German activists claim victory in case against Musk’s X, ahead of election
Published: 9:08pm, 7 Feb 2025Updated: 9:10pm, 7 Feb 2025 Elon Musk’s social media platform X must release information enabling researchers to track the spread...
China’s trade blacklist, tracking underwater military vessels: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting,...
Maritime rivals China and Brunei vow to work together on oil and gas in disputed waters
China and Brunei have pledged to work together on oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea, though a Chinese analyst noted that...
Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ vision adds to the global climate nightmare
Amid the rumpus US President Donald Trump has created with his shock-and-awe, bull-in-a-China-shop diplomacy, his assault on already fraught efforts to contain the climate...
EU hails end of Russia ‘blackmail’ as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, cut power links
Published: 8:16pm, 7 Feb 2025Updated: 8:42pm, 7 Feb 2025 The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Friday that the impending disconnection of...
Temu and Shein Cry Out as the US Imposes 10% Tariffs on China and Ends Small-Package Exemptions
US President Trump has ordered a 10% tariff increase on Chinese goods, starting February 4. This executive order is aimed at pressuring Beijing to...
DeepSeek warns of fake social media accounts as AI app’s popularity soars
DeepSeek is fighting a surge in fake social media accounts and websites pretending to be linked to the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, as...
‘Made in China 2025’ puts US at risk of ‘losing next industrial revolution’, panel told
Beijing’s progress in implementing its “Made in China 2025” (MIC2025) strategy for industrial modernisation over the past decade is raising fresh alarms in Washington,...
Nearly all USAID staff to be laid off: US media
The Trump administration plans to reduce the number of staff at the US government’s giant humanitarian agency USAID to fewer than 300 people from...