What to Know About mRNA After RFK Jr. Cancels Vaccine Contracts
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in his department’s latest move against messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology, has canceled contracts for vaccines and therapeutics...
More Than 100,000 Americans Apply to Join ICE: DHS
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has received more than 100,000 job applications from Americans, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Aug. 12....
Beijing summons Japanese diplomat over ‘Taiwan and Chinese citizens’ safety’
Published: 10:18pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 10:46pm, 13 Aug 2025 Beijing has summoned a senior Japanese diplomat to express concerns over issues such as Taiwan,...
LIVE NOW: House Committee Hearing Examines Supply Chain Security and the Defense Production Act
The House Committee on Financial Services holds a hearing titled “Securing the Supply Chain: The Defense Production Act in Focus” at 10 a.m. ET...
Malaysian ex-minister Rafizi Ramli’s son, 12, wounded in syringe attack
The 12-year-old son of Malaysia’s firebrand former minister Rafizi Ramli was attacked with a syringe in a shopping centre car park on Wednesday afternoon,...
HKMA, HSBC allay fears about Hong Kong’s loan risks amid property glut
Hong Kong’s de facto central bank and the city’s largest lender have issued separate statements to assuage concerns about a glut in the commercial...
Chinese families in ‘broken houses’; PLA’s warning: 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...
‘Extraordinary’: Taiwan’s William Lai hit by strong Japanese media backlash
Published: 9:00pm, 13 Aug 2025Updated: 9:05pm, 13 Aug 2025 An unprecedented wave of criticism from Japan’s major newspapers against William Lai Ching-te has sparked...
Apple eyes Douyin Pay for China App Store while speculation swirls on new iPhone
Apple has started testing Douyin Pay as a new mobile payment service on its China App Store, according to mainland media reports, while purportedly...