Japan earthquake death toll rises to 30 as evacuees battle sweltering heat
Thousands of people are staying in evacuation centres, struggling to keep cool as temperatures soar.
Israel building new land barriers in Gaza and displacing families
Experts have told the BBC that the earthworks suggest Israel is planning for a long-term internal border.
Satellite images show how Israel's army is building new barriers inside Gaza
Experts have told the BBC that the earthworks suggest Israel is planning for a long-term internal border.
National Theatre to mark 50 years on South Bank
A free outdoor installation will tell 50 stories from the theatre's half-century in October.
Butterflies thrive in micro-reserve garden
Typical gardens would only have between five and 10 different species of butterfly.
Hong Kong official slams ‘bias against China’ after new article by Stephen Roach
A senior Hong Kong finance official has hit back at criticism of the city’s prospects as “bias against China”, following a recent commentary by a prominent American economist who asserted that “the Hong Kong of old is over”.
The government’s rebuttal did not directly name any specific critic but was published after Stephen Roach wrote an opinion article saying Hong Kong had become a mainland Chinese city.
“Some critics appear to be driven by bias against China rather than objective analysis....
Fauci’s refusals put spotlight on ‘pleading the Fifth’ right in US
It was important enough to the framers of the US Constitution to be included in the first 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights – that no person “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself”.
Today, that protection – famously known as “pleading the Fifth” – remains one of the most visible and politically charged safeguards in American law.
It has seeped into the culture, too. “Pleading the Fifth” has become an idiom in the United States, used jokingly in casual...
Two children among eight dead in Russian strikes on Ukraine, officials say
Two girls, aged 5 and 12, were among the six killed in a village near the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, while Kyiv and Poltava also saw fatalities.
Ukraine-Russia war latest: At least seven dead and Poland scrambles jets as Putin launches ‘massive’ strikes
Ukraine’s president said Russia had been planning the attack for several days
France wildfires force George and Amal Clooney to evacuate luxury home
George and Amal Clooney have a home in the south-eastern French town of Brignoles, but fires - currently four times the size of Paris - have torn through parts of the country
In 2016, Pokemon Go fever sweeps Hong Kong as players hunt citywide – SCMP archive
This article was first published on July 26, 2016.
PLA, police ready as Pokemon Go arrives in city
by Zen Soo and Naomi Ng
(Additional reporting by Laura He)
Pokemon Go, the augmented reality smartphone game that has taken the world by storm, launched in Hong Kong yesterday (July 25, 2016), prompting multiple warnings against trespassing and straying onto busy roads.
The city was quickly abuzz with excited talk about the game that allows players to use their phones’ GPS and camera to hunt for...
Sweet samples shows sour truth: Sewage injected beneath Florida Key is bubbling back up
There’s an old saying, one that’s often brought up when Florida men fire off their guns to celebrate New Year’s: What goes up must come down. Look out for those falling bullets, boys! But when it comes to Florida wastewater, I think the reverse is true: What goes down must come up. I say this […]