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Hong Kong police have arrested two men suspected of using 110 SIM cards in a hotel room to send phishing messages, conning victims of more than HK$500,000 (US$63,766). The force said on Saturday that the men, aged 31 and 44, were arrested last Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud. They were allegedly linked to recent phishing scams in which fraudsters posed as delivery company staff, claiming victims had undelivered parcels, or as employees of online payment platforms, saying victims...

Fears of a military confrontation between Israel and Turkey are growing after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to assert dominance over Syria by ordering air strikes on a military airfield near the Turkish border. The eight strikes on the Abu Al-Duhur airbase in northwest Idlib province on Tuesday were characterised by Netanyahu as a warning to Turkey against expanding its military presence in Syria or helping rebuild the Syrian armed forces. Netanyahu’s office claimed Israel and...

A Chinese man in his 60s has finally reunited with his family after spending 25 years in isolation to care for a house deep in the mountains, even after the owner had forgotten about it. Li Guoyou, 63, recently received his renewed hukou booklet, China’s official household registration, at a police station in Pingtan, a town in southwestern Sichuan province. This marked his official identity registration in his hometown after nearly three decades away. Li left home at the age of 24 in 1987,...

While the US and some European governments view China’s vast production of electric vehicles and green-energy tech as overcapacity, African companies see it as an opportunity to secure EV technology and develop the industry. China is the global leader of the EV industry – it makes nearly 75 per cent of the world’s electric vehicles and dominates the supply chain. Its high production has driven down the cost of EVs, batteries and components, which has improved access to technologies that were...

Mike Rogers’ and Abdul El-Sayed’s records, ties to polarizing political figures expected to factor heavily into Michigan’s US Senate race  Bridge readers also identified health care, affordability, the economy and candidate positions on President Donald Trump as key issues The contest to replace outgoing US Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat, is among the most competitive […]

Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud brands spectators "weird" for throwing sex toys on court, disrupting matches on consecutive nights in the WNBA.

Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud brands spectators "weird" for throwing sex toys on court, disrupting matches on consecutive nights in the WNBA.

Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud brands spectators "weird" for throwing sex toys on court, disrupting matches on consecutive nights in the WNBA.

Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud brands spectators "weird" for throwing sex toys on court, disrupting matches on consecutive nights in the WNBA.

Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud brands spectators "weird" for throwing sex toys on court, disrupting matches on consecutive nights in the WNBA.

Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud brands spectators "weird" for throwing sex toys on court, disrupting matches on consecutive nights in the WNBA.

Hong Kong customs officers have seized endangered turtles and parrots alongside other animals in two separate smuggling cases, resulting in the arrest of one woman. The Customs and Excise Department said on Saturday that 17 live turtles were discovered in a package declared as containing a jacket arriving at Hong Kong International Airport from the United States. “Upon inspection, a batch of live turtles of suspected scheduled endangered species was found concealed in socks,” it said. Customs...