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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis
An ambulance transports the body of a person who died after a building partially collapsed following an explosion in the Plaka area, which is popular with tourists, in central Athens, Greece, on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Emergency personnel work near excavators during a search and rescue operation in central Athens on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

6 dead after explosion destroys building in Athens

The blast on Friday destroyed a two-storey ‌building in Plaka, near some of Athens’ most visited sites.

Tourism

6 missing after explosion fells building in heart of touristic Athens

Hong Kong

As I see it | Why mainland Chinese despise the British – but Hongkongers don’t

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European Union

EU to propose curbing social media, online games for under 15s

The European Commission has come under pressure from some EU member states to take bloc-wide measures to protect children.

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A teenager looks at her smartphone in Brussels. The EU already has powerful laws to protect children including the content rules known as the Digital Services Act. Photo: AFP
Turkey

Surrounded by war, Turkey more than triples defence spending

Most of the 229 per cent budget increase will fund domestic arms production as Ankara seeks to cut reliance on the West.

European Union

Endangered Sumatran tigers born in Greece as zoos build safety net

Three two-month-old Sumatran tiger cubs receive identification microchips and their first vaccinations at a zoo near Athens.

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International Property

Which property markets will be the winners and losers if Fed raises US rates?

Fed chairman’s focus on inflation at meeting last month has heightened expectations of monetary tightening.

Real estate agents’ signs at a sold home and homes for sale in London last month. Photo: EPA
Aviation accidents

2 pilots killed after Greek air force plane crashes at annual air show

Officials said the bodies of the pilots were located during a rescue operation, hampered initially by a fire at Tanagra airbase near Athens.

European Union

5 EU nations plan to send rejected migrants to non-EU ‘return hubs’, target 2027

Rights groups have criticised the plan, arguing that European nations cannot guarantee the rights of migrants would be respected.

US-China trade war

Opinion | Move over Strait of Hormuz. Innovation chokepoints are the ones to watch

The strength of a chokepoint lies not only in the force of the initial blow but in the scale of the long-term damage it leaves behind.

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People gather as stranded vessels in the Strait of Hormuz are visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas in Iran on August 25. Photo: Reuters
Defence

Israel and Greece sign US$3.5 billion defence deal, largest ever between the 2

Buyers favouring Israel's battle-tested weapons have helped push its defence exports to record highs.

Director-general of the Israel Ministry of Defence Amir Baram, and his Greek counterpart, Ioannis Bouras, shake hands as they sign a US$3.5 billion defence export agreement in Tel Aviv on Monday. Photo: Israel Defence Ministry/Reuters
Israel

Netanyahu casts Turkey as Israel’s new villain amid tough re-election fight

The Israeli PM has escalated tensions with Turkish President Erdogan over Syria in a bid to ‘unify’ his voter base around him.

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Travel

Are these Odyssey islands prepared for tourist surge in wake of new film?

A jump in visitors is expected in Ithaca, believed to be Odysseus’ home in the poem, and Favignana, its stand-in in the recent blockbuster.

China’s internet censorship

China targets pseudo-history conspiracists who claim civilisations were stolen

Zhejiang agency says pseudo-historical claims – made worse by AI – reflect ignorance and fracture social cognition.

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The Acropolis in Athens. A social media account linked to a Chinese provincial government has criticised pseudo-historical theories denying the existence of figures such as Aristotle. Photo: EPA
Aviation accidents

Bird remains found in engine after man nearly sucked out of plane window

A piece of the engine had broken off the aircraft and smashed the window, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing.

An undated image shows the window on a Ryanair plane that was broken by a stray engine part shortly after take-off, causing a man’s head to be sucked into the hole. Photo: National Transportation Safety Board via AP
Electric & new energy vehicles

Driven off the road: Nio’s German car registrations down 90%

In contrast to its Chinese peers, Nio is struggling in Europe’s largest car market, registering just three cars last month and 18 this year.

Hong Kong economy

Food Expo vendors hoping for tasty profits with items such as caviar sake gelato

Abalone for HK$1, handcrafted caviar mooncakes and discounted coffee and milk tea packs among products at next week’s Food Expo.

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From our archives

On This Day | ‘Stunning spectacle’: Rio Olympics kicks off in Brazil in 2016 – SCMP archive

The Summer Olympics, held 10 years ago today, were the first Olympic Games ever held in South America.

The opening ceremony gave Brazilians a respite from months of bad publicity, a chance to belt out bossa nova and dance the samba as the 17-day party kicked off at the Maracana Stadium with a scaled-down but colourful, high-energy opening ceremony. Photo: AFP
Crime

Greek police arrest suspect after body of British woman found in suitcase

Afghan national in custody weeks after victim was discovered inside a derelict building in Athens.

Climate change

2 crew members dead after firefighting helicopters collide in Greece

The crew members, from Greece, Denmark and the UK, had been battling a major wildfire west of Athens on Sunday when the crash happened.

Climate change

Climate crisis: Hungary closes nuclear power plant, Greece wildfires spread

Sustained drought is affecting the lives of many, with so-called megafires among multiple consequences of the extreme weather.

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Paks Nuclear Power Plant in Hungary on Friday with the partially dried-up Danube riverbed. Photo: Reuters
European Union

Hungary braces for nuclear plant shutdown as Danube hits record lows

The power plant, producing nearly half of Hungary’s electricity, uses river water to cool reactors but heatwaves have affected water levels.

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Firefighters battle a wildfire threatening to engulf a house in the Peloponnese region of Greece on Friday. Photo: EPA
Hong Kong sports

On This Day | Windsurfer wins Hong Kong’s first Olympic gold in 1996 – SCMP archive

On this day 30 years ago, Hong Kong won its first Olympic gold. It would take almost exactly 25 years to win another one.

Extreme weather

France and Spain race to curb wildfires before new heatwave arrives

Authorities have evacuated about 220,000 people, including tourists, in France, while in Spain around 100,000 have been told to seek shelter.

Nordic nations

European heatwaves drive summer tourists to cooler north

The concept of ‘coolcations’ – holidays in a cooler clime – has been gathering pace in recent years and appears to have exploded in 2026.

A tourist takes photos of Mount Nuolja, overlooking Abisko in northern Sweden, on August 26, 2021. Photo: AFP
Pets

As I see it | How the death of Argos, Odysseus’ faithful dog, still haunts us

The quiet, devastating reunion of master and dog, recently given the Hollywood treatment, remains one of the most poignant scenes in Western literature.

Though Odysseus was moved by the reunion, he was in disguise and could offer no comfort to Argos. Photo by: Ivy Close Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images
China education

Why a Chinese academic wants the public to take a test on foreign affairs

Tsinghua University scholar Yan Xuetong is challenging people to avoid social media sensationalism and sit a 60-minute exam.

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Defence

Greece to build ‘Achilles Shield’ defence dome with Israeli arms

The move is part of a US$4.8 billion spending spree that includes the purchase of Heron drones, Apache missiles and Victa stealth watercraft.

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