China knife attack heroine shuns live-stream offers, fears tarnishing her brave actions
Published: 2:00pm, 3 Jan 2025Updated: 2:07pm, 3 Jan 2025 A woman in China who went viral online after she fended off a knife attacker...
Israeli strikes kill Gaza head of police, 67 others, Palestinians say
Israeli air strikes killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including at a tent camp where the head of the...
Israeli military says commandos raided missile factory in Syria in September
Published: 12:58pm, 3 Jan 2025Updated: 12:59pm, 3 Jan 2025 Israel’s military said its special forces had raided an underground missile production site in Syria...
Former US vice-president Mike Pence to visit Hong Kong for business forum
Former US vice-president Mike Pence is expected to visit Hong Kong in mid-January to take part in a business forum, the South China Morning...
Hong Kong police on the hunt after man slashed on back dies
Published: 12:40pm, 3 Jan 2025Updated: 1:07pm, 3 Jan 2025 Hong Kong police have launched a manhunt after a man who was found slashed on...
Chinese AI firm SenseTime downsizes Singapore office amid post-ChatGPT competition
SenseTime Group is reducing its office footprint in Singapore, scaling back once-lofty ambitions at a time it is struggling to compete in the post-ChatGPT...
Chinese war games system sees surprise US attack on PLA carrier group in South China Sea
Chinese scientists claim to have obtained key parameters of the US military’s latest stealth anti-ship missile and applied them to a warfare simulation. Advertisement...
China’s new sixth-generation jet, Hong Kong’s wealthy lose billions: SCMP’s 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our...
Vietnam bans vapes, will fine tourists up to US$78 and jail e-cigarette traders, producers
Tourists arriving in Vietnam with vapes now face painful fines following new rules that came into force at the start of the year banning...