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by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 4:06 pm

Iranians describe attacks on Israel as part of military approach prioritising 'taking initiative and offensive power'.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 4:01 pm

Experts warn of lasting trauma for Lebanon's children as war continues to shatter their sense of safety.

by Just In on June 8, 2026 at 3:37 pm

China and North Korea should strengthen exchanges "in diplomacy, law enforcement, and the military", Chinese leader Xi Jinping has suggested during a rare two-day visit to Pyongyang.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 3:30 pm

The latest developments from southern Lebanon amid escalating Israeli attacks.

by Just In on June 8, 2026 at 3:26 pm

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's party won 49.8% of votes, enough to secure a parliamentary majority under Armenia's electoral system.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 3:06 pm

A father speaks of the moment his seven-month-old Palestinian son was shot dead in the West Bank by an Israeli soldier.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 2:52 pm

IAEA chief says Iran-US nuclear talks in 'complicated phase'.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 2:20 pm

US Representative Massie set to honour the crew of the vessel on the House floor, bringing attention to the 1967 attack.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 2:05 pm

WhatsApp disrupted phishing attempts linked to NSO, blacklisted by the US for security concerns.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 1:38 pm

Climate experts warn that 25% of World Cup games could be played in very hot conditions, affecting fans and players.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 1:22 pm

Texas-bound private jet crashes during emergency landing in Dominican Republic.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 1:21 pm

China’s Xi Jinping is visiting North Korea for the first time in seven years.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 12:59 pm

Police crack down down on supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee, which plans to hold a rally Tuesday.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 12:49 pm

Decades-old property claims, frozen since the 1960s, are being turned into live instruments of reconquest.

by Lo Hoi-ying (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 12:49 pm

A licensing scheme allowing dogs in Hong Kong restaurants has attracted an “overwhelming” 2,100 applications, more than double the 1,000-place quota allocated, according to food hygiene authorities. In response to inquiries from the South China Morning Post, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said on Monday that it had received more than 2,100 applications by 12pm, the last day of submissions. The application window opened on May 18 and drew 700 applications, or 70 per cent of the...

by Nikola Mikovic (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 12:30 pm

As part of its decades-old “multi-vector” foreign policy, based on balancing relations between major powers such as China, Russia, the United States and the European Union, Kazakhstan – Central Asia’s largest country – is now actively diversifying its economic and financial policies. While in the past, Astana sought to strengthen cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, today, Hong Kong seems to be becoming a key partner for...

by Cheryl Arcibal (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 12:07 pm

Hong Kong developer New World Development (NWD) is making 28 units of its Pavilia Rosa project in Kowloon Tong available to buyers on Friday, a test of sentiment and demand in the city’s residential property market amid a slumping Hang Seng Index. NWD said the flats would be sold via a regular price list on a “first come, first served” basis as the developer announced that the project had so far sold 42 residences worth about HK$2.4 billion (US$306 million) via a tender. The launch on Friday...

by Danny Mok (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 12:05 pm

A worker died on Monday afternoon after falling from a building under construction at a public housing site in Hong Kong. Police said they received a report at 2.25pm from a staff member at the Yan Po Road site in Tuen Mun that a 33-year-old man had fallen about 44 metres (144 feet) from a building under construction and was found unconscious. He was rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital but was certified dead at 3.11pm. The case has been classified as an industrial accident. Detectives from the Tuen Mun...

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits North Korea as Beijing aims to boost ties amid growing Pyongyang-Moscow relations.

by Leopold Chen,Danny Mok (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 11:57 am

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. The Hong Kong Observatory issued the first black rainstorm warning of the year for an hour on Monday evening, with a trough of low pressure expected to bring further heavy rainfall in the coming 24 hours and flooding reported in some areas. The forecaster replaced the top-tier rainstorm alert at 9.35pm with the red warning and then lowered that to amber at...

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 11:56 am

Smoke was seen in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank after Iran launched launched missiles.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 11:50 am

Video shows plumes of smoke rising from Mahshahr Petrochemical Complex in Iran’s Khuzestan Province on Monday.

by Theodora Yu,Ng Kang-chung (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 11:49 am

Hong Kong ranks among the world’s largest data centre hubs but has a carbon footprint exceeding the global average, a United Nations think tank study has found, urging a responsible strategy to tackle the “unintended impacts” of using artificial intelligence (AI). The June report by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health also quantified not only carbon but water and land footprints of electricity arising from the use of AI. The report is a call for using AI...

