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Xi praises US ‘milestone’ visit and relationship, offers Trump roses

Xi praised the new 'constructive and strategic' relationship with the US, before Trump concluded his China trip.

US seeks indictment of former Cuban leader Raul Castro

The potential charges relate to Cuba's 1996 downing of humanitarian planes, US media outlets report.

Xi-Trump summit: can ‘aspirational’ new vision for stability survive strategic rivalry?

President Xi Jinping’s new formula for China-US relations is “aspirational”, but the “real test” will be ensuring the two powers can work together ...

2d ago · Alyssa Chen

Xi-Trump summit aside, 2 meetings in Asia matter for global trade

Most readers of foreign news pages this weekend will be assuming that US President Donald Trump’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beiji...

2d ago · David Dodwell

Top Singapore-based physicist relocates to China after superconductor breakthrough

Stephen Lin Er Chow, a physicist who designed a groundbreaking copper-free superconducting oxide capable of high-temperature superconductivity, has...

2d ago · Shi Huang

2d ago · SCMP’s Asia desk

Thailand unearths Southeast Asia’s largest dinosaur, the mighty Nagatitan

A new giant dinosaur weighing about 27 tonnes has been unearthed by researchers in Thailand, making it the largest ever found in Southeast Asia. Ac...

Nadim Bawalsa & the Palestinian diaspora: From denial to genocide

Nadim Bawalsa traces how early Palestinian migrants in Latin America forged national identity long before 1948.

Scientists identify massive new dinosaur following Thailand dig

Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis had enough unique features to be considered a new species.

2d ago · Iman Muttaqin Yusof

Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim wants to project strength. His former ministers won’t let him

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling alliance will try to show a united front this weekend, but two former ministers from his own party ...

🌍 BBC World

Five Italians die during cave scuba dive in Maldives

Four of the Italians were part of a team from the University of Genoa.

Australian trade minister to visit China to secure fuel during Iran war crunch

Australia’s trade minister will visit China in an effort to shore up fuel supplies that have run short this year because of bottlenecks in the Stra...

2d ago · Ralph Jennings

Benched Mbappe says he’s fourth-choice forward at Real Madrid under Arbeloa

Striker jeered by own fans as he came off bench in return from injury in 2-0 La Liga win over Real Oviedo.

‘Tell good stories of Hong Kong’ amid global turmoil, John Lee urges local media

The local media should contribute to “telling the ‘good stories of Hong Kong’” amid global turbulence as the city formulates its first five-year bl...

2d ago · William Yiu

Former Wang Fuk Court representative and wife held over fraud, money laundering

A man who previously represented residents of fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has been arrested, along with his wife, on suspicion of conspir...

2d ago · Denise Tsang

Xi Jinping meets foreign leaders: tracker, May 2026

US President Donald Trump wrapped up his visit to China on Friday, the first by a US leader in nine years. The three-day trip, originally scheduled...

2d ago · Junjie Wang

Hong Kong urged to shift from role as ‘superconnector’ to ‘value-adder’

Hong Kong must move beyond its traditional role as a “superconnector” and reposition itself as a “super value-adder”, a leading think tank has said...

2d ago · Lam Ka-sing

🌍 New York Times

U.S. and China Will Start Discussing A.I. Safety, Bessent Says

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did not say when these talks would happen. There are fears in the United States and China about the threats from A...

2d ago · Vivian Wang

🌍 New York Times

Nvidia’s Future in China Remains Unclear After Trump-Xi Summit

The standoff comes as Chinese firms increasingly turn to domestic chipmakers like Huawei, in a drive to reduce China’s dependence on Western techno...

2d ago · Meaghan Tobin