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Gender & Diversity

Bizarre 2-way mirror in Thai park toilet lets men watch women for ‘enjoyment’

1 Apr 2025 - 9:59AM

A theme park in Thailand has been slammed for installing a two-way mirror in a male toilet so that urinating men can watch women passers-by fix their appearance. Photo: SCMP composite/IG@womenofindia_official

Science

US cyber expert Wang Xiaofeng took Singapore job before raids: university letter

1 Apr 2025 - 7:47PMvideocam

Wang Xiaofeng, whose homes in Indiana were raided on Friday, has focused his recent research on data protection to support AI and using AI technologies to protect computing systems and 5G networks. Photo: Handout

Science

FBI raids on Chinese-American scientist revives China Initiative fears

1 Apr 2025 - 9:45AMvideocam

Wang Xiaofeng, who was named a distinguished member by the Association for Computing Machinery in 2021, joined Indiana University Bloomington as an assistant professor in 2004 after receiving his PhD in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Photo: Handout

Science

Chinese team makes marine uranium extraction 40 times more efficient

1 Apr 2025 - 8:07PMvideocam

The world’s oceans are estimated to contain 4.5 billion tonnes of uranium, 1,000 times the amount of uranium ore reserves in the ground, but at extremely low concentrations. Photo: Shutterstock

United States & Canada

Chinese-born entrepreneur buys entire SpaceX flight for ultimate adventure

1 Apr 2025 - 2:05PM

Mission specialist and medical officer Eric Philips, mission commander Chun Wang, pilot Rabea Rogge and vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen. Phoyo: Fram2/SpaceX via AFP

Democrat-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Susan Crawford after her victory. Photo: Reuters

Liberal wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in setback for Trump and Musk

Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority.

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White House to discuss TikTok sale in meeting on Wednesday

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Icons and Influencers

Meet Elon Musk’s ‘lieutenant’, Steve Davis – whom Musk said was like ‘chemo’

6 hours ago

‘JFK’ director Oliver Stone calls for reinvestigation of Kennedy assassination

Thousands of pages of government documents related to the US president’s shooting were released on Trump’s orders last month.

2 Apr 2025 - 5:31AM

Filmmaker Oliver Stone is sworn in before testifying before the House Oversight Committee at the US Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

US senator shatters record with 25-hour speech criticising Trump

Democrat Cory Booker breaks nearly seven-decade record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech.

2 hours ago

Who was Donald Trump’s sister Maryanne Trump Barry, who called him ‘cruel’?

Donald Trump’s older sister – who died in 2023 at the age of 86 – was appointed as a federal judge by Ronald Reagan, and was horrified at her brother’s immigration policies before her death.

2 Apr 2025 - 4:00AM

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US-China relations

US YouTube star in China, Beijing ‘hackers for hire’: 7 US-China relations reads

From IShowSpeed’s Great Wall adventures to espionage fears, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in March 2024.

2 Apr 2025 - 3:00AM

YouTube star Darren Jason Watkins Jnr, aka IShowSpeed, is seen streaming live from the Great Wall of China during his visit to Beijing in March 2025. Photo: Youtube/IShowSpeed

Explainer | How Trump’s bid for a third term challenges Washington’s legacy, US Constitution

America’s two-term limit for presidents stems from George Washington’s precedent and the 22nd Amendment, a tradition Trump may challenge.

2 Apr 2025 - 12:00AM

Trump health cuts to axe 10,000 jobs, strip union rights, amid measles outbreak

The US Department of Health and Human Services aims to lay off up to 10,000 employees through agency consolidation, raising public health concerns.

1 Apr 2025 - 9:56PM

US cyber expert Wang Xiaofeng took Singapore job before raids: university letter

University staff protest decision to ‘summarily terminate’ Wang: ‘Silence fuels suspicion and distrust and makes shared governance harder’.

1 Apr 2025 - 7:47PMvideocam

Wang Xiaofeng, whose homes in Indiana were raided on Friday, has focused his recent research on data protection to support AI and using AI technologies to protect computing systems and 5G networks. Photo: Handout

Letters | Time for Nato to eject the United States

Readers discuss why Nato is better off without the US, and how Trump is destroying a world order that favours the US.

1 Apr 2025 - 2:30PM

Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte meets with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13. Photo: AFP

Stocks see wild swings in run-up to Trump’s tariff roll-out

Mixed messages on new tariffs have traders flustered as they try to position around the biggest risk confronting the market in years.