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 11:48 am

Europe has the most World Cup winners in the event's history, but what are the continent's chances at the 2026 edition?

by Fiona Chow (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 11:10 am

Two Hongkongers have been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a man by suffocating him with tape in a village temple and burying his body under concrete outside, with a judge describing the killing as hideous “beyond words”. High Court Judge Anthony Kwok Kai-on handed down the mandatory sentences to Chan Wah-hing, 67, and Chan Yiu-lung, 33, on Monday after they were earlier convicted of murdering a 51-year-old man over a financial dispute in September 2022 and disposing of his body near...

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 11:03 am

Armenian PM Pashinyan declares victory in parliamentary elections

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 10:46 am

Russia’s Federal Security Service chief said Western powers could weaponise ex-fighters, but analysts doubt the claim.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 10:45 am

US police were filmed dragging away a pitch-invading fan during a friendly football match between Ecuador and Guatemala.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 10:40 am

Iran’s FM spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Israel’s ally the US is responsible for ‘whatever happens in the region'.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 10:38 am

Analysts say both sides are pushing the ceasefire to its limits while seeking greater leverage.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 10:32 am

Nikol Pashinyan's Civil ​Contract party retains power with 49.81 percent in closely-watched election.

by Edith Lin (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 10:30 am

Hong Kong authorities will not favour existing ride-hailing platform drivers in the allocation of such vehicle permits, citing concerns about encouraging illegal activities and difficulties in execution, the transport minister has said. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan on Monday also refrained from revealing whether a time frame was being planned to review the controversial 10,000 permit cap despite repeated queries from lawmakers during the Legislative Council’s subcommittee...

by Brian Wong (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 10:27 am

A Hong Kong court has jailed four men for up to three years and one month for rioting during the 2019 anti-government protests, in the latest round of sentences following authorities’ pledge to pursue those involved regardless of the time elapsed. The District Court on Monday sentenced the four defendants for their roles in clashes at and around Polytechnic University in Hung Hom, the site of some of the most intense confrontations between protesters and police during the unrest. Judge Edmond...

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 10:23 am

Israel killed at least 14 people in Gaza on Sunday in strikes across Khan Younis, Gaza City, and Deir el-Balah.

by Danny Mok (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 10:14 am

An 86‑year‑old woman died on Monday morning after falling from her flat while cleaning a window at a residential estate in Discovery Bay, an upscale seaside community in Hong Kong. Police said they received a report at around 10am from security staff at Greendale Court in Greenvale Village who discovered the woman lying unconscious outside the building. Paramedics arrived shortly after and pronounced her dead at the scene. A police investigation suggested the woman might have lost her footing...

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 10:11 am

The latest tremors come eight months after the Philippines suffered its strongest earthquake in 12 years.

by Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera on June 8, 2026 at 9:55 am

A cheering crowd dressed in festive attire welcomes the Chinese leader at Pyongyang's main square.

by Leopold Chen (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 8:51 am

Hong Kong will expand a travel scheme that allows mainland Chinese motorists to enter the city for leisure, opening it to drivers from five more Greater Bay Area cities and doubling the daily quota for urban trips. Authorities said on Monday that the Southbound Travel Scheme for Guangdong Vehicles would be extended to all nine mainland cities under the Greater Bay Area scheme, up from the current four, while the daily quota for urban trips would be doubled to 200 from July 25 from 100 at...

by Brian Y. S. Wong (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 8:30 am

“When we graduate, what can we do?” As a philosophy professor, questions like this – about employability – often crop up in my conversations with students. Indeed, with youth unemployment on the Chinese mainland standing at almost 17 per cent, and intense competition among those seeking employment, it is no wonder that the priority for many – even students graduating from elite universities – is actually securing a job. The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) has only compounded such...

by Lam Ka-sing (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 8:18 am

US carrier Delta Air Lines has resumed direct flights to the city for the first time in nearly eight years, launching a new daily Hong Kong-Los Angeles service amid surging fuel prices. Jeff Moomaw, the airline’s vice-president for Asia-Pacific, said on Monday that it would take some time to increase services connecting the city to more destinations as Delta remained focused on current demand. “Our focus right now is making sure that this flight is a success,” Moomaw said. “As it grows over...

by Doug Dingwall (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 8:13 am

Australian and Thai police release a script discovered in a Cambodian scam compound, revealing the high-pressure methods used to coerce Australian victims.

by Just In on June 8, 2026 at 7:45 am

Police charge a further three teens following the alleged stabbing of a homeless man in the regional Victorian city of Bendigo last week.

by Just In on June 8, 2026 at 7:34 am

A motorcyclist who died while competing in this weekend's Finke Desert Race outside Alice Springs has been identified as Matthew Bielefeld.

