https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/522428/feed Cornell University: A prominent Ithaca, New York-based private, statutory Ivy League research university, Cornell is dedicated to teaching, research, and public service. Its primary mission is to discover, preserve, and disseminate knowledge, educating global citizens and promoting broad inquiry. With a founding principle of "Any person, any study," it offers diverse academic programmes across numerous fields, including engineering, agriculture, and hospitality. Cornell is recognised for its... en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse One message told him to “go to hell”. Others said he deserved to be imprisoned. Death threats poured in. Asians who share a name with one of the men accused of raping a US university student have faced a torrent of online abuse. The alleged 2024 gang rape of a Cornell University student, detailed in a recent lawsuit, has sparked an outpouring of outrage against the seven accused perpetrators. The case has sent internet sleuths scouring digital footprints for clues to track them down. All seven... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370961/witch-hunt-sweeps-asian-men-misidentified-alleged-cornell-gang-rape https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370961/witch-hunt-sweeps-asian-men-misidentified-alleged-cornell-gang-rape Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:24:01 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Cornell University on Tuesday suspended fraternities’ parties and social events for the remaining academic year following outcry over an alleged gang rape at one of the elite college’s all-male clubs. The 2024 incident, as alleged in a graphic lawsuit filed last month, has drawn accusations that the Ivy League institution in New York state failed to properly punish the men involved. The accuser claimed that she was pressured to take ketamine, assaulted and raped by seven members of the Chi Phi... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370788/cornell-suspends-frat-parties-after-alleged-gang-rape https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3370788/cornell-suspends-frat-parties-after-alleged-gang-rape Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:50:34 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Cornell University president Michael Kotlikoff said he was “deeply disturbed” by a student’s 2024 rape allegation that has drawn national outrage. “My heart aches when I think of what she experienced,” Kotlikoff said in a video message released on Saturday, saying the university must “do everything we can to prevent what happened to Jane Doe” from happening again. Lawyers for a Jane Doe last month filed a civil lawsuit against the Ivy League university, its leaders, the Chi Phi fraternity, her... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369677/cornell-university-boss-breaks-silence-over-rape-case-uproar https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369677/cornell-university-boss-breaks-silence-over-rape-case-uproar Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:21:48 +0000 Reuters Reuters New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday faulted police and prosecutors for failing to fully investigate an alleged gang rape in 2024 at Cornell University, saying she was “deeply disturbed” by how the incident was handled. Hochul was speaking at a press conference alongside state Attorney General Letitia James, ‌whom she appointed on Thursday night as a special prosecutor to investigate the allegations. The case has drawn fresh scrutiny after the alleged victim filed a lawsuit accusing... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369632/new-york-governor-attacks-handling-cornell-gang-rape-case-appoints-special-prosecutor https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369632/new-york-governor-attacks-handling-cornell-gang-rape-case-appoints-special-prosecutor Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:10:53 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told police weeks after the incident that she could “say with 100 per cent confidence I was raped”, according to a report by CBS New York, which said it obtained a transcript of her interview with investigators. The transcript, which has not been publicly released, raises new questions surrounding the local district attorney’s decision not to prosecute anyone at the time. In recent... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369397/woman-told-cornell-police-2-years-ago-she-was-100-sure-she-was-raped-transcript-shows https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369397/woman-told-cornell-police-2-years-ago-she-was-100-sure-she-was-raped-transcript-shows Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:34:09 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US prosecutors reopened an investigation Monday into an alleged gang rape at Cornell University following claims the elite college failed to properly punish the men involved. The alleged victim said in a civil lawsuit this month she was drugged with ketamine, assaulted and raped in 2024 by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity, a social club for male students. Cornell closed the fraternity and temporarily suspended the students involved, several of whom were later expelled. The newly-released... