China billionaire gifts cash to hometown villagers as thanks for education funds decades ago
Chinese billionaire Richard Liu Qiangdong has moved villagers in his hometown in eastern China by saying that he would distribute gifts to them again....
Former Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam ‘welcomes’ cost-saving office relocation
Published: 1:52pm, 13 Jan 2025Updated: 1:54pm, 13 Jan 2025 Former Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has said she welcomes the relocation of...
Numerous historic landmarks lost in Los Angeles wildfires
Will Rogers’ ranch home. Pasadena Waldorf School. Robert Bridges House. The Bunny Museum. Andrew McNally House. Theatre Palisades. The Zane Grey Estate. Advertisement The...
Meghan Markle’s Netflix show delayed as LA fires bring chaos to film and TV productions
A new Netflix series starring Meghan Markle, the actress wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, has been delayed because of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires,...
Crocodile attack kills 5-year-old girl in Indonesia
The body of a five-year-old girl was recovered in Indonesia’s Bangka-Belitung Islands on Sunday, hours after she was reportedly snatched by a saltwater crocodile....
Trudeau Broaches His Dinner With Trump, Retaliatory Tariffs, Anti-Incumbency Trend in MSNBC Interview
“[Annexation] actually sort of came up at one point, and then we started musing back and forth about this,” Trudeau told Jen Psaki. Prime...
Landmark Japan-Philippines troop deployment pact nears the finish line
For the first time since World War II, Japanese forces may soon set foot on Philippine soil. But before that historic moment, Tokyo’s foreign...
Zelenskyy Says He’s Ready to Exchange North Korean Soldiers for Ukrainians Held in Russia
KYIV—Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday Kyiv is ready to hand over North Korean soldiers to their leader Kim Jong Un if he...
US ‘risks electronic warfare’ with China, Malaysia drug deaths: 5 weekend reads you missed
Advertisement SCMP Highlights World From Hong Kong sending task force to Thailand to why Snakes may have unlucky year, here are five stories you...