Mamdani tells immigrant New Yorkers about their right not to comply with ICE
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani posted a video to social media on Sunday explaining immigrants’ right to refuse to speak to or comply with agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), days after federal agents carried out a raid in Manhattan. In...
Surprises and defeats in Hong Kong Legco election
This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Some 31.9 per cent of registered voters cast their ballots...
Bolsonaro’s son says he could drop Brazil presidency bid ‘for a price’
Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Sunday he could abandon his presidential aspirations for a “price”, and suggested amnesty be granted to his father, the imprisoned far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro. The ex-president’s eldest son announced on Friday that...
Economist Huang Yiping on why China’s AI push must be ‘job-oriented’
Huang Yiping is the dean of Peking University’s National School of Development and a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank. He also sits on the Hong Kong stock exchange’s Mainland China Advisory Group. In his...
Release of 100 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren secured by government, UN reports
Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school last month, a United Nations source and local media said on Sunday, though the fate of another 165 pupils and staff thought to remain in captivity...
While China exudes confidence, Russia is held back by yearning
When President Xi Jinping hosted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin earlier this year, the choreography was familiar: smiles, handshakes and talk of a “multipolar world order”. Yet beneath the...
India or EU: Which Offers Better Prospects for Russia?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has just returned from India, where he received a very warm welcome from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Russia and India agreed to work together in defense, energy, and trade. Read More
Voter turnout for Hong Kong Legco poll surpasses record low in 2021
US Won’t Put ‘Boots On The Ground’ In Ukraine – Trump’s Envoy Kellogg
China desalination tech makes fresh water cheaper than tap water – plus hydrogen
African Union Condemns Attempted Coup in Benin, Expresses Support for Head of State
3 serving lawmakers make urgent appeals in Hong Kong Island West
Constituency home to deadly blaze records lowest turnout rate in Hong Kong
Japan Pleads for US Backing as It Ramps Up Militaristic Urge Against China
India to pause coal power expansion beyond 2035 amid grid stress
Hong Kong property tycoons turn heads at poll, urge voters to fulfil civic duty




