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US-China ties haunted by lack of mutual trust, Beijing security forum hears
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US-China ties haunted by lack of mutual trust, Beijing security forum hears

A lack of mutual trust and confidence haunts Sino-US relations, a major security conference in Beijing heard, just a week before Xi Jinping travels to America for his first state visit in over a decade. “When we have the agreement on this constructive strategic stability, we don’t have the illusion that things will be easy going ahead. There are always problems, sometimes very big problems,” said Cui Tiankai, a former Chinese ambassador to Washington, at a panel of the Xiangshan Forum on...

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South Africa on alert after seventh woman’s body found near capital
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South Africa on alert after seventh woman’s body found near capital

A woman’s body was found on Tuesday in the same area east of Johannesburg in South Africa where the discovery of several other victims in the past two months has sparked fear of a potential serial killer at large and led to a public warning by the police. According to South African authorities, the cases appear to be linked, though they did not confirm whether they are the work of the same killer. The South African Police Services (SAPS) has issued a public warning for women to be cautious when.

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Tighter scrutiny of Hong Kong IPOs could slow deal flow, analysts say
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Tighter scrutiny of Hong Kong IPOs could slow deal flow, analysts say

Securities regulators in Hong Kong and mainland China are doubling down on efforts to raise the quality of Hong Kong initial public offerings (IPOs), which could slow the flow of new listings but would not reduce underlying demand, according to analysts. In an unusual move, the China Securities Regulatory Commission recently asked nine mainland companies, which had already been pre-approved for listings, to provide supplementary materials detailing fund usage, shareholding structures and pending

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DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Nazi Germany
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DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Nazi Germany

A DeepSeek engineer has issued a stark warning about the potential concentration of advanced artificial intelligence and resources in proprietary US developers Anthropic and OpenAI, intensifying a growing debate in China over calls by US industry leaders to “pace” AI development amid safety concerns. The comments preceded an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on September 24, where AI safety may emerge as a key point of dialogue as the two countries race.

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The world is not so much embracing China as recoiling from Trump’s US
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The world is not so much embracing China as recoiling from Trump’s US

Global surveys show China is now more popular than the United States in most countries. The reality is China hasn’t become more popular, only that Uncle Sam has become odious. Two recent major summits demonstrate precisely why this erosion has occurred. At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and the Group of 20 (G20) gathering in the US, the Trump administration faced withering criticism for policies that have destabilised global commerce, violated...

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China mulls building nuclear-powered tank with 450km-range railgun in 2 decades
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China mulls building nuclear-powered tank with 450km-range railgun in 2 decades

Chinese military researchers have outlined an ambitious plan to develop a nuclear-powered main battle tank armed with an electromagnetic railgun capable of hitting targets up to 450km (280 miles) away, possibly debuting after 2045. Detailed in a peer-reviewed paper published in June in the Chinese journal Acta Armamentarii, the concept envisions a 60-tonne armoured vehicle driven by a 10-megawatt-class small modular reactor (SMR) and a 50-megajoule (MJ) railgun. The paper was written by...

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China bets on chips and AI in new 5-year road map to challenge US tech dominance
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China bets on chips and AI in new 5-year road map to challenge US tech dominance

An intensifying tech race with the United States, along with Beijing’s drive for technological self-reliance, has led China’s leaders to place greater significance and urgency on breakthroughs in sectors ranging from artificial intelligence to integrated circuits and chips in its latest five-year plan for electronics and information technology. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planning agency, on Tuesday.

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Denmark says Russian frigate fired flares at helicopter
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Denmark says Russian frigate fired flares at helicopter

Denmark and Russia were at a war of words on Tuesday after Danish authorities accused a Russian frigate of firing flares at a Danish military helicopter. The armed forces said in a statement late on Monday that “one of the air force’s Fennec helicopters was today fired at with flares during a routine photographic operation of a Russian frigate, which was located in international waters off Gedser”, Denmark’s southernmost town. The frigate had fired “two flares towards the helicopter. One of the.

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Iran’s top diplomat heads to China for talks as Middle East diplomacy falters
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Iran’s top diplomat heads to China for talks as Middle East diplomacy falters

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China on Wednesday, amid stalled diplomatic efforts to de-escalate conflicts in the Middle East. The meeting comes during the countdown to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States for a summit next week with his US counterpart Donald Trump, when the war on Iran and disruption of energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz are expected to be high on the agenda. Fighting has also erupted...

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Mainland Chinese joint venture launches new electric taxi in Hong Kong
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Mainland Chinese joint venture launches new electric taxi in Hong Kong

A mainland Chinese joint venture will introduce an electric taxi in Hong Kong next month, but a lawmaker has warned that a lack of quick-charging stations remains the biggest challenge to the government’s target of introducing 3,000 such cabs by next year. SAIC-GM-Wuling, a joint venture between SAIC Motor, General Motors China and Guangxi Automobile Group, on Tuesday unveiled its Darion Taxi, a new six-seater e-taxi to be launched in Hong Kong. DH Legend Motors, the joint venture’s sole Hong...

