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As rival navies turn away, Beijing faces a Somalia test

Piracy off the waters of Somalia is at a decade high, testing Beijing’s role as other naval powers focus elsewhere.

Chinese navy escort task forces have operated in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia since 2008, protecting commercial shipping and supporting counter-piracy patrols. Photo: Xinhua

Tech Trends

China’s Insta360 opens first US flagship store in New York’s Times Square

Insta360 is a competitor to DJI in the drone and action-camera market. Photo: Handout

Diplomacy

Why Trump’s Greenland deal is really about China ahead of Xi visit

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“No US adversary can ever have a base in Greenland, have a military presence in Greenland, or make sensitive investments in Greenland, without our express written approval,” US President Donald Trump has said in a social media post. Photo: Reuters

Politics

Hong Kong’s political, business elite pay final respects to Tung Chee-hwa

Beijing leaders send wreaths ahead of former chief executive’s state funeral as residents stream into community centres to sign condolence books.

A portrait of Tung Chee-hwa is displayed in the funeral hall. Photo: Kit Lai
Wreaths from Tung Chee-hwa’s widow, Betty, and their three children are placed in front of the altar. Photo: Handout
Chief Executive John Lee (left) leaves the funeral parlour. Photo: Kit Lai
Former chief executive Leung Chun-ying (centre) arrives at the funeral hall. Photo: Kit Lai
Former leaders Carrie Lam (left) and Donald Tsang (right) also attended. Photo: Kit Lai

China Economy

Top French Design Award given to €20 uniform design for China’s delivery drivers

Developed with the assistance of Jack Ma, designers aimed to bestow dignity on the drivers, an ‘important profession’, the lead designer says.

Taobao design award

United States & Canada

US approves potential US$2.7 billion sale of Ukraine air defence equipment

Kyiv wants to buy multiple types of missiles, launchers and counter-drone radars, the US government says.

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Smoke rises in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday following a Russian attack. Photo: EPA

Politics

Malaysia’s Loke resigns as minister following Najib’s house arrest approval

The former prime minister’s conditional pardon is a severe blow to Anwar’s ruling coalition, which is facing its worst internal strife.

DAP secretary general Anthony Loke arrives at his party's headquarters on Saturday afternoon. Photo: Ushar Daniele

Lifestyle

What drives 4 Shaw Prize laureates in pursuit of scientific discovery

In partnership with:The Shaw Prize
Four of this year’s Shaw Prize laureates: (from left) Ken’ichi Nomoto, Stanford Woosley, Camillo De Lellis and Emmanuel Candes.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s new chapter

The city’s first five-year plan includes 22 key performance indicators tied to the local economy, innovation and residents’ living standards.

Military

US space weapons move has ‘broken taboo’, could trigger ‘new arms race’

Defence experts at Beijing’s Xiangshan Forum urge US-China dialogue on space security, days ahead of Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington.

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The United States has deployed "on-orbit space control weapons" capable of defending against hostile adversary action. Photo: AP

Science

Is China’s fabled Empress Dowager Huayang buried near an airport? A study says yes

Researchers say a looted tomb near Xian’s main runway belongs to the adoptive grandmother of the country’s first emperor.

Researchers uncovered Bronze artefacts at the Qin mausoleum site near Xian’s runway. Photo: Xinhua

Diplomacy

Is Africa becoming a ‘testing ground’ for Chinese power projection?

PLA pilots trained against Rafales in the latest joint exercise, reflecting a decades-long expansion of activity on the continent.

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China is putting its armed forces to the test through joint drills, peacekeeping missions and Gulf of Aden anti-piracy operations, according to analysts. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong

The story begins …

Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu’s final policy address for his current term lays out five major development opportunities and 25 key livelihood measures, from targets for Northern Metropolis to family friendly policies.

United States & Canada

Denmark cautiously optimistic over Trump’s Greenland deal

The Arctic island’s leaders have echoed that, saying the security agreement, which maintains Danish control, was long in coming.

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Greenland’s government leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Greenland on September 6. Photo: via AP

Science

China-led team discovers fragments of lost continent Gondwana

Research suggests that the land mass that once dominated Earth was larger than previously thought.

Gondwana encompassed at least 80 per cent of Earth’s continental land mass. Illustration: Getty Images

Transport

Cathay retains third-best airline title, wins cabin crew and lounge awards

Singapore Airlines reclaims top spot in British-based Skytrax World Airline Awards, swapping positions with Qatar Airways.

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has been ranked the world’s third-best airline for the second consecutive year. Photo: May Tse
Cathay Pacific also took top awards for best cabin crew and first-class lounge. Photo: Karma Lo

Health & Environment

Young Nepalis battle climate dread in wake of flood disaster

After August’s glacier collapse killed more than 1,400 people, young Nepalis are demanding justice, not just sympathy.

Houses buried in mud after flash floods in Nepal’s Nuwakot district in August. The August 26 tsunami-like surge of water, mud and debris from a glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border has left more than 5,650 missing. Photo: AFP
Children displaced by recent flash floods sit inside a temporary shelter set up at a school in Nepal’s Nuwakot district, in September. Photo: AP
A drone view of the aftermath of flash flooding along the Trishuli river amidst fresh water surge warning in the Trishuli Bazaar area of Nuwakot district, Nepal, in August. Photo: AP

Society

Patriot dedicated to Hong Kong: business heavyweights remember Tung Chee-hwa

The South China Morning Post shares reflections from people who knew Hong Kong’s first chief executive.

Tung Chee-hwa was the first chief executive of Hong Kong. Photo: C.Y. Yu

Entertainment

Why Oliver Stone’s Snowden remains a terrifying surveillance warning 10 years on

We revisit the 2016 film about NSA analyst Edward Snowden, who leaked mass surveillance programmes and was branded a traitor by the US.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as NSA analyst turned whistle-blower Edward Snowden in a still from Snowden. Oliver Stone's 2016 film turns 10 this month. Photo: Edko Films
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Asian Games open with sparkling ceremony, message of unity after chaotic build-up

Japan’s royal family and IOC president among those in attendance at a subdued Paloma Mizuho Stadium to watch show created by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

The opening ceremony turned attention to the athletes who will be competing over the next fortnight, including the delegation from Hong Kong. Photo: Robert Ng
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