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Shenzhen’s health authorities have issued a warning to private medical service providers, urging them to halt unauthorised operations and marketing activities in Hong Kong after local officials alerted their mainland Chinese counterparts to an unlicensed dental practice in the city. The warning from the Public Hygiene and Health Commission of Shenzhen […]

Hong Kong authorities have been urged to speed up pipe replacement and monitoring after three bursts in the same area in less than a week raised fresh concerns over ageing water infrastructure. The latest burst in Tuen Mun came amid a series of leaks in recent months, including similar incidents in Kwai Chung and Shau Kei Wan, with the latter affecting more […]

A 65-year-old repeat sex offender in Hong Kong has been jailed after he was seen groping a secondary school student on a bus two months ago in a widely circulated online video. West Kowloon Court on Tuesday sentenced former household hardware salesman William Wu Yiu-shing to four months in prison for the offence, which garnered widespread attention after a […]

Hong Kong, August 4 (ANI): Chairman Xi Jinping continues to repair the upper echelons of China's military - the People's Liberation Army (PLA) - as key figures arrive and depart in disgrace in regular succession.The reason for the top brass' decimation is none other than Xi himself, who personally promotes these figures and then discards them when they fail […]

by Vladislava ChuguevaMOSCOW, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- As the midday sun rays glide over the exquisite carvings of the main entrance of Moscow's Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy, rows of elegant retro and modern cars await visitors to admire their sleek designs and learn their remarkable history.The ProDvizhenie (Moving Forward) car festival, one of […]

GUIYANG, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- For Worawit Boonkate, a Thai youth born in the 1990s, three years of academic training in China has enabled him to become a competent artificial intelligence (AI) specialist and built a strong springboard for his professional future.Having majored in communication engineering as an undergraduate in Thailand, he had no prior […]

Washington DC [US], August 4 (ANI): As part of its effort to downsize America's global diplomatic footprint, the US State Department has notified Congress of plans to close five consulates in Canada, Japan, Indonesia, Cameroon and Grenada.According to Reuters, the State Department informed some congressional committees late last week that it intends to shut […]

Hong Kong delivery rider Raj Bhattarai* felt the pain – both physically and financially – after a vehicle rear-ended his motorcycle on the job about a year ago. Bhattarai, who is in his forties, spent a month on sick leave with a back injury and waited 10 months before he received compensation for the accident. The payout was a paltry HK$3,000 […]

(260803) -- YAOUNDE, Aug. 3, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Guests take a group photo with program student trainees after the launching ceremony in Yaounde, Cameroon, Aug. 3, 2026. China First Highway Engineering Co., Ltd. (CFHEC) launched a training initiative Monday to build local expertise in Cameroon. The Seagull Talent Program was launched in the capital, Yaounde, […]

BEIJING, China: China's military carried out joint air and naval drills near the disputed Scarborough Shoal on August 1, according to a statement from the People's Liberation Army Southern Theater Command. The exercises took place in the waters and airspace around the shoal, which China calls Huangyan Dao. The Chinese military said the drills were a […]

Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 3 (ANI): Admiral Steve Koehler, Commander of the US Pacific Fleet, will arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday for a three-day official visit from August 4 to 6, aimed at boosting security cooperation and strategic partnerships between the United States and Bangladesh.Announcing the high-profile military visit, Mara Bird, Acting Spokesperson […]

New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday conveyed India's support for Uzbekistan's chairship of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) for the 2027-29 period, while also appreciating the support by Tashkent as New Delhi hosts the BRICS Summit. He also appreciated Uzbekistan's firm position against terrorism. He made the […]

Taipei [Taiwan], August 3 (ANI): A human rights advocate has warned that a youth camp organised by China for Taiwanese students could use artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake technology to blackmail participants into cooperating with Beijing's 'united front' activities, according to a report by the Taipei Times.China is organising summer camps for young […]

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 3 (ANI): Dr Satyanjal Pandey assumed charge as the Charge d'Affaires of the High Commission of India in Islamabad on August 1, according to the Indian High Commission in Pakistan. In a post on X on Monday, the High Commission said, 'Dr. Satyanjal Pandey @DrSatyanjal assumed charge of Charge d' Affaires in High Commission of […]

About 500 Hong Kong students are getting a taste of army life, with the PLA garrison launching its annual summer camp to instil patriotism and discipline, and teach military skills, among young people. Among the new recruits is Lo Wan-lung, a Form One student at Salesian English School who is attending the two-week camp for the first time. Attracted by the […]

