Freed Indonesian on Gaza flotilla tells father of rough treatment by Israeli officials
Published: 6:00pm, 22 May 2026Updated: 6:02pm, 22 May 2026 After three agonising days with no word from his son, Warsono finally saw the face...
Will string of science scandals ruin century-old journal Nature’s reputation in China?
For decades, publishing a paper in Nature was regarded as the ultimate academic achievement in China – a fast track to promotions, research grants,...
American donated US$5,000 to China farmer for tree planting decades ago invited to view forest
A Chinese woman who has planted trees in the deserts of Inner Mongolia for decades has contacted an American man who donated US$5,000 to...
US Navy signals pause in Taiwan arms sale, drawing swift reaction from Beijing
Beijing reaffirmed its opposition to arms sales to Taiwan after the acting secretary of the US Navy said Washington was pausing a US$14 billion...
China’s views on achieving ‘constructive, strategic and stable ties’ with US
This report was translated from Chinese into English using Alibaba’s Qwen3, then checked and tweaked for accuracy by a South China Morning Post journalist....
Over 4,300 Southeast Asian species face extinction threat
Published: 5:16pm, 22 May 2026Updated: 6:53pm, 22 May 2026 The Javan and Sumatran rhinos are down to their last few dozen, just like the...
China’s AI start-up funding triples to US$16b in first quarter amid bets on LLMs, robotics
Funding for China’s artificial-intelligence-related start-ups jumped nearly threefold year on year in the first quarter, as investors poured capital into large language models (LLMs)...
Cuba clash, Putin visits Beijing, Xi may go to North Korea
China criticised the United States for filing criminal charges against former Cuban president Raul Castro, as the Trump administration stepped up pressure on the...
Hong Kong producer Raymond Wong found guilty of HK$1 million insider trading
Published: 4:50pm, 22 May 2026Updated: 6:26pm, 22 May 2026 Hong Kong film producer and actor Raymond Wong Pak-ming has been found guilty of sharing...