France rocked as girl, 11, stabbed to death in woodland
Published: 9:09pm, 10 Feb 2025Updated: 10:06pm, 10 Feb 2025 An 11-year-old schoolgirl was found murdered in a wood south of Paris over the weekend,...
Hong Kong groups, subdivided-flat tenants seek changes to proposed regulations
Advocacy groups and tenants have urged Hong Kong authorities to adjust proposals for regulating below-standard subdivided flats, calling for bigger minimum sizes and permanent...
Turkey’s Erdogan in Malaysia: Israel must rebuild Gaza at cost of US$100 billion
Published: 9:02pm, 10 Feb 2025Updated: 9:34pm, 10 Feb 2025 Israel must pay the full US$100 billion cost of rebuilding Gaza after destroying the territory,...
Lung cancer in never-smokers, right-sizing China’s economy: SCMP daily highlights
Published: 9:00pm, 10 Feb 2025Updated: 9:30pm, 10 Feb 2025 Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories of the day. If...
Alibaba’s Qwen AI models enable low-cost DeepSeek alternatives from Stanford, Berkeley
The race to produce the cheapest top-performing artificial intelligence (AI) model is heating up with a new reasoning model from US computer scientists, including...
Hong Kong Marathon controversy: what happened and how to ensure fairness
Published: 8:46pm, 10 Feb 2025Updated: 10:47pm, 10 Feb 2025 A major marathon in Hong Kong was embroiled in controversy on Sunday after the organiser...
Why China’s not in a rush to make trade concessions to Trump
Last week, US President Donald Trump suspended punitive tariffs on Canada and Mexico, following commitments from both countries’ presidents to deploy thousands of troops...
Sweden confirms identity of gunman in nation’s worst mass shooting
Published: 8:08pm, 10 Feb 2025Updated: 8:31pm, 10 Feb 2025 The identity of the suspected gunman in Sweden’s worst ever mass shooting has been confirmed,...
Chinese Banquets Are Crazy, With Pickled Mustard and Instant Noodles on the Table, Quickly Grabbed
Have you ever been to such a bizarre banquet? Peanuts, pickled vegetables, even instant noodles… they were all served as dishes. Whatever dish came...