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369135/us-prosecutors-reopen-case-alleged-frat-house-gang-rape-cornell-university https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3369135/us-prosecutors-reopen-case-alleged-frat-house-gang-rape-cornell-university Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:39:44 +0000 Teresa Elena Frontado Teresa Elena Frontado Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johns Hopkins University are among 30 American institutions ordered to audit their foreign research relationships, according to US officials, as higher education representatives accused the Pentagon of implying wrongdoing without publicly presenting evidence. The identities emerged after the Department of Defence announced the audits on Monday but declined to name the universities or disclose the foreign partnerships under... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3364485/harvard-mit-among-30-us-universities-ordered-audit-china-research-ties https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3364485/harvard-mit-among-30-us-universities-ordered-audit-china-research-ties Tue, 18 Aug 2026 21:14:36 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings At the Goodtime Chinese School in the Bethany suburb of Portland, Oregon, an American child stops school director Zhou Yanzhuo, of China, in the hallway to ask a question in English. She requests that he speak in Chinese and the third grader, who has no Chinese heritage, handily switches languages. The child is one of several dozen students attending rigorous summer classes for Chinese language instruction at an age when experts believe language acquisition is easiest. While American... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/global-economy/article/3364145/us-k-12-immersion-schools-expand-across-country-early-age-chinese-language-education https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/global-economy/article/3364145/us-k-12-immersion-schools-expand-across-country-early-age-chinese-language-education Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:00:02 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen When Beijing-based neurosurgeon Jin Shanmu pulled up a chair at his computer, he was not looking to make mathematical history. He was simply trying to crack a problem related to brain ultrasounds. Instead, the self-taught maths enthusiast, with help from OpenAI’s latest flagship artificial intelligence (AI) model, solved a two-decade-old mathematical puzzle that had frustrated experts around the world since 2004. Jin, a postdoctoral researcher and resident at the Peking Union Medical College... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3363966/chinese-doctor-stuns-maths-world-cracking-decades-old-problem-using-chatgpt https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3363966/chinese-doctor-stuns-maths-world-cracking-decades-old-problem-using-chatgpt Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:00:12 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Maria believed she was romancing a prince from Dubai, captivated by his flirtatious smile and declarations of affection he showered on her during live video calls. But the suitor was an AI deepfake, making her yet another victim of an online romance scam. The case illustrates how fraudsters posing as the real-life crown prince of Dubai ensnare victims by cultivating online relationships before swindling them out of money, with researchers tracing some of the scams to crime syndicates in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3359265/fake-dubai-prince-scam-how-ai-deepfakes-love-bomb-victims-steal-hearts-and-money https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/middle-east/article/3359265/fake-dubai-prince-scam-how-ai-deepfakes-love-bomb-victims-steal-hearts-and-money Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:34:25 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier As the summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump fades in the rear-view mirror, marked by anaemic deliverables, poor transparency and missed opportunities, analysts and former US officials point to another disappointment: the world’s most consequential relationship has become inordinately dependent on the two nations’ top leaders. Trump’s May China trip, the first by a US president in nearly a decade, produced vague and contradictory readouts, puffed up promises,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3358566/why-trump-xi-relationship-may-be-weakest-link-us-china-ties https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3358566/why-trump-xi-relationship-may-be-weakest-link-us-china-ties Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:36:14 +0000 Seong Hyeon Choi Seong Hyeon Choi Depleted US weapons stockpiles as a result of its war in Iran risk eroding Donald Trump’s bargaining power when he meets Xi Jinping in China this week. With Trump on the high-stakes trip is Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, marking the first time a Pentagon chief has accompanied a president to Beijing in decades. The weapons shortages not only raise questions about US preparedness for war in the Indo-Pacific, but may give Beijing extra leverage because of its control of the supply of critical... