Strongest storm of the year barrels towards Taiwan and mainland China
As Super Typhoon Champi – now the strongest storm of the year worldwide – barrels towards eastern China, authorities are planning evacuations and urging...
Liberty, equality, tear gas: no nation does mass protests quite like France
Published: 3:55pm, 21 Oct 2026Updated: 4:01pm, 21 Oct 2026 When the French fight high fuel taxes, they don yellow vests and march. When angry...
Malaysia bars civil servants from using Waze, citing Israel’s control of app
Published: 3:53pm, 21 Oct 2026Updated: 4:07pm, 21 Oct 2026 All civil servants in Malaysia have been banned from using Waze, following a warning by...
Outcry after Peak walking trail ‘marred’ by controversial lighting project
Published: 3:50pm, 21 Oct 2026Updated: 5:16pm, 21 Oct 2026 Work on a controversial lighting project along a walking trail on The Peak has been...
‘Mourning run’ or clout chase? South Korea divided over runner’s death tributes
South Korean social media posts displaying users’ running records to honour a local woman who died at a Seoul marathon have raised debate over...
Queen Elizabeth visits Hong Kong for the last time in 1986 – from the SCMP archive
This article was first published on October 22, 1986. ‘Our thoughts will always be with you’: Queen confident on HK future Hongkong gave Queen...
Singapore hits back over claims it rigged Indonesia’s stock market crash
Singapore’s state investor Temasek has denied involvement in Indonesia’s looming MSCI reclassification, following accusations that the city state’s sovereign wealth funds were pulling strings...
China-US team’s ‘gold factory’ relic; next-gen diabetes care: 7 science highlights
Advertisement SCMP Highlights ChinaScience From an artificial pancreas to a cancer trial with 84 per cent efficacy, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent...
Does Singapore’s tougher stance on haze mark an inflection point?
Singapore has warned it will go after companies responsible for the forest fires in Indonesia causing the regional haze, but cross-border challenges remain stumbling...