China China ‘resolutely opposes escalation of the US trade war’, prefers ‘calm negotiations’, vice-premier saysSouth China Morning Post - Amanda Lee China “resolutely opposes the escalation of the trade war” with the United States and instead welcomes “calm negotiations”, according to Vice-Premier …
Jakarta Indonesia picks area on Borneo for new capital, with relocation estimated to cost US$33 billionSouth China Morning Post The new administrative headquarters will be built between North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara in East Kalimantan.
World News Israeli court bars two ‘racist’ Jewish Power candidates from standing in electionSouth China Morning Post - Agence France-Presse Israel’s Supreme Court has barred two members of an extreme-right party many view as racist from running in a September 17 general election.The court …
News (Hong Kong) Hong Kong protests: pair bailed after overnight dispute outside residential estate officeSouth China Morning Post - Brian Wong Two men charged with hitting a police vehicle during a dispute over access to their flats during the protests in Hong Kong this weekend were ordered …
Asia How coffee helped a Vietnamese war veteran raise his familySouth China Morning Post - Karim Raslan Vietnam is the world’s second-largest coffee producer – exporting an estimated US$3.5 billion of the commodity in 2018. They are second only to …
Gaza Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in Gaza after rockets fired, army saysSouth China Morning Post - Agence France-Presse Israeli warplanes hit the Gaza Strip’s ruling Hamas movement early on Monday in response to earlier rocket fire from the territory into Israel, the …
Amazon Amazon fires: Brazilian President Jai Bolsonaro feeling the heat on world stage as inferno ragesSouth China Morning Post - Associated Press Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has insulted adversaries and allies, disparaged women, blacks and homosexuals, and even praised his country’s …
Asia For Indonesia’s finance chief Sri Mulyani, what will a ‘bigger’ role in new Jokowi cabinet entail?South China Morning Post - Resty Woro Yuniar Indonesia’s no-nonsense, charismatic and popular finance chief Sri Mulyani Indrawati looks certain for a top spot in President Joko Widodo’s …
Japan Japan insists it did not give up too much in US trade deal but experts say Washington is bigger winnerSouth China Morning Post - Bloomberg Japan’s top government spokesman said on Monday he did not think Tokyo had compromised too much in trade talks with the United States.“Negotiations …
Asia Ride-hailing firm Grab plans major investment in VietnamSouth China Morning Post - Reuters Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab is set to invest “several hundred million dollars” in Vietnam where the company sees its next major growth …
Teargas A one-year-old girl’s birthday celebration in Hong Kong ends in tears, crying and tear gasSouth China Morning Post - Elizabeth Cheung Wing Leung never imagined a day celebrating her infant daughter’s birthday would finish with crying, tears, and tear gas.The mother of two and her …
India In India, Modi is betting big on electric vehicles. But does he need China’s help?South China Morning Post - Vasudevan Sridharan July was the Indian auto industry’s worst month for passenger-vehicle sales in almost two decades, with numbers plummeting 35 per cent from the …
trump news update Donald Trump reportedly wanted to drop nuclear bombs on hurricanes to stop them hitting USSouth China Morning Post - Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump suggested dropping nuclear bombs on hurricanes before they made landfall in the United States, Axios reported on …
Policing Hong Kong police officers’ ‘relatives’ hold rally and call for inquiry into snowballing protest crisisSouth China Morning Post - Kimmy Chung Demonstrators in masks held a rally in central Hong Kong on Sunday, saying they were family members of police officers who felt unfairly trapped …
Hong Kong Island Hong Kong police accused of locking up onlookers not involved in the illegal protests rocking citySouth China Morning Post Among those affected was former marine police officer Jan Bochenski, 62, who was arrested for joining an ‘unlawful assembly’ in his own neighbourhood.
Hong Kong From a murder case to the death of ‘1992 consensus’, Taiwan’s high stakes in the Hong Kong protestsSouth China Morning Post - Sarah Zheng,Lawrence Chung There is little sign at a hotel in downtown Taipei that it had once hosted Chan Tong-kai, the Hong Kong student who confessed to killing his pregnant …
HKMA Hong Kong’s currency peg to the US dollar isn’t an Achilles’ heel – it’s an Achilles’ shieldSouth China Morning Post - Tom Holland Apparently, Hong Kong has an “Achilles’ heel”. According to one Zhou Luohua, vice-president at the Chongyang Finance Research Institute of Beijing’s …
World News Hundreds of anti-G7 activists stage protest march with ‘stolen’ portraits of French President Emmanuel MacronSouth China Morning Post - Agence France-Presse Several hundred anti-G7 protesters staged an unusual protest in southwestern France on Sunday, holding “stolen” portraits of French President …
North America Maryland firefighters evacuate shopping centre less than an hour before huge gas explosion rips through buildingSouth China Morning Post - Associated Press A powerful natural gas explosion badly damaged a Maryland office complex and shopping centre Sunday morning, ripping away part of the facade and …
North America Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy facing criminal charges after he faked being shot by a sniper, authorities saySouth China Morning Post - Tribune News Service A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy falsely claimed last week he was shot by a sniper at the Lancaster sheriff’s station. He will now be the …
Hezbollah Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah threatens Israel after Beirut ‘drone attack’South China Morning Post - Agence France-Presse The head of Hezbollah on Sunday threatened Israel after a “drone attack” on the Lebanese Shiite movement’s Beirut stronghold, vowing to “do …
Mohammad Javad Zarif Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif makes surprise visit to G7 summit amid nuclear programme deadlockSouth China Morning Post - Agence France-Presse Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif flew into Biarritz in southwestern France for the G7 summit on Sunday in a surprise attempt to break a …
World News New Athens mayor Costas Bakoyannis pledges major revamp of crisis-hit Greek capitalSouth China Morning Post - Agence France-Presse Newly-elected Athens mayor Costas Bakoyannis, scion of one of Greece’s most powerful political families, took his oath of office Sunday pledging to …
Sudan Sudan flood death toll reaches 62 after weeks of torrential rainSouth China Morning Post - Agence France-Presse Heavy rainfall and flash floods have killed 62 people in Sudan and left 98 others injured, the official SUNA news agency reported on Sunday.Sudan has …
Emmanuel Macron G7 nations close to agreement on tackling devastating Amazon fires, French President Emmanuel Macron saysSouth China Morning Post - Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday the leaders of the world’s major industrialised nations were close to an agreement on how to help …
Protest Hong Kong police officer fired warning shot in air because he felt ‘life was threatened’ by protesters...South China Morning Post Five officers responding to reports of vandalism were injured and sent to hospital after protesters armed with rods and pipes chased and attacked …
Policing Police officer fires gun, water cannon used for first time on protesters in Hong KongSouth China Morning Post At least one warning shot fired after three officers chased and beaten by club-wielding demonstrators in Tsuen Wan, while crowd-control vehicles were …
Shinzo Abe Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe claim to have agreed trade deal worth ‘billions of dollars’South China Morning Post - Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday announced a deal in principle on a major bilateral trade deal.“It’s a very …
News (China) China ‘can transform the war on drugs’ with ultra-fast portable detectorSouth China Morning Post - Stephen Chen China has deployed a portable drug detector at some border checkpoints that can radically improve the speed and accuracy of narcotics …
