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The circumstances surrounding the death of ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne were suspicious, according to Argentine prosecutors on October 17, 2024. The Buenos Aires police said they found Payne’s hotel room “in complete disarray”, with broken objects and furniture. They found packs of clonazepam, a central nervous system depressant, energy supplements and over-the-counter medications strewn about his belongings.
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During his campaign, Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto pledged free meals to 83 million children and pregnant women nationwide. The move is meant to help tackle the nation’s problem with stunted growth and other developmental problems caused by malnutrition. However, critics say the programme faces major issues including how kitchens under the programme will be rolled out across the sprawling archipelago and how the new administration will fund the $28 billion plan. With Prabowo set to take office on October 20, 2024, can he deliver on his promise?
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From the dusty vineyards of China’s countryside to its chic metropolitan bars, women are at the forefront of the country’s increasingly vibrant wine scene.
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China has recorded its slowest quarterly gross domestic product growth rate in over a year at 4.6 per cent, a further setback to the country’s target of “around 5 per cent” for the full year. The nation’s economic recovery has been slow following the Covid-19 pandemic, with domestic consumption and investor confidence remaining weak after the lifting of controls. Policymakers have unveiled a series of stimulus measures to boost China’s ailing economy, including the beleaguered property market, which housing minister Ni Hong said has started to bottom out after three years of adjustment.
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Hamas militant leader Yahya Sinwar was killed during a gun battle in southern Gaza on October 16, 2024, Israeli officials said. The troops who found him were initially unaware that they had caught the country’s No 1 enemy until Sinwar’s body was identified later. Sinwar was believed to be the mastermind of the attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, that triggered the Gaza war. The Israeli army has been searching for him for more than a year. World leaders say his death represents a turning point in the year-long conflict.
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Back in 2009, Hong Kong hospitality business leader Poman Lo opened iClub envisioning it as the city’s first carbon-neutral hotel years before ESG became a topic of global importance. The hotel brand has since earned a Beam Plus Gold rating from the Hong Kong Green Building Council as well as EarthCheck certifications for environmental performance.
Today, this executive and educator continues to promote sustainable practices in the hotel industry, which she considers one of the world’s most wasteful, as well as advocating for sustainability in her other roles in business and education. Hear Lo explain what motivates her craft.
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Vera Yuen Wing-han, a lecturer in economics at the University of Hong Kong, has expressed concern that the government’s plan to phase out subdivided flats smaller than 86 square feet could result in higher rents for the remaining units or force some low-income individuals to crowd into the same space to save money. In his 2024 policy address, the city’s leader John Lee Ka-chiu listed tackling the long-running issue as one of his goals under a Key Performance Indicators (KPI) strategy. But Yuen cautioned that this approach could lead to the government focusing on “superficial” and short-term goals, neglecting projects that require a longer time frame to see results.
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The US, Japan and South Korea announced they have formed a new panel to monitor North Korean activity on October 16, 2024. It followed a veto by Russia to renew a United Nations panel monitoring international sanctions on North Korea. The new group is expected to enforce sanctions imposed on Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programmes. Eight other countries, including Britain, France and Germany, have agreed to be part of the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team.
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Allan Zeman, Chairman of the Hong Kong Lan Kwai Fong Group, says the new liquor tax cuts, announced in the Chief Executive’s policy address, provide a lifeline to struggling bars and clubs and could attract more foreign spirit brands to Hong Kong. He says Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu is in a “tough spot” of reviving the sluggish F&B industry, while discouraging excessive alcohol consumption. He also says the trend of more Hongkongers spending in mainland China will continue until the US dollar weakens and US interest rates fall further. He said he expects the trend to continue until “the end of next year” at the earliest, asking businesses to come up with innovative ways to transform the business.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a coastal island just across the Taiwan Strait on October 16, 2024, a day after the People’s Liberation Army wrapped up massive military drills around Taiwan. The Taiwan-facing Dongshan island has served as a regular base for PLA exercises in the past. According to China Central Television, Xi’s Dongshan visit was part of an inspection trip to Fujian province and included a stop in the coastal city of Xiamen.
