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2024 celebrations around the world
Crowds gathered in major cities around the world to celebrate the start of 2024 as the clock struck midnight on New Year's Eve, with spectacular fireworks and festive light shows. #scmp #World #Fireworks
Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin dies at the age of 96
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtubeFormer Chinese president Jiang Zemin, who oversaw China’s accession to the Wor...
Seoul stampede: Witnesses tell of the moments that preceded Halloween's mortal crush.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtubeRevellers who survived a deadly Halloween stampede in Seoul on October 29, 202...
King Charles wax statue smeared with cake in climate protest targeting the art world
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtubeA wax statue of King Charles at Madame Tussauds in London has become the lates...
Two die as Russian fighter jet crashes into house in second fatal training accident in a week
Two die as Russian fighter jet crashes into house in second fatal training accident in a week
China-made bullet train in Indonesia overruns budget by up to US$2 billion
China-made bullet train in Indonesia overruns budget by up to US$2 billion
‘Like Star Wars’: World’s first flying bike, made in Japan, debuts in the US
The world’s first flying bike made its US debut at the Detroit Auto Show on September 15, 2022. Built by Japanese start-up AERWINS Technologies, the XTURISMO hoverbike is designed to fly for up to 40 minutes at a top speed of 99.8km/h (62mph). The hoverbi...
Shanghai turns off decorative lights on the Bund to save power
Shanghai turned off decorative lights along its famed Bund riverfront on August 22, 2022, as a nationwide heatwave sends power demands soaring, authorities said. The lights will remain off for two days. The heatwave and drought have reduced stretches of t...
China issues first national drought alert of the year amid record heatwave
China issued its first national drought alert of the year on August 18, 2022, after regions from Sichuan in the southwest to Shanghai in the Yangtze Delta have experienced weeks of extreme heat. The alert is two notches short of the most serious warning o...
Live seafood ‘tested’ for Covid-19 in China
Videos of pandemic medical workers giving live seafood PCR tests have gone viral on Chinese social media.
Asia’s longest river, the Yangtze, lowest level in 150 years as China battles heatwaves, drought
Record low water levels are being recorded in China’s Yangtze River and its two biggest freshwater lakes as parts of the country endure historic heatwaves and drought. Hankou, part of the central city of Wuhan and a key location for monitoring Asia’s larg...
China launches world’s first maglev ‘sky train’ that floats in the air using permanent magnets
China has launched the world’s first suspended maglev line built with permanent magnets that can keep a “sky train" afloat forever, even when it is not being supplied with power. The 800-metre (2,600-foot) experimental Red Rail in southern China’s Xingguo...
French freediver Arnaud Jerald breaks world record with 120m-deep dive
French freediver Arnaud Jerald set a new deep dive world record on August 9, 2022. He broke the world record for bi-fin freediving with a descent of 120 metres (393 feet) at Dean’s Blue Hole during an annual multi-day competition in the Bahamas. The dive,...
The White Paper on Mainland China states "the highest sincerity" towards peaceful reunification with Taiwan.
Mainland China has stressed its “greatest sincerity” for peaceful reunification with Taiwan, amid escalating drills surrounding the self-ruled island following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s unannounced visit to Taipei.
US Senate passes bill that would be country’s single-largest investment in fighting climate change
The US Senate has passed a bill that looks set to become the country’s single-largest investment in fighting climate change. The legislation approved August 7, 2022, would inject at least US$430 billion into tackling climate change as well as lowering pre...