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

The European Union is set to propose curbing access to social media, video-sharing platforms, chatbots and online games to children under the age of 15, according to a draft legal document seen by AFP. A proposed new law – to be formally presented on Thursday – would mean banning minors under 15 from opening their own accounts, with a tiered system of access under parental supervision for younger children. As well as age limits, the new “EU KIDS Act” would force digital giants to make their...

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Man arrested after HK$1 million in gems stolen from hotel guest asleep in lobby
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Man arrested after HK$1 million in gems stolen from hotel guest asleep in lobby

Hong Kong police have arrested a man and recovered uncut gemstones worth nearly HK$1 million (US$127,500) that were allegedly snatched from an overseas businessman as he slept in a hotel lobby. The force said on Monday that the suspected theft happened a day earlier while the businessman, a 29-year-old jeweller from Sri Lanka, was in the city for the “Jewellery & Gem World Hong Kong September” trade fair. The jewellery was allegedly taken from the victim as he slept in the lobby, while he was...

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Taiwan tests US-made MQ-9B drones to counter PLA ‘grey-zone’ operations
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Taiwan tests US-made MQ-9B drones to counter PLA ‘grey-zone’ operations

Taiwan has begun flight testing its newly acquired MQ-9B drones, giving the island a long-range reconnaissance platform capable of monitoring People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and grey-zone activities across vast stretches of surrounding waters. The first two of four MQ-9B SeaGuardians ordered from the United States took off from Hualien Air Base in eastern Taiwan on Monday, according to military sources. It was their first test flight since arriving in Taiwan by sea in June, following nearly three

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Who will shoulder the debts behind Indonesia’s China-backed Whoosh railway?
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Who will shoulder the debts behind Indonesia’s China-backed Whoosh railway?

Indonesia’s finance ministry is preparing to absorb debt payments for Whoosh, the China-funded high-speed railway connecting Jakarta and Bandung, in a move officials say will ease financial pressure on the state-owned enterprises that built and operate the line. The government has argued that the burden is manageable after the debt was restructured over 80 years, requiring annual instalments of about 1 trillion rupiah (US$56.5 million). But the plan has also raised concerns that taxpayers are...

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Clues in the Blood: Solving the Mystery of Cancer of Unknown Origin
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Clues in the Blood: Solving the Mystery of Cancer of Unknown Origin

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Imagine a detective who finds clear clues at a crime scene but has no idea where the crime actually took place. Medicine faces this exact mystery: patients can actually be diagnosed with a specific condition called Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP)—when standard procedures like medical imaging and tissue biopsies fail to identify where a tumor started. Far more common and aggressive than most people realize, CUP accounts..

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85% of Wang Fuk Court owners sign sale deals as flat selection moves ahead
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85% of Wang Fuk Court owners sign sale deals as flat selection moves ahead

More than 85 per cent of owners at the blaze-hit Wang Fuk Court have signed agreements to sell their flats to the Hong Kong government as authorities move ahead with flat selection under a special rehousing scheme. Authorities said on Tuesday that 1,702 households – 85.8 per cent of flat owners across blocks A to H at the estate – had signed sale and purchase agreements as of Monday. On the same day, the Housing Bureau held a computerised ballot to determine the selection sequence for subsidised

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Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin acquitted of 4 charges in US$49 million corruption case
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Malaysia’s ex-PM Muhyiddin acquitted of 4 charges in US$49 million corruption case

Malaysia’s former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin won a significant court victory on Tuesday after he was acquitted of four charges linked to a government programme set up to help contractors during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kuala Lumpur High Court cleared Muhyiddin of three money-laundering charges and one of abuse of power involving 200 million ringgit (US$49.1 million), after prosecutors said they no longer wanted to pursue those counts in his Jana Wibawa trial. The ruling removes four of...

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‘Lazy economy’: US$15 monthly rubbish services in China gain popularity, benefitting elderly
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‘Lazy economy’: US$15 monthly rubbish services in China gain popularity, benefitting elderly

A new business trend has emerged in China where young people get paid to throw out rubbish for others at a small fee – and it is proving to be a surprising success. While many people consider taking out the rubbish merely an incidental chore, it has evolved into a paid service in China. On social media platforms, some entrepreneurs promote their rubbish disposal services. Their fees range from three to five yuan (45 to 75 US cents) per pickup, with an option for a monthly package priced at...

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‘Doing a North Korea’? Why the Middle East could be entering a new nuclear age
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‘Doing a North Korea’? Why the Middle East could be entering a new nuclear age

The Middle East stands on the precipice of a new nuclear age, with Saudi Arabia set to acquire American uranium enrichment technology and Turkey eager to follow suit, as Iran weighs withdrawal from the treaty that bars it from making atomic bombs. Momentum is building: last week, the United States and Israel both threatened further air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities, accusing Tehran of attempting to resurrect its nuclear programme. The country’s three main complexes were buried deep..

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Has a Chinese DF missile been used for the first time in the Middle East?
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Has a Chinese DF missile been used for the first time in the Middle East?

Debris from a Chinese-made short-range ballistic missile has been found in Yemen for the first time, suggesting Chinese weapons systems may have been used during the heated conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. Video clips circulating on social media in the past week showed debris from the booster stage of a short-range ballistic missile with “DF-15A” written on its side found in the Raghwan district of Marib governorate, about 170km (105 miles) by road from the Yemeni capital,...

