‘Ramadan slap’ in Malaysia goes viral as social media responds with satire
Malaysian social media users are having a field day over a viral episode of an elderly Malay man slapping a non-Muslim for eating in...
Google moves search service out of mainland China in 2010 – from SCMP archive
This article was first published on March 22, 2010 ‘Great Firewall’ unmoved by Google’s action Google’s decision to move its simplified-Chinese search service to...
India had a US$23 billion plan to lure firms away from China. It flopped
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has decided to let lapse a US$23 billion programme to incentivise domestic manufacturing, just four years after it...
Hong Kong man gets 5 years, 8 months jail for slashing ex-wife in her sleep
Published: 3:22pm, 21 Mar 2025Updated: 3:45pm, 21 Mar 2025 An elderly man has been jailed for five years and eight months for slashing his...
Turnbull’s AUKUS Submarine Concerns Sunk by US Congressman Joe Courtney
Joe Courtney, former Chair and now ranking member of an influential Congressional subcommittee, says bipartisan support for AUKUS is ‘quite extraordinary.’ Former Australian Prime...
Closer China-Iran ties could provoke US into ‘harsher’ response on nuclear issue, analysts say
Analysts expect that Washington will ramp up pressure on Tehran in response to last week’s trilateral nuclear talks between China, Iran and Russia –...
Hong Kong heritage on display at Kai Tak Sports Park’s debut cultural festival
A week-long cultural festival has debuted at Hong Kong’s newly minted Kai Tak Sports Park, featuring installations by renowned artists and various programmes, coinciding...
China’s premier tells foreign trade enterprises to be ready to ‘combat storms’
Premier Li Qiang has called on China’s foreign trade enterprises to enhance their “ability to combat storms” amid mounting external challenges linked to increased...
Malaysian ‘budgie smuggler’ caught on camera stuffing Labubu toys down his shorts
A Malaysian man has given a whole new meaning to the Australian term “budgie smugglers”, after the serial shoplifter was caught on camera stuffing...