New York [US] August 3 (ANI): Hundreds of Tibetans and supporters gathered in New York City on Saturday to commemorate one month since the death of Tibetan independence activist Lobga Rangzen, who self-immolated outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York on July 2, renewing calls for Tibetan independence and condemning what participants described […]

(260803) -- YUDU, Aug. 3, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People watch a short outdoor performance, titled "Farewell," in Yudu County of Ganzhou City, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 22, 2026. At a ferry in Yudu County, a short outdoor performance is staged every few days. The performance, titled "Farewell," recreates the autumn of 1934, when local residents in Yudu […]

Hong Kong authorities have found a 60-year-old woman on a hillside near a cemetery nearly two weeks after she went missing, despite the search being hampered by a typhoon and days of heavy rain. Police said on Monday that Ngan Lai‑ching left her home at Kwong Ming Court in Tseung Kwan O on the morning of July 24 without a mobile phone or an Octopus card. […]

(260803) -- BEIDAIHE, Aug. 3, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, pays a visit to prominent experts on summer vacation in Beidaihe, a seaside resort in north China's Hebei Province, on Aug. 3, […]

A Burmese python has gone viral on social media after it was spotted along a busy road in a Hong Kong shopping district on Sunday evening, with an expert saying heavy rain over recent weeks may have forced wild animals into urban areas. The snake was caught on camera by a passing jogger near Causeway Bay’s Jardine Noonday Gun at around 11pm that day. In […]

HARBIN, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Across the fertile black soil of Heilongjiang, autonomous tractors work tirelessly, while intelligent drones fly overhead to monitor crop growth.Powered by smart farming solutions, technological upgrading is reshaping the heartland of China's granary in the province, bolstering the country's food security.As China's top […]

YINCHUAN, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- As desertification threatens ecosystems and livelihoods across many parts of the world, China's experience in combating advancing sands is offering new insights to countries seeking to restore degraded land.Surrounded by deserts on three sides, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in northwest China has spent decades battling […]

Screened as a highlight of the Asian Cultural Festival 2026 held from July 31 to Aug. 1, the youth-centric film blended elements of sports and street dance, deeply resonating with an energetic, mostly young local audience.HARARE, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Laughter and cheers rippled through a packed cinema in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, on Saturday as scenes from […]

The next leader of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) must have a fresh mindset, as someone who has spent a decade in the role may struggle to drive change, an insider has told the South China Morning Post, adding that the university is weighing whether to take part in the Northern Metropolis megaproject. The source, a senior leader at HKU, said the next […]

BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- While a technician wearing a full-body motion capture suit that features VR goggles, handheld controllers, and sensors strapped to his legs bends over, lifts his legs and turns, a humanoid robot in front of him mirrors every movement in real time.This is a novel scene at the Yunwan Embodied Intelligence Innovation Center in […]

LANZHOU, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Visitors to the Mogao Grottoes often find themselves lost in reverie before the exquisite murals and delicate sculptures, swept away by centuries of Buddhist art and history.Few ever glance back at the unassuming gray cave doors behind them. Yet those plain metal panels are anything but ordinary. They are the cave's quiet […]

Hong Kong police have arrested a mother and her aunt after she allegedly mistakenly fed her two children cannabis-infused sweets, resulting in them needing hospital treatment. The force received a report at about 4pm on Monday that a six-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl had fallen ill at their home in Wang Tak House, Wang Tau Hom Estate. The girl vomited, […]

Local farmers have suffered six-figure losses because of extreme downpours since May, with a farm in northern Hong Kong flooded for seven hours during heavy rain on Sunday. Leung Yat-shun of Shun Sum Yuen farm in Yuen Long said on Monday that efforts to grow tens of thousands of sunflowers had been a washout since May, with precipitation in July alone […]

Hong Kong’s Catholic diocese has urged worshippers to avoid masses led by a conservative group excommunicated by the Vatican after a priest from the fraternity was reported to be holding regular events in the city. The diocese’s call came about a month after the Vatican excommunicated followers of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) over the group’s […]

A construction safety manager has died after falling about 10 floors at a work site in Hong Kong’s Kowloon City. Authorities received a report at 12.40pm on Monday that a man had plunged from a rooftop before landing on the fourth floor at the site on Sa Po Road. Emergency responders discovered the 39-year-old man unconscious and trapped among […]

