
Border patrol agent admits telling women to expose breasts to gain entry to US
[South China Morning Post] - 03/9/2025
Former agent Shane Millan faces 2 years in prison, said US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.
In Chinese newspapers
Stop ‘flaunting wealth’, Chinese bankers told in new guidelines
The draft rules will penalise securities firms if their staff indulge in ‘excessive luxury’, but reward them for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/03/2025
Can China and India step in to fill climate void left by Trump’s America?
The US’ absence from international deliberations on climate change must not be allowed to derail efforts to solve (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Chinese ‘3-knives girl’ martial arts prodigy, guardian for ‘country, family, myself’
Skilled teenage girl shows remarkable dexterity with ornamental knives, says she is determined to preserve China’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 10/03/2025
China to give gig workers and training a lift to keep lid on unemployment
Social security minister says some positions are going unfilled as demand for skills goes unmet.
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Trump administration ends Iraq’s waiver to buy Iranian electricity
The US aims to isolate Iran from the global economy and eliminate its oil export revenues to slow Tehran’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza
Full effects of move are not immediately clear but Gaza’s desalination plants receive power from Israel for (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Syrian government to investigate after reports of mass killings
830 Alawite civilians killed in ‘executions’ in coastal regions in worst clashes since overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Trump declines to rule out a 2025 US recession
Trump’s tariff threats against China, Canada and Mexico have left US financial markets in turmoil and consumers (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Russian special forces use pipeline to surprise Ukrainian troops
Ukrainian soldiers seized about 1,300 square kilometres of Russia’s Kursk region in 2024 to gain a bargaining chip (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
Hong Kong homebuyers deliver brisk weekend sales for developers, as small flats favoured
Strong results for Sun Hung Kai Properties and Henderson Land show improving sentiment after a stamp-duty cut, (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025
China says rising military budget ‘reasonable’ in face of ‘complex security environment’
Defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian defends 7.2 per cent rise in the PLA’s budget as justified given the ‘significant (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 9/03/2025