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Hong Kong activist loses legal fight over prison shorts ban for female inmates

A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...

2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Protesters say 'unliveable to be a farmer in France today' as they condemn Mercosur deal

French farmers steered some 350 tractors on January 11 toward French Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods. They say thei...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Ex-refugee and former Iraqi president takes over UN's refugee agency

Bahram Salih, the new head of the UN's refugee agency says that he knows the pain of being ripped from all one knows. The former Iraqi president has just taken over the UNHCR and headed to Kakuma refu...

2dFrance 24world_newsImpact

California's Attorney General is investigating Grok's sexualized deepfakes

California Attorney General Rob Bonta said there was an "avalanche of reports detailing the non-consensual, sexually explicit material that xAI has produced." Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty I...

20hBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Trump wants to control Greenland. See inside its sole US military base.

Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. Ritzau Scanpix/Thomas Traasdahl via REUTERS Pituffik Space Base was established in 1951 as part of a defense treaty between the US and Denmark. Base operations includ...

1hBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Uganda votes for a new president under internet blackout and police crackdown

Ugandans voted ⁠in a tense national election on Thursday after an often violent campaign and internet shutdown, with President Yoweri Museveni seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade. Museveni ...

4hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

NATO at a 'crossroads': Does the IGO military alliance need to 'reinvent' itself?

Emmanuel Macron is convening an ⁠emergency defence cabinet to discuss Donald's Trump's intent to acquire Greenland and Iran's brutal ​crackdown on mass protests. For in-depth analysis and insight, Oli...

4hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

New Zealand central bank chief told to ‘stay in her lane’ after backing US Fed’s Powell

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters rebuked the country’s new Reserve Bank governor, Anna Breman, for wading into US domestic politics after she signed a statement with other global ce...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Ex-Corsican nationalist leader Alain Orsoni shot dead at mother's funeral

Former Corsican nationalist leader Alain Orsoni, who also served as the president of soccer club AC Ajaccio, was shot dead in Corsica on January 11 during his mother’s funeral. He was 71. Alain Orsoni...

2dFrance 24crimeImpact

Republican bill pushes to make Greenland 51st US state amid Trump’s bold arctic move

A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill on Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st US state as President Donald Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory. Trump h...

2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Suspected scam boss linked to South Korean student’s brutal killing arrested in Thailand

A Chinese national suspected of running a Cambodia-based scam operation linked to the killing of a South Korean university student has been arrested during a raid on a luxury house in Thailand, author...

2dSouth China Morning PostcrimeImpact

Germany’s Merz pledges to fast track India-EU trade deal during first official Asia visit

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first visit to Asia has raised India’s hopes for a long-awaited trade pact with the European Union as Berlin pushes for deeper engagement with South Asia amid height...

2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

I'm glad I made time to get to know my grandmother as an adult. Learning about her 99 years helped me see the world differently.

The author's grandmother lived to 99. Courtesy of Tracy Granzyk My grandmother lived to 99, and I got to know her better as an adult than I did as a child. I'm glad we spent that time together and tha...

1dBusiness Insiderlifestyle

Luxury retail giant Saks files for bankruptcy

Saks Global, which owns the iconic Saks Fifth Avenue department store, has filed for bankruptcy. Jimin Kim / SOPA Images/Reuters Saks Global has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The luxury ...

1dBusiness Insidereconomics

Why AI is becoming the hottest cost-cutting tool in corporate legal departments

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI In-house legal teams are moving faster with artificial intelligence. Teams now have access to tools that draft legal documents and compare terms across deals. The efficiency ...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnology

Get promoted in 2026: 7 steps to take right now

Andrea Wasserman. Courtesy of Andrea Wasserman Career coach Andrea Wasserman advises aligning with company goals early to increase chances of promotion. Proactive communication and cross-functional vi...

2dBusiness Insiderlifestyle

Dell tells staff to get ready for the 'biggest transformation in company history.' Read the memo.

Michael Dell, CEO and founder of Dell. John Lamparski/Getty Images Dell has told its employees to expect a companywide systems overhaul in May. Top exec Jeff Clarke told workers it would be the "b...

1dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

China’s Ningbo cuisine; Hong Kong goes Back to the Past: 7 Lifestyle highlights

We have selected seven Lifestyle stories from the past seven days that resonated with our readers. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Umami, salty, stinky...

8hSouth China Morning PostlifestyleImpact

Mainland Chinese money to drive 10% rise in Hong Kong commercial property deals: Colliers

Surging mainland Chinese investment in Hong Kong’s commercial real estate sector has helped set the stage for a “measured recovery” in 2026, according to Colliers. Investment from the mainland rose to...

1dSouth China Morning PosteconomicsImpact

Chinese student numbers at Harvard rise despite Trump visa crackdown

Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the...

1dSouth China Morning PosteducationImpact
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