We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Indonesia’s plan for a rival to Singapore starts to take shape Indonesia wants to build a financial centre to rival Singapore, Hong Kong or Dubai, but analysts say the real work of persuading global investors has barely begun. 2. Japan voters ‘pretty angry’ with PM...
Indonesia’s Singapore rival, India’s one-shot win over SpaceX: 7 Asia highlights
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Indonesia wants to build a financial centre to rival Singapore, Hong Kong or Dubai, but analysts say the real work of persuading global investors has barely begun.
La difesa di Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio interviene con una nota dopo che il Tribunale civile di Milano ha disposto la consegna entro le 18 di domani della figlia di un anno dell'imprenditore alla madre, la ex compagna Sara Soldati, in attesa dell'udienza del 10 agosto. I legali di Del Vecchio definiscono le accuse 'false diffamatorie e calunniose', formulate…
Holding a by-election to fill a seat vacated by former lawmaker William Wong Kam-fai after he resigned over a drink-driving arrest is a lower priority than preparing for three important polls over the next 18 months, Hong Kong’s leader has said. Weighing in on the issue for the first time nearly a month after Wong’s resignation, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu stressed that electoral authorities needed to weigh the “necessity of a poll”, alongside manpower and logistics in deciding whether to..
A wildfire in southwest France grew so powerful that its smoke column became a thunderstorm, generating lightning that struck the ground and ignited new fires beyond the original blaze, French officials said. Put another way, that means the inferno was no longer simply being propelled by the weather. It was making its own. The thundercloud also produced violent, erratic winds capable of driving the flames in new directions. The phenomenon, called a pyrocumulonimbus, or pyroCb, is rare in Europe.
Le responsabilità dei Nar, da Fioravanti a Cavallini, il pronunciamento su Bellini, i ruoli accertati di Tedeschi, Gelli, D'Amato e Ortolani
Sono 1.555 i minori vittime di tratta identificati nel 2024 nei Paesi dell'Unione europea, il 16% delle circa 9.500 vittime complessive. E' il dato che emerge dall'analisi diffusa da Save the Children in occasione della Giornata mondiale contro la tratta di esseri umani, che ricorre il 30 luglio. Le vittime sono state identificate soprattutto in Francia e It…
Einen Rauswurf muss der ukrainische Präsident Selenskyj nicht mehr befürchten, wenn er heute von US-Präsident Trump im Weißen Haus empfangen wird. Im Gegenteil. Momentan stimmt es im Verhältnis. Selbst MAGA-Influencer denken um. Von S. Laack.