We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, ple...
US President Donald Trump said on January 13 he’s cancelled talks with Iranian officials amid a protest crackdown, telling Iranian citizens “help is on its way.” Trump did not offer any details about ...
A Republican congressman from Florida introduced a bill on Monday to annex Greenland and make it the 51st US state as President Donald Trump threatens to seize the autonomous Danish territory. Trump h...
Michael Burry Jim Spellman/WireImage Michael Burry says AI is a bubble so big that it will tank the market and economy when it pops. The "Big Short" investor said the government will try to he...
Glacier National Park is beautiful in the offseason. Amy Grisak I've lived near Glacier National Park for 35 years and know it can get hectic in the summer months. However, I love snowshoeing, skiing,...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor James Marsters has said there's been "interest" in him reprising his iconic role as Spike in the upcoming Hulu continuation series Buffy: New Sunnydale . Speaking on Cha...
Air Force One Rebecca Blackwell/AP Any Air Force plane carrying a US president is called Air Force One. President John F. Kennedy was the first to use a jet designed specifically for a US president. P...
Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy has discussed a list of Star Wars projects as she exits her role as company president — though curiously there was no mention of the previously-announced standalone mov...
The first Harry Potter film will get a fresh theatrical release this August, to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (or the Philosopher's Stone, if you're British) or...
Ever since the Steam Deck came out, the humble handheld gaming PC has been going through a renaissance of sorts. Because while these fun-shaped PCs have been around for a while, being made by the like...
Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s largest developer by market capitalistion, is poised to sell out another batch of units at its Sierra Sea project in the New Territories, the city’s largest...
Baidu's ERNIE-5.0-0110 ranks #8 globally on LMArena, becoming the only Chinese model in the top 10 while outperforming GPT-5.1-High....
Hey HN, Lume is an open-source CLI for running macOS and Linux VMs on Apple Silicon. Since launch ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42908061 ), we've been using it to run AI agents in isolated ma...
Greengrocer Robin Blair with his wares Courtesy of Alyson Williamson Robin Blair runs his family's greengrocer business, founded in 1875. The octogenarian gets up at 4.30 a.m. and can work as late as ...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to end all US support for Iraq if Nouri al-Maliki, a former prime minister with ties to Iran, returns to the post. Trump, in his latest blatant interven...
Hong Kong air travellers are being advised to leave their power banks at home and bring charging cables as a group of South Korean airlines becomes the latest to ban the use of the portable batteries ...
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman led a diplomatic effort to dissuade Donald Trump from launching a high-risk military strike on Iran. For in-depth analysis, Genie Godula welcomes Jon Hoffman, Research Fe...
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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...
Kate Sieler and Samantha Martin cofounded the dating app Left Field and appeared on a recent episode of ABC's "Shark Tank." Disney/John Fleenor The founders of the dating app Left Field were g...