China’s soft power, Cathay flight leaves dozens stranded: 5 weekend reads
Advertisement SCMP Highlights World From China’s concerns about being used as a bargaining chip to Japanese Princess Kako flying coach, here are five stories...
China partially lifts Japan seafood ban but Fukushima import block remains
Published: 12:13pm, 30 Jun 2025Updated: 1:19pm, 30 Jun 2025 China has partially lifted its two-year ban on Japanese seafood imports in the latest step...
Hong Kong police arrest man for allegedly stealing HK$7,500 from beach campers
Police have arrested a man who allegedly stole about HK$7,500 (US$955) in cash from a camping tent at a Hong Kong beach before he...
US Army Pacific Chief Says US Making Invasion of Taiwan More Challenging for China
The U.S. military is making a potential Chinese Communist Party (CCP) invasion against Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait more difficult, said Army Gen. Ronald...
Việt Nam Slashes Use of Death Penalty: Eight Crimes Removed, Including Corruption and Drug Offenses
Key Events Việt Nam Abolishes Death Penalty for Corruption Amid Wave of High-Profile Trials Chinese Survey Ship Operates Near Việt Nam Coast Within EEZ,...
Fiji To Spend $4.8 Billion Despite Growing Budget Deficit
Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Biman Prasad has revealed the small Pacific nation will spend FJ$4.8 billion (US$2 billion) in this...
Tickets to visit Chinese aircraft carrier in Hong Kong gone in under a minute
Published: 11:37am, 30 Jun 2025Updated: 12:45pm, 30 Jun 2025 The first batch of tickets to get an inside view of a Chinese aircraft carrier,...
‘Let Bibi Go,’ Trump Tells Israel Prosecutors of Netanyahu Corruption Trial
President Donald Trump urged Israeli prosecutors to drop its “politically motivated” corruption trial against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “LET BIBI GO, HE’S GOT A...
As attacks on Iran show, Russia can now do very little for its allies
The recent war between Iran and Israel has laid bare a truth long obscured by Kremlin bluster: Russia is no longer a superpower. Moscow’s...