Brazil’s Bolsonaro charged in alleged coup plot that included plan to poison Lula
Brazil’s prosecutor-general on Tuesday formally charged former president Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, in...
Quantum leaps? The good and bad news about the next big thing in computing
In the third instalment of his exclusive monthly series for the South China Morning Post, American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek discusses...
Judge Temporarily Blocks CIA Officer Firings Tied to DEI
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the CIA from firing 11 officers placed on leave over their roles in DEIA programs. A federal judge...
HSBC pre-tax profit climbs 6.6% to $32.2bn; plans $1.5bn cost savings by end of 2026
February 19, 2025 HSBC’s profit before tax (PBT) climbed by $2 billion to $32.3 billion for the financial year ending December 31, 2024, according...
Canadian investigators recover black boxes from Toronto airport plane wreckage
Canadian investigators said on Tuesday they sent black boxes for lab analysis from a Delta Air Lines regional jet that flipped upside down upon...
Vietnam’s US$8 billion railway to China gets the go ahead
Published: 10:44am, 19 Feb 2025Updated: 10:46am, 19 Feb 2025 Vietnam’s parliament on Wednesday approved plans for an US$8 billion rail link from its largest...
‘Gulf of America’ spat: Trump doubles down on barring AP from Oval Office, Air Force One
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would keep restricting Associated Press access to the White House until the news agency obeyed his order...
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party holds press briefing as fate hangs in the balance
Published: 10:12am, 19 Feb 2025Updated: 10:47am, 19 Feb 2025 Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once the largest force in the city’s opposition camp, will decide...