Indian traders reached Tibet through three Himalayan mountain passes, restarting trade that had stopped during the Covid pandemicTrade between India and China across their shared Himalayan border resumed on Saturday after a gap of six years as the two Asian powers rapidly normalize their relationship.Himalayan trading, a centuries-old tradition between […]

An employee of a Hong Kong fertility clinic is suspected of lying to cover up a mistake involving mixed-up embryo biopsy specimens, the South China Morning Post has learned, with police listing the case as fraud and placing the worker, who has returned to Malaysia, on the wanted list. A source said the employee worked at Heal Fertility in Central and was […]

New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Uzbekistan's Foreign Affairs Minister Saidov Bakhtiyor Odilovich on Monday called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan during his official visit to New Delhi. During the interaction, both leaders emphasised that the high-level visit provides an important opportunity to identify fresh avenues of bilateral […]

On August 3, five-year Chinese treasury bond futures began trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Market attention has focused on the new product, but its real significance emerges when set against the deep shifts under way in the international monetary system. History offers a clear lesson: no currency has graduated from a trade settlement currency to a […]

Four former Hong Kong warehouse workers have been jailed for up to seven years for conspiring to steal more than 800 unsold Chanel handbags and wallets worth at least HK$8.7 million (US$1.1 million). The High Court on Monday sentenced the four defendants over two foiled plots to steal from the French fashion house’s storage spaces at the Goodman Interlink […]

(260803) -- VIENTIANE, Aug. 3, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese mentor Li Li (R) and his Lao apprentice Bounyadeth Thepvongsa do track maintenance work at Meuangxay Station of the China-Laos Railway in Meuangxay, Laos, July 30, 2026. TO GO WITH "Feature: From protecting homelands to safeguarding railway -- Retired veterans, apprentices on China-Laos Railway" (Photo […]

by Xinhua writer Liu ShuchenBAKU, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- "When I began driving electric buses, I could immediately tell that they were very different from the buses I had driven before. They run quietly and smoothly, with hardly any noise or vibration. Most importantly, they are environmentally friendly," said Nurlan Salmanli, a 34-year-old bus driver in […]

Forty years ago, John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow was released. The action film is considered to be a turning point in Hong Kong cinema with directors like Quentin Tarantino citing it as an inspiration. In this On This Day article, we look at SCMP’s archive coverage of this modern-day classic. A Better Tomorrow was released on August 2, 1986. Due to its […]

A former Hong Kong prison officer has been sentenced to three years in jail for severely wounding an inmate by repeatedly thrusting a stick into the victim’s rectum after the defendant was sprinkled with baby powder during a game of bingo. District Court Judge Frankie Yiu Fun-che on Monday handed down the punishment to Tam Lik-chung, a former Correctional […]

Hong Kong sporting event organisers should use technology to better track and monitor athletes, lawmakers have urged after a triathlete went missing at sea in Tai Po and was later found dead. The death of the participant in the city’s Summer Triathlon Challenge on Sunday has raised concerns over whether safety measures for such races are sufficient, […]

DETROIT, Michigan: Ford is preparing for the possibility that Chinese automakers could begin selling vehicles in the United States within the next five to 10 years, Chief Executive Jim Farley told employees during a town hall meeting on July 30, according to three people who viewed the event. Farley and other senior Ford executives said they believe Chinese […]

New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): Uzbekistan's Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov has arrived in New Delhi for a high-level official visit to India spanning from August 2 to 5, 2026.Welcoming Saidov, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote in a post on X, 'A very warm welcome to Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov @FM_Saidov of […]

A surgical procedure for Alzheimer’s disease being tested in Hong Kong has the potential to improve patients’ ability to take care of their basic needs such as getting dressed and remaining socially engaged. The ongoing clinical trial, launched by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), involves an operation that drains an abnormal […]

(260803) -- TORONTO, Aug. 3, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Sara Bejlek of the Czech Republic celebrates a point during the first round of the women's singles match between Wang Xiyu of China and Sara Bejlek of the Czech Republic at the 2026 National Bank Open tennis tournament in Toronto, Canada, Aug. 2, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

Hong Kong can expect sunnier but very hot weather later this week, the city’s forecaster has said, as residents woke to an amber rainstorm warning for the second consecutive morning. The Hong Kong Observatory on Monday issued the amber rainstorm warning signal at 6.40am, following a similar alert on Sunday morning that remained in place for more than six […]