US cuts over 1,000 flights due to shutdown, with Thanksgiving just weeks away
Published: 9:33pm, 7 Nov 2025Updated: 9:56pm, 7 Nov 2025 Hundreds of flights were cancelled across the United States on Friday after the Trump administration...
China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, Europe’s struggle: 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...
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missile Toward Its Eastern Waters
North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Nov. 7, according to South Korea and Japan, marking Pyongyang’s second launch in...
North Korea and Russia Discuss Further Military Cooperation in Pyongyang
Members of the North Korean and Russian governments met in Pyongyang this week to discuss deepening their military cooperation, state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)...
Texas A&M deputy chemistry chair Fang Lei joins US$3 billion Chinese lab
Fang Lei, a long-time professor with Texas A&M University’s chemistry department, has returned to China to join the cutting-edge Yongjiang Laboratory, a state-backed research...
20-metre Christmas tree and new light show to bring festive cheer to Hong Kong
Published: 8:35pm, 7 Nov 2025Updated: 8:38pm, 7 Nov 2025 A 20‑metre (66 feet) Christmas tree, absent from Central for several years, will return this...
On giving the White House a big beautiful ballroom, Trump may be right
For a man like Donald Trump, desperately in search of an indelible legacy and congenitally needing to be the centre of news attention, it...
Maryland Sues Trump Administration Over FBI Headquarters Relocation
Maryland officials filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday for canceling the previously approved construction of a new FBI headquarters northeast of...
US Government Revokes 80,000 Visas
The U.S. Department of State said on Nov. 6 that 80,000 visas have been revoked. President Donald Trump and State Secretary Marco Rubio “will...