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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk speaks at the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday. Photo: EPA
United States

UN chief urges ‘accountability’ after 23 die in US immigration custody in 2026

Volker Turk also voiced alarm at the ICE agency’s reported plans to ‘equip immigration agents with electric shock gloves’.

Singapore

‘Pull us apart’: Singapore’s Lawrence Wong warns against normalising racism

Britain

Masked anti-immigrant protesters block UK port

Singapore

Singapore probes ‘nasty’ racism over China-Nepal flood, Air India investment

Minister K Shanmugam has asked police to look at an ‘online mob’ after various comments, including missing Singaporeans being ‘not our own’.

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People in Nepal search for belongings on Saturday in the debris of a collapsed building following last week’s deadly flash floods. Photo: Reuters
United States

Tetris says it didn’t give White House permission for ‘Build the Wall’ game

The company says it takes copyright infringement ‘very seriously’ and is currently reviewing the matter.

US-China relations

Another Chinese national dies in US immigration custody, raising profiling fears

Wei Lianyong, 51, reportedly died in Northern Mariana Islands on August 23, after he was found unresponsive at a local detention facility.

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United States

Celebrated US feminist activist Gloria Steinem dies at 92

The life of the Ms Magazine co-founder was the subject of a feature film, The Glorias: a Life on the Road, based on her 2015 memoir.

Then US president Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to women’s rights activist Gloria Steinem in the White House in Washington in 2013. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Malaysian heritage site caught in row over non-local staff

A viral video shot at the Sultan Abdul Samad Building has sparked a backlash, despite management insisting the worker was not a tour guide.

United States

John Galliano cancels Met Gala exhibition after backlash over past racism, antisemitism

British designer apologises to Jewish and Asian communities for ‘words in the past’ as he pulls out of 2027 exhibition.

Diversity and inclusion

Opinion | Jason Arday’s death is not just a ‘woke Cambridge’ tragedy

In our globalised knowledge system, his death indicts universities, the press, online mobs – and those of us imagining ourselves safely outside culture wars.

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Illustration: Dennis Yip
United States

Far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos deported after immigration arrest in US

The British commentator is accused of overstaying in the US then failing to show up for an immigration hearing.

Milo Yiannopoulos speaks during a news conference in New York in February 2017. Photo: AP
Malaysia

‘I hate Americans’: Malaysian politician’s anti-US rant draws backlash

Former PM Mahathir Mohamad’s son Mukhriz defended his anti-US rant, claiming ordinary citizens share blame for Washington’s foreign policy.

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Australia

Albanese: Canberra to join Australia’s gun buy-back programme after Bondi attack

Australia’ capital territory, home of the capital Canberra, has agreed to a scheme which will tighten checks for gun licences and crack down on hate.

South Korea

‘What is he thinking?’: Japan influencer mocks K-pop idol with racist gesture

Gamix faced backlash over the racist gesture in a video parodying the Ateez idol’s dance challenge.

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Japanese influencer Gamix (left) and K-pop singer San: Photo via Korea Times
Britain

University suspends academic behind Jason Arday plagiarism accusations

Self-defined ‘race realist’ Nathan Cofnas spearheaded the charges against the young ex-Cambridge professor, who was found dead last week.

Nathan Cofnas, self-styled “race realist” and former Cambridge research fellow, in 2023. Photo composite: SCMP/Luke Ford CC BY 4.0
US-China relations

Fewer anti-Asian hate crimes in US, but immigration crackdowns raise concerns

Advocates say new FBI figures likely represent only ‘tip of the iceberg’ and many suffering abuse decline to report it to authorities.

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Israel

Israeli military ‘paralysis’ on settler violence exposed in West Bank siege

The government’s support for extremist settlers puts the military in an ‘impossible situation’, observers say.

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Britain

Thousands mourn ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday in London vigil

Arday, who became Cambridge’s youngest black professor, was found dead on Friday after accusations of plagiarism.

People lay flowers at the end of a vigil by Stand Up To Racism to remember former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, who died aged 41 on Friday after resigning amid plagirism allegations, at Trafalgar Square in London on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Britain

Arday, ex-Cambridge star professor at centre of plagiarism scandal, found dead

The UK academic had resigned after the university opened an investigation into various accusations against him.

China’s internet censorship

China targets pseudo-history conspiracists who claim civilisations were stolen

Zhejiang agency says pseudo-historical claims – made worse by AI – reflect ignorance and fracture social cognition.

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Britain

UK Conservatives defend picking former neo-Nazi as election candidate

Joshua Bonehill-Paine was convicted in 2015 of racially aggravated harassment of then Labour MP Luciana Berger.

A screenshot of a 2015 YouTube video by Joshua Bonehill-Paine explaining why he was going to prison. Photo: YouTube/Joshua Bonehill
US-China relations

Trump election claims debunked, US-China AI gap: 7 US-China relations reads

From smaller US-China AI gap to crawfish soup on Mars, here are highlights from our overseas correspondents in the second half of July 2026.

US President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office of the White House on July 29. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

White House uses anti-Trump singer Bad Bunny’s song for ICE video

The clip, which shows arrests of migrants, drew criticism on social media and can now only be viewed on TikTok without the music.

Australia

Australia’s far-right Hanson loses appeal in racism case

Federal Court rejects free speech defence and upholds racial vilification finding over comments directed at a Muslim senator.

US-China relations

US Justice Department investigating Harvard over financial aid programmes

The Trump administration is probing if Harvard University is allowing Chinese donors to create scholarships that exclude American students.

Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo: AP
US-China relations

Asian-American groups fear Trump’s escalating rhetoric will fuel racism in US

Community leaders warn US president’s explosive China election-interference allegations may see rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.

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President Donald Trump’s allegations of US election manipulation by China have triggered concern among Asian-American community leaders and groups in the US. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

Trump’s election-interference claims spark fears among Chinese-Americans

US president’s prime-time address draws sharp backlash from immigrants who fear a surge in anti-Asian hate crimes.

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Donald Trump

Trump says he will ask US Supreme Court to rehear birthright citizenship case

The top court rarely grants requests to rehear cases and has not done ‌so after issuing a ruling in an argued case in ⁠decades.

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