Overseas judges leaving top Hong Kong court ‘only natural’: ex-justice chief
Published: 7:38pm, 9 Jun 2025Updated: 7:51pm, 9 Jun 2025 The recent departure of several overseas judges from Hong Kong’s top court was “only natural”...
Philippine senators split over legality of delaying Duterte’s impeachment trial
Mounting calls from legal scholars, civil society and protest groups are putting the Philippine Senate under pressure to launch an impeachment trial against Vice-President...
Why Trump’s nuclear export controls won’t stop China, may hurt US firms: analysts
China’s nuclear ambitions may face a slight setback from Washington’s reported export restrictions on power plant components, but Beijing will press ahead with its...
China backs Mekong pollution probe after reports point finger at mining firms
China’s embassy in Thailand said it was “closely monitoring” the situation after claims that heavy metal pollution in northern Thai rivers was linked to...
Malaysia faces searing heatwave as temperatures hit high of 37 degrees
Published: 7:15pm, 9 Jun 2025Updated: 7:27pm, 9 Jun 2025 Malaysia is bracing for another heatwave with temperatures topping 37 degrees Celsius in certain areas...
BYD Self-Ignites While Being Repaired, Malaysian Drivers Angered as Highway Stalls Without Warning
On June 6th, a video showing an EV spontaneously catching fire inside a workshop began circulating widely on Chinese social media. Viewers quickly identified...
Hong Kong backs start-ups at VivaTech show in push for European market
Hong Kong is making its presence known at a major tech conference in Paris this week, as the city looks to forge closer business...
From quasiparticles to quasi-worlds, and the possibilities for quantum research
In the sixth instalment of his exclusive monthly series for the South China Morning Post, American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek asks...
Hong Kong moves to curb ‘abuse’ of traffic accident compensation
Published: 6:56pm, 9 Jun 2025Updated: 9:11pm, 9 Jun 2025 Lawmakers have supported a proposal by the Hong Kong government to significantly reduce the number...