New Zealand, UK Update Defence Pact as Threats Rise
New Zealand and the United Kingdom have updated their decade-old defence cooperation agreement to reflect what the Defence Minister Judith Collins called a “rapidly...
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‘Do you want a boycott?’: Malaysia’s top mall rolls dice with flag ban
Published: 12:21pm, 12 Sep 2025Updated: 12:27pm, 12 Sep 2025 Malaysia’s most famous shopping centre edged closer to a damaging boycott after threatening to throw...
China bets big on Thai industrial cluster with US$8.4 billion investment
China has become the leading source of foreign investment in a growing, state-fostered Thai industrial cluster, backed by commitments to help build a light-rail...
Elderly woman killed, grandson injured after being hit by car in Hong Kong
A woman in her sixties has died and her grandson has been injured after being struck by a car in Hong Kong on Friday....
Here’s why post-industrial America can’t do industrial policy
Images of heavily armed American agents in paramilitary gear shackling and zip-tying hundreds of compliant South Korean technicians at a Hyundai-LG battery plant in...
Hong Kong welcomes Mickey Mouse as Disneyland opens in 2005 – SCMP archive
This story was first published on September 13, 2005. Dazzling start to Disney carnival By Dennis Eng and Ambrose Leung Advertisement Hailed as an...
Senate Agrees to ‘Nuclear Option’ to Speed Up Confirmation of Trump Appointees
The Senate on Sept. 11 invoked the “nuclear option” to change the chamber’s rules in order to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees more quickly....
Manhunt Continues as More Details Emerge in Kirk Assassination
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Sept. 11 said law enforcement had made “big progress” in the search for conservative commentator Charlie Kirk’s assassin, as the...
Trump Appeals Court Order Reinstating Federal Reserve Governor He Fired
President Donald Trump filed an appeal on Sept. 10 against a federal judge’s order reinstating Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after he fired her...