Hong Kong tobacco control officers to use body cameras when enforcing smoking ban
Hong Kong tobacco control officers will be equipped with body cameras from Wednesday as they enforce the city’s smoking ban, with official data showing...
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Wellcome, 7-Eleven operator DFI cuts staff amid Hong Kong retail malaise
DFI Retail Group is set to lay off staff, as the operator of Wellcome, Mannings and 7-Eleven adapts to shifting consumer trends in the...
China’s exports to Global South surge, Putin taps Brazil: SCMP daily highlights
Published: 9:15pm, 19 Aug 2025Updated: 9:49pm, 19 Aug 2025 Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would...
China confirms Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit at end of month
Published: 9:09pm, 19 Aug 2025Updated: 9:51pm, 19 Aug 2025 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has confirmed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit...
Bali police arrest woman who smuggled cocaine in a sex toy
A Peruvian woman has been arrested in Indonesia’s Bali after allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine into the resort island using a sex toy and...
Huawei reveals Kirin chip inside 5G smartphones as firm overcomes US sanctions
Huawei Technologies has revealed that the new Pura 80 handsets are powered by its Kirin 9020 system-on-a-chip, marking the first time in about five...
‘Not easy’: how a US firm avoided Trump’s China tariffs by sourcing American
Denis Gagnon had long wanted to establish a manufacturing firm supplied only by American-made parts, a vision shaped by his experience in the international...
Jimmy Lai used false Beijing portrayal to urge West to act, Hong Kong court hears
Former Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying deliberately fabricated a negative image of Beijing to create an excuse for Western interference, prosecutors have...
Switzerland offers Putin ‘immunity’ for Ukraine peace summit
Published: 8:34pm, 19 Aug 2025Updated: 8:35pm, 19 Aug 2025 Switzerland would grant Russian President Vladimir Putin immunity if he came to the country for...