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Forget AI KPIs: how China’s tech giants are rationing tokens for employees
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Forget AI KPIs: how China’s tech giants are rationing tokens for employees

When generative artificial intelligence first swept through China’s technology sector, workers faced a clear directive from management: use AI and use it often. Consuming vast numbers of AI tokens – the basic unit of computing power needed to process text or write code – became a badge of honour, with companies often viewing a high token count as a sign that employees were productive and taking initiative. But those computing allowances are now being sharply rolled back as China’s leading...

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US judge blocks Trump’s ‘absurd’ visa caps for students, journalists
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US judge blocks Trump’s ‘absurd’ visa caps for students, journalists

A US federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a new visa cap for international students, visiting scholars and foreign journalists, saying the Trump administration’s national security justification “borders on the absurd”. Judge F. Dennis Saylor in Boston said the rationale for the restriction was “exceptionally weak”, and the connection between the rule and the problems it purported to address was “exceptionally attenuated”. He wrote that the US Department of Homeland Security had built the.

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India scores Brics win with joint declaration despite divides
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India scores Brics win with joint declaration despite divides

India scored a diplomatic win at the latest Brics summit, analysts have said, after steering an increasingly unwieldy bloc towards a joint declaration despite deep divisions over geopolitical conflicts and the global order. Observers said New Delhi achieved “pragmatic consolidation” by avoiding forcing members to assign blame for contentious geopolitical issues, keeping the focus on trade, technology and greater representation for the Global South. That compromise came at a cost, however, with..

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China urges ‘constructive dialogue’ with EU in high-level call with France
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China urges ‘constructive dialogue’ with EU in high-level call with France

In a phone call with his French counterpart on Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the European Union to avoid escalating trade disputes and engage in “constructive dialogue”. The conversation, requested by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, comes as Brussels tightens investment screening, public procurement rules and anti-subsidy measures, particularly on electric vehicles over what the bloc has called unfair Chinese competition. Wang told Barrot that China and the EU should..

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Hong Kong airport builds third runway with strategy to help marine environment thrive
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Hong Kong airport builds third runway with strategy to help marine environment thrive

When Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) set out to build a new runway and associated facilities for the three-runway system operation, engineers had to carefully navigate a challenge hidden beneath the surrounding waters. The project involved 650 hectares (1,606 acres) of reclaimed land adjacent to the existing airport, an area equivalent to about 34 Victoria Parks or 900 standard football pitches. More significantly, some 40 per cent of it sat directly above decades-old mud pits storing...

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Cambodia, Thailand take US$300 billion seabed dispute to UN
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Cambodia, Thailand take US$300 billion seabed dispute to UN

Months after deadly clashes that cost dozens of lives along their shared border, the foreign ministers of Cambodia and Thailand laid out opening arguments on Tuesday over a different kind of territory: 27,000 sq km (10,400 square miles) of seabed thought to hold a fortune in gas and oil. The venue was the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s Singapore office, where the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea’s conciliation commission is being asked to settle who controls a stretch of the...

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Hong Kong visitor arrivals hit post-pandemic monthly high in August
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Hong Kong visitor arrivals hit post-pandemic monthly high in August

Hong Kong recorded its highest monthly number of visitors since the Covid-19 pandemic in August, provisional official figures show, with authorities attributing the surge to a series of international conferences and mega-events. The Hong Kong Tourism Board said on Tuesday that the city received 5.46 million visitors across the month, up by 6 per cent from a year earlier and the highest monthly total since the pandemic. Tourist numbers in the first eight months of the year also rose by 11 per...

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Indonesian finance minister found out about his firing in mid-meeting phone call
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Indonesian finance minister found out about his firing in mid-meeting phone call

Purbaya ⁠Yudhi Sadewa, who was sacked as Indonesia’s finance minister this week, said on Tuesday he was upset to be removed from his job, but was half expecting the decision. President Prabowo Subianto abruptly removed Purbaya as finance minister on Monday and named his deputy, Suahasil Nazara, to the top finance job, in a move that surprised markets but was ‌also seen as an attempt to restore trust in financial policies. After a terse handover ceremony at the finance ministry, Purbaya told...

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Thais stage rare Israel protest; Singapore ministers get pay rise: 7 Asia highlights
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Thais stage rare Israel protest; Singapore ministers get pay rise: 7 Asia highlights

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. ‘Not for sale’: Thais take to streets in rare protest against Israel Hundreds of Thais, led by a veteran political activist, rallied outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok in a rare public protest against a group of foreign nationals. 2. Singapore ministers set for pay..

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Hong Kong’s employment outlook rebounds sharply to 14% in fourth quarter
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Hong Kong’s employment outlook rebounds sharply to 14% in fourth quarter

Hong Kong employers’ hiring sentiment rebounded sharply in the fourth quarter, with far fewer companies expecting to cut jobs as confidence improved alongside stronger economic growth, according to a ManpowerGroup survey. The international human resources firm said the city’s seasonally adjusted net employment outlook rose to 14 per cent, up by 23 percentage points from minus 9 per cent in the third quarter of this year. The outlook is calculated by subtracting the percentage of employers...

