Gun violence in the US

People gather to pray for the victims of a mass shooting during a candlelight vigil in Thousand Oaks, California. Photo: AP

Gunman posted about mental state during US bar massacre

Investigators are also looking into whether suspect Ian David Long believed his former girlfriend would be at the bar

10 Nov 2018 - 8:48pm 2

Dominique Colell says she was groped and assaulted by Thousand Oaks gunman Ian David Long when he was in high school and she was a track coach. Photo: CBS News

California gunman’s high school coach says he attacked, groped her

10 Nov 2018 - 7:09am

Telemachus Orfanos (right) in a 2014 photo he shared on social media. Photo: Facebook

US mother’s grief: ‘I don’t want prayers ... I want gun control’

10 Nov 2018 - 3:15am 8

California mass shooting: slain sheriff’s deputy Ron Helus had been due to retire after 30 years of duty

California shooting: slain officer was due to retire after 30 years’ duty

9 Nov 2018 - 7:55am 3

Mourners react outside a reception centre for families of victims of a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California, on Thursday. Photo: AP

California shooting: some inside bar had survived Las Vegas massacre

9 Nov 2018 - 7:09am 3

13 dead in California shooting

13 dead in California shooting

9 Nov 2018 - 7:09am

Suspected California gunman Ian David Long. Photo: Facebook

California gunman was ex-Marine who may have had PTSD

9 Nov 2018 - 9:19pm 19

People comfort each other after a mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks late Wednesday night. Photo: TNS

Ex-Marine kills 12 in US bar, hurling smoke bombs before opening fire

9 Nov 2018 - 5:58am 37

An Arizona boy aged 11 used a handgun to kill his grandmother and himself after she asked him to clean his room. File photo: Dreamstime

US grandmother asked boy, 11, to clean his room. He shot her dead

6 Nov 2018 - 5:48am 8

Axe, the St Clair Shores K-9 officer. Photo: St Clair Shores Police Department

US police officers kill man who fatally shot police dog

6 Nov 2018 - 6:11am 6

Yoga studio gunman Scott Beierle had history of groping women, made misogynistic YouTube videos

Yoga gunman had history of groping, ranted on YouTube about ‘whores’

4 Nov 2018 - 10:49pm 1

Police investigators work the scene of a shooting on Friday, in Tallahassee. Photo: AP Photo

Women killed in Florida yoga class were student, faculty member

4 Nov 2018 - 1:20am 6

This September 19 file photo shows Chad Frese, attorney for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, speaking in court in Montezuma, Iowa. Photo: AP

US lawyer calls client a ‘terrible criminal’ who deserves jail

3 Nov 2018 - 8:27pm 2

Robert Bowers, the suspect in the deadly shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27. Photo: AP

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty

2 Nov 2018 - 12:54am 4

This undated photo shows suspect Robert Bowers. Photo: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP

Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect indicted on 44 counts

1 Nov 2018 - 5:24am 5

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump place stones and flowers on a memorial on Tuesday as they pay their respects at the Tree of Life Synagogue following Saturday's shooting in Pittsburgh. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Trump shunned by officials and synagogue victim’s family during visit

31 Oct 2018 - 7:20am 5

James “Whitey” Bulger is seen in a combination of booking mug photos released on August 1, 2011. Photo: Reuters

US gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger, 89, ‘beaten to death’ in prison

31 Oct 2018 - 9:32pm 2

Vice-President Mike Pence, right, prays with Loren Jacobs for the victims and families of those killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, at a rally for Republicans in Oakland County, Michigan, on Monday. At the rally Loren Jacobs, who uses the title “rabbi” but espouses Christianity, was invited to speak on behalf of the area's Jewish community. Photo: AP

Jews stunned as Mike Pence prays with ‘Christian rabbi’ after massacre

31 Oct 2018 - 3:50pm 18

A man takes a moment on Monday at each of the Star of David memorials with the names of the 11 people who were killed at the Tree of Life synagogue n Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo: EPA

Synagogue shooter Robert Bowers faces court shackled to wheelchair

30 Oct 2018 - 7:17am

President Donald Trump discusses his hardline approach to immigration during an event in the White House. Photo: TNS

Mass shootings have become a fact of American life, like Trump’s hate

30 Oct 2018 - 4:27am 11

President Donald Trump points to the media as he speaks during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday. Photo: AP

Trump calls media the ‘true enemy’ of the people after CNN bomb plot

29 Oct 2018 - 10:53pm 13

Trump faces calls to tone down his public statements
Debate comes after attempted pipe bombings and shooting at synagogue

Violence in America: is Trump the enabler-in-chief?

