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Brazil’s Minister of Social Development, Wellington Dias (centre), speaks at the United Nations General Assembly's high-level plenary session on Social Business, Youth, and Technology on Wednesday. Photo: Handout
China-Latin America relations

Exclusive | China-based Brics bank set for hunger alliance lead role this year, Brazil says

Brazilian minister Wellington Dias tells SCMP a fund to cut borrowing costs for the poor may launch by December as US marginalises the G20.

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

Why Xi’s flight from China to the US was hours faster than Trump’s in May

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US-China relations

Why US deal on Greenland may narrow China’s Arctic space

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

Xi-Trump atmospherics welcomed but mask structural rifts: analysts

That two economic and military giants are talking – and pledging to talk some more – suggests some period of relative stability with caveats.

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US President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to a state dinner in the East Room of the White House on Thursday in Washington. Photo: Getty Images
Thailand

Thailand has had enough of foreign tourists behaving badly

Viral misbehaviour, crimes and foreign-ownership scandals are exhausting the patience of a country famous for its hospitality.

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Ukraine war

EU to release US$7.5 billion linked to Ukraine military aid

Money related to Ukraine had stuck in the fund for ⁠months, blocked by the previous Hungarian government under Viktor Orban.

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China travel

More US-China flights? Why US airlines balk at Xi Jinping’s call

Analysts say demand exists for more direct flights, but US carriers will resist while their Chinese peers have an advantage.

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An Air China Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxis to a runway at Beijing Capital Airport on May 9, 2026. Photo: AFP
North Korea

Ukraine’s POW transfer reveal deals propaganda blow to North Korea

Zelensky’s UN disclosure punctures Pyongyang’s soldier-loyalty narrative, but risks damaging ties with Seoul and endangering POW families.

Ukraine war

Croatia clears extradition of Nord Stream blast suspect to Germany

German prosecutors have accused Ukrainian scuba diver of planting explosives on Baltic pipelines in 2022.

Ukraine war

8 killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine, maternity clinic damaged

Moscow has stepped up its air ‌war in recent months, deploying more of its faster and harder-to-stop drones.

Ukrainian rescuers working at the site of an overnight Russian attack on a residential area in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday. Photo: EPA/State Emergency Service
Italy

Italy greenlights return of nuclear power after decades-long ban

Parliament clears legal framework for next-generation reactors nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, whose government spearheaded legislation to reintroduce nuclear energy. Photo: LaPresse via AP
South Korea

South Korea has plan for phased denuclearisation. But will North bite?

The South Korean president’s proposal reflects the reality that North Korea already has significant nuclear capabilities, analysts say.

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Science

China-Russia space camp in Malaysia opens to youth in Southeast Asia

Private initiative brings together a Russian astronaut trainer and a Chinese science museum to teach ethics and space science in Penang.

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Artificial intelligence

AI leaders to UN: for the sake of humanity, regulate tech we created

Tech bosses urge caution in AI development following growing warnings of uncontrollable systems and catastrophic risks.

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Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue appears by video link. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Zelensky warns of painful winter for Russia if energy truce talks fail

The leader described Russia’s Putin as the ‘patient zero’ from whom the idea of war keeps spreading further.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
2026 Xi-Trump summits

Rubio defends Xi’s US visit as essential despite deep disagreements

US secretary of state says Taiwan arms sales must be weighed against America’s military needs and voices hope Vladimir Putin will attend G20.

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Ukraine war

Zelensky meets Trump, says Ukraine ready for energy truce with Russia

The US president announced such a truce last week, but Russia ‌hit petrol stations in Kyiv the next day and Ukraine bombed an oil refinery.

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China-Latin America relations

Lula backs China peace push at UN, tells US that Brazil is ‘no one’s backyard’

Brazilian leader criticises tariffs and military pressure while demanding domestic benefits from foreign access to critical minerals.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva addresses the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

4 dead in Ukraine after Russian attacks on industrial cities

As Russia says metals, chemicals, energy and arms areas were hit, Ukraine warns of mass starvation in frontline town of Oleshky.

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China-Germany relations

China seeks German help to stave off EU trade sanctions before Xi-Trump summit

Phone call between Wang Yi and Johann Wadephul underlines Beijing’s push to protect European partnerships alongside US relations.

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Japan

Russia targets ‘unfriendly nations’ as asset seizures spook Japanese firms

The takeover of Swiss and French brands raises the spectre of retaliation against some 230 Japanese businesses still in Russia.

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Customers shop at an Auchan supermarket in Moscow earlier this year. French retailer Auchan was among the Western brands whose assets were seized by the Kremlin last week. Photo: AFP
2026 Xi-Trump summits

Top US Democrat warns Trump not to waver on Taiwan as Xi heads to Washington

Jeanne Shaheen also said new law allowing tariffs on buyers of Russian oil ‘sends Beijing a message’ before this week’s summit in Washington.

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US Senator Jeanne Shaheen says she hopes US President Donald Trump “will not say anything that indicates a lack of support for Taiwan” during his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo: Scanpix via AP
Ukraine war

Zelensky and CIA chief meet during refuelling stop in Ireland

Sources say the pair met at Shannon Airport as the Ukrainian leader travelled to the UN meetings in New York.

2026 Xi-Trump summits

Air China makes special New York flight over objections of US aviation group

Major American carriers protested to US Transport Department, saying Chinese rivals gain an unfair edge from access to Russian airspace.

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United Nations

Burning questions: world leaders meet at UN amid climate, war and AI worries

As we face ‘three existential threats,’ says the UN chief, ‘international cooperation is more necessary than ever’.

A wildfire burns amid high temperatures in Colombia on Sunday. Photo: AFP
China energy security

Canada sells more oil and gas to China as relations with US sour

China’s imports of Russian energy products also rise sharply as Beijing diversifies its energy supplies.

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The Imperial Oil refinery in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, on September 2. Photo: Reuters
Science

Some of China’s 11,000 mega bridges could be at risk from small drones: study

Chinese researchers simulate attacks on a typical suspension bridge and find a precisely targeted small strike could trigger collapse.

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Ukraine war

Ukraine’s Zelensky to meet Trump in New York

Planned meeting comes as Washington pushes for fresh, face-to-face peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.

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