Hong Kong’s MTR Corp secures HK$30 billion 7-year syndicated green term loan
Published: 9:26pm, 23 Sep 2025Updated: 9:56pm, 23 Sep 2025 Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation has secured a landmark HK$30 billion (US$3.86 million)...
Spain approves ‘total’ arms embargo on Israel over ‘genocide in Gaza’
The Spanish government approved on Tuesday a “total” arms embargo on Israel, part of a package of measures aimed at halting what Prime Minister...
India’s tech sector fears impact of Trump’s US$100,000 H-1B on US market
Published: 9:10pm, 23 Sep 2025Updated: 9:17pm, 23 Sep 2025 US President Donald Trump’s announcement of an up to fifty-fold increase in the cost of...
Pakistan interested in Chinese laser weapons, former navy commander says
Pakistan is eyeing Chinese laser weapons, according to a former senior commander. Advertisement “In the coming days, high-energy directed weapons will be more prominent…...
Chinese tech workers miss mainland wedding, rethink plans amid H-1B fee chaos
Chinese technology workers in the United States saw their travel plans disrupted and reassessed their future in the world’s biggest economy, after US President...
Xi Jinping in Xinjiang first, US-China military warning: SCMP daily highlights
Published: 8:33pm, 23 Sep 2025Updated: 8:35pm, 23 Sep 2025 Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would...
Why US-China health and drugs cooperation must top Trump-Xi agenda
Last month, I joined a US think tank delegation to China, participating in a round table at a top university in Beijing. A remark...
Secret Service foils New York telecoms threat ahead of UN assembly
The US Secret Service on Tuesday said it had dismantled a network of more than 100,000 SIM cards that could have crashed New York’s...
China flexes western Pacific muscle with Fujian launches: analysts
Published: 8:14pm, 23 Sep 2025Updated: 8:39pm, 23 Sep 2025 The successful launch of a batch of carrier-based fighter jets from China’s most advanced aircraft...