Donald Trump and the Chinese foreign minister have congratulated both sides on ending months of border clashes. Since the first flare-up in May, the conflict has killed dozens and displaced hundreds o...
Competition from Alibaba and JD.com for fast-growing instant retail market has hit the Beijing-based group...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Hong Kong Insurance Authority is proposing new capital rules. ✓ Rules include risk charges on crypto assets. ...
Iran executed at least 1,500 people last year, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights group said on Thursday, in what it called an “unprecedented” hike in the use of capital punishment. “It is very alarmi...
On December 16, Chinese President Xi Jinping, on receiving a work report from Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu, said the city should proactively align with the country’s 15th five-year plan ...
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...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Bari Weiss, editor-in-chief of CBS News, censored a 60 Minutes segment about men deported to an El Salvador prison. ✓ The...
Speaking in a New Year address to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country wanted the nearly four-year war with Russia to end – but not at any cost. "My signature will ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Ghana legalizes cryptocurrency trading and activities. ✓ Central bank is authorized to regulate the sector. ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Archivists posted the 60 Minutes CECOT segment. ✓ The segment was killed by Bari Weiss. ✓ Publica...
📋 Key Facts ✓ At least 70,669 Palestinians killed since October 2023 ✓ 171,165 Palestinians wounded in the same period ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Argentina’s libertarian leader Javier Milei seeks tax and labour overhaul after midterm victory ✓ Milei’s ‘chainsaw’ mini...
2026 will test his limits and the extent of America’s pushback...
Tel Aviv skyline. Elisa Schu/picture alliance via Getty Images Staff at multinational tech firms in Israel are increasingly seeking to relocate abroad, a new report says. The report found 53% of firms...
As bombs fell and famine took hold, Samir Mansour kept delivering books...
Attack targeting separatists set to deepen tensions between kingdom and Gulf neighbour...
The people, funds and institutions behind the emirate’s staggering rise to riches...
Crisis has laid bare the increasingly fraught relations between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi...
2025 was the year of tariffs and a global shift in economic power....
Ukrainian president to meet Canadian PM and call European leaders before travelling to US...