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Chinese woman’s search for kind former foreign tutor sparks flood of shared memories
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Chinese woman’s search for kind former foreign tutor sparks flood of shared memories

A Chinese woman’s quest to reconnect with a former foreign teacher who profoundly influenced her outlook on life has sparked a collective online effort to locate him. Wang Yu, a community worker in Shanghai, graduated from East China Normal University in 2005 with a degree in tourism management. Wang informed the SCMP that the teacher, known only as Evans, was an American who taught her an elective English course during her university years. For three years, he selflessly supported her academic.

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Newsom won’t run for US president in 2028 if Harris does
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Newsom won’t run for US president in 2028 if Harris does

California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who is widely considered a contender for the 2028 presidential election, will not enter the race if former US vice-president Kamala Harris runs again, he told CNN in a clip shared on Monday. Newsom made the comment in an interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper, during which the two men are standing knee-deep in a body of water while fishing. “I wouldn’t run if she ran,” Newsom said. He explained that both campaigning would split Democratic votes, which.

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Roche Experience Days 2026: Shaping the global dialogue on healthcare innovation
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Roche Experience Days 2026: Shaping the global dialogue on healthcare innovation

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Healthcare professionals and technology innovators are transforming how diseases are detected, managed, and treated—shifting the focus from simply treating illnesses after they appear to focus on early detection, high-precision diagnostics, and sustainable healthcare systems that put patients first. At the center of this transformation are four major forces reshaping how care is delivered: AI-Driven Innovations &...

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2 socially isolated brothers found dead in Hong Kong flat, no foul play suspected
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2 socially isolated brothers found dead in Hong Kong flat, no foul play suspected

Two brothers in their fifties have been found dead in their Hong Kong flat, police have said, with a source noting that they had social avoidance tendencies and were financially supported by their parents. The exact cause of death has yet to be confirmed by postmortem examinations. No suspicious circumstances had been identified at this stage, the force said on Tuesday. An insider said the bodies were discovered after the men’s elder sister made a police report on Monday. The sister was alerted.

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Price of Epic Fury: Iran war’s toll on US bases, weapons and more
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Price of Epic Fury: Iran war’s toll on US bases, weapons and more

A US government watchdog released its first report on Monday on the impact of the Iran war, acknowledging the military’s advanced weapons shortfalls and offering the first public look at the damage to American aircraft, bases and diplomatic outposts in the Middle East. Much of the information about Operation Epic Fury has been previously reported over the past six months, but the Pentagon inspector general’s report offered the fullest official accounting so far of the conflict’s costs in...

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US throws weight behind Thai submarine cable that skips South China Sea
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US throws weight behind Thai submarine cable that skips South China Sea

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on Monday announced funding for a feasibility study on a new transpacific submarine cable linking the US with Thailand and as many as five other Southeast Asian nations, as Washington seeks to expand secure digital infrastructure in the region. The proposed cable that could extend up to 18,507km (11,500 miles) long would connect Thailand with the United States via Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam, “while avoiding the South...

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Top Singaporean chemist Lu Yixin to join Chinese university EIT next year
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Top Singaporean chemist Lu Yixin to join Chinese university EIT next year

Singapore’s most decorated chemist has confirmed he will leave his present position to join the fledgling Eastern Institute of Technology (EIT) in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, eastern China. Lu Yixin, a professor with the National University of Singapore (NUS), said he planned to move to the private research institute in early 2027, in a full-time role. Lu is a fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science and president of the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry, in addition to his...

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Hong Kong’s MTR Corp announces half-price fares for ‘Thank You Day’ on October 24
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Hong Kong’s MTR Corp announces half-price fares for ‘Thank You Day’ on October 24

Hong Kong’s rail operator will offer half-price fares across its network on October 24, as part of a “Thank You Day”. The MTR Corporation said discounts would apply to Octopus and JoyYou card users on its railway, Light Rail and bus services in the northwestern New Territories, as well as to QR code ticket holders on the heavy rail network. Cross-border journeys to and from Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau stations on the East Rail line will also be covered. Passengers can combine the half-price discount..

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Malaysian mother honours slain daughter Yap Shing Xuen’s memory
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Malaysian mother honours slain daughter Yap Shing Xuen’s memory

The mother of Malaysian schoolgirl Yap Shing Xuen has shared a moving tribute to her late daughter, who was stabbed to death nearly a year ago in a school toilet. On Monday, the Shah Alam High Court found Yap’s attacker, who was 14 at the time, not guilty of her murder on the grounds of insanity. Medical testimony accepted by the court established that the boy had severe undiagnosed schizophrenia since the age of nine. He was ordered into psychiatric confinement, where he will remain...

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Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan to set goals, not alter economic system: John Lee
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Hong Kong’s first 5-year plan to set goals, not alter economic system: John Lee

Hong Kong’s first five-year plan will include both binding and aspirational targets, the city’s leader has said, stressing that the long-term blueprint does not signal a move towards a planned economy. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu also revealed on Tuesday that the plan, which will be unveiled alongside his annual policy address the following day, would feature a blue cover symbolising “blue skies”, openness, progress and steadiness. “There will be indicators which are binding and indicators.

