Wednesday 17 April 2024
Singapore’s incoming PM, Lawrence Wong, says current leader Lee Hsien Loong to serve as senior minister
- scmpFitch cuts outlook for China’s state-owned banks from stable to negative citing Beijing’s limited capacity to support them
- scmpPhilippines’ Marcos Jnr says any Filipino death due to ‘foreign power’ could activate defence treaty with US
- scmpHong Kong’s bitcoin, ether ETFs seen as attractive to Asian buyers, but ‘child’s play’ compared with scale of US market
- scmpMalaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad challenges anti-corruption authorities to prove alleged abuse of power
- scmpVeteran Hong Kong film star Tony Leung urged to make way for younger talent by top city movie director, sparking debate
- scmpElectric vehicles: China’s Chery Automobile enters UK’s car rental business as its Omoda EVs are leased out by Octopus
- scmpOfficials promote China-led cyber governance to Belt and Road members during the Digital Silk Road forum in Xian
- scmpMassive fire topples spire at Copenhagen’s 17th-century old Stock Exchange, reminiscent of Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral
- scmpMalaysian man, found in Singapore and reunited with family after 20 years, dies at age 88
- straitstimesHong Kong lawmakers slam HK$3.75 million monthly bill for 6 Covid isolation facilities on standby
- scmpIndia’s Bishnoi gang members arrested for shooting at Bollywood star Salman Khan’s home, in payback for antelope killings
- scmpChinese police arrest over 1,500 for online rumours in campaign targeting influencers, bloggers and live-streamers
- scmpKL airport shooting: Malaysian police probing why suspect went for check-up the week before
- straitstimes‘He won’t budge an inch’: South Korea’s humbled yet defiant Yoon ploughs on despite electoral drubbing
- scmpChina Evergrande: PwC refutes letter claiming fraud tied to indebted developer, vows to investigate ‘fabricated’ claims
- scmpHong Kong man jailed for petrol bomb offences during 2019 social unrest and for trying to escape justice by fleeing in boat to Taiwan
- scmpJohn Lee vows to showcase Hong Kong as ‘city of hospitality’ in push to attract more tourists during golden week holiday
- scmpSingapore gives workers right to request 4-day weeks, more work from home under new flexitime guideline
- scmpTech war: how Chinese scientists rigged a low-cost AI computer chip to power a hypersonic weapon
- scmpHong Kong ‘to speed up legislative efforts to clamp down on ignored fire safety orders’, after fatal blaze in Kowloon
- scmpCase review of rural China doctor jailed for treating sex workers in 2012 sparks medical ethics debate on social media
- scmpBeijing accuses UK of ‘repeating old tricks’ over report slamming Hong Kong’s national security laws
- scmpEx-TVB artist Lee Lung-kei’s fiancée hit with extra charge related to overstay in Hong Kong, bringing total to 7
- scmpChinese breakthroughs in chip tech, air pollution controls headline top science award nominees
- scmpIndonesia-Israel relations: why normalising ties for an OECD seat would be ‘political suicide’ for Jakarta
- scmpEven the ‘man in the street’ can set up a family office in Hong Kong if their money is legitimate, John Lee says
- scmpAfter air attacks Iran tells China it will not escalate violence against Israel as Wang Yi holds Mideast calls
- scmpChina ‘invisible man’ painter blends into surroundings with chameleon body colouring to promote love of nature
- scmpAttacks on a nuclear plant in Russian-controlled Ukraine put the whole world at risk, warns IAEA
- scmpChina’s energy trade with Middle East set to surge since Beijing brokered last year’s Iran-Saudi deal, UBS says
- scmpFrom consumption to tourism, China’s middle class holds the key to revving up economic engine, but can they turn it?
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