For Filipinos, virtual assistant trumps doctor as ‘dream job’. But what’s the reality?
Published: 5:00pm, 21 Oct 2026Updated: 5:04pm, 21 Oct 2026 When Mark Ifurung left his 18-year career as an IT professional in May, he was...
Can China turn national power into world leadership?
Albert Bakhtizin is director of the Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a member of the academy and...
Apec finance ministers reach consensus on AI, digital financing in Hong Kong
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) finance chiefs reached a consensus on economic policy coordination and cooperation on financing technology and artificial intelligence at a landmark...
Strongest storm of the year barrels towards Taiwan and mainland China
As Super Typhoon Champi – now the strongest storm of the year worldwide – barrels towards eastern China, authorities are planning evacuations and urging...
Liberty, equality, tear gas: no nation does mass protests quite like France
Published: 3:55pm, 21 Oct 2026Updated: 4:01pm, 21 Oct 2026 When the French fight high fuel taxes, they don yellow vests and march. When angry...
Malaysia bars civil servants from using Waze, citing Israel’s control of app
Published: 3:53pm, 21 Oct 2026Updated: 4:07pm, 21 Oct 2026 All civil servants in Malaysia have been banned from using Waze, following a warning by...
Outcry after Peak walking trail ‘marred’ by controversial lighting project
Published: 3:50pm, 21 Oct 2026Updated: 5:16pm, 21 Oct 2026 Work on a controversial lighting project along a walking trail on The Peak has been...
‘Mourning run’ or clout chase? South Korea divided over runner’s death tributes
South Korean social media posts displaying users’ running records to honour a local woman who died at a Seoul marathon have raised debate over...
Queen Elizabeth visits Hong Kong for the last time in 1986 – from the SCMP archive
This article was first published on October 22, 1986. ‘Our thoughts will always be with you’: Queen confident on HK future Hongkong gave Queen...