HKEX vets 300 listing applications after city ascends as world’s top IPO market
Bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), which topped this year’s global rankings as the largest initial public offering (IPO) market, said the...
China’s SOEs breathe life into Xi Jinping’s ‘city of the future’ Xiongan
Xiongan, China’s “city of the future” – a project years in the making, championed by President Xi Jinping – is slowly coming to life,...
Israel advances West Bank annexation bill during J.D. Vance visit
A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land that Palestinians want for a state, won...
Singapore cyber summit stresses need for unified front amid rising threats
Experts and officials at a major cybersecurity summit in Singapore have called for deeper collaboration between governments and tech giants, warning that fragmented efforts...
Chinese state media says US ‘dying’ as Beijing drafts next 5-year plan
Chinese state media has labelled the US a failed state, claiming it is “dying from within” as its global hegemony declines. The commentary published...
China pushes trilateral currency swap, new drone sighted: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider...
Will DeepSeek’s new model break the ‘long-context’ bottleneck holding back LLMs?
DeepSeek’s new artificial intelligence model that converts images into text is not just a document parsing tool but a potential preview of its next...
Beijing will invite Taiwan guests to mark 80 years since Japan’s surrender of island
Beijing is inviting guests from Taiwan to a key commemoration of Japan’s surrender of sovereignty over the island 80 years ago, despite warnings from...
Retreating globally, US finds a new arena to flex power – at home
The Donald Trump administration is executing not merely a restructuring but a fundamental redefinition of American military purpose. The clearest evidence emerged in June,...