World's largest automated container terminal starts operation in Shanghai

Hong Kong doctor Ben Ng Siu-bun still remembers the horrors of war in conflict-torn Gaza. The 52-year-old anaesthesiologist joined a humanitarian mission organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross to Gaza in March this year, providing medical services to those who were injured or ill. During his six-week stay at a field hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza, Ng said about half of the patients sent there were suffering from gunshot or blast injuries. He recalled treating a 12-year-old… Source link

Europe is once again embroiled in a prolonged argument over how to keep deforestation-linked timber out of its markets. The European Union’s deforestation regulations, once promoted as a bold step forward, have instead become a symbol of hesitation and uneven political will. Some governments want delays and others push for exemptions, creating persistent uncertainty. For Asia, observing this from afar, the indecision carries more consequence than might initially be apparent because the region… Source link

A young foreign man walks around the city, giving big hugs to the strangers he meets on the streets in Harbin, capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province. Source link