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Citigroup hires veteran banker Sophia Wang to lead China institutional sales
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Citigroup hires veteran banker Sophia Wang to lead China institutional sales

Citigroup has appointed veteran banker Sophia Wang as a managing director and head of China financial-institutional sales and senior relationship management (SRM), marking the latest move by the Wall Street lender to deepen its footprint in mainland capital markets despite ongoing geopolitical friction. Wang joined the bank on Tuesday, according to an internal staff memo. Based in Shanghai, she will oversee institutional sales coverage across rates, spread products, foreign exchange, commodities

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Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste in world first
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Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste in world first

China has launched a 500-tonne production line to extract rubidium and caesium from lithium waste. A demonstration line in Jiangxi province – the world’s first with an annual capacity of 500 tonnes for continuous tower extraction and separation of low-grade rubidium and caesium – has achieved stable production, according to the Institute of Process Engineering under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Rubidium and caesium are critical to aerospace, quantum computing, biomedicine, new energy..

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Hong Kong leader vows accountability over faulty lifts at Queen Mary Hospital
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Hong Kong leader vows accountability over faulty lifts at Queen Mary Hospital

Hong Kong authorities will hold construction firms and government personnel accountable for faulty lift installation work at Queen Mary Hospital’s new block, the city’s leader has said, as he tasked the Development Bureau with submitting a report within a month. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Tuesday that the problem should be rectified “very, very quickly”, adding that he had instructed the bureau, which had given him a preliminary briefing, to “thoroughly investigate the matter and..

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Air quality across Singapore reaches unhealthy levels from Indonesian wildfires
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Air quality across Singapore reaches unhealthy levels from Indonesian wildfires

Singapore was shrouded in haze on Tuesday, with smoke from wildfires in neighbouring Indonesia raising island-wide pollution to levels that pose a health risk. All five regions of the city state recorded unhealthy air quality levels, the first time that has happened since September 2019, according to the National Environment Agency. Singapore’s air currently ranks among the 10 most polluted cities in the world, according to IQAir data, with the capitals of Malaysia and Indonesia also among the..

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‘I just need an answer’: widow haunted by husband’s shooting seeks inquest
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‘I just need an answer’: widow haunted by husband’s shooting seeks inquest

Two years after her armed, mentally ill husband was fatally shot by a Hong Kong police officer, Mrs Li is still waiting to learn whether a death inquest will be held. On September 15, 2024, she called police when her 38-year-old husband, who had a history of mental illness, attacked his elderly mother and her at their North Point home. Officers wielding shields arrived and found the man holding a 30cm (11.8-inch) knife and a pair of scissors. Little did Mrs Li, who preferred to be identified by.

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Singapore jails armed Malaysian gang for US$3.9 million ‘lightning heist’ at bungalow
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Singapore jails armed Malaysian gang for US$3.9 million ‘lightning heist’ at bungalow

After learning that a woman regularly hosted high-stakes poker games at her home in Singapore’s affluent Bukit Timah area, two men plotted to rob the house, recruiting a group of people from Malaysia and conducting surveillance before carrying out the plan. Prosecutors said seven men entered the King Albert Park good class bungalow in the early hours of April 18, 2024, in a “lightning heist”, some of them armed with machetes and baseball bats. They tied up the people inside and stole about S$4.9

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Philippine VP’s impeachment trial heats up as unexplained wealth takes centre stage
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Philippine VP’s impeachment trial heats up as unexplained wealth takes centre stage

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s impeachment trial entered a politically explosive new phase on Monday as prosecutors turned to allegations of unexplained wealth in proceedings that could end her term and bar her from a possible presidential run in 2028. The Senate hearing opened its 24th day with congressmen serving as House prosecutors beginning to tackle the third of four impeachment charges against Duterte-Carpio, whose legal troubles have intensified alongside her...

11 hours ago
Why Hong Kong’s economic future still hinges on national security
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Why Hong Kong’s economic future still hinges on national security

In any conversation about Hong Kong’s future, one question often emerges: when will the city pivot away from national security and back to economic development? To most, Hong Kong is fundamentally a commercial hub. After the turmoil of 2019, most reasonable people agreed that restoring public order was imperative. Today, the orchestrators of that unrest and the radicals are largely imprisoned or have fled. While occasional flare-ups and various forms of “soft resistance” persist, society at...

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Chinese students ‘eating homework’ to relieve exam stress draws amused public reactions
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Chinese students ‘eating homework’ to relieve exam stress draws amused public reactions

Children in China are embracing the trend of consuming “homework” made from rice paper as a way to alleviate their heavy study burdens, raising concerns regarding food safety. Recently, a snack called “homework” has gained viral popularity among primary and secondary school students. These snacks resemble miniature versions of Chinese textbooks and workbooks, but they are marketed as entirely edible. On China’s e-commerce platforms, these edible workbooks are priced at less than 0.50 yuan (7.5..

12 hours ago
Japanese delegations flock to China, but thaw hinges on Takaichi mending ties
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Japanese delegations flock to China, but thaw hinges on Takaichi mending ties

With bilateral ties in a deep freeze since late last year, a flurry of planned China visits by Japanese lawmakers and business leaders has been interpreted as an attempt to break the ice ahead of November’s Apec summit in China. However, analysts warned that these efforts to carve out a diplomatic opening with Beijing might not achieve much unless Tokyo sends a clearer signal to mend ties from the very top. Relations reached their lowest point in a decade following Japanese Prime Minister Sanae.

