‘What does the future hold?’ Floods devastate India’s breadbasket of Punjab
The fields are full but the paddy rice is brown and wilted, and the air thick with the stench of rotting crops and livestock...
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No special privileges for Thailand’s Thaksin in jail, lawyer says
Thaksin Shinawatra is being held under the same conditions as other inmates and has not received any special privileges during his first week back...
HKIS operator to seek out-of-court settlement talks with US church over lawsuit
Published: 10:18pm, 16 Sep 2025Updated: 11:42pm, 16 Sep 2025 The operator of a top international school in Hong Kong has revealed it plans to...
Fake Maxim mooncakes among HK$1 million in counterfeit goods seized in Hong Kong
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested two people over smuggled counterfeit goods worth HK$1 million (US$128,570), including more than 170 boxes of fake Maxim’s...
China’s satellite spies on US spycraft; Europe sidelined: SCMP daily highlights
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LIVE NOW: Senate Judiciary Committee Holds FBI Oversight Hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee holds an oversight hearing to examine the FBI at 9 a.m. ET on Sept. 16. Witness: FBI Director Kash Patel...
Hong Kong to make written taxi driver test easier as technology changes job
A written test for Hong Kong’s aspiring taxi drivers will be made easier from November, with the number of questions related to prominent locations...
China’s first emperor really did look to Tibet in search of immortality: experts
Published: 9:40pm, 16 Sep 2025Updated: 9:55pm, 16 Sep 2025 A stone inscription found on the Tibetan Plateau recording a hitherto unknown expedition sent by...
Alibaba’s Tmall merchants enter Southeast Asia via subsidiary Lazada’s platform
Alibaba Group Holding is looking to ramp up its cross-border e-commerce strategy by getting merchants on its premium Tmall shopping site to sell to...