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Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP), Hong Kong’s largest developer by market capitalisation, puts another 350 units on sale in its Sierra Sea project after four rounds of sold-out flats in January, reflecting returning buyer appetite in the world’s most expensive property market. The batch at phase 2B included 244 two-bedroom and 106 three-bedroom units, […]

The number of suspected scams involving unusually high and belated compensation claims for minor or non-existent traffic accidents in Hong Kong has doubled to more than 70 in less than a week, according to the security minister. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung told a radio programme on Sunday that the increase was recorded after publicity […]

A Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific flight had to return to Kaohsiung after take-off on Sunday morning due to a technical problem, with around 200 passengers affected. A Cathay Pacific spokesman confirmed flight CX449 returned to the Taiwanese city shortly after departure due to an unspecified “technical issue”. “We sincerely apologise for the […]

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Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], February 1 (ANI): Members of the Tibetan exile community worldwide voted on Sunday to elect the Sikyong (political leader) and members of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, as polling for the preliminary phase of the two-phase election was held. The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA)'s Chief Election […]

Beijing [China], February 1 (ANI): China and the United Nations have both sounded warnings this week to Pakistan over its growing spillover of terrorist threats from Afghanistan and about militant violence affecting the country.Addressing a high-level briefing on the Counter-Terrorism Early Warning Network for Central Asia on Friday, Chinese Ambassador to […]

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Here are the latest Chinese sports headlines from the past week:1. Gu, Su spearhead China's 126-athlete squad for Milan-Cortina 2026China announced on January 27 its delegation for the upcoming Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, comprising 286 members, including 126 athletes.With an average age of 25, the squad will be led […]

(260201) -- GUANGZHOU, Feb. 1, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2026 shows high-speed trains at a maintenance depot in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. High-speed trains across China are getting ready for the country's upcoming annual Spring Festival travel rush, also known as chunyun, which begins on Feb. 2 in 2026. Each […]

(260201) -- ATLANTA, Feb. 1, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Soprano Qiu Shuwei from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and U.S. pianist Zachary Deak perform at the Carter Center in Atlanta, the United States, on Jan. 29, 2026. Nestled in the heart of Atlanta, the Carter Center witnessed on a serene evening a meeting of music and ink paintings, intertwined in a moment of […]

Beijing [China], February 1 (ANI) China has conducted 'combat readiness' patrols in the maritime and aerial areas around Huangyan Dao, which the Chinese call the Scarborough Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.The development comes on the heels of a joint US-Philippine drill in the area.China's People's Liberation […]

Hong Kong’s security minister has said the city currently faces four primary risks to its national security, with soft resistance being one of the most significant threats. Speaking on a radio programme on Saturday, Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung also said the police national security hotline had drawn 1.1 million reports since its inception […]

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday reacted sharply to US President Donald Trump's latest remarks on India's oil imports, alleging that the US President appeared to be repeatedly revealing information about decisions taken by the Indian government, referring to Operation Sindoor and India's oil policy. In an official […]

Art logistics and storage companies are expanding in Hong Kong with an eye on the Greater Bay Area market, following the government’s pledge to make the city a world leader in the art trading sector. Crozier’s storage space across three locations in the city increased from about 60,000 square feet (5,600 square metres) to 95,000 square feet last year, […]

Washington DC [US], February 1 (ANI): US President Donald Trump said that China is 'welcome' to buy Venezuelan oil and India already 'made' a deal to buy the oil.Addressing reporters aboard Air Force One, he said, 'China is welcome to come in and make a great deal on oil. We've already made a deal. India is coming in, and they're going to be buying […]

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Temperatures in Hong Kong fell to 12 degrees Celsius (54 Fahrenheit) on Sunday morning but the coming days are expected to be warmer, with the mercury projected to rise to 24 degrees on Friday, according to the […]

New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Taiwan's gross domestic product (GDP) increased an estimated 8.63 per cent in 2025 from a year earlier, marking its strongest growth in 15 years.According to a Focus Taiwan report, the economic expansion was driven primarily by a surge in exports and rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The […]

