A university student in central China has attracted attention on social media for pursuing an unusual career: shoeing racehorses. Fu Donghua, a fourth-year student at the Equestrian School of Wuhan Business University, earned his junior farrier certi...

A scandal involving Nvidia founder Jensen Huang and an alleged Chinese spy is putting Malaysia’s booming data centre industry in Washington’s crosshairs, as US lawmakers demand tighter controls on advanced artificial intelligence chips. Malaysia ...

Algeria’s military has released footage showing what appears to be the export variant of China’s YJ-12 supersonic anti-ship missile being test-fired along the country’s Mediterranean coast, offering a rare glimpse of an advanced Chinese weapon ...

Schoolteachers found to be working without new practising certificates will face a maximum penalty a fine of up to HK$50,000 and two years’ imprisonment from the 2028-29 academic year, as Hong Kong authorities tighten requirements for educators. Ho...

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has launched a compliance check on the use of a proposed facial recognition system at a private housing estate with 8,000 households, after the measure raised privacy concerns among some residents. The Office of the Pri...

Medical devices bought from online platforms based outside Hong Kong for self-use or as personal gifts will not be targeted by a proposed law requiring medical device traders to register with the government, the city’s health minister has said. Sec...

Reports that two Chinese nationals were convicted in Mongolia for making unauthorised impressions of a celebrated 2,000-year-old Han dynasty cliff inscription have ignited discussion and concern over protecting historic sites. The online uproar emerg...

Hong Kong has upgraded its 2026 economic growth forecast to 4.8 per cent, buoyed by recent strength in artificial intelligence-related exports, with the full-year performance expected to be the best in five years. The government’s latest projection...

Iran’s Middle East rivals are set to accelerate their push for greater foreign and defence policy autonomy from the United States following the Democrats’ sweeping victory in the midterm elections. Key regional partners of the US – Israel, the ...

Tech titan Jensen Huang, dressed in his signature leather jacket, has always carried the charisma of a rock star during his public appearances around the world. That allure runs deep in South Korea, where he has had viral dinners at local fried chick...

The Hong Kong government is facing mounting pressure to launch a second-tier accountability investigation into department heads over the Queen Mary Hospital lift scandal, but the development minister has said such a probe would be considered only if ...

The two court-appointed administrators overseeing Nexperia said on Thursday they would sound out investors on a majority or minority stake in the Dutch chipmaker, a week after its Chinese owner Wingtech rejected their proposal to hand control of its ...

A Dutch court has rendered a ruling in favour of BYD in the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant’s dispute with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) over the British luxury carmaker’s intellectual property (IP) claims. JLR was ordered to destroy documents obta...

Young Hong Kong couples have been given another incentive to have children, with officials lowering the down payment required when buying a subsidised flat. The Housing Authority said on Friday that a committee had approved two enhanced measures for ...

US ambassador to Singapore Anjani Sinha was among dozens of individuals who allegedly “reaped immense benefits” after helping to fund President Donald Trump’s political operations and pet projects, according to an American think tank. Sinha don...

Jensen Huang’s abrupt resignation stunned some Nvidia staff in China and raised questions about the future of the US chipmaker’s operations in a market its co-founder had spent years cultivating, according to company sources. “It’s the end of...

Drones could save Thai farmers fortunes in fertiliser and water management as a “super El Nino” withers harvests – while also mapping flood risks and safely scouring vast industrial sites, from oil rigs to solar farms, for damage. Yet across So...

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in China, Jessica Zhang chose to look for work in Japan. She is now studying Japanese at a language school in Kyoto on a student visa while working as a supermarket cashier. She plans to improve her Japanes...

China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is betting that a relentless data centre buildout will keep artificial intelligence computing power in short supply for the next two years. The bullish forecast comes as scrutiny ...

The woman who conspired to abuse four-year-old Megan Khung, then later helped dispose of the child’s corpse, was sentenced to 13 years’ jail on Friday. Passing the sentence on Nouvelle Chua Ruoshi at the High Court, Justice S Mohan said the case ...

Two Filipino men arrested last weekend are alleged to have murdered their compatriot in a street fight after he mocked one of them for having low alcohol tolerance, the South China Morning Post has learned. Police reclassified the case as murder on T...

A Chinese pianist ordered to secure research funding to save his university job has died, while a note that he left exposing alleged malpractices at the institution was posthumously posted online by one of his students – with his family’s consent...

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please conside...

Air India’s new CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, is drawing on his experience revitalising Ethiopian Airlines to turn around the unprofitable Indian carrier, as aviation analysts say replicating his success with a far more complex airline would be difficu...

A multihour outage of Microsoft’s office software Outlook, beginning on Friday morning, severely disrupted work in Hong Kong’s financial sector, according to staff members at several of the city’s investment banks. Some bankers from Goldman Sac...

We were weeks into a three-month assignment reporting from the SCMP bureau in Washington when we heard a shooting just around the corner from our apartment building. From our flat, we often hear trucks going past and loud noise from the ventilation s...

