
India’s BJP and Congress clash over Trump’s comment on US$21 million election aid
[South China Morning Post] - 02/21/2025
The comment comes as the US Department of Government Efficiency seeks to find evidence of wasteful spending by the Joe Biden administration.
In Chinese newspapers
PLA steps up Taiwan military patrols over Lunar New Year holiday
Ramped up military patrols during the usually quiet Lunar New Year were softened with social media messages from PLA (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Trump orders new curbs on Chinese investments in strategic areas
A memo signed by the US president seeks to promote overseas investment while protecting US national security (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Hong Kong temperatures to dip to 13 degrees on Monday next week
Observatory says mercury to rise slightly in middle of next week, while conditions on Saturday remain cool.
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Pakistan NGO chief who alleged vote rigging has home sealed
Sarwar Bari’s report alleged widespread rigging in national elections last year, when a coalition of parties (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Trump ally Bannon’s ‘Nazi gesture’ prompts France far-right leader to cancel US speech
Bannon briefly held out a stiff arm at the Conservative Political Action Conference as he called on the audience to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/02/2025
Trump says Russia attacked Ukraine in U-turn, predicts deal on minerals soon
The US president says Kyiv ‘don’t have any cards, but they’re playing tough’, tells Zelensky and Putin to ‘get (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Prabowo’s budget cuts threaten aid to Bali bombing survivors
Survivors like Chusnul Chotimah rely on funding from Indonesia’s victim and witness protection agency, LPSK, for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Hong Kong Bar Association chair urges global unity against planned US sanctions on judges
Senior Counsel Jose-Antonio Maurellet says any interference in judicial work will ‘undermine the administration of (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
Canadians think Carney can take on Trump as Liberals narrow gap with Conservatives
Multiple surveys show the ex-central banker edging out Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre on ability to handle (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025
US man found guilty of trying to kill Salman Rushdie
Hadi Matar faces up to 25 years in prison for attempted murder after repeatedly stabbing the writer and blinding him (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 21/02/2025
Chinese provincial boss fired over Covid response facing corruption probe
Jiang Chaoliang, who was dismissed as Hubei party boss at the start of Wuhan outbreak, also spent years in the (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 22/02/2025