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Unstable Tibetan Plateau risks cascading disasters as glacier losses mount

Experts find downstream erosion is critical to scale of destruction as death toll continues to rise from China-Nepal landslide and floods.

The landslide and flooding sparked by a glacial disaster on August 26 has prompted experts to reassess disaster factors, such as how much debris is downhill. Photo: USGS/Landsat 9/Reuters
Om Bahadur sitting on the ledge of his damaged house on September 2, a week after the devastating flash floods at Baireni in Nepal’s Dhading district. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Science

China in largest academic misconduct crackdown after ‘Student Geng’ scrutiny

Global Economy

China’s Xi seeks new trade routes in Egypt, Central Asia amid tariff wars

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Hong Kong Economy

Hong Kong’s first high-end expo with yachts and supercars to launch in November

SCMP learns inaugural Festival of Connoisseurs to receive some of HK$100 million set aside for MICE sector under 2026-27 budget.

Visitors to the International Jewellery Show in March. Informa and the Tourism Board are teaming up to turn the Festival of Connoisseurs into a flagship event to be held annually until 2028. Photo: Sam Tsang

Diplomacy

China rivalry ‘no excuse’: Democrats allege corruption in Trump’s mining deals

Lawmakers say strategic competition over critical minerals doesn’t justify abandoning safeguards that prevent funds from being misused.

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The Donald Trump administration has poured billions of dollars into mining projects, acquired stakes in miners and set up partnerships in a bid to break China’s dominance of critical minerals. Photo: EPA

China Economy

In Focus | The world at home: why more Chinese are opting for Sino-foreign universities

China’s growing number of educational joint ventures receive more applicants as students seek a simpler path to an international edge.

Illustration: Brian Wang

Lifestyle & Culture

Makati’s ‘on-site’ Filipino workers: a humorous take on ‘crazy’ life in Manila

Young workers, drawn by the financial district’s expatriate-style amenities, satirise the high costs while navigating its hustle culture.

Makati City’s skyline. Some young professionals are using labels like “overworked Filipino worker” to document their hectic lifestyle in the financial district. Photo: Shutterstock

Business

Why Hong Kong’s strategic advantages attract global talent

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Married couple Robert Lay and Emma Li, who are both finance industry veterans, moved to Hong Kong from New Zealand with their children in 2023.

China Business

Mainland Chinese investors buy Hong Kong AI stocks, sell financials

Net buying surges for third straight month as AI pivot benefits MiniMax, Alibaba and Tencent, while investors eschew traditional industries.

AI model developer MiniMax attracted the most inflows in August as mainland Chinese investors pivoted to Hong Kong-listed AI stocks. Photo: Future Publishing via Getty Images

United States & Canada

Venezuela’s Maduro seeks dismissal of US charges, citing immunity

Nicolas Maduro’s lawyer says head-of-state immunity bars US prosecution over drug trafficking charges.

One of two photos posted on former Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro’s X account on August 30, 2026. Photo: @NicolasMaduro via X

Tech Trends

Attack the chokepoints: how years of US export curbs reshaped China’s tech scene

China’s tech start-ups now focus far more on key ‘chokepoint’ technologies, especially in the chip supply chain, Morgan Stanley report finds.

A sign for Shanghai’s Star Market, a Nasdaq-style tech board, is seen before a listing ceremony at the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2019. Photo: Reuters

Health & Environment

Japan goes on student suicide watch as school term starts

Government data shows student suicide spikes in September, when children return to school after a long summer break.

Junior high school students attend a class in Japan. Photo: Shutterstock

Middle East

In Iranian town, a wedding shattered by deadly strike during US air attack

As US forces targeted Iran’s coastal infrastructure, explosions tore through a home where guests had gathered to celebrate.

Damage and debris at a building that Iranian media said was hit by a US strike while a wedding celebration was taking place. Photo: Tasnim News Agency via AP
Apparent point of impact of the missile. Photo: Tasnim News Agency via AP
The impacted building and surrounding area. Photo: Tasnim News Agency via AP
Rubble lies around the damaged house. Photo: West Asia News Agency via Reuters
The aftermath of the attack. Photo: West Asia News Agency via Reuters

Law and Crime

In Focus | Her nude became a sticker: Hong Kong women say image abuse thrives despite law

Advocates say city’s voyeurism laws need more teeth and call for tougher action on non-consensual image leaks and illicit group chats.

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Women’s rights activist Emilia Wong poses for a photo in Causeway Bay. Photo: May Tse
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New Zealand ‘must never be seen as a proxy’, former PM Helen Clark warns

Calling the US Pacific strategy a ‘game of bluff’, Clark urges Wellington to defend its independent foreign policy tradition.

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New Zealand’s former prime minister Helen Clark. Photo: AFP
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (right) holds a meeting with Fijian counterpart Sitiveni Rabuka on the sidelines of the Pacific Islands Forum summit in the Solomon Islands last year. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Trump can’t wait for Xi’s Washington visit, but claims US leads China in AI race

US president praises Xi and predicts they have ‘a lot of good things to discuss’ at summit, while bragging of beating Beijing in tech war.

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US President Donald Trump addresses the media during a meeting with major travel executives at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: EPA

Business

‘What you see is what you get’: China’s new home finance rules reduce buyer risk

Analysts say lower mortgage payments alone may not persuade buyers to jump in while prices remain under pressure.

Potential homebuyers study options at a property sales office in Anyang City, China, on January 10, 2026. Photo: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Europe

Businessman acquitted in murder of Malta journalist that brought down government

Jury acquits Yorgen Fenech, accused by prosecutors of masterminding 2017 car-bomb killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Police and forensic experts inspect the wreckage of the car bomb that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. Photo: AFP
People protest outside Auberge de Castille, the office of Malta’s prime minister, after Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech was acquitted. Photo: Reuters
A portrait of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia is held up during a protest in Valletta, Malta, on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Politics

US lawmakers target China, birth tourism as citizenship fight intensifies

Congressional hearings put Chinese birth tourism in the spotlight as the Trump administration presses its challenge to automatic citizenship.

Birth tourism involves travelling to a country that grants birthright citizenship to give birth, allowing the child to acquire citizenship there. Photo: Shutterstock
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US-China Relations

US universities curb international student internships following federal warning

The restrictions could have a major impact on Chinese students, who often pursue off-campus work experience while studying in the US.

The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the first institutions to respond to new directives on international students and internships. Photo: EPA-EFE
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