by Kristen Cheung (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 6:54 am

Visiting the popular Po Pin Chau trail in Hong Kong’s geopark will require real-name reservations under a pilot scheme aimed at preventing scalping and no-shows, officials have told lawmakers concerned about its effectiveness. Undersecretary for Environment and Ecology Diane Wong Shuk-han told the Legislative Council subcommittee on ecology and tourism on Monday that authorities would not use a first-come-first-served model and were studying a ballot mechanism to prevent scalping. “We will...

by Gemma Ferguson and Chris Murrkarany Fitzpatrick (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 6:48 am

Returning legends of the Finke Desert Race, David Walsh and Travis Robinson, have been crowned Kings of the Desert at the gruelling two-day off-road race, with Walsh winning on bikes for a record-equalling sixth time and Robinson claiming victory on cars.

by Norman Hermant (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 6:33 am

Australian states are pushing ahead with waste-to-energy incineration despite significant opposition. It means one capital city will soon be surrounded by a "ring of fire".

by David Taylor (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 6:28 am

The Australian dollar falls to its lowest level in over two months, just over 70 cents to the US dollar, amid a renewed surge in the greenback as global interest rates, including US interest rates, rise.

by James Elton (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 6:06 am

Sammy Wurrawilya has taken out the title of spear-throwing champion at this year's Barunga Festival with an impressive effort of more than 30 metres.

by Andrew Chounding and Rosemary Murphy (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 6:05 am

The Albany community is still coming to terms with the loss of resident Daniel Turpin after he did not survive a shark attack at the weekend.

by Melissa Brown (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 5:48 am

The MCG has hosted the first Big Freeze MND fundraiser since the death of AFL legend and motor neurone disease campaigner, Neale Daniher.

by Just In on June 8, 2026 at 5:44 am

A local mayor has expressed shock at the death of a man during an arrest at Clare, in South Australia's Mid North on Sunday, as the state's police minister says he is confident the incident will be thoroughly investigated.

by Nick Campton (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 5:39 am

New South Wales have been dealt an injury blow ahead of State of Origin with Stephen Crichton ruled out of the squad due to a shoulder injury.

by David Weber (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 5:37 am

A paediatrician charged with child sex offences may have up to nine victims, with alleged offending captured on "hidden cameras" in consulting rooms, a Perth court hears.

by Brooke Chandler (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 5:22 am

Police on the NSW south coast are investigating an alleged hammer attack that has left a man with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain.

by Jake Evans (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 5:21 am

The government is playing a long game in responding to the surge of support for One Nation. It has little other choice.

by Tahnee Jash (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 5:10 am

Inside a quiet district courtroom in the heart of Sydney’s bustling CBD, a historic moment has unfolded involving a NSW Police sergeant.

by Amy Sheehan (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 5:00 am

From soups to bolognese and oven bakes, lentils are a versatile and affordable meal option.

by Just In on June 8, 2026 at 4:56 am

Nestory Irankunda is set for a breakout moment at the FIFA World Cup as the face of a changing Socceroos team featuring six players of African descent.

by Caitlyn Davey (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 4:01 am

Glioblastoma claims the lives of 200,000 people each year globally. Despite decades of research and funding, survival rates remain low.

by Wade Stephens (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 4:01 am

A New South Wales town hosts a celebration of the "little grey" tractors that helped save it from flooding 70 years ago.

by Madeline Grace (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 3:58 am

A 30-year-old Queensland man has faced court today, charged with permanently and critically injuring his nine-week-old son.

by Cath Adams (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 3:48 am

A 28-year-old Canadian tourist is in hospital with fractured skull after a brutal assault by strangers in a park at Byron Bay.

by Just In on June 8, 2026 at 3:37 am

South Australia's Consumer and Business Affairs Minister says a price increase for illegal tobacco noticed by inspectors within stores shows the trade is being disrupted.

by Chris De Silva (Just In) on June 8, 2026 at 3:31 am

Melbourne claims an eight-point win over Collingwood at the MCG as Brody Mihocek is taken to hospital after a serious injury.

by Natalie Wong (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 3:30 am

Hong Kong should revive plans for large-scale reclamation off Lantau Island to run in parallel with the Northern Metropolis project, property magnate Gordon Wu Ying-sheung has said, warning that a lack of urban land will hold back the city’s development as the population grows. The 90-year-old founder and chairman of Hopewell Holdings also described it as “too early to say” whether his property empire would follow its peers and commit to investing in the mega development near the city’s border...

