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US President Donald Trump speaks with the media at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Tuesday, as US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick looks on. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Trump to hit at least 100 smaller nations with tariffs over 10%

US Commerce chief Howard Lutnick says the countries with goods being taxed at these rates would be in Africa and the Caribbean.

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China economy

Opinion | China’s economy shows resilience amid trade war but headwinds lie ahead

Banking & finance

Global sovereign wealth funds increasing allocations to Chinese assets: Invesco

Obituaries

Nigeria’s former president Muhammadu Buhari, 82, dies in London

Buhari first led Nigeria as a military ruler after a coup in 1983. He is expected to be buried in his home state of Katsina, officials said.

Nigeria’s former president Muhammadu Buhari in Lagos in 2023. Buhari died on Sunday aged 82. Photo: AFP
Cameroon

Cameroon’s Paul Biya, 92, announces bid for eighth presidential term

Biya, the world’s oldest serving head of state, came to power more than 4 decades ago in 1982, when his predecessor Ahmadou Ahidjo resigned.

China-Russia relations

Letters | Trump-Musk feud: Chinese saying sheds light on who might prevail

Readers discuss the US president’s falling out with Tesla’s founder, countries’ issuing nuclear threats, and the end of USAID as an independent agency.

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Donald Trump

Liberian president not offended by ‘good English’ gaffe, ‘honoured’ to meet Trump

Trump praised President Joseph Boakai on Wednesday for his English-speaking skills, apparently unaware that English is the official language of Liberia.

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US President Donald Trump receives Liberia’s President Joseph Nyuma Boakai in the Oval Office. Photo: Daniel Torok/White House/dpa
China-Africa relations

China, Egypt deepen ties as Beijing ups influence in bid to solve Mideast crises

Premier Li Qiang pledges more Chinese investment in Egypt during Cairo visit as China seeks to expand influence in region amid US rivalry.

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China-Africa relations

Chinese nationals in Africa ‘vulnerable to kidnappings’ as cases rise

Analysts say there’s a perception that Chinese prefer to operate outside the formal banking system and that they carry large sums of cash.

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India

The rise and rise of India’s luxury property market: ‘no plateau in sight’

Thriving luxury housing market signals shift in buyer behaviour seeking long-term value, but short-term bumps likely, analysts say.

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Artist impression of DLF Privana North, a residential project in Gurgaon, India. All the flats sold out within a week despite a minimum price tag of more than US$1 million. Photo: Handout
Science

China’s ‘green great wall’ in Inner Mongolia traps 3 more deserts

Last straw checkerboard placed at Badain Jaran Desert completes 1,856km green belt that also runs across the Tengger and Ulan Buh deserts.

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Tourists take photos of camels in the Badain Jaran Desert in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong economy

Experts urge Hong Kong to be a ‘value partner’, not just a ‘superconnector’

City’s trade resilience amid global shifts and position as a tourism hub highlighted at South China Morning Post 2025 China Conference.

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US-ally trade wars

Apparently impatient Trump slaps 25% tariffs on Japan, South Korea

Equal or higher tariffs imposed on others before Wednesday deadline.

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Protests around the world

Clashes erupt as Kenyans defy bans to protest corruption, police brutality

Kenyan police sealed off Nairobi, as citizens marked ‘Saba Saba’, Swahili for Seven Seven representing July 7, with protests against alleged corruption and police brutality.

Riot police ride in their vehicles, shooting tear gas during clashes with demonstrators during anti-government protest in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday. Photo: Reuters
US immigration

US deports 8 immigrants to conflict-torn South Sudan after legal fight

Deportation follows a US Supreme Court ruling favouring the Trump administration.

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. File photo: AP
China-Africa relations

Inside China and Tanzania’s ‘very special’ ties – found nowhere else in Africa

Enduring China-Tanzania military partnership dating back to 1964 represents a ‘unique bond’ as Sino-African relations deepen, study says.

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Mainland China

Mozambique seeks US$1.4 billion debt relief from China after unrest hits economy

China is Mozambique’s biggest bilateral creditor, holding 14 per cent of the country’s external public debt.

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China-Africa relations

Is this the copper century? China moves to shore up supplies from Africa

African copper is crucial for China as the West restricts supplies, notably from Canada, analyst says.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo remains China’s biggest source of copper from Africa. One analyst says the DRC is among the most promising new copper sources. Photo: AFP
Barack Obama

Obama, Bush and Bono fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day

Monday was the last day as an independent agency for the six-decade-old humanitarian and development organisation.

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China-Africa relations

Ghana at loggerheads with China over rampant illegal gold mining

Ambassador to Ghana denies Chinese nationals are solely to blame for ‘galamsey’, branding the accusations a ‘significant injustice’.

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Russia

Opinion | As attacks on Iran show, Russia can now do very little for its allies

Moscow’s credibility is sinking after it failed to stand up for allies in Iran, Syria and Armenia.

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on June 20. Photo: Reuters
China-Africa relations

Opinion | Africa could emerge a winner from China’s war-induced energy shift

China’s transition to renewables could see African nations benefit as long as public-private partnerships help unlock potential gains.

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A worker fits solar panels onto frames during construction at South Africa’s first municipally owned solar plant in Atlantis, about 40km outside Cape Town, on June 5. Photo: AFP
Uganda

Uganda president, 80, seeks 7th term despite calls for his retirement

Critics warn that Yoweri Museveni has veered into authoritarianism, facing virtually no opposition after being in power for decades.

War and conflict

US imposes sanctions on Sudan over alleged use of chemical weapons

Sudan’s army-aligned government immediately denied the US allegations, calling them ‘baseless’ and ‘political blackmail’.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong should look to Africa, South America for new markets: trade body head

Trade Development Council chairman Frederick Ma says he expects Hong Kong’s exports in the second half of the year to be weaker.

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The ongoing trade war is expected to hit Hong Kong’s exports in the second half. Photo: Eugene Lee
Rwanda

Rwanda and DR Congo sign peace deal, as Trump cheers mineral rights for US

The US-brokered agreement raises hopes for an end to the fighting that has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more.

Esperance Zawadi and her colleague carry fresh cabbages to the market in April months after their return from the Kanyaruchinya camp where they took refuge following clashes between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army in Kibumba, Nyiragongo territory of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo: Reuters
Central African Republic

Stampede in Central African Republic leaves 29 students dead

The stampede at the school was sparked by an exploding power transformer.

Banking & finance

‘Hotbed of opportunity’: Premier Li says China’s economy offers ‘certainty’

Chinese premier says Beijing will play bigger role in global development and calls on Asian infrastructure bank to address challenges.

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