29 Oct 2018 - 2:29pm 11

People light candles in Tel Aviv, Israel, in a commemoration of the victims of a deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Photo: AP Photo

Pittsburgh shooting victims remembered: ‘The loss is incalculable’

29 Oct 2018 - 12:37pm 2

Rosie Villano, left, and Chai Smith hold candles during an interfaith vigil in the Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh. Photo: AP

‘I want them all to die’, Pittsburgh shooter says of Jews

28 Oct 2018 - 10:41pm 2

Pittsburgh shooting was the worst single attack on American Jews in the history of the United States
Coincides with reported rise in anti-Semitic incidents

Synagogue massacre: worst fears have come for American Jews

28 Oct 2018 - 3:08pm 5

Robert Bowers, the suspected gunman who killed 11 at the Tree of Life synagogue. Photo: AFP

What we know about the suspect synagogue gunman

28 Oct 2018 - 10:41pm 6

Law enforcement officers check possible entrances to The Tree of Life synagogue where multiple people were killed. Photo: AP

Synagogue gunman kills 11 in America’s worst anti-Semitic attack

29 Oct 2018 - 12:43pm 99

Disbarred lawyer Frederick Hopkins (centre, with wife Cheryl Turner Hopkins) shot dead one police officer and injured six more in a mass shooting in South Carolina on Wednesday, police have said. Photo: Frederick Hopkins

US man, 74, ‘set up fatal ambush for cops questioning son over child abuse’

6 Oct 2018 - 8:49pm

Authorities direct traffic near the scene of the shootings. Photo: AP

One officer shot dead, six wounded as they tried to search house

4 Oct 2018 - 2:36pm 1

You may also like

Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales begin

Business

Alibaba’s Singles’ Day sales begin

Nov 11th 2018, 3:11am

Many of us need to clear out boxes and drawers full of clutter, including old, out-dated technology such as mobile phones, tablets, laptops and desktop computers, which we hoard for years but will never use again. Photo: Shutterstock

Let it go! Time to de-clutter your life and ‘delete’ old technology

Why hairy crab is all the craze in China

China

Why hairy crab is all the craze in China

Oct 18th 2018, 4:42pm 2

A Very Fine Natural Pearl and Diamond Triplestrand Necklace, Clasp signed Verdura Paris.

Exquisite jewels and rare watches from Phillips make top-drawer gifts

It will take a strategic, decades-long US effort to manage a power rivalry with China, but none appears to be in the cards, Ankit Panda writes

China

How Trump’s partisan policies rubbed salt in wounded China-US ties

6 Oct 2018 - 10:39pm 15

From arms to energy, Russian influence in the region is growing ever greater – and key to Moscow’s route to dominance is its unique relationship with Beijing

Long Reads

Balance Trump, cosy up to China, Koreas: Russia’s play for Asia

24 Sep 2018 - 4:14pm 22

While fans focused on the race last week, others were revelling in a world where there’s a fine line between romance and remittance … and tourism officials weren’t happy about it

Society

How Singapore’s F1 fling with sugar daddies turned sour

26 Sep 2018 - 5:50pm 17

Yoga ball murder victim Wong Siew Fing (left) and her younger sister Wong Siew Fong, aged eight and six respectively. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong

Yoga ball murderer was a manipulative, bullying husband: sister-in-law

24 Sep 2018 - 3:01pm

Jeongja Han, director of Tail Project, a company that specialises in cleaning out and disposing of property accumulated by the deceased, after completing a clean-out job. Pictures: Noriko Hayashi for Bloomberg Businessweek

Post Magazine

Dying alone in Japan: the industry devoted to what’s left behind

24 Sep 2018 - 10:11am

Hung, 66, plies her trade in Sham Shui Po, a popular ground for ‘street stall grannies’. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Hong Kong

‘Street stall grannies’ a sign Hong Kong elderly falling through cracks

22 Sep 2018 - 12:17pm 8

Xiaolongbao : Shanghai dumplings made the old fashioned way

China

Xiaolongbao : Shanghai dumplings made the old fashioned way

Sep 20th 2018, 12:05pm

Tencent has frequently added innovations to WeChat, designed to drive growth and loyalty, the latest being mini programs

Business

The WeChat story: how Tencent's super-app changed China

16 Aug 2018 - 3:39pm 4