Indonesia’s tourist visa, Filipino assaulted in Singaporean mall: 7 Asia highlights
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on...
Sydney stabbing: man killed in ‘random’ attack on busy shopping street
A man was killed and two other people critically injured on Tuesday in a stabbing attack in Australia’s financial capital, police said. Emergency services...
Obama Says Aliens Exist but Are Not Kept in Area 51
Former U.S. President Barack Obama said in a Feb. 14 podcast interview that aliens are real but that none are kept at the secretive...
Why the harsh words between China and India over a remote, inhospitable valley?
Not far from the fringe of the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan, in a remote valley to the north of the Karakoram...
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara Win Japan’s First Olympic Pairs Gold With World-Record Free Skate
MILAN—Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara thought their chances of Olympic gold had gone by the wayside when the Japanese skaters made an uncharacteristic slip-up...
Indonesia’s capital is drowning in waste: ‘the smell is awful’
Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills and the fear of trash avalanches haunt Indonesia’s capital region, as the world’s most populous metropolis grapples with a waste...
Hong Kong airport’s second terminal to fully open, serve 15 airlines from May 27
The Hong Kong airport’s second terminal will fully open on May 27, authorities have announced, with the redeveloped facility set to serve as the...
Hillary Clinton accuses Trump of Epstein cover-up, insists ‘nothing to hide’
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump of orchestrating a “cover-up” over files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,...
NAACP Sues Over 2020 Presidential Election Records FBI Seized in Fulton County, Georgia
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Feb. 15 asked a federal court to restrict how the federal government may...