US Secretary of State Rubio Hosts Signing Ceremony With Paraguayan Foreign Minister
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosts a signing ceremony with Paraguayan Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano at 9:30 a.m. ET on Aug. 14....
Putin Praises Trump’s Ukraine Peace Push, Suggests US–Russia Nuclear Arms Deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised the Trump administration’s “energetic and sincere” efforts to end the war in Ukraine and suggested that a...
Trump’s chip deal: has a new ‘pay-to-play’ era in China trade begun?
Published: 11:00pm, 14 Aug 2025Updated: 11:58pm, 14 Aug 2025 US President Donald Trump’s “unprecedented” deal to allow exports of some advanced chips to China...
How recent collision may prompt China to rethink how coastguard and navy operate
Published: 10:30pm, 14 Aug 2025Updated: 10:50pm, 14 Aug 2025 China may seek better coordination between its navy and coastguards and improve the quality of...
China hosts Thai, Cambodian FMs for talks amid fragile border truce
China hosted the Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers for “friendly and candid” talks on Thursday, with both sides pledging to work towards a peaceful...
Radiation Linked to Just 1 Percent of Deaths Among Hiroshima and Nagasaki Survivors, Study Finds
A study has found that, 80 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Japan, and Nagasaki, Japan, radiation-related deaths among survivors accounted for only...
‘I hate Malaysia’ yells knife-wielding foreign student before attacking 6
Published: 9:21pm, 14 Aug 2025Updated: 9:23pm, 14 Aug 2025 A foreign national who injured six people in a Malaysian town in Selangor during a...
Hong Kong healthcare professionals among 5 arrested over elderly services fraud
Published: 9:19pm, 14 Aug 2025Updated: 9:43pm, 14 Aug 2025 The anti-corruption agency has arrested five people, including two healthcare professionals, for allegedly pocketing as...
Trump’s Brazil-India wrath; Europe sidelined on Ukraine: SCMP daily highlights
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