25% of Hong Kong employers plan to cut staff in next quarter: survey
About 25 per cent of Hong Kong employers plan to cut staff in the next quarter, according to a human resources company’s survey, as...
DeepSeek rival MiniMax says its first AI reasoning model halves compute of R1
Shanghai-based artificial intelligence (AI) start-up MiniMax has launched an open-source reasoning model that it said requires just half the computing resources of rival DeepSeek’s...
Trump breaks with G7 stance, Nvidia to attend China expo: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider...
‘Donald Is Right’: EU Chief Agrees With Trump on China Trade Concerns
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that U.S. President Donald Trump is right about broken trade rules and warned that China’s...
Trump Says He Wants a Real End to Iran’s Nuclear Program, Not a Cease-Fire
President Donald Trump said on Monday that his early departure from the G7 summit in Canada was due to a matter “much bigger” than...
How do the US robot dogs in Trump’s military parade stack up against China’s?
The US Army showed robot dogs during the 250th anniversary parade in Washington on Saturday, in a future-focused segment showcasing its pursuit of technological...
8 ex-Hong Kong hawker control officers spared jail over ‘buddy lists’ for jobs
Eight retired hawker control officers who gave preferential treatment to 36 candidates in a 2019 recruitment exercise have been spared jail in Hong Kong,...
Two Killed After Bridge Collapse in India
At least two people died and a number were swept away after a bridge over the Indrayani river in the western Indian city of...
Philippines says more US Typhon missiles ‘very welcome’ despite China’s warnings
The Philippine army has signalled it would welcome additional US Typhon missile systems to accelerate troop training and strengthen deterrence, despite Beijing‘s repeated denunciations...