SCMP partners with top Kazakh university to deepen Hong Kong’s Central Asia ties
The South China Morning Post has signed an agreement with a leading university in Kazakhstan to foster the exchange of knowledge between East and Central Asia while extending Hong Kong’s media presence in the region. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed on...
Chinese firms’ green-tech expansion hinges on Hong Kong, senior bankers say
Hong Kong is poised to play a bigger role in financing Chinese green-technology companies’ expansion into emerging markets, as geopolitical fragmentation and high funding costs reshape how capital is deployed in the global energy transition, according to senior...
Nepal’s US$2.5 billion flood bill puts UN climate fund to its biggest test yet
Nepal is seeking financial aid following the catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people and caused billions of dollars in economic losses, tapping a global financial mechanism established to address the impacts of climate change in developing countries....
Philippine president’s cousin charged with plunder over US$118 million flood scandal
Philippine prosecutors filed a criminal charge on Monday against a lawmaker and cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr over his alleged involvement in a massive corruption scandal involving bogus flood-control projects. The case came more than a year after Marcos...
Malaysia lifts haze emergency in Sarawak, but warns pollution risks remain
Malaysia called off a haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo island on Monday but said very unhealthy levels of air pollution remained as a result of forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia. Sarawak has been heavily affected by fires in Indonesia’s Kalimantan, with...
Malaysia lifts haze emergency in Sarawak, but warns pollution risks remain
Malaysia called off a haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo island on Monday but said very unhealthy levels of air pollution remained as a result of forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia. Sarawak has been heavily affected by fires in Indonesia’s Kalimantan, with...
Chinese naval scientists fall in love with the ‘big guns’ on Trump-class warship
US President Donald Trump’s vision of new warships bristling with huge-calibre guns – widely mocked as a billionaire’s vanity project and a throwback to the battleship era of the second world war – has received an unexpected nod from military scientists in China. In a...
Singapore’s Wong warns racist remarks over Nepal, Air India risk ‘pulling us apart’
Hundreds killed in deadliest Yemen fighting since 2022 truce collapsed
Hundreds killed in deadliest Yemen fighting since 2022 truce collapsed
China won’t permit AI dominance; South Korea’s deepfake crisis: 5 weekend reads you missed
China won’t permit AI dominance; South Korea’s deepfake crisis: 5 weekend reads you missed
Australians could opt out of social media algorithms under proposed law
Australians could opt out of social media algorithms under proposed law
Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing to apply to test driverless vehicles in Hong Kong
Ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing to apply to test driverless vehicles in Hong Kong