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/military/article/3353435/how-us-missile-shortages-after-iran-war-could-strengthen-chinas-hand-during-trump-visit https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/military/article/3353435/how-us-missile-shortages-after-iran-war-could-strengthen-chinas-hand-during-trump-visit Wed, 13 May 2026 10:01:17 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier US President Donald Trump’s landmark visit to China comes as the Iran war disrupts global energy supplies, fuels economic uncertainty and adds fresh strain to Washington-Beijing ties. In the latest part of a series examining how rivalry, interdependence and geopolitical crises are reshaping the relationship between the two powers, we look at how Trump’s weakened hand could tilt summit talks. When next week’s summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping was first... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3352986/trump-heads-china-weakened-xi-gains-leverage-ahead-summit https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/article/3352986/trump-heads-china-weakened-xi-gains-leverage-ahead-summit Sat, 09 May 2026 14:00:04 +0000 Erica Jean Erica Jean The Devil Wears Prada 2 is finally here, 20 years after the first film became a hit sensation. Introducing a new generation of fashion enthusiasts to the ever-changing industry, the new film – which retains much of the original cast – is sure to have many watchers guessing which parts are fact vs fiction. Loosely inspired by the inner workings of Vogue and its long-time editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, The Devil Wears Prada was adapted from the novel of the same name. It marked author Lauren... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3352335/meet-devil-wears-prada-author-lauren-weisberger-who-was-anna-wintours-assistant https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/people/icons-influencers/article/3352335/meet-devil-wears-prada-author-lauren-weisberger-who-was-anna-wintours-assistant Mon, 04 May 2026 09:39:00 +0000 Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley Not a sudden, major crash but a series of mini-crises. That, according to some, is the prospect facing the global economy and financial system in the wake of conflict in the Middle East. But what if these mini-crises cascade into a collective collapse? And what if the Trump administration emerges as the only winner in the conflict by virtue of the fact that it has, in engineering the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, locked Europe and Asia into a desperate dependence on US oil and gas, especially... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3352013/mini-crises-sparked-iran-war-may-add-big-collapse https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3352013/mini-crises-sparked-iran-war-may-add-big-collapse Sat, 02 May 2026 08:30:08 +0000 Resty Woro Yuniar Resty Woro Yuniar Jakarta’s move to press on with importing 150 million barrels of Russian oil despite latest EU sanctions against an Indonesian port underscores a growing divide between Western efforts to isolate Moscow and Asia’s push for energy security. On Thursday, the European Commission announced its 20th package of sanctions against Russia, which includes Indonesia’s Karimun Oil Terminal for its “connections with the shadow fleet and circumvention of the oil price cap”. The sanction on Karimun, located in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/economics/article/3351703/energy-security-comes-first-indonesia-it-defies-eu-over-russian-oil https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/economics/article/3351703/energy-security-comes-first-indonesia-it-defies-eu-over-russian-oil Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:00:20 +0000 Maria Siow Maria Siow The Myanmar junta’s attempts to place its top man in the country’s highest civilian position have been described by analysts as a “constitutional repackaging of continued military rule”. On Monday, Min Aung Hlaing, who led the military in the 2021 coup and has headed the junta since then, resigned from the armed forces, moving one step closer to becoming president. He stepped down after Myanmar’s parliament had cleared the way for his nomination. He handed over the role of commander-in-chief of... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3348662/why-myanmar-top-generals-exit-window-dressing-cement-military-rule https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3348662/why-myanmar-top-generals-exit-window-dressing-cement-military-rule Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:05:08 +0000 Xiaofei Xu,Frank Chen Xiaofei Xu,Frank Chen China is pushing consumption to grow faster than overall economic expansion as the nation accelerates a shift to domestic demand-driven growth amid external criticism over trade imbalances, a former deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China said at the World Economic Forum. “The policy says consumption growth [should be] stronger than GDP growth … [and] income growth will be higher than GDP growth,” Zhu Min said in Davos, Switzerland, explaining that this is the key performance indicator for... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3340796/china-doubling-down-consumption-route-out-export-reliance-ex-pboc-official https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3340796/china-doubling-down-consumption-route-out-export-reliance-ex-pboc-official Thu, 22 Jan 2026 06:00:02 +0000 Maria Siow Maria Siow Indonesia’s move to name Suharto a national hero has revived debate over the country’s uneasy relationship with authoritarianism and whether the legacy of a brutal yet transformative ruler should be celebrated. President Prabowo Subianto, Suharto’s former son-in-law, conferred the honour on Monday, drawing sharp criticism from historians, academics and human rights organisations, who argue the move sanitises one of Southeast Asia’s most repressive regimes. But the muted public reaction also... