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, ple...
Amazon is pushing forward with its own brand of chips called Trainium. Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services Amazon says that some employees stranded in India due to visa delays can work re...
In the wake of the US military’s dramatic capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, President Trump and his top advisers have made increasingly explicit that their next focus could be Greenland,...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Federal Communications Commission banned new foreign-made drones from import into the US unless recommended by the Department of Defense or D...
The long-standing alliance between the US and Canada experienced a challenging year after the Trump administration imposed tariffs on the northern neighbor. Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI The long-sta...
As usual, 2025 was a year of deep congressional dysfunction in the US. But state legislatures were passing laws that govern everything from AI to social media to the right to repair. Many of these law...
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA - JUNE 24: U.S. Navy sailors stand along the deck as they prepare for the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to depart from the Naval Station Norfolk on June 24, 2025, in Norfolk, V...
The UK is bringing a law into force that makes creating non-consensual intimate deepfake images, like the ones that have proliferated on X because of the Grok AI chatbot, a criminal offense, as report...
Patria's CAVS 6x6 was built in Finland, a country known for building systems that can perform in brutal arctic conditions. Patria European NATO countries have been flocking to an armored vehicle progr...
Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images; Mateusz Slodkowski; Alyssa Powell/BI It certainly looks like an insider may have cashed in big by betting on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's American-orchestra...
The US Army has several special operations forces. Delta Force is among its most elite. US Army A US operation infiltrated the home of Venezuela's president and captured him and his wife. A highly eli...
"Will there be uncertainty? Will there be economic challenges? Of course," said Sen. Ted Cruz. AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr. The debate over whether we're in an AI bubble continues to rage. That de...
A US Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules transport aircraft takes off from Puerto Rico on Saturday. Eva Marie Uzcategui/REUTERS The US military staged an audacious operation to capture Venezuelan President ...
Melting Arctic ice around Greenland opens new shipping routes and intensifies US competition with Russia and China, Trump has said. imageBROKER/Olaf Krüger/Getty Images Trump's renewed talks to annex ...
Crypto majors are mostly flat ahead of today’s supreme court opinion on the trump tariffs; btc +1% at $90,300; eth 13% at $3,090, sol +3% at $138; xrp +1% to $2.10. Polygon (+11%), zec (+11%) and syru...
Powell typically abstains from directly engaging with Trump's personal attacks. Al Drago/Getty Images Chair Jerome Powell released a rare video after he said the Fed had received grand jury subpoenas....
Smoke rises from Port of La Guaira after the US strike on Venezuela. Jesus Vargas/Getty Images Trump addressed the US strike and raid on Venezuela during a press conference in Florida. He said the US ...
President Donald Trump, speaks accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, during a NORAD, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Tracks Santa Operation call at his Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday, Dec. 24...
Crowds gather in Caracas following news that the US captured Venezuela's President Maduro. Jeampier Arguinzones/picture alliance via Getty Images Following the US strike in Venezuela and capture of Pr...
Charles Myers, chairman of Signum Global Advisors, told Business Insider that foreign investment in oil, tourism, and construction will be the "centerpiece" of Venezuela's recovery over the co...