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Former One Direction singer Liam Payne, 31, was found dead after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires on October 16, 2024, local officials said. Buenos Aires police said in a statement that Payne fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in the trendy Palermo neighbourhood of the Argentinian capital.
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City leader John Lee delivered his annual policy address on October 16, 2024, rolling out a host of measures to attract foreign talent and investment, while also announcing a surprise easing of mortgage restrictions. The third policy address of Lee’s five-year term has been considered a make-or-break blueprint in the government’s attempts to address the city’s economic troubles, after previous ones focused on national security and post-pandemic recovery measures.
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Taiwan has signed contracts to buy 1,000 suicide drones from the United States. The announcement came a day after the People’s Liberation Army launched blockade drills around the self-ruled island on October 14, 2024. The two contracts include the acquisition of two types of drones. The Switchblade 300 and Altius 600M-V drones are expected to arrive in 2029 and 2027, respectively. The US approved the deals in June.
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A group of passers-by in central China worked together to lift a car in order to rescue a five-year-old girl trapped underneath.
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North Korea blew up sections of deeply symbolic roads connecting it to the South on October 15, 2024, according to the South Korean military, which has responded with a “counter-fire” operation. Officials in the North accused the South of using drones to drop anti-regime propaganda leaflets on its capital Pyongyang last week. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un threatened to take “immediate military action” if the drone flights continued.
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China successfully detonated its first atomic bomb 60 years ago on October 16, 1964. The bomb, code-named “Miss Qiu”, exploded in the remote Lop Nur desert in Xinjiang. The fission chain reaction melted a 120 metre (394ft) iron tower. It was a defining and pivotal moment in China’s pursuit of nuclear capabilities. Hours after the detonation, the Chinese government pledged to “never, at any time or under any circumstances, be the first to use nuclear weapons”.
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A Sherpa teenager, who became the youngest person to scale the world’s 14 highest peaks, returned home to Nepal on October 14, 2024, to a hero’s welcome. Nima Rinji Sherpa reached the 8,027 metre (26,335ft) summit of Mount Shishapangma in Tibet the previous week. The feat completed the 18-year-old’s mission to climb all of the world’s peaks that are more than 8,000 metres high.
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A man in northwestern China interrupted a half-marathon in a bid to appear in a photograph taken of the winner at the finish line.
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Chinese Premier Li Qiang inaugurated a Beijing-funded airport in Pakistan during a visit to the capital on October 14, 2024. Li is the first Chinese premier to visit Pakistan in 11 years. The meeting came ahead of a two-day gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Islamabad. The SCO’s 23rd meeting comprises nine full-fledged members, including China, India, Iran and Russia. Pakistani authorities shut down the capital ahead of the summit, which has been overshadowed by recent militant attacks and political unrest.
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Canada and India each expelled six diplomats on October 14, 2024, in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the assassination of a Sikh activist. Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in Canada in June 2023. A senior Canadian official said Ottawa was expelling six Indian diplomats, including the high commissioner, after police uncovered evidence of continuing violent criminal activity linked to the Indian government.
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The People’s Liberation Army launched blockade drills around Taiwan on October 14, 2024, days after mainland China hit out at a defiant speech by the island’s leader William Lai Ching-te. Beijing said the Joint Sword-2024B drills were taking place in areas to the north, south and east of the self-ruled island and in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's defence ministry said it had responded by dispatching “appropriate forces”. Mainland officials offered no date for when the PLA drills would conclude.
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A Hong Kong zoo was closed on October 14, 2024, after eight animals were found dead, with a necropsy under way to determine the cause of death. The animals found dead on October 13 at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens in Central comprised a De Brazza’s monkey, a common squirrel monkey, three cotton-top tamarins and three white-faced saki monkeys, according to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
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A man made a special motorcycle seat for his dog so they could go on a road trip from eastern China to Lhasa.