A new tariff of up to 30 per cent on e-commerce goods entering Thailand may squeeze Chinese vendors, but intense price competition and their ability to keep costs low are likely to limit its impact, analysts said. Thailand’s cabinet on Monday autho...

After a 55-year-old Chinese cleaner went viral for his handsome appearance, he said he would continue doing his job with a down-to-earth attitude. Chen Jingfu, a cleaner at a high-end shopping centre in Shenyang, in northeastern China’s Liaoning pr...

Members of the Hong Kong Golf Club gathered on the putting green this autumn to take part in two sporting events, both aimed at supporting charitable causes and strengthening community ties. Beyond world-class competition, the club has used the Link ...

Hong Kong is set for heavy showers and thunderstorms from Friday night, with urban area temperatures forecast to fall to as low as 19 degrees Celsius (66 Fahrenheit) next week as a cold front reaches the Guangdong coast. The Hong Kong Observatory sai...

Less than half of households in Japan subscribe to a daily newspaper, a level not seen in about 60 years, according to a media tracking report, signalling further evidence of the decline of print as the favoured news medium in the country. While the ...

China has approved US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly’s weight-loss pill orforglipron, making it the country’s first available oral GLP-1 treatment for obesity as global drug makers seek to tap the country’s massive weight-management market. Chi...

Macroeconomic issues are occupying the thoughts of leading Japanese multinationals as they adjust strategies in China, but few say they worry that diplomatic tensions will cost them opportunities in one of their largest overseas markets. Big names, f...

The US administration of President Donald Trump has demanded Japan triple its spending on hosting American troops to more than 3 trillion yen (US$19 billion) over five years starting in the 2027 financial year, sources familiar with the matter said o...

From large factory premises in Tseung Kwan O to compact, multilayered industrial buildings in Kwai Chung, data centres are spreading into every corner of Hong Kong. The outlook once appeared promising. Property consultancy Cushman & Wakefield ranked ...

Indonesia’s naval aviation drills on its first and only aircraft carrier this month have refocused attention on the issue of whether the costly, ageing vessel is being put to good strategic use. Analysts say the KRI Sriwijaya, commissioned two mont...

A lightsaber used by Darth Vader in the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi sold on Thursday for nearly US$5 million in an auction. The lightsaber, which was used in the climactic duel in Cloud City where Vader tells Luke S...

Urgent action is needed to help countries hardest-hit by the effects of climate change, small island leaders said on Thursday at the United Nations climate talks in Turkey, describing global warming as a life-or-death issue for their people. “It is...

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang’s abrupt departure has raised fresh questions about the future of US-China technology ties, as observers weigh the potential fallout from Washington’s policy on advanced AI chip exports to China. The timing is ...

Japan aims to become harder to defeat militarily and less vulnerable to economic pressure from China under plans to overhaul its three key security documents by the end of the year. Analysts said the proposed revisions could make it more difficult fo...

Pro-Palestinian activists have asked a French court to ban an Israeli real estate fair in Paris which they say offers a bonus to prospective Jewish settlers in the occupied territories, sources told Agence France-Presse on Thursday. The Franco-Palest...

Nvidia is searching for its first new leader in 33 years after Jensen Huang quit on Thursday, with interim chief Colette Kress, veteran engineers, members of Huang’s own family and the bosses of rival chipmakers all touted as possible successors. T...

The United States has paid to design a port infrastructure programme at Callao, the US State Department said on Thursday, as Peru moves its main naval base to expand the country’s busiest port, which rivals a Chinese-controlled megaport less than 8...

Senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick should be pushed out amid a spy scandal surrounding Nvidia’s now-former CEO Jensen Huang, two people familiar with the situation said on Thursday. A growing numbe...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and US envoy Jared Kushner said Thursday Europe would join the next round of talks with Russia, as Vladimir Putin indicated Moscow will not compromise on its hardline demands to end almost five years of war. I...

Israeli fire killed 11 people in Gaza on Thursday, six of them in the bombing of Nasser hospital in south Gaza early in the day, health officials said, the deadliest single strike since Israel’s elections last month. The Israeli military confirmed ...

A South Carolina man accused of burying his 11-month-old son in a dog crate in a clump of scrubby pines was denied bond Thursday. Michael Comer, 25, has been charged with attempted murder, burglary and unlawfully placing a child at risk in connection...

The United States and China should set up a dedicated hotline to help reduce the risk of AI-induced nuclear attacks, analysts have said. The call came amid a fresh push by Washington to prioritise high-level talks on arms controls. In a phone convers...

Armed robbers stole goods worth more than €1 million (US$1.1 million) from a De Beers jewellery shop in Paris on Thursday before fleeing on scooters, authorities and a police source told Agence France-Presse. The suspects, carrying long guns, targe...

Major Hong Kong retailers Sogo and Chow Sang Sang have disclosed separate data breaches after unauthorised parties accessed their systems, potentially exposing the personal information of customers, including that of up to 820,000 Sogo loyalty member...