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AXA’s local unit becomes second insurer to redomicile from Bermuda to Hong Kong

French insurer AXA’s Hong Kong unit, one of the city’s largest life and general insurers, has become the second insurance company to move its domicile to Hong Kong from Bermuda, according to a stateme...

2dSouth China Morning PosteconomicsImpact

Russian attacks on Ukraine kill one

Another deadly night in Ukraine saw continued Russian bombardments, including strikes on the capital that killed one person and wounded four, while the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, was also...

3dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Australia deports Malaysian man caught with child sexual abuse material

A 26-year-old Malaysian has been deported from Australia after border authorities found over 100 images of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on his mobile phone. The man arrived in Sydney and was sel...

6dSouth China Morning PostcrimeImpact

Trump’s freewheeling Davos speech draws unease from allies and critics alike

There was moderate relief after US President Donald Trump walked back his threat to take Greenland by force on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, but also concern among critics and ...

6dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

China mega-embassy approval further boosts UK relations

The UK approved China’s controversial plan to build a mega-embassy in London, a move that probably paves the way for Keir Starmer to make the first trip to Beijing by a British prime minister since 20...

Jan 21South China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Trump links Greenland ambitions to Nobel Peace Prize snub

US President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer felt “an obligatio...

Jan 19France 24PoliticsImpact

61 million passenger trips at Hong Kong airport in 2025, up 15% year on year

Passenger trips at the Hong Kong International Airport reached 61 million in 2025, marking a 15 per cent year-on-year increase, after a full year of operation with the facility’s third runway. The Air...

Jan 15South China Morning Postworld_newsImpact

Chinese student numbers at Harvard rise despite Trump visa crackdown

Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the...

Jan 13South China Morning PosteducationImpact

Donald Trump pushing for strikes in Iran while advisors push for diplomacy

US President Donald Trump is expected to get a briefing over sanction options against Iran, as Washington has been threatening to act against the country. But according to US newspaper Wall Street Jou...

Jan 13France 24PoliticsImpact

Hong Kong corporate governance activist David Webb dies at 60

David Webb, the corporate governance activist renowned for his free public database and his explosive “Enigma Network” exposé that rocked the Hong Kong stock exchange, has died aged 60 of metastatic p...

Jan 13South China Morning PosteconomicsImpact

Bill Ackman donates $10,000 to GoFundMe for Alex Pretti's family

Bill Ackman has made donations to multiple fundraisers amid clashes between protesters and immigration officers in Minneapolis. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty images Bill Ackman's donation follows ...

1dBusiness InsidersocietyImpact

San Francisco issues warning as mountain lion roams city streets

A young mountain lion has been spotted prowling the streets of downtown San Francisco as officials have warned people in the area to take caution....

1dABC Newsworld_newsImpact

Mexico: Gunmen kill 11 at soccer field in Salamanca

Salamanca's mayor said the attack was part of a "crime wave" in the city and appealed to President Claudia Sheinbaum to help control the violence....

2dDeutsche WellecrimeImpact

Zelenskyy calls on to allies to provide more air defence as Russian strikes plunge Kyiv into cold

Zelenskyy said that Russia launched over 1,700 drones, 1,380 bombs, and 69 missiles over the past week, leaving hundreds of buildings in Kyiv without heating....

2dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

New Zealand works to identify human remains after landslide

Of the six people presumed dead, two were teenagers. The coroner's office warned that identifying the human remains could be a long and complex process....

4dDeutsche Welleaccidents

Spain: High-speed train crash leaves at least 21 dead

A high-speed train travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed, crashing into an oncoming train near the town of Adamuz in the southern Andalusia region....

Jan 19Deutsche Welleaccidents

WATCH: Video shows moment controlled avalanche roars down Russian mountainside

Heart-stopping video shows the moment a controlled avalanche in Russia sends a powerful wall of snow down a mountainside and engulfed a ski resort....

Jan 17ABC NewsaccidentsImpact

Syria: No end to conflict between Kurds, central government

The past week's fighting between the Syrian army and Syrian Kurdish paramilitaries shows how difficult the military integration of the two will be to achieve....

Jan 14Deutsche WellePolitics

Remittances ‘more important than aid’ as Africa turns to stablecoins

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, economist Vera Songwe pointed to remittances and inflation hedging as key drivers of stablecoin use across Africa....

4dCoinTelegrapheconomics

Ukraine: Overnight Russian attack cuts off power in Kyiv

Russia pounded Ukraine's Kyiv region with combined drone and missile strikes overnight. Thousands of homes have been left without electricity and heating in the freezing weather....

Jan 20Deutsche Welleworld_newsImpact
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