Hong Kong court orders retrial of man charged with murdering taxi driver after jury fails to reach majority verdict

A Hong Kong court has ordered a retrial of a man accused of murdering a taxi driver in 2021 after the jury failed to reach…

Elon’s own words just exposed AI bubble

North Korea doubles down on Its alliance with Russia, for now 

   North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has doubled down on his military and strategic alliance with Vladimir Putin and the Russian regime, betting that…

Goodbye, Comrade Zhu Rongji

Zhu Rongji, born on October 23, 1928, died on August 12, 2026. He had been a prime minister, and a great modernizer of China’s financial…

Surviving Hong Kong’s sweltering summer: A comprehensive guide to beating the heat and staying safe

Hongkongers are sweltering under extreme heat this summer. On Sunday, the city broke its record for the highest temperature ever recorded at the Observatory’s Tsim…

China’s new stealth corvette tests the future of naval warfare

China’s mystery weapon aboard its experimental stealth corvette points to a wider naval race to harness directed energy for everything from deniable gray-zone coercion to…

Teen gets 18-month probation for ‘seditious’ toilet graffiti, marking rare non-custodial sentence for nat. sec offence

A Hong Kong man has been handed an 18-month probation order for writing “seditious words” in a Tsim Sha Tsui bathroom, marking a rare instance…

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Myanmar’s junta wants to cancel the diplomatic test it can’t pass

“No longer necessary.” That was Min Aung Hlaing’s foreign ministry on August 8, on the office of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Chair’s…

Democrats just shocked everyone in Wisconsin

Zhu Rongji, trailblazing ex-premier who transformed China’s economy, dead at 97

Zhu Rongji, China’s former premier who died on Wednesday aged 97, championed free-market policies and delivered far-reaching economic reforms during his five years at the…

In Pictures: Authorities begin clearance of ‘illegal’ 20-year-old community space on Mission Hill

Hong Kong authorities have begun clearance operations on a plot of government land in Sham Shui Po which, for years, had been unlawfully occupied by…

Why the Trump administration will have to accept a Hormuz toll

In the weeks since the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding collapsed, Washington and Tehran have used the time to strengthen their respective positions in the event negotiations resume.…

Woman charged after 136 dogs found without licences at Yuen Long shelter

A Hong Kong woman has been prosecuted for allegedly keeping 136 dogs without licences at an animal shelter in Yuen Long. The Agriculture, Fisheries and…

Hong Kong’s tech index plans expansion with AI and robotics themes

Hong Kong’s main tech stock index plans to include 20 more companies as well as artificial intelligence and robotics themes to reflect changes in the…

Grieving daughter says SCMP’s year-late apology over ‘reprehensible’ suicide coverage falls short

A grieving daughter who lobbied the South China Morning Post (SCMP) to revise its policies on suicide reporting says a year-late apology and correction “falls…

2019 protests: 6 seek appeals for obstructing justice over PolyU campus bridge escape

Six people who rappelled off a bridge and fled from a university campus besieged by police at the peak of the pro-democracy protests in 2019…

Detroit knows China’s eating its EV lunch but can’t change course

One of the things that surprised this tourist in Oslo last February was the vast number of electric vehicles. EVs were everywhere. Every taxi I…

Trump fires on multiple fronts to break China’s minerals monopoly

The Trump administration has launched a series of measures to ensure that US defense contractors source critical minerals domestically or from allied nations, building a…