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Hong Kong authorities have been urged to speed up pipe replacement and monitoring after three bursts in the same area in less than a week raised fresh concerns over ageing water infrastructure. The latest burst in Tuen Mun came amid a series of leaks in recent months, including similar incidents in Kwai Chung and Shau Kei Wan, with the latter affecting more than 10,000 households. The Water Supplies Department said on Tuesday morning that fresh water supply to four residential complexes near...

We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. What Negeri Sembilan loss means for Malaysian PM Anwar’s political strategy The crushing defeat of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition in the Negeri Sembilan polls has raised doubts about his political strategy, as state rival but...

A 65-year-old repeat sex offender in Hong Kong has been jailed after he was seen groping a secondary school student on a bus two months ago in a widely circulated online video. West Kowloon Court on Tuesday sentenced former household hardware salesman William Wu Yiu-shing to four months in prison for the offence, which garnered widespread attention after a pedestrian outside the bus filmed the attack and uploaded the video to social media. Wu, who had three prior convictions for indecent...

Explosions heard in Le Porge as the wildfires raged are believed to have have been the old munitions.

Trump said the agreement would include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and address Iran’s nuclear program

Aaron Farinacci, 37, was arrested late Monday afternoon in connection with the Old Trails Fire, the Spokane County sheriff said.

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Three days after U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson insisted word of her pending retirement was a “crazy rumor,” the eight-term Florida Democrat announced she wouldn’t seek re-election — triggering an immediate cascade of candidates seeking to succeed her. Seven Democratic hopefuls are vying to represent Florida’s 24th Congressional District, one of just four liberal bastions left […]

Autopsies show that the lions suffered from dehydration and multiple organ failure.

Autopsies show that the lions suffered from dehydration and multiple organ failure.

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The sudden migration of an estimated 50,000 people from Morocco into the Spanish territory of Ceuta last week defied immediate explanation. Why now? Why all at once? Had someone sent them? To a certain crowd, all the answers could be found some 2,000 miles away, on the other end of the Mediterranean Sea. The reason... The post How the Ceuta migration crisis became fodder for anti-Israel conspiracy theorists appeared first on The Forward.