Taipei [Taiwan], February 1 (ANI): Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Sunday said that it detected one sortie by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and six People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels operating around its territory up to 6 am (UTC+8).It added that the sortie crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's eastern Air […]

(260201) -- BELGRADE, Feb. 1, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A visitor interacts with a humanoid robot at the Chinese Cultural Center in Belgrade, Serbia, Jan. 30, 2026. An immersive music and opera gala at the Chinese Cultural Center in Belgrade drew hundreds of attendees on Friday evening, marking the launch of the 2026 Chinese New Year celebrations in Serbia. (Photo […]

When Hong Kong’s Housing Authority launched the Tenants Purchase Scheme (TPS) in 1998, it embodied the city’s aspiration of home ownership for all. Then the chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, envisioned public housing tenants buying their flats at a discount, transforming renters into homeowners. That year, the first batch of 25,000 flats was rolled out. […]

Hong Kong authorities have uncovered robot-operated accounts booking public indoor sports venues just a week after a new anti-touting policy took effect, prompting experts to call for stronger measures against scalping. A Leisure and Cultural Services Department spokesman told the South China Morning Post that authorities had detected bots being used to […]

Trump says Iran negotiating with U.S.U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Iran is negotiating with the United States."The plan is that (Iran is) talking to us, and we'll see if we can do something. Otherwise, we'll see what happens," Trump told a Fox News correspondent.He added that "the last time they negotiated, we had to take out their […]

Havana [Cuba], February 1 (ANI): Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez on Saturday (local time) strongly condemned the United States' latest move to impose tariffs on countries supplying oil to the island, warning that the measures aim to 'strangle' Cuba's economy.In a series of posts on X, the Cuban President accused the Trump administration of […]

New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): BJP MP Sambit Patra on Saturday accused the Congress of spreading falsehoods by allegedly editing an email linked to the Jeffrey Epstein files to falsely suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken advice from the disgraced financier.Speaking to ANI here, Patra said the Congress had carried out what he described […]

Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], January 31 (ANI): The Tibetan community living in exile is preparing for the first phase of elections to choose the Sikyong (President) and members of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, scheduled to be held on February 1. Termed a 'unique election' by the Tibetan Election Commission, the voting process will take place […]

(260131) -- KUMASI, Jan. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Philip Antwi-Agyei, provost of the College of Science at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), speaks at the award ceremony of the Chinese Ambassador's Scholarship in Kumasi, Ghana, Jan. 30, 2026. The Confucius Institute at the KNUST in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy in Ghana on […]

(260131) -- NIASSA, Jan. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on Jan. 31, 2026 shows a Chinese-built graphite processing plant in Nipepe District, Niassa Province, Mozambique. A graphite processing plant invested in and built by a Chinese-funded enterprise was inaugurated on Friday in the Nipepe district of Niassa Province in northern Mozambique. TO GO […]

BEIJING, China: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing on January 29, signalling a breakthrough in ties after years of distrust and acrimony. Xi greeted Starmer at the Great Hall of the People for a discussion that lasted around 40 minutes, before they lunched together. He will also meet Premier Li Qiang. […]

ESPOO, Finland: Global technology companies must operate across both sides of the Atlantic to compete effectively, Nokia's chief executive said on January 29, as Europe debates how far it should go in backing domestic industry and reducing reliance on foreign suppliers. Europe and the United States are deeply intertwined, and major tech firms cannot afford […]

Bangkok [Thailand], January 31 (ANI): India's Devika Sihag entered the final of the ongoing Thailand Masters event after she stunned Chinese Taipei's Huang Yu Hsun in straight sets in the one-sided semifinals on Saturday.The Indian shuttler won the hard-fought set 22-20, according to ESPN. Devika started the second set on a dominating note, racing to an […]