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3332351/why-indonesias-hero-status-successful-autocrat-suharto-splits-opinion https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/politics/article/3332351/why-indonesias-hero-status-successful-autocrat-suharto-splits-opinion Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:00:12 +0000 Amy Chew Amy Chew For much of his life, Kim Aris, 48, the younger son of Myanmar’s detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, stayed out of the spotlight and kept his silence. He avoided the media even as they sought him out, snapping his pictures in a frenzy during those rare times when he was allowed to visit his famous mother in Myanmar. But following the 2021 coup that saw the military junta jail his mother, London-based Aris reluctantly stepped forward to speak out in the hope of alerting the world to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3327542/aung-san-suu-kyis-son-seeks-chinas-help-secure-her-release-myanmar-jail https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3327542/aung-san-suu-kyis-son-seeks-chinas-help-secure-her-release-myanmar-jail Fri, 03 Oct 2025 10:00:14 +0000 Alice Yan Alice Yan A village in southeastern China has earned the nickname “PhD Village” due to its remarkable achievement of producing 33 offspring who have obtained doctoral degrees from prestigious universities, both domestically and internationally. Pengdao Village, part of Nanan City in Fujian province, gained widespread attention at the end of August after a video showcasing a grand scholarship presentation held at the local ancestral clan hall went viral, as reported by the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald. This... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3323707/china-phd-village-celebrates-after-gaining-another-doctoral-student-has-33-phds-already https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3323707/china-phd-village-celebrates-after-gaining-another-doctoral-student-has-33-phds-already Sat, 30 Aug 2025 06:00:11 +0000 Mia Nulimaimaiti Mia Nulimaimaiti As the United States ends import duty exemptions for parcels valued under US$800 shipped from anywhere in the world, many Chinese merchants have already established US warehouses to cushion the blow. Li Chen, professor of manufacturing management at Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business, said China’s exposure was likely to be limited, citing the resilience of its cross-border platforms such as Shein and Temu. America’s “de minimis” exemption will end on Friday, after US President... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3323599/chinese-firms-adapt-trump-ends-us-de-minimis-exemptions-rest-world https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3323599/chinese-firms-adapt-trump-ends-us-de-minimis-exemptions-rest-world Fri, 29 Aug 2025 07:00:11 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings Jason Lin of Xiamen surprised his mother this year by applying to 10 undergraduate schools in the United States and receiving a US$15,000 annual scholarship from Brandeis University near Boston. There, he intends to earn a master’s degree in economics over the next five years. But to his mother, it’s like he’s venturing into the wild, compounding the anxiety parents often feel when their adult children leave the nest. She’s afraid of “instability” in the US. And Lin, 19, has concerns that even a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3319556/chinese-eyeing-us-degrees-turn-more-discerning-opportunity-still-worth-risk https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3319556/chinese-eyeing-us-degrees-turn-more-discerning-opportunity-still-worth-risk Fri, 25 Jul 2025 22:00:13 +0000 SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk More people in Southeast Asian countries could face health risks ranging from liver damage to poor brain development due to rising consumption of microplastics in their food, medical and regulatory experts have warned. Microplastics are formed when larger plastic items break down. As more animals, such as fish, eat microplastics due to plastic pollution, the near-invisible particles measuring less than 5mm (0.19 inch) can go up the food chain. “If the microplastics are absorbed by fish and then... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3317266/southeast-asia-microplastics-threaten-health-millions-through-food https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/health-environment/article/3317266/southeast-asia-microplastics-threaten-health-millions-through-food Mon, 07 Jul 2025 11:37:22 +0000 Ji Siqi Ji Siqi As global confidence in the US dollar erodes in the wake of Washington’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, economists at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions debated whether China’s yuan could emerge as a credible alternative to challenge the world’s dominant currency. US President Donald Trump’s sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” on allies and adversaries alike marked “another step in the process of diminishing the role of the dollar as a global reserve currency,” said Diana Choyleva, senior fellow of... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3315941/summer-davos-debate-chinas-yuan-ready-challenge-us-dollar-dominance https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3315941/summer-davos-debate-chinas-yuan-ready-challenge-us-dollar-dominance Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:00:13 +0000