57 h. ago SCO meet: Jaishankar meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing; calls for ‘far

SCO meet: Jaishankar meets Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing; calls for ‘far-seeing approach’ in In  Times of India

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