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Hong Kong appoint Roberto Losada as men’s football team head coach

Former Eastern boss has been in interim charge for past six months, set to begin permanent reign with home Mongolia friendly on Friday night.

Roberto Losada, here before taking charge against Guangdong last December, is the city team’s new permanent head coach. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong’s proposed fund talent tax break set to sharpen edge over Singapore

Incentive will give Hong Kong the lowest tax rate globally for fund managers whose income is largely driven by performance fees, sources say.

The measure is poised to make Hong Kong the first major Asian financial centre to grant tax relief on such bonuses. Photo: Eugene Lee

Southeast Asia

Brunei picks polo-loving pilot prince as foreign minister

The cabinet reshuffle is seen as a move to prepare for the next generation of leaders in the kingdom amid the sultan’s health concerns.

Brunei’s Prince Abdul Mateen. Photo: Instagram/tmski

Asia

Video | Sherpa missing 6 days on Everest found alive

Dawa Sherpa was found alive by a Nepali team that helps set routes on the world’s highest mountain.

Nepalese Everest guide Hillary Dawa Sherpa is airlifted to HAMS Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, 04 June 2026. Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, was found alive at Everest Base Camp nearly a week after he went missing and was brought to Kathmandu.
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Trends

Explainer: What are babydoll dresses and why are they controversial?

Olivia Rodrigo’s recent makeover sees her join the likes of Sabrina Carpenter as a fan of the style – but her choice met fierce pushback from critics.

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Olivia Rodrigo wears a babydoll dress on stage last month in Barcelona. Photo: Getty Images / TNS
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China Economy

China provinces see worst first-quarter fiscal stress since 2020. Can SOEs help?

Guangdong and Jiangsu are among those looking to tap state capital returns to shore up budgets.

Residential high-rise buildings under construction are seen with tower cranes on May 1 in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. China’s ailing property sector has severely curtailed revenue for local administrations in recent years. Photo: Getty Images

China Personalities

China woman dances with eye patch, mask after partial vision, jaw loss to cancer

Brave dancer with a dream who was brought up by a single mother overcomes falls and pain, takes to stage with determination.

A woman in China dances with an eye patch and mask after losing part of her jaw and the vision in one eye to cancer. Photo: sina

Americas

Shadow of old dictatorship looms over Peru’s bitter run-off

Rival final rallies expose deep ideological divides as voters prepare to choose between a familiar name and a break with the past.

Keiko Fujimori at her closing campaign rally. Photo: AP

Politics

Is US wielding new tariff threat to secure big bargain in India trade talks?

Additional 12.5 per cent levy over forced labour supply-chain concerns seen as leverage in negotiations, analysts say.

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US President Donald Trump has expressed confidence that a trade deal with India is nearing completion. Photo: AP

Science

China debuts world’s first superfast quantum memory enabling practical computing

Breakthrough establishes core element required for general-purpose quantum computing that can read massive amounts of data.

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Quantum computers are expected to solve complex problems at speeds unattainable by traditional computers, and they need an efficient way to access classical data. Photo: Shutterstock
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Europe

Auditors shine light on UK royal housing, disgraced Andrew’s ‘peppercorn rent’

National Audit Office offers the most ⁠detailed review ever of royal property arrangements in a new report.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor riding a horse in Windsor Great Park near Royal Lodge, an estate highlighted in a newly published property audit. Photo: Reuters

Food & Drink

Prawn toast as a Scotch egg? How UK chefs are reinventing a Cantonese classic

A beloved Chinese restaurant dish across Britain, Cantonese prawn toast is being transformed in ways that must be tasted to be believed.

The prawn toast scotch egg at Jikoni is a coming together of Cantonese, British and Southeast Asian influences. Photo: Laura Jalbert

Education

ESF links kindergartens to primary schools, securing places through to graduation

ESF chief executive Belinda Greer calls through-train arrangement ‘significant’, saying it will bring immense benefits to students and families.

ESF Tung Chung Kindergarten in Hong Kong. Photo: David G. McIntyre/ESF

China

Trump urged Xi to resolve Ukraine war; China’s tech sanctions list: 7 highlights

From Hong Kong’s baby Danny DNA case to North Korea’s Kim meeting winning football team, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump in Beijing on May 15. Photo: AFP

Health & Environment

Hong Kong authorities prosecute butcher shop over video of rats on exposed meat

Food and Environmental Hygiene Department takes action against branch of Qiandama in Kwun Tong after rats seen roaming over and feeding on exposed pig carcasses.