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Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned South Korea of a “horrible disaster” if Seoul sends more drones into its territory. The strongly worded message came after the South sent several unmanned drones and dropped anti-regime leaflets on Pyongyang, according to North Korean state media on October 12, 2024. Tensions between the two Koreas have escalated, particularly over the issue of “balloon” propaganda sent across their shared border.
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Nearly eight decades after atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a long line formed outside the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima. The previous day, Nihon Hidankyo – a group of atomic bomb survivors – won the Nobel Peace Prize. Announcing the honour on October 11, 2024, the Nobel Committee praised the grass-roots organisation’s efforts to warn about the dangers of nuclear weapons and to give survivors hope.
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Thousands of esports fans flocked to Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo to meet players from the famous South Korean video gaming team T1 during their first visit to the city. The popularity of esports has been rising in Hong Kong in recent years, but is still less developed than it is in mainland China and South Korea where players and teams can find backing from big video game companies. While Hong Kong has a relatively wide fan base, the city does not yet host many major tournaments or sources of funding. Fans and esports players in the city told the Post they hope to see more support from the government for the industry.
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How good are you at just sitting there and doing nothing? At the ninth International Space-Out Competition held in Hong Kong, 71 teams with more than a hundred participants took up the challenge. All they had to do was sit still for 90 minutes. Top prizes were handed out to participants based on who earned the most votes from the audience, as well as on who had the lowest and most stable heart rates. South Korean artist Woopsyang started holding such competitions in 2014 hoping to free people from the stresses of modern life and let them spend “unproductive” time together – just doing nothing.
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China has the world's longest high-speed railway. It only took about 20 years for the country to develop the 45,000km (28,000-mile) network. Known as an “infrastructure monster”, it is an example of the sort of development that has benefited China’s political system. The country also exports railway technology as a key part of the Belt and Road Initiative, the central government's plan to link economies into a China-centred trading network. However, the rapid development of the high-speed transport system has also raised some important concerns.
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Thousands of esports fans flocked to Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo to meet players from the famous South Korean video gaming team T1 during their first visit to the city. The popularity of esports has been rising in Hong Kong in recent years, but is still less developed than it is in mainland China and South Korea where players and teams can find backing from big video game companies. While Hong Kong has a relatively wide fan base, the city does not yet host many major tournaments or sources of funding. Fans and esports players in the city told the Post they hope to see more support from the government for the industry.
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An 84-year-old Chinese woman challenged herself to try skydiving from 3,000 metres for the first time, and has broken a record to become the oldest to skydive from that site.
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Wan Zuocheng and his wife Hong Gengxiang run a back-alley kitchen near a hospital that treats cancer patients in China’s eastern province of Jiangxi. For just 3 yuan (43 US cents), patients and their relatives can use the kitchen facilities to make home-cooked meals instead of eating hospital food. Many people who use the kitchen say it is a godsend that helps their recovery.
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South Koreans are celebrating after Han Kang became the first person from the country to win a Nobel Prize in literature on October 10, 2024. At a major bookstore in central Seoul, residents were seen taking pictures of Han’s book collections and celebrating posters. The 53-year-old author is also the first Asian female to win the prize and the second South Korean to win a Nobel Prize. The country’s last Nobel laureate was former president Kim Dae-jung, who won the peace prize in 2000.
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Dragon Ball fans have gathered for a pre-launch event for an eagerly anticipated new video game – Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero – which is being released alongside a new animated series. The latest additions to the franchise were described as a fitting homage to Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, who died on March 1, 2024. Toriyama was a heavy-hitter in the manga industry, whose work greatly helped popularise the genre outside Japan.
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Taiwan’s leader William Lai Ching-te has rejected mainland China’s authority to represent the island. Lai used his first Double Tenth Day speech as the island’s leader on October 10, 2024, to say the two sides “are not subordinate to each other”. In response, Beijing said the speech showed Lai’s “stubborn Taiwan independence stance”.
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Sirinnicha Thamapradit is among the mediums who undergo ritual face-piercings during a vegetarian festival in Phuket, Thailand. The notoriously graphic festival is a major money-maker for the tourist island, but for participants, the ritual is a sacrificial act meant to show devotion and to cleanse the soul.
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