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63 Days: Post journalist recounts living through Shanghai's Covid-19 lockdown

63 Days: Post journalist recounts living through Shanghai's Covid-19 lockdown

SCMP, 03 Jul 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The Chinese city of Shanghai carried out one of the world's strictest lockdowns to stop the spread of the Covid-19, from March to June 2022.

Mexican mayor weds crocodile in indigenous ritual for abundance

Mexican mayor weds crocodile in indigenous ritual for abundance

SCMP, 02 Jul 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Victor Hugo Sosa, the mayor of a small Mexican town, married his crocodile bride in a colourful indigenous ceremony on June 30, 2022.

Russia promises to open sea route for Ukrainian wheat, says Indonesian president

Russia promises to open sea route for Ukrainian wheat, says Indonesian president

SCMP, 01 Jul 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s peace mission to Ukraine and Russia continued on June 30, 2022, with a trip to Moscow, where Widodo hand-delivered a messa...

Roadblocks, heightened security as Chinese president visits Hong Kong for 25th handover anniversary

Roadblocks, heightened security as Chinese president visits Hong Kong for 25th handover anniversary

SCMP, 01 Jul 2022

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Speedy dad saves daughter from nasty fall off sofa in China #shorts

Speedy dad saves daughter from nasty fall off sofa in China #shorts

SCMP, 01 Jul 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A quick-thinking father saved his 1-year-old daughter from a nasty fall when she accidentally tumbled off a sofa in southern China’s Sichuan province.

Beheading of Hindu tailor in India amid sectarian violence over Prophet Mohammed remarks

Beheading of Hindu tailor in India amid sectarian violence over Prophet Mohammed remarks

SCMP, 01 Jul 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Thousands of people joined a protest in the Indian city of Udaipur on June 30, 2022, following the murder of a Hindu tailor the previous day.

WATCH LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping departs Hong Kong

WATCH LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping departs Hong Kong

SCMP, 01 Jul 2022

LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping departs Hong Kong Chinese President Xi Jinping departs Hong Kong after a two-day visit to mark the 25th anniversary of the return of the former British colony to Chinese rule.

WATCH LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping swears in new Hong Kong CE John Lee

WATCH LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping swears in new Hong Kong CE John Lee

SCMP, 01 Jul 2022

Hong Kong’s new Chief Executive John Lee is being sworn into office by Chinese President Xi Jinping during an inauguration ceremony for officials in the city’s sixth-term government.

Echoes of the past: bagpipes still played in Hong Kong 25 years after handover ended British rule

Echoes of the past: bagpipes still played in Hong Kong 25 years after handover ended British rule

SCMP, 01 Jul 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The unmistakable shrill of bagpipes has been part of the Hong Kong soundscape since former British rulers introduced the Scottish woodwind instrument to the ...

Trending in China: 3-year-old ‘excavator’ operator

Trending in China: 3-year-old ‘excavator’ operator

SCMP, 01 Jul 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube This three-year-old boy from Zhejiang province has some smooth “excavator” moves.

Tokyo residents turn off lights midday to save power under strain of city’s hottest June

Tokyo residents turn off lights midday to save power under strain of city’s hottest June

SCMP, 01 Jul 2022

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Ferdinand Marcos Jnr takes office as the Philippines’ new leader

Ferdinand Marcos Jnr takes office as the Philippines’ new leader

SCMP, 30 Jun 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr took his oath as the 17th president of the Philippines on June 30, 2022, after winning in a landslide election in May, with 3...

‘It feels like coming home’: Shanghai Disneyland reopens after 3-month closure

‘It feels like coming home’: Shanghai Disneyland reopens after 3-month closure

SCMP, 30 Jun 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube After a three-month closure due to Covid-19, Shanghai Disneyland, the biggest of Disney’s three resorts in Asia, finally reopened on June 30, 2022.

It’s a wrap for China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission as team releases new images of the red planet

It’s a wrap for China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission as team releases new images of the red planet

SCMP, 30 Jun 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube China has released new photos of the surface of Mars collected by its Tianwen-1 probe mission launched in July 2020.

Speedy dad saves daughter from nasty fall off sofa in China

Speedy dad saves daughter from nasty fall off sofa in China

SCMP, 30 Jun 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A quick-thinking father saved his 1-year-old daughter from a nasty fall when she accidentally tumbled off a sofa in southern China’s Sichuan province.

WATCH LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong

WATCH LIVE: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong

SCMP, 30 Jun 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong one day ahead of the 25th anniversary of the return of the former British colony to Chinese rule on July 1, 1997.

WATCH LIVE: Ceremony marking 25th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover

WATCH LIVE: Ceremony marking 25th Anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover

SCMP, 30 Jun 2022

Chinese President Xi Jinping is leading celebrations on the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to Chinese rule.

Huge lump of whale vomit found on Thai beach makes fisherman rich

Huge lump of whale vomit found on Thai beach makes fisherman rich

SCMP, 30 Jun 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Thai fisherman Prachin Phuekphisut found a large lump of whale vomit on the Koh Chang beach where he lives on June 22, 2022.

Indonesian president visits Ukraine on peace mission, offers to deliver message to Putin

Indonesian president visits Ukraine on peace mission, offers to deliver message to Putin

SCMP, 30 Jun 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Indonesian President Joko Widodo is the latest world leader to visit Ukraine, arriving in the capital Kyiv from Poland by train on June 29, 2022.

Hungry elephant smashes down kitchen wall to pilfer food in southern Indian village

Hungry elephant smashes down kitchen wall to pilfer food in southern Indian village

SCMP, 30 Jun 2022

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube A CCTV footage captured a hungry elephant smashing down a kitchen wall to grab food in a village house in southern India on June 26, 2022.