Indian nurse’s death sentence in Yemen spotlights long-standing migrant workers’ woes
[South China Morning Post] - 01/10/2025
Nimisha Priya’s claims of passport confiscation among ‘problematic practices’ experienced by migrant workers in the Middle East, analysts say.
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China releases world’s most powerful electronic warfare weapon design software – for free
While similar US industrial software can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, a Chinese program has been released (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Apple forms Shanghai data-processing venture as AI push in China still in limbo
The Shanghai unit of Apple will focus on software development, big data services, storage services and data processing.
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
China catches foreign spy taking photos of island military site: report
The overseas operative and an assistant intended to gather intelligence on coastal facilities, state broadcaster (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Trump says Putin ‘wants to meet ... we are setting it up’
US president-elect says have to get the Ukraine-Russia war over with, calls it ‘a bloody mess’.
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
South Korea’s presidential security chief Park Chong-jun resigns
Before standing down, Park Chong-jun said there must be no bloodshed if investigators attempt another arrest of the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Hong Kong minister backs city’s care teams despite critical viral video
Secretary for home and youth affairs defends teams in face of viral news clip in which officials duck requests for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Lancet study estimates Gaza death toll 40 per cent higher than recorded
UK-led group of researchers estimated that almost 60 per cent of deaths were women, children and the elderly.
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Will Donald Trump’s return to power deepen divisions between Canada and China?
Whoever succeeds Justin Trudeau is likely to want to keep the White House on side, but that risks a further chill in (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Chinese firms ‘going global’ learn important lesson: integrate, or die
As China’s companies move to emerging markets, they find clients wanting infrastructure and pathways to local (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025
Malaysia’s Asean chair to-do list, from turmoil to tariffs – and Trump
Can Anwar Ibrahim’s diplomatic finesse help Malaysia steer Asean through the storm of rising trade tensions and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 11/01/2025
Kenmuddy Town? Hong Kong power firm apologises for botched road markings
A viral image showed the Chinese name for ‘Kennedy Town’ written wrongly, with the first character in simplified (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/01/2025