12 hours ago
Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after 3-month health absence
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Mitch McConnell returns to US Senate after 3-month health absence

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the Capitol on ⁠Monday after a three-month absence spent recuperating from a fall ⁠in his Washington home that had raised questions about his fitness to serve in Congress. “I must admit. After two years of – decades, actually – dodging your questions, I wasn’t sure how many of you would be here today. But I’m glad ‌to see you. Time to get back to work, finish the job for this Congress,” the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican told reporters from a...

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Hong Kong’s next policy address is just around the corner. Here’s what to expect
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Hong Kong’s next policy address is just around the corner. Here’s what to expect

Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu’s coming policy address will introduce measures to remove hurdles for businesses setting up shop in the Northern Metropolis and include proactive initiatives to strengthen innovation hubs, research efforts and tech applications, the South China Morning Post has learned. Government sources said measures supporting the megaproject in the northern New Territories and backing innovation were expected to be major highlights of the chief executive’s policy address on.

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US Supreme Court blocks Trump mail ballot restrictions before midterms
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

US Supreme Court blocks Trump mail ballot restrictions before midterms

The US Supreme Court dealt a major blow Monday to President Donald Trump’s attempts to restrict mail-in voting before the November midterm elections, denying his request to lift an order halting the divisive plan. Only two of the six conservative justices on the nine-member panel offered a dissent. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in a concurring opinion with the majority, said Trump’s plan may ultimately be legal in the long run, but “state and local election officials do not have sufficient time to...

13 hours ago
Iceland’s whaling ban plan threatens to leave Japan alone in defending industry
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Iceland’s whaling ban plan threatens to leave Japan alone in defending industry

Iceland’s move towards a whaling ban could leave Japan more exposed than ever as it defends an industry critics say relies on public money, political symbolism and a shrinking domestic appetite for whale meat. The Icelandic government has announced plans to submit a bill early next year to end whaling – a step that would leave Japan and Norway as the world’s only two nations still carrying out commercial hunts. For environmental campaigners, the move has renewed hopes that Japan will no longer..

13 hours ago
China targets offshore operations of brokerages in crackdown on pay loopholes, corruption
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

China targets offshore operations of brokerages in crackdown on pay loopholes, corruption

China’s securities regulator and its industry body are moving to close compensation loopholes for brokerage management and staff, extending anti-corruption oversight to overseas operations for the first time, as Beijing pushes the sector to build world-class investment banks. The Securities Association of China, a self-regulatory body under the supervision of the regulator, recently sent brokerages a revised draft of its rules on “clean practices”, seeking industry feedback by September 29,...

13 hours ago
Ukraine says ready for ‘de-escalatory steps’ if Russia does same
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Ukraine says ready for ‘de-escalatory steps’ if Russia does same

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Ukraine was ready to de-escalate the war with Russia if its rival did the same, after US President Donald Trump announced that the foes had agreed to end strikes on energy targets. With international oil prices climbing again, Trump had at the weekend berated Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries, blaming them for causing a shortage in diesel fuel. In one of his surprise social media posts, the US leader announced on Monday that “Ukraine has...

14 hours ago
Huawei’s US trial puts jury to the test amid China, Iran links
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Huawei’s US trial puts jury to the test amid China, Iran links

The unique circumstances surrounding Huawei Technologies’ landmark trial in a US court made jury selection especially important to ensuring a fair trial for the Chinese tech giant, according to US litigation experts. Known as voir dire, the process allows the presiding judge and two legal teams to question prospective jurors before the trial begins to identify possible bias and conflicts that could impede their ability to adjudicate the case in a “fair and impartial” way. Richard Gabriel,...

14 hours ago
Oil tanker has exploded in Strait of Hormuz, says Iran’s IRGC
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Oil tanker has exploded in Strait of Hormuz, says Iran’s IRGC

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said late on Monday that an oil tanker had struck a sea mine and exploded in the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker El Gaia was travelling along the southern route through the strait, which was mined by Iran, state broadcaster IRIB reported, citing the IRGC. The entire vessel went up in flames following the detonation of the mine, it said. The US military rejected that account. “The Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia was struck by an Iranian missile last.

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Beijing threatens ‘serious consequences’ after Panama lawmakers support Taiwan
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Beijing threatens ‘serious consequences’ after Panama lawmakers support Taiwan

China has warned Panama of “serious consequences” after most of the country’s lawmakers set up a parliamentary exchange group with Taiwan, defying pressure from Beijing’s embassy and a public disavowal by their own president. The warning came from foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun, who said on Monday that the group seriously violated the one-China principle upheld by Panama and urged what he called “those few politicians” to “see the real picture”. Beijing had noted the Panamanian...

16 hours ago
The classic Chinese parenting playbook won’t survive the AI age
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

The classic Chinese parenting playbook won’t survive the AI age

Like many Hong Kong parents, Ms Ng spends her weekend shuttling her eight-year-old son from one tutoring class to another across the city, hoping to strengthen his academic performance. Across Chinese communities worldwide, parents travel the same journey, investing time, money and energy. But as we enter the age of artificial intelligence, we must ask if such striving is still worthwhile. Industry leaders predict that AI will replace swathes of white-collar work in finance, law, accounting and.