1 Apr 2025 - 9:55AM

US-China relations

As extension winds down for TikTok sale, analysts say deadline may not matter

US President Donald Trump might ignore the law Congress passed and use the app as a bargaining chip in trade talks with Beijing.

1 Apr 2025 - 11:38AMvideocam

FBI raids on Chinese-American scientist revives China Initiative fears

Two Indiana homes of cybersecurity researcher and professor raided by FBI and Homeland Security but no reason cited, local media report.

1 Apr 2025 - 9:45AMvideocam

Wang Xiaofeng, who was named a distinguished member by the Association for Computing Machinery in 2021, joined Indiana University Bloomington as an assistant professor in 2004 after receiving his PhD in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Photo: Handout

Fame and celebrity

Who is Sean Gilmartin, husband of Fox News presenter Kayleigh McEnany?

Gilmartin, who played for numerous teams, including the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, married McEnany in 2017 – the pair welcomed their first child 2 years later.

31 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM

Who is ex-MLB pitcher Sean Gilmartin, husband of Fox News presenter Kayleigh McEnany? Photo: @kayleighmcenany/X

Trump hints at a TikTok sale deal before April 5 deadline

A group consisting of Blackstone and ByteDance’s non-Chinese shareholders has emerged as front-running buyers.

31 Mar 2025 - 10:48AMvideocam

Director Oliver Stone to testify at JFK assassination files hearing

Hearings are being held in Washington after the Trump administration released a trove of material related to the 1963 Kennedy assassination.

31 Mar 2025 - 1:39PM

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Trump says ‘not joking’ about possible third term as US president

Trump says he could overcome the two-term limit stipulated in the US constitution: ‘there are methods which you could do it’.

31 Mar 2025 - 2:37PM

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Greenland’s new prime minister says US will not get the island

Trump wants to annex the Arctic territory, claiming it’s needed for national security purposes.

31 Mar 2025 - 12:02PM

Icons and Influencers

Meet ‘Silicon’s Valley’s Trump Whisperer’, tech adviser Jacob Helberg

Among Donald Trump’s lesser-known confidants is Jacob Helberg, a Jewish, LGBT ‘China hawk’ who was recently appointed undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment.

31 Mar 2025 - 10:58AM

Millionaires and billionaires

Who is Alina Habba’s husband, Gregg Reuben – and why is he suing a jeweller?

Gregg Reuben, the millionaire husband of Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba, claims he was scammed by a New York jeweller – here’s what else you need to know about him.

30 Mar 2025 - 6:00AM

Trump lawyer Alina Habba and her husband, millionaire entrepreneur Gregg Reuben. Photo: @siggy.flicker/Instagram

Top US vaccine official quits, slams Trump health chief for ‘misinformation’

The Food and Drug Administration’s Peter Marks oversaw the agency’s rapid review and approval of Covid-19 jabs during the pandemic.

30 Mar 2025 - 1:49AM

Peter Marks, Director of the Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug Administration answers a question during a hearing in Washington in May 2021. Photo: AFP

Letters | A reminder to Trump: democracies perish one exception at a time

Readers discuss the Trump administration’s attitude to unfavourable court rulings, and the man carmaker Tesla was named after.

29 Mar 2025 - 11:30AM

Opinion | Trump’s Maga ambition may be more audacious than we think

Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South superpower.

29 Mar 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

Utah bans fluoride in drinking water, becoming first US state to do so

The move is opposed by dentists and health organisations, who warn it will lead to medical problems.

29 Mar 2025 - 4:24PM

The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water has long been considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century. Photo: Reuters

Icons and Influencers

Who is Bernie Sanders’ backer and wife of 37 years, Jane O’Meara Sanders?

Despite Sanders’ recent ‘anti-oligarchy’ rallies with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, he says he has no plans to run for president because he’s ‘tired’ – but who is his political adviser wife Jane?

31 Mar 2025 - 11:06AMvideocam

Bernie Sanders with wife Jane O’Meara Sanders at the 2016 White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. Photo: Getty Images

Greenland forms new government hours before US VP Vance’s visit

The new majority government will be headed by pro-business Democrats leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen.

28 Mar 2025 - 10:08PM

Outside In | Outraged by Trump, Canada scrambles to define what makes a nation

Threatened with annexation, Canadians reluctant to be absorbed nevertheless find it hard to say what distinguishes them from Americans.

28 Mar 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

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