Mainland Chinas 17 million Alzheimers patients can, for the first time, pay less out of pocket for a costly drug touted as historic and the beginning of the end for the memory-robbing disease after Beijing launched a commercial insurance innovative drug list in an effort to make medicines more accessible and affordable. Leqembi, developed by Japans Eisai ...

Senior US and Chinese defence officials met in Washington this week in the latest sign of renewed military-to-military communication as the two countries seek to stabilise ties. Alvaro Smith, a deputy assistant secretary of defence for China, Taiwan and Mongolia at the Pentagon, met with Chinas Major General Ye Jiang, Deputy Director of the Central Military ...

Los Angeles prosecutors said on Tuesday that Rob Reiners son Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, which stunned their communities in Hollywood and Democratic politics, where both were widely beloved. Nick Reiner, 32, is suspected in the deaths of the 78-year-old actor and director Rob Reiner and ...

A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death was sentenced on Tuesday to eight months of home confinement. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included three years of supervised release to 55-year-old Mark Chavez in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles. Before the sentence ...

The European Commission unveiled a plan on Tuesday to drop the EUs effective ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 after pressure from the regions vehicle sector, marking the blocs biggest retreat from its green policies in recent years. The move, which still needs approval from EU governments and the European Parliament, would allow continued sales ...

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Tuesday that a racism scandal that saw the countrys Miss Finland being stripped of her crown and several politicians posting derogatory images was damaging his countrys image. Yesterday, during a debate in parliament, I said that this has caused damage to our country. That is certainly the case, Orpo told ...

The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a US science agency announced on Tuesday, as climate change triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening landscapes and disruptions to global weather. Between October 2024 and September 2025, temperatures were 1.60 degrees Celsius (2.88 degrees Fahrenheit) above the ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr lauded domestic helper Rhodora Alcaraz as a hero for her role in saving her employers baby during Hong Kongs deadliest fire in decades. Romulo Victor M Israel Jnr, the countrys top diplomat in Hong Kong, also told the Post that Alcaraz, a survivor of last months inferno at Wang Fuk Court, was facing a long physical ...

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] As Hong Kong advances toward regulated digital money, a new era of digital payments is taking shape. With the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) preparing for licensed, fully asset-backed HKD stablecoins as early as 2026, the city is moving beyond the volatility of crypto and into ...

Susie Wiles, US President Donald Trumps understated but influential chief of staff, criticised Attorney General Pam Bondis handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defended the presidents aggressive second administration in a series of interviews published Tuesday in Vanity Fair. Wiles told the magazine in a wide-ranging, revealing series of ...

A former Hong Kong government engineer was jailed for five years and three months on Tuesday for laundering HK$6.26 million (US$804,000) in illegal proceeds, having lived far beyond his legitimate income. The High Court heard that 60-year-old Zsa Sing-tak had also accepted a HK$40,000 bribe to favour engineering firms linked to a friend during tendering ...

Top European officials including President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed on Tuesday to set up an international body to decide on tens of billions of euros of eventual reparations to compensate Ukraine over Russias invasion. The International Claims Commission for Ukraine, signed by 35 countries, will assess and decide on claims for reparations, including any ...

Catch up on some of SCMPs biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Testing the waters? US reported to have seized Chinese cargo bound for Iran The reported US seizure of a ship allegedly carrying Chinese-made dual-use components to Iran might signal Washington was testing the waters on ...

As Chinese tourists pull back from visiting Japan amid a diplomatic row, a slumping won is positioning South Korea as the new bargain destination for mainland travellers, analysts said. The Korean won has become Asias worst-performing currency in the second half of the year, weighed down by an interest rate gap with the United States and sustained equity ...

The Philippine government is weighing whether a United Nations anti-corruption treaty can help track down and extradite a former lawmaker accused of being one of the masterminds behind the billion-peso flood control scandal and believed to be hiding overseas. Presidential press officer and undersecretary Claire Castro said Manila was studying a proposal by ...

Hong Kong customs has, for the first time, uncovered a drug smuggling operation involving an underwater compartment of a large cargo ship, resulting in the seizure of HK$256 million (US$32.89 million) worth of suspected cocaine. The operation last month, supported by intelligence from mainland China and underwater robots, also disrupted what investigators ...

For the philosopher Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, everything is geist, which could be translated as either mind or spirit. So everything is either mindful, spiritual or mental, depending on your preferred translation. He calls institutions objective spirit. This is because ideas are only subjective when they are stuck in peoples heads or in books. Once those ...

Hong Kong police have arrested a school bus driver for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs after consuming marijuana, with one student on board at the time of the incident. Police on Tuesday said they had arrested the 24-year-old, surnamed Yau, after officers noticed the vehicle being driven erratically near the junction of Prince Edward Road ...

Mainland Chinese media are calling for the demolition of a wartime monument in Japan, resurfacing a long-standing point of bilateral tension, as Beijing and Tokyo are locked in a diplomatic row over Taiwan. Yuyuantantian, a social media account run by mainland state broadcaster CCTV, said on Saturday that Japan seized more than 370 stones from the countries ...

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday announced his second cabinet reshuffle in two years, reassigning senior ministers and promoting new faces as he seeks to bolster his administration ahead of the next general election. The changes follow months of mounting political pressure on Anwars government, triggered by his close allies resignations, ...

China has accused Japan of attempting to mislead the public and hope that somehow the issue would resolve itself after its foreign minister selectively quoted its position on Taiwan from a joint communique that was the foundation of establishing their diplomatic ties in 1972. During a parliamentary session on Monday, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi ...

Beijing has greenlit Biren Technologys initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, as more Chinese artificial intelligence chip designers rush to go public amid heightened investor interest in these stocks. Biren, which designs high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs), received regulatory approval to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange, according ...

Singapores High Court dismissed on Tuesday the first legal challenge in years to the city states mandatory death penalty for certain drug crimes, a blow for campaigners in a year that has seen executions peak. Human rights activists and relatives of three executed drug convicts had petitioned the court, arguing that the mandatory death penalty violates ...

Hong Kong has signed a comprehensive avoidance of double taxation agreement (CDTA) with Norway, marking its fourth such pact this year as the city steps up efforts to strengthen its appeal as an international business and investment hub. Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui Ching-yu signed the agreement with the Government of ...

China has announced anti-dumping taxes of up to 19.8 per cent on pork imports from the European Union, following an 18-month investigation. Effective on Wednesday, the duties ranging from 4.9 per cent to 19.8 per cent, depending on the company will be implemented for a period of five years, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Commerce on ...