16 hours ago
US has weapons deployed in orbit, Space Force says
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

US has weapons deployed in orbit, Space Force says

The United States has weapons deployed in space, the US Space Force said on Monday, confirming the presence of such capabilities in orbit for the first time. “The US has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action,” a US Space Force spokesperson said in a statement that did not provide specifics on the weapons. “Space control encapsulates the mission areas required to contest and control the space domain – employing kinetic and non-kinetic

16 hours ago
Prince Harry’s children moving to new school after just 2 days over security concerns
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Prince Harry’s children moving to new school after just 2 days over security concerns

The children of Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife ⁠Meghan are to swap ⁠schools after just two days because of ⁠concerns over the security of transporting them, the couple’s spokesperson said on Monday. Last month Harry, the younger son of King Charles, and his family relocated to Britain after six years of living in California, with Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, starting ‌school in September. The location of their new home and details of the children’s school have been kept

16 hours ago
UN Security Council to hold meeting on AI amid international concern
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

UN Security Council to hold meeting on AI amid international concern

The UN Security Council will hold a meeting on artificial intelligence next week amid growing international concern over the threat from the fast-moving technology, a French diplomatic source said on Monday. The meeting would be held during the United Nations General Assembly when a host of world leaders are at the UN headquarters in New York and France holds the rotating presidency of the security council. No details were given on the exact day. “In terms of global affairs, the issue of AI will

17 hours ago
Bob Mackie, who dressed stars from Cher to Whoopi Goldberg and Pink, dies at 87
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Bob Mackie, who dressed stars from Cher to Whoopi Goldberg and Pink, dies at 87

Bob Mackie, the fashion designer whose visually provocative Hollywood style defined glamour for the 1970s – including putting Carol Burnett in some of her kookiest get-ups and Cher in her raciest ones – died on Monday. He was 87. “He lived his 87 years to the fullest, fulfilling his dream of being a Fashion and Costume Designer, which is all he ever wanted to do,” read a statement on his social media accounts. Mackie died in Palm Springs, California, from pneumonia, his publicist said. Dubbed...

17 hours ago
Israeli army chief orders legal review of Gaza war documentary NAZA
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Israeli army chief orders legal review of Gaza war documentary NAZA

Israel’s top military officer on Monday ordered lawyers to examine steps against the filmmakers behind the Gaza war documentary NAZA that took the jury’s special prize at the Venice Film Festival. Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir instructed the military prosecutor to “examine and advance possible legal measures concerning the film and those involved in it”, the military posted on social media. The statement cited “the spread of false claims about soldiers of the Israeli army as well as...

19 hours ago
Trump Jnr’s wife says Russian oligarch paid for nuptial parties but not the actual wedding
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Trump Jnr’s wife says Russian oligarch paid for nuptial parties but not the actual wedding

US President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law said a Russian oligarch paid for “two incredible nights of celebration” in the Bahamas after her wedding to Donald Trump Jnr but was not involved in the actual nuptials, amid fresh ethics questions involving the first family. The couple had a private marriage ceremony on a Friday in May, Bettina Trump wrote in an Instagram post, and then a celebration the following weekend in the Bahamas. That second event, which had been planned before the wedding...

19 hours ago
UK’s unity threatened by pact between Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
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UK’s unity threatened by pact between Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

The leaders of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland signed a pact on Monday that threatens to lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom. The first ministers of the three semi-autonomous regions of the UK told Prime Minister Andy Burnham and his government to prepare for constitutional change and that their future lies with the European Union. “For people watching across these islands – for people watching around the world – there could be no clearer sign that Westminster’s time is coming to an.

20 hours ago
British man admits drugging and raping wife over more than 2 decades
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

British man admits drugging and raping wife over more than 2 decades

A British man on ⁠Monday admitted ⁠repeatedly drugging and ⁠raping his wife at their home over more than two decades, just before his trial was about to begin. The man - from northern England ‌who is in his 60s but cannot be named as it would identify his wife who is entitled to lifelong anonymity – pleaded guilty at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court to 45 charges, having ⁠previously admitted 15 offences. The man has now admitted charges including ‌21 counts of rape, 15 counts of assault by

20 hours ago
German intelligence report warns of rising Chinese, Russian spy threat
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

German intelligence report warns of rising Chinese, Russian spy threat

Germany’s military counter-intelligence agency, known as MAD, has warned of a growing threat from hybrid attacks and the use of recruited contract agents, or low-level agents, saying Germany is a “prioritised target of Russian espionage activities”. According to the agency’s annual report released on Monday, it cited Germany’s geostrategic position in Europe and Nato the expansion of the Bundeswehr and the introduction of new weapons systems as reasons for the heightened targeting. “The hybrid..

20 hours ago
HKMU powers ahead with new Shenzhen Research Institute
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

HKMU powers ahead with new Shenzhen Research Institute

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is strengthening its research footprint in the Greater Bay Area with the establishment of its Shenzhen Research Institute, a platform designed to help bridge industry, academia and research and translate research into real-world impact. Prof. Ricky Kwok Yu-kwong, Vice President (Research and Institutional Advancement) of HKMU, says the Institute is positioned to be the...

