Chikungunya fever risks could rise during National Games, Hong Kong expert warns
Published: 9:20pm, 30 Oct 2025Updated: 9:22pm, 30 Oct 2025 Hong Kong could face a higher risk of chikungunya fever spreading during the coming National...
Xi and Trump strike a deal, Harvard scientist joins Wuhan virus lab: SCMP daily highlights
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Trump Says US Reached Tariff, Rare Earth Agreements With China After Xi Meeting
GYEONGJU, South Korea—U.S. President Donald Trump announced a series of trade deals Thursday after a meeting with Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and...
Hong Kong suspends firm from using chainsaws after fatal workplace incident
Published: 9:00pm, 30 Oct 2025Updated: 1:09am, 31 Oct 2025 Hong Kong authorities have suspended a firm from using electric chainsaws for tree-related work while...
After Xi-Trump talks, lack of a chip deal seen as tech-independence issue
Amid the apparent absence of a concrete deal being reached with Washington on one of Beijing’s long-standing points of trade contention – export controls...
Japan’s PM Takaichi and South Korea’s Lee pledge ‘forward-looking ties’ at Apec
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi both stressed on Thursday the importance of “forward-looking ties” as they held...
Gone are the days of unlimited US power in Southeast Asia
The arrival of United States President Donald Trump in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, may appear to be a routine diplomatic gesture, but it carries far...
Hong Kong student gets hard labour for coercing 2 girls to send 250 nude photos
Published: 8:00pm, 30 Oct 2025Updated: 8:22pm, 30 Oct 2025 A Hong Kong student has been sentenced to up to nine months of hard labour...
Trump hails ‘great success’ as Xi talks raise hopes of easing US-China tensions
Published: 8:00pm, 30 Oct 2025Updated: 11:26pm, 30 Oct 2025 China and the United States have agreed to de-escalate their trade war, putting a pause...