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...
What new weapons were on show in Beijing military parade rehearsals?
New hypersonic anti-ship missiles and a road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile system were among a line-up of advanced Chinese weaponry seen on the streets of...
Philippines’ Subic Bay play aims to anchor US naval strategy in Asia
The Philippines is repositioning its historic Subic Bay shipyard as a cornerstone of both its own defence industry and Washington’s naval expansion plans, analysts...
The rise of China’s soft power
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement [1] ‘Huge shift’: why learning Mandarin is losing its appeal in the West Available figures suggest enthusiasm is waning after years...