21 hours ago
Trump condemns ‘sick conspiracy’ against AI, says he is only guardrail needed
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Trump condemns ‘sick conspiracy’ against AI, says he is only guardrail needed

US President Donald Trump downplayed growing concerns about artificial intelligence on Monday, claiming America already has guardrails to regulate the industry and warning that casting doubt on development only benefits China. “The only control or ‘guardrails’ ‌that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” Trump wrote on social media. “We already have tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these ⁠companies! There is a SICK conspiracy going.

22 hours ago
Brics leaders act to hedge – not revolt – against US dollar dominance
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Brics leaders act to hedge – not revolt – against US dollar dominance

The family photograph did the political work the summit’s final declaration could not. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood shoulder to shoulder as the Brics summit closed in New Delhi on Sunday – a single frame capturing an 11-nation bloc that now spans four continents and nearly half the world’s population. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres attended the gathering of emerging economies.

22 hours ago
Singapore’s Chan Chun Sing to visit China, speak at defence forum
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Singapore’s Chan Chun Sing to visit China, speak at defence forum

Singapore’s Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing is set to visit China from Tuesday to Thursday at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun and will speak at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum for the second consecutive year. His visit comes as defence analysts tell This Week in Asia that ties with Beijing are important for the city state’s balancing strategy with Washington. Singapore and the United States are close strategic partners with deep defence cooperation. Singapore’s defence ministry...

23 hours ago
Hong Kong district councillor remanded in custody after underage sex conviction
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Hong Kong district councillor remanded in custody after underage sex conviction

A Hong Kong court has remanded a district councillor in custody pending sentence after convicting him of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl 15 years ago, rejecting his claim that the allegation was politically motivated. Yuen Long District Council member Sei Chun-hing, 39, is set to become the first elected officer to face imprisonment for a criminal offence since a Beijing-led electoral overhaul in 2021, which ensured only those endorsed by authorities as “patriotic” can assume public...

23 hours ago
Foundation collects tributes to Hong Kong’s Tung Chee-hwa for online memorial
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Foundation collects tributes to Hong Kong’s Tung Chee-hwa for online memorial

The China-United States Exchange Foundation has launched a permanent tribute webpage to Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong’s first chief executive, and collected more than 100 reflections from political and business heavyweights around the world. The foundation, established by Tung in 2008, said the webpage, which launched on Monday, included tributes from Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and Max Baucus, former United States ambassador to China. “This permanent tribute not only placemarks his remarkable...

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Chinese researchers chart 5-stage path toward ‘last AI built by humans’
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Chinese researchers chart 5-stage path toward ‘last AI built by humans’

Researchers from China’s leading universities and tech giants are setting their sights on a crucial new front in the AI race with the US: developing systems capable of building better versions of themselves without human intervention. In a joint paper published on Thursday, researchers from ByteDance, Tsinghua University and the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, among others, outlined a five-stage road map for recursive self-improvement (RSI). The study, titled “The Last AI Built by..

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Man arrested over alleged HK$2.8 million Hong Kong school admission scam
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Man arrested over alleged HK$2.8 million Hong Kong school admission scam

A man has been arrested for allegedly defrauding an education consultant out of nearly HK$3 million (US$382,500) by claiming he could secure dozens of places at a Hong Kong school, the South China Morning Post has learned. A police source said on Monday that the suspect, a 51-year-old Hongkonger who claimed to be a businessman, had signed a contract with a 45-year-old woman working as an education consultant on March 1, 2024, claiming he could provide dozens of places at a “Kiangsu-Chekiang...

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South Africa road accident kills at least 21 people
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

South Africa road accident kills at least 21 people

Two minibus taxis collided head-on, and an SUV crashed into them on one of South Africa’s main highways, killing at least 21 people and leaving four others seriously injured, authorities said on Monday. The crash on Sunday night in the Western Cape Province took place between the small towns of Prince Albert and Leeu-Gamka, around 380km (235 miles) east of Cape Town, according to the Road Traffic Management Corporation, or RTMC, the national traffic agency. The collision involved two Toyota...

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Can Trump’s White House ballroom top China’s vast Great Hall of the People?
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Can Trump’s White House ballroom top China’s vast Great Hall of the People?

President Donald Trump’s claim that the new White House ballroom will top China’s Great Hall of the People has thrust the Beijing landmark back into the spotlight just as Chinese President Xi Jinping prepares for his US visit later this month. Speaking at a Republican midterm convention in Dallas last week, Trump described the Great Hall of the People – China’s most prestigious venue for legislative and ceremonial events – as “a serious hall”. “This is a very large hall, but we’re going to top..

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Southeast Asia weighs energy transition amid LNG supply crunch
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Hong Kong, HK · South China Morning Post

Southeast Asia weighs energy transition amid LNG supply crunch

Energy ministers and executives met in Bangkok on Monday to discuss the prolonged price increase for liquefied natural gas (LNG) triggered by the Iran war, with Southeast Asia’s growth ambitions and climate goals on the line as the cost of powering economies shifting to artificial intelligence soars. On the first day of Gastech 2026, one of the world’s largest energy conferences, policymakers implored pragmatism over net-zero targets and closer cooperation to ensure affordable LNG supplies,...

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