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Hong Kong’s food hygiene authorities have launched a prosecution against a a branch of Qiandama in Kwun Tong after a viral video and a subsequent inspection found rats running over pig carcasses. Photo: Google Photo: Handout
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Europe

Rival confirms he will challenge Starmer to be UK prime minister

Manchester mayor targets June 18 parliamentary by-election before launching his bid for No 10.

The ultimate prize: 10 Downing Street, where a fresh leadership battle looms over the summer. Photo: AP

Hong Kong

Gallery | In pictures: Hong Kong swelters in summer heatwave with weekend showers expected

A man jogs through the East Coast Park Precinct in Fortress Hill on Thursday. Photo: Sam Tsang

Australasia

New Zealand’s Wellington hit by ‘disgusting’ deluge of faeces after storm

The capital city’s utilities company said crews were working to remove debris and disinfect the homes.

A residential area near Wellington, New Zealand. Photo: Xinhua

United States & Canada

Quarantine in Texas: US races to contain deadly flesh-eating parasite

Screwworm detected on farm decades after livestock threat was first eradicated in the United States.

The larvae of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that feeds on live tissue. The pest poses a devastating threat to livestock. Photo: Reuters

Lifestyle & Culture

Malaysia’s new university rules rekindle multilingualism debate

The decision to allow new admission pathways to public universities has triggered concern about the future of Malay-medium education.

Students sit the Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM) examination. Photo: Shutterstock
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China Economy

China’s gaokao exam gets less competitive as more teens opt to skip university

The number of students sitting China’s university entrance exams is on the decline, as teens decide not to pursue a degree amid a graduate job crunch.

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Students walk out of an examination hall after sitting China’s national college entrance exam in the eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: Xinhua

Law and Crime

Fugitive Hong Kong charity director sued in US over real estate ‘shell game’

Complaint alleges Jacob Lam, founder of scandal-hit charity, defrauded developer of over a year’s services and costs.

Jacob Lam, the founder and director of the now-defunct Hong Kong charity, Christian Zheng Sheng Association. Photo: Sam Tsang

Europe

Nose down: Lufthansa investigating Boeing 787 landing gear collapse

Several injured in ‘very unusual’ landing gear failure of parked Dreamliner jet at a terminal gate.

The Lufthansa Dreamliner resting on its nose at a Frankfurt airport gate. Photo: dpa

Diplomacy

Chinese leader Xi Jinping visit to North Korea confirmed for next week

Relations rebuilding after years of relative isolation due to pandemic, Beijing’s denuclearisation stance and closer Pyongyang-Moscow ties.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Pyongyang in 2019. Photo: AFP

China

China diving star Quan in Asian Games scare after injury rules her out of trials

Guangdong, province of the Tokyo and Paris Games gold medallist, had alerted that she was managing her injuries in the first half of the year.

Quan Hongchan's last international competition was last year's World Aquatics Diving World Cup Super Final in Beijing, where she won silver in the 10m platform final. Photo: Xinhua
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Economics

Asia-Pacific to lead global retail sales, weather Middle East conflict

The region is projected to contribute to two-thirds of global new retail sales over the next five years, fuelled by e-commerce.

Customers check out products at a retail store in Kochi, India. Photo: Reuters

Jewellery

Style shoot: Chanel’s shimmering high jewellery collection Signes & Symboles

The opulent collection is inspired by some of the brand’s most famous icons, including the sun, star, lion and camellia.

Chanel’s high jewellery collection Signes & Symboles is suffused with imagery that’s meaningful to the house. All outfits & jewellery: Chanel

Hong Kong Opinion

Opinion | For airport city to take off, Hong Kong must learn from 11 Skies failure

When the market the project was designed for has largely disappeared, the more useful question is whether it can adapt.

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11 Skies is a 3.8 million sq ft mixed‑use retail and entertainment complex at Skycity near Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok, seen here on May 27. Photo: Sam Tsang

East Asia

‘It’s annoying’: South Koreans sweat over US$779,000 prison cooling plan

‘Relieve the families of victims with that money,’ a social media user says amid backlash over the taxpayer-funded project.

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South Korea’s US$779,162 plan for prison corridor air conditioning has sparked public outrage. Photo: Shutterstock

Science

China proposes nuclear-powered floating island to reshape global shipping

Powered by molten salt reactors, the complex will function as a container terminal and zero-carbon platform.

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Jiangnan Shipyard has announced the blueprint of a nuclear-powered floating island designed to serve as a container transfer terminal and charging station for vessels. Photo: Handout