Hong Kong sets up inspection team to tackle illegal tutorial centre operations
An inspection task force will be established in Hong Kong to crack down on unauthorised collaboration between schools and tutorial centres, the education minister...
Malaysians embrace ‘babi’ banter as pig farming course goes viral
What began as an innocuous university course on pig farming has become Malaysia’s latest viral trend, with hundreds playfully tagging friends as babi –...
Chinese scientists transplant human brain cells to mice, boosting pleasure
Chinese scientists have found a way to turn human stem cells into dopamine-producing brain cells, transplanting them into mice and helping reduce depressive behaviour...
Ex-China monk makes legal bid to get US$28,000 from daughter for parental support
A man in China, who spent all his savings over 10 years as a monk, has sued his daughter for 200,000 yuan (US$28,000) for...
Calls for Hong Kong government to speed up probe into pricier water deal
Published: 1:52pm, 18 Aug 2025Updated: 2:54pm, 18 Aug 2025 Hong Kong authorities are facing mounting pressure to explain how a company offering more expensive...
New Zealand convicts its first spy: a soldier with white supremacist sympathies
A military court found a New Zealand soldier guilty of attempted espionage for a foreign power on Monday – the first spying conviction in...
Egypt’s Red Sea tourism push threatens last of green turtles’ wild habitats
In Egypt’s Wadi al-Gemal, where swimmers share a glistening bay with sea turtles, a shadowy tourism deal is threatening one of the Red Sea’s...
Trump and Putin meet in Alaska, hospital scandal in China: 5 weekend reads
Advertisement SCMP Highlights World From Trump and Putin’s meeting in Alaska to Chinese vertical soap operas, here are five stories you may have missed...
South Korea, US kick off huge annual military drills with 21,000 troops
Published: 12:00pm, 18 Aug 2025Updated: 12:36pm, 18 Aug 2025 South Korea and the United States began their annual large-scale joint military exercise on Monday...