Why Hong Kong developer CK Asset sold a mall at an ‘exceptionally cheap’ price
With the “exceptionally cheap” sale of a vacant Hong Kong shopping mall, developer CK Asset Holdings is freeing up capital for other projects, while...
EU plans high-level China currency talks as fears of new trade shock mount
Published: 1:00pm, 28 Oct 2026Updated: 1:00pm, 28 Oct 2026 After convincing China to accept a cap on its hybrid car exports, a stream of...
Students march in Indonesian capital to protest haze, Prabowo’s policies
Hundreds of Indonesian security personnel were deployed on Wednesday in anticipation of student protests against several of President Prabowo Subianto’s policies, as well as...
El Salvador deploys 1,000 troops to Haiti after gang ambush
El Salvador has sent about 1,000 troops to Haiti after four Salvadorean members of a UN-backed security mission went missing in a gang ambush...
Can India turn wartime ammo sales into lasting European defence ties?
India has emerged as a major exporter of ammunition and other weapons to Europe since the outbreak of the Ukraine-Russia war, but analysts caution...
Standard Chartered shares jump 8% after third-quarter earnings beat forecast
Standard Chartered’s third-quarter net profit rose 46 per cent as strong growth in cross-border trade loans and wealth management buffered one of Hong Kong’s...
ICBC makes history with record US$19 billion IPO in dual listing in 2006 – SCMP archive
Advertisement From our archives ChinaMoney & Wealth Twenty years ago today, China’s largest lender by assets raised US$19 billion in a landmark dual listing...
Over 2,000 rogue Malaysian police officers arrested in past 5 years
A total of 2,097 Malaysian police officers and personnel have been arrested for drug-related offences, robbery and corruption between 2021 and August this year,...
China formally launches project to build aircraft carrier-sized ‘science island’
China’s massive maritime science infrastructure – an aircraft carrier-sized floating artificial island – has officially entered its engineering construction phase. On October 18, Shanghai...