Malaysia’s fight for Malay votes becomes a multiparty scrum
For much of Malaysia’s post-independence history, Malay voters largely faced a binary choice: Umno, the oldest Malay nationalist political party that governed the country...
Hong Kong developer Lai Sun seeks note swap in bid to ease liquidity pressure
Hong Kong developer Lai Sun Development, chaired by businessman Peter Lam Kin-ngok, who also chairs the city’s Tourism Board, has launched an exchange offer...
Australian girl dies after Pakistani police ‘mistakenly’ shoots family, officer arrested
Police shot and killed an Australian child in eastern Pakistan, authorities said, with Canberra calling on Monday for an investigation into the incident that...
The US-Iran deal has bought time, but what remains to be achieved?
Published: 2:24pm, 15 Jun 2026Updated: 3:50pm, 15 Jun 2026 The United States, Iran and their mediator Pakistan each announced on Sunday that Washington and...
Observatory could issue red rainstorm warning, monitoring thundery showers
Published: 2:08pm, 15 Jun 2026Updated: 2:18pm, 15 Jun 2026 This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please...
Chinese man climbs out of 27th-floor flat to ‘seek immortality’ after eating magic mushrooms
A Chinese man climbed out of his 27th-floor flat after eating self-cooked jianshouqing mushrooms at home and having hallucinations. The man, surnamed Xue, from...
Brazilian woman killed after being thrown off bridge without rope is buried in Sao Paulo
A 21-year-old woman who died in dramatic fashion, when two rope jumping instructors threw her from a bridge without first harnessing her to security...
Exclusive: The John Lee interview
NEWSCMP Hong Kong Series Hong Kong’s chief executive reflects on four years in office and looks ahead at the city’s future, touching on economic...
White House Hosts UFC Freedom 250 Matches
WASHINGTON—America’s semiquincentennial birthday celebration kicked into gear June 14 with the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Freedom 250 Fight hosting seven matches on the South...