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A Finnish F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet crashed on Wednesday near the Rovaniemi airport in Finland’s Arctic north, but the pilot was rescued after ejecting, the armed forces said. The crash … Read More
The richest ten percent of the global population has caused two thirds of global warming since 1990, according to a new study. The authors of the study suggest progressive taxes on … Read More
Stocks rose on Wall Street on Wednesday as China steps up measures to shore up its economy and gears up for trade talks with the US. The S&P 500 index … Read More
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China’s Xi Jinping launches … Read More
Fast food chains are revamping menus with more chicken options to meet current customer demand. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Fast food giants are flipping the script — and chicken is taking … Read More
Disneyland Abu Dhabi will be the seventh theme park from the Walt Disney Company. ORLANDO, Fla. — Disney announced Wednesday that it will build its seventh theme park in Abu … Read More
Friedrich Merz plunged straight into international crises on his first full day as Germany’s new chancellor, urging India and Pakistan to de-escalate their tensions, vowing support for Ukraine and announcing … Read More
Russia and Ukraine traded a barrage of drone strikes overnight on Wednesday, in attacks that killed two in Kyiv and forced Moscow to shut major airports hours before a swathe … Read More
Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya were given a choice of paying a fine of US$7,700 or serving 12 months in prison – the maximum penalty for … Read More
Some say it feels like walking through a field of gravestones. Others liken it to a maze of coffins, disorientating and eerily quiet despite being in the middle of Berlin. … Read More