by Matthew Cheng (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 1:50 am

Hong Kong has proposed new legislation to clarify the definition of national security offences by setting up a mechanism that vests certification power in the chief executive, in a bid to reduce legal disputes. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung stressed on Monday that the proposed law would not introduce any new offences, penalties or powers and would have no impact on residents’ daily lives or the normal operations of organisations. It would allow all procedures applicable to...

by Alice Wu (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 1:30 am

Educators have received quite a bit of unwanted attention lately. First came a Hong Kong school principal losing his temper during a study trip in Singapore over parking a coach bus. The man was caught on camera hurling abusive language at security guards in the presence of a busload of students. That lapse of judgment was met with a stern response. The principal eventually tendered his resignation and apologised, admitting his error and trying to use it as his last lesson to his students. The...

by Natalie Wong (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 8, 2026 at 12:30 am

Hong Kong property tycoon Gordon Wu Ying-sheung has predicted that China will overtake the US as the world’s largest economy in the next decade or so, propelled by rapid technological advances while Washington is weighed down by massive defence expenditure and national debt. Yet the 90-year-old founder and chairman of Hopewell Holdings, who rarely speaks to the press, said Hong Kong should look past geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington to build closer ties with the United States,...

by Wynna Wong (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 7, 2026 at 11:00 pm

Hong Kong police have warned football fans that using overseas betting websites could breach local gambling laws even if the platforms claim to be legally registered abroad, as authorities prepare for a predicted surge in wagering over the Fifa World Cup that begins on June 11. Police issued the warning after Fifa named its first prediction market partner for the World Cup. The force stressed that anyone in Hong Kong who placed bets with a local or overseas bookmaker outside authorised channels...

by Danny Mok (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 7, 2026 at 4:10 pm

A driver escaped serious injury in Hong Kong after a car vaulted over the central divider on Tuen Mun Road and slammed into his seven-seater vehicle. Police said the seven-seater was travelling in the fast lane towards Yuen Long near the Gold Coast in Tuen Mun when the driver of an Audi SUV on the opposite carriageway suddenly lost control at about 9.20pm on Sunday. The Audi flew across the central divider, knocked down a lamp post and landed near the seven-seater in a scene reminiscent of a...

by Kit Knightly (OffGuardian) on June 7, 2026 at 4:00 pm

Have you seen a mainstream headline about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) so far this year? Probably not. What used to be a regular on the front page has been curiously absent. What stories there are have been tucked away, and the tone is decidedly changed: Is a digital euro necessary for monetary sovereignty? Rethinking …

by Lo Hoi-ying (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 7, 2026 at 3:00 pm

More than 40 mainland students studying in Hong Kong fell victim to scammers impersonating Chinese law enforcement officers in the first quarter of this year, police said on Sunday, with the biggest case involving over HK$8 million (US$1.02 million). Among the 42 cases, one victim was tricked into staging her own “abduction” after being lured to Thailand, despite having attended anti-scam courses at her university. Hong Kong police said students from across the border accounted for a quarter of...

by Theodora Yu (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 7, 2026 at 2:02 pm

The lawyer for a Hong Kong doctor accused of professional misconduct after a boy in his care was left permanently disabled more than 16 years ago has told the medical watchdog that misdiagnosis or incompetence does not equate to misconduct. But the prosecution representing the Medical Council secretariat said on Sunday that misconduct referred to whether a doctor underperformed and the circumstances should be defined by inquiry panel members. Dr Sit Sou-chi is accused of failing to conduct...

by Danny Mok (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 7, 2026 at 11:43 am

Hong Kong police have arrested a driver who crashed his car into a parked vehicle in Tai Kok Tsui and tested positive for ketamine, marking at least the fourth suspected drug-driving case in less than a week. The accident occurred at around noon on Sunday on Hoi Fai Road outside the Olympian City 3 shopping centre where the 30-year-old’s Tesla car struck the rear of a stationary vehicle before veering onto the pavement. The male driver of the parked car, also a Tesla, suffered neck injuries and...

by Elizabeth Cheung (Hong Kong - South China Morning Post) on June 7, 2026 at 11:00 am

In the second of a six-part Health Matters wellness series on cancer in Hong Kong, Elizabeth Cheung examines the rise of lung cancer among women, the risk factors beyond smoking and growing calls for earlier detection. Rates of new lung cancer cases among Hong Kong women have risen by 20 per cent in the past two decades despite their smoking less than men, a South China Morning Post review has found, prompting calls for citywide screenings to catch the disease earlier. Experts said genetic...