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Through a systematic, multi-year monitoring with China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), Chinese scientists have, for the first time, witnessed the year-to-year evolution of a fast radio burst (FRB), revealing that it originates in a young supernova remnant.This discovery, made by a research team […]

Hong Kong authorities’ swift U-turn on a law requiring bus passengers to wear seat belts came about because of a lack of public consultation during policymaking and a less than thorough crafting process for the regulatory fine print, political observers have said. Failures on both fronts should serve as a wake-up call for officials and lawmakers to do […]

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- China has become a critical contributor to scientific innovation and advanced manufacturing, as well as a driving force for common prosperity worldwide, Pascal Soriot, CEO of British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca, told Xinhua on Friday.Soriot made the remarks in an interview in Beijing, a day after the firm pledged to invest […]

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- An article by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on following the path of financial development with Chinese characteristics and boosting China's strength in finance will be published on Sunday.The article by Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military […]

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Hongkongers should brace for cooler weather on Sunday as temperatures are expected to drop to as low as 13 degrees Celsius (55.4 Fahrenheit). The Hong Kong Observatory said on Saturday that the mercury would plunge to […]

(260131) -- WINDHOEK, Jan. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Ding Jumei (R), a traditional medicine nursing specialist of the 16th batch of the China Medical Team in Namibia, guides a patient to practice Baduanjin, a traditional Chinese exercise, at the Chinese acupuncture clinic at Katutura Intermediate Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia, on Jan. 28, 2026. The Chinese […]

Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings is expected to move forward with selling its remaining port assets, despite Panama’s Supreme Court nullifying its contract for two terminals at either end of the country’s geostrategically vital canal, according to experts. But the effort by billionaire Li Ka-shing’s conglomerate to offload the rest of its ports […]

(260131) -- MAOMING, Jan. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A crew member unloads the catches at the vessel on Jan. 28, 2026. As dawn breaks, the Bohe port in Maoming, south China's Guangdong Province, is already a bustling scene. Captain Huang Ningbo and his brother Huang Ninglang steer their fishing vessel, leading the crew to the sea for fishing operations. Each […]

(260131) -- BANGKOK, Jan. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Xuanchen hits a return during the men's singles semifinal match between Zhu Xuanchen of China and Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul of Thailand at the Thailand Masters 2026 badminton tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)

Hong Kong’s private schools could be ordered to cease operating or have their registration revoked if their management is deemed unsatisfactory under new guidelines issued by education authorities. The Education Bureau released a code of practice on Friday for private primary and secondary schools, following reports of poor management – including some […]

Seoul [South Korea], January 31 (ANI): South Korea and Japan have agreed to resume their bilateral naval search and rescue exercise for the first time in nine years as part of efforts to promote military exchange, Seoul's defence ministry said as reported by the country's state media.South Korean Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back and his Japanese counterpart, […]

BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has urged efforts to leverage the country's comparative advantages, pursue progress while maintaining stability, and promote continuous breakthroughs in the development of industries of the future.Xi made the remarks while presiding over a […]

(260131) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer communicates with British actress Rosamund Pike (L) and local students during his visit at the Design Innovation Institute Shanghai in east China's Shanghai, Jan. 31, 2026. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

Hong Kong’s top decision-making body has held 25 per cent fewer meetings in the first 3½ years of the current administration compared with the previous two governments, the South China Morning Post has found, with the group’s secretariat urging the public to focus on “outcomes of the work” rather than on the number of gatherings. The Executive […]

MACAO, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- House of Dancing Water, an aquatic stage production featuring aerial acrobatics and theater technology, was awarded the 2025 Medal of Merit for tourism by the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) government on Friday.The medals of merit, according to the SAR government, recognize individuals or entities for notable or […]

SHENZHEN, 31st January, 2026 (WAM) -- A delegation from the Ajman Government Media Office visited the headquarters of "Huawei" in Shenzhen, China, as part of a tour aimed at reviewing the latest offerings from the global company in the fields of technology and digital solutions, and exploring opportunities for cooperation in developing the media work […]