Turkmenistan News
June 9, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Puebla [Mexico], June 9 (ANI): Spain underlined their status as one of the favourites for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a commanding 3-1 victory over Peru in their final warm-up match, while France and the Netherlands also secured wins ahead of the tournament's opening game on June 11.According to FIFA, La Roja made an ideal start at the Estadio Cuauhtemoc in Mexico, taking the lead after just two minutes through
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Malaysia’s newest “rebel party” has issued a rare public call for election candidates, as former economy minister Rafizi Ramli races to turn his breakaway Bersama outfit into a serious force before a string of state polls. The move comes after Johor dissolved its assembly last Monday, with Negeri Sembilan doing the same on Friday, paving the way for polls in both states well before the next general election, which must be held by early 2028. A date has yet to be set for both state...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption chief has said trust is the real currency of finance, with an official from mainland China’s watchdog pledging to continue fostering a clean business environment and deepen regional cooperation. At an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) seminar on Tuesday, Danny Woo Ying-ming, commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), warned that corruption harmed prosperity at its core and attacked the very foundations of society. “Integrity … is the...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
A long-suffering domestic violence victim in China who struggled to cover the 7,000 yuan (US$1,000) cost of treating her injuries has discovered that her husband had hidden 14 million yuan (US$2 million) from her. The 53-year-old woman’s story, reported by Shanghai Morning Post in early June, has been viewed 20 million times on mainland social media and triggered a heated discussion. The woman, surnamed Wang, who lives in the southwestern municipality Chongqing, and her husband, surnamed He,...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
A Chinese team has transplanted a pig’s kidneys and liver into a patient who had suffered brain death, a world first that could pave the way for multi-organ animal-to-human transplants. After the operation, the organs functioned within the 53-year-old man for nearly five days before the study was ended in line with his family’s wishes. Xenotransplantation, or the transplant of organs or tissues from one species to another, could help tackle global organ shortages that leave patients in limbo or...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has said his government will focus on making life better for families and rely less on incentives to encourage citizens to have more babies, as the city state grapples with a record-low fertility rate. Wong acknowledged the limits of government efforts to reverse falling birth rates, a challenge confronting countries around the world. “Think about it less as procreation incentive,” he said at a Singapore Press Club dialogue on Monday. “Think more about...
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BBC News
June 9, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Dozens of people are dead and hundreds more injured following an earthquake in the country's south.
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Hong Kong’s top decision-making body has proposed a flat 2 per cent pay rise for civil servants this year, citing the need for a prudent approach to managing public finances amid a volatile geopolitical environment. The increase will add about HK$6 billion (US$765.7 million) to annual government spending, according to Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan, who will meet staff representatives on Wednesday as part of the process before the Executive Council makes its final...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 10:29 AM
A US Army Apache attack helicopter crashed on Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, but President Donald Trump said the two crew members aboard were not injured in the incident near the strategic waterway that Iran has effectively closed during the war. What caused the crash remains unclear in a Middle East still reeling after Iran and Israel exchanged fire the previous day in the biggest blow yet to the straining ceasefire in the Iran war. Iranian state television reported on Tuesday the Israeli...
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Turkmenistan News
June 9, 2026 at 10:15 AM
ULAN BATOR, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Mongolia's inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index, reached 11.2 percent in May, according to data released by the country's National Statistics Office on Monday. The figure increased by 2.9 percentage points compared with the same period last year, the data showed. The rise in inflation was mainly driven by higher prices of imported goods, as well as increases
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 10:01 AM
A Hong Kong school that instantly dismissed its principal after he was filmed swearing at security guards in Singapore has published an advertisement to recruit a new head, requiring applicants to have “excellent character”. The advertisement was posted on the school’s website on Tuesday morning, six days after its governing board decided to terminate principal Lee Cheuk-hing with immediate effect, saying his continued presence would “gravely disrupt the operation of the school and prevent...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 9:52 AM
About 3,000 residents at a Tsuen Wan housing estate were left without water and with disrupted lift services for more than 24 hours after a power outage, with electricity only gradually restored around noon on Tuesday. The outage struck Phase 1 of Tsuen Wan Centre on Monday morning, affecting about 1,000 households across five blocks and a care home for people with disabilities. Lawmaker Jody Kwok Fu-yung said that power and water supplies to the affected households were gradually restored by...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Hong Kong’s leader has pledged to exercise prudence and seriousness when defining national security offences under new legislation, dismissing concerns about a centralisation of power and stressing that the process often involves “state players” and highly sensitive information. The subsidiary legislation, which introduces a classification mechanism for “other offences endangering national security” under Hong Kong’s domestic national security law, was gazetted and came into force on...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Thai shrimp farmers have warned they face being driven out of business after Malaysia banned imports of five shrimp species over apparent safety concerns, as the industry also grapples with disease outbreaks, rising competition and renewed US tariff threats. Malaysia issued a temporary ban on June 1, also tightening import requirements for Thai sea bass. The move was a gut punch for Thailand’s seafood industry, which exports 10,000 tonnes of shrimp across its southern border each year. Bangkok...
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 9:00 AM
At an undisclosed test site, a helicopter takes off, towing a kite-like array of massive coils. The system, called Airborne Transient Electromagnetic (Atem) detection, works by firing a powerful pulse of electricity through a giant transmitter coil. This creates a brief, strong electromagnetic field that penetrates the ground or water. When the pulse is turned off, the magnetic field induces tiny, decaying “eddy currents” in any conductive material it hits. These currents, in turn, create their...
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Tajikistan News
June 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Washington, DC [US], June 9 (ANI): India's Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, held a series of high-level engagements with top corporate and technology leaders to discuss investment expansion, supply chain resilience, and emerging technologies.Detailing the meetings in separate posts on social media platform X, the Indian envoy highlighted New Delhi's growing economic and technological partnership with th
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Kyrgyzstan News
June 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Washington, DC [US], June 9 (ANI): India's Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, held a series of high-level engagements with top corporate and technology leaders to discuss investment expansion, supply chain resilience, and emerging technologies.Detailing the meetings in separate posts on social media platform X, the Indian envoy highlighted New Delhi's growing economic and technological partnership with th
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Turkmenistan News
June 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Washington, DC [US], June 9 (ANI): India's Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, held a series of high-level engagements with top corporate and technology leaders to discuss investment expansion, supply chain resilience, and emerging technologies.Detailing the meetings in separate posts on social media platform X, the Indian envoy highlighted New Delhi's growing economic and technological partnership with th
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News - South China Morning Post
June 9, 2026 at 8:55 AM
The government will launch a two-month public consultation on Monday on its first five-year blueprint to align Hong Kong’s development with the national plan, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has announced. Confirming a South China Morning Post report, Lee said on Tuesday that the consultation would begin on June 15, marking what he described as a milestone for the city. “The formulation of Hong Kong’s first five-year plan is a historic step and is of great significance,” he said. “We hope to...
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Tajikistan News
June 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
New York [US], June 9 (ANI): India has strongly criticised Pakistan at the United Nations for propagating state-sponsored disinformation by labelling militant outfits operating inside its own territory as 'Fitna al Hindustan'.Speaking at a United Nations Security Council session focusing on the situation in Afghanistan, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, stated that Islam
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