Hop On issuing more Tai Po fire refunds after sorting ‘chaotic’ records: minister
Published: 3:06pm, 25 Jul 2026Updated: 8:14pm, 25 Jul 2026 The administrator of fire-hit Wang Fuk Court is still settling contracts and gradually issuing refunds...
Trump says US ‘locked and loaded’, vows more Iran strikes while hinting at talks
US missiles struck targets across Iran on Friday and President Donald Trump vowed “major military punishment” for Tehran and its Houthi allies in Yemen,...
‘Show Must Go On’: Trump Delivers Remarks at Correspondents’ Dinner
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington on July 24. The event that was originally held on April 25...
Man, 20, arrested over bomb hoax in comments posted on SCMP’s social media
Published: 2:24pm, 25 Jul 2026Updated: 2:52pm, 25 Jul 2026 A social media user has been arrested on suspicion of making a bomb threat, which...
Job fears in changing world make AI a hot subject at China’s vocational schools
Five years after graduating from a vocational school in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, Chen Hao found himself working as a salesman...
Syria’s US$216 billion rebuild offers a Hormuz alternative
For years, Syria was a wound the world watched fester: a country carved up by war, sanctioned into isolation and reduced to a byword...
Ukraine insists Japan’s pacifist rules permit Patriot missile help
Ukraine hopes to gain support from Japan as it looks to produce Patriot air defence systems under US licence, citing the expertise of Mitsubishi...
Shenzhen rail and air services cancelled as southern China braces for Typhoon Noul
Published: 1:20pm, 25 Jul 2026Updated: 1:32pm, 25 Jul 2026 Trains were stopped, schools were halted and residents were evacuated in southern China as Typhoon...
Japan courts India, Malaysia to escape US-China AI duopoly
Published: 12:57pm, 25 Jul 2026Updated: 1:07pm, 25 Jul 2026 Japan has been establishing dialogue frameworks for artificial intelligence with like-minded countries and Global South...