AIIB launches US$10 billion facility to help nations hit by Iran war fallout
Published: 2:00pm, 22 May 2026Updated: 2:20pm, 22 May 2026 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has launched a US$10 billion facility to support members...
China ‘most devoted fraudster’ fakes records to give wife free dialysis; reignites medical debate
China’s “most devoted fraudster” has returned to public attention after mainland media revisited his case of forging hospital payment slips to keep his wife...
Hong Kong’s ICAC charges woman over alleged HK$10,000 bribe in custody case
Published: 1:35pm, 22 May 2026Updated: 1:39pm, 22 May 2026 Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has charged a 62-year-old woman with allegedly bribing a Legal Aid...
Australia’s Linda McGill makes first swim around Hong Kong Island in 1976 – from the SCMP archive
This article was first published on May 23, 1976. Australia’s long distance swimming heroine, Linda McGill, staggered ashore at crowded Repulse Bay beach yesterday...
Permanent Daylight Saving Bill Advances to House Floor
The House Energy and Commerce Committee on May 21 advanced a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent year-round and put the current...
Coroner’s Court, watchdog to probe delayed blood transfusion to girl with cancer
Hong Kong’s medical watchdog and Coroner’s Court will look into an incident in which an eight-year-old girl died two years ago after a delayed...
Leaders Xi, Putin meet over tea; rare earth find in northeast China: 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...
Special Report: Sovereign intelligence starts with trusted ground truth
Discover how modern defence forces are transforming GEOINT, multi-sensor fusion and real-time operational awareness with Vantor’s sovereign spatial intelligence architecture. This new briefing explores...
Vietnam sells disgraced tycoon’s Hermes bags to recoup US$27 billion in damages
Vietnam auctioned off two Hermes handbags owned by real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, convicted in the nation’s largest fraud case, for 14.21 billion...