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1. What Japan’s coming fighter jet deployment to India means for China
Japan plans to deploy fighter jets in India for the first time next month, a decision experts say reflects Tokyo’s desire to strengthen security cooperation with “like-minded” countries in the Indo-Pacific region as it ramps up defence spending in response to China’s growing military power.
2. China-Nepal floods: 261 foreigners missing in Tibet, online rumours targeted

China said on Sunday that 261 foreign citizens were missing after last week’s deadly floods along the border between its Tibet autonomous region and Nepal.
3. China needs 600% child subsidy rise to prevent deeper birth crisis: scholars

Beijing should drastically raise its nationwide childcare subsidies to stave off a deepening birth crisis, according to Chinese scholars, who warned the country’s fertility rate could soon fall to the lowest in the world unless action was taken.
4. ‘Stuck’: Canada ends Hong Kong migration pathway, some turn to US and UK
The closure of Canada’s “lifeboat” migration scheme for Hongkongers has left some applicants who are struggling to meet permanent residency requirements in limbo, prompting others to consider alternative destinations such as the US and Britain.
5. How the Philippines missed a US$3.8 billion Korean gambling racket

Recent arrests expose a long-running crime network that flourished in the shadow of the nation’s Pogo scandal.


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SCMP Highlights

Japan plans to send three F-2 fighter jets to the Veer Guardian 26 joint exercise in India next month. Photo: AFP

Chinese rescue teams search the Gyirong border crossing that was destroyed in Wednesday’s floods and mudslides. Photo: Xinhua

Children enrolled in a daycare programme learn a cheer routine at an activity centre in Zhaotong city, Yunnan province, earlier this month. Zhaotong has introduced free daycare for working parents needing workday childcare coverage. Under the plan, children are assisted with homework and participate in extracurricular activities. Photo: Xinhua

Korean-linked illicit gambling operations in the Philippines predate Chinese-run Pogos, observers say. Photo: Shutterstock

What does the pause on US green card and visa interviews mean for applicants worldwide? Photo: Getty Images


The landslide struck Gyirong county on Wednesday morning, causing major casualties and leaving a number of people missing, according to state media. Photo: Handout

The team will explore sites such as the Sacred City of Caral in the Supe Valley. Photo: Shutterstock

Viral footage shows an older woman shoving a girl and then slapping her, causing the child to fall to the ground. Photo: Threads/one_mushroooom

Nepal floods: could foreign rescue teams have been brought in earlier?

A rescuer helps a resident through heavy mud following flash floods on Thursday in Trishuli, Nepal. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Army personnel conduct a search and rescue operation for flood victims along the Narayani river at Bharatpur in Nepal’s Chitwan district on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Volunteers in Kathmandu work on relief collection and distribution for flood survivors. Photo: Bibek Bhandari 

Trita Parsi on why US air strikes strengthened Iran’s hand and failed to trigger a revolt

Illustration : Brian Wang

Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on August 24. Photo: Reuters

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran on January 9. Photo: TNS

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From foreigners missing in the China-Nepal disaster to Canada ending a migration path for Hongkongers, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From foreigners missing in the China-Nepal disaster to Canada ending a migration path for Hongkongers, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


China-Nepal floods, Japan to deploy fighter jets to India: 5 weekend reads you missed

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From foreigners missing in the China-Nepal disaster to Canada ending a migration path for Hongkongers, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. What Japan’s coming fighter jet deployment to India means for China

From foreigners missing in the China-Nepal disaster to Canada ending a migration path for Hongkongers, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend