https://www.scmp.com/rss/5/feed Breaking news, analysis and opinion from the SCMP's international edition. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday urged Europe to counter what he termed an “invasion” of its coastline by migration, as he marked the 82nd anniversary of the World War II D-Day landings in northern France. Hegseth also called on European countries to do more to contribute to their defence, in a speech at the American military cemetery in Colleville-sur-mer in Normandy. He was however conspicuously set to skip the main international ceremony marking the anniversary of the landings,... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356224/d-day-speech-hegseth-urges-europe-counter-invasion-migrants?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356224/d-day-speech-hegseth-urges-europe-counter-invasion-migrants?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:00:32 +0000 Reuters Reuters Pope Leo on Saturday urged global leaders to avoid dividing their electorates with “sterile simplifications” to gain popularity and called on them to listen to the world’s cries for peace, in a forceful speech opening a week-long tour of Spain. Leo, who has angered US President Donald Trump by criticising his anti-immigration policies and the Iran war, will meet homeless people in Madrid and migrants in the Canary Islands during a visit he has said he hopes will set an example to the world about... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356222/pope-leo-urges-end-polarising-narratives-spain-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356222/pope-leo-urges-end-polarising-narratives-spain-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:39:39 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Nearly 500 Ebola cases have now been confirmed in the deadly outbreak raging in central Africa, a WHO overview showed on Saturday, amid mounting concern over the swelling scale of the epidemic. In its daily update on the situation, the World Health Organization tallied 452 confirmed cases, including 82 deaths, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), where the outbreak was declared three weeks ago. In neighbouring Uganda, meanwhile, it counted 19 confirmed cases, including two deaths. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3356212/who-warns-nearly-500-confirmed-ebola-cases-central-africa-outbreak?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3356212/who-warns-nearly-500-confirmed-ebola-cases-central-africa-outbreak?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:30:44 +0000 Reuters Reuters Global airline chiefs open their annual summit in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday facing a sharper test of the industry’s post-pandemic recovery, as the Iran war drives up fuel costs and disrupts airspace while carriers try to cushion the blow with higher fares and tighter capacity. The annual meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which runs until Monday, comes as ‌that fuel shock collides with another problem airlines cannot quickly fix: a shortage of new aircraft. Boeing... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3356207/aviation-leaders-face-iran-war-fuel-shock-rising-fare-prices-rio-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3356207/aviation-leaders-face-iran-war-fuel-shock-rising-fare-prices-rio-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:30:31 +0000 Ralph Jennings Ralph Jennings US President Donald Trump’s drive to reassert US supremacy in Latin America has already squeezed China’s interests in Cuba, Panama and Venezuela. Now, Nicaragua could be shaping up as the next economic battleground between the two powers, a scholar has warned. The American leader has yet to target Nicaragua since returning to office, but that could change if China revives an ambitious project to build a canal cutting across the country to connect the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, said Zhang... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3356132/trump-has-squeezed-china-cuba-panama-and-venezuela-nicaragua-next?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3356132/trump-has-squeezed-china-cuba-panama-and-venezuela-nicaragua-next?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:07 +0000 Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley What is in effect Japan’s version of the Belt and Road Initiative is being rolled out at an accelerating pace. But unlike China’s global infrastructure initiative, which mainly takes the form of highways, railways and sea lanes, Japan’s project is all about energy networks and supply chains. It poses a further challenge to America’s waning economic and strategic influence in Asia, the world’s most populous, resource-rich and potentially powerful region. What is more, it is a cooperative venture... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3355995/problem-japans-bid-strengthen-energy-security-supply-chains?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3355995/problem-japans-bid-strengthen-energy-security-supply-chains?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:30:05 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Israeli troops killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby boy after firing at his parents’ vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was killed on Friday evening, and his parents were wounded while driving in the Tel Rumeida area south of Hebron City, according to the ministry. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said the infant was critically wounded after being struck in the jaw by the same bullet that injured his mother. He later died of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3356199/israeli-troops-kill-7-month-old-palestinian-baby-west-bank-car-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3356199/israeli-troops-kill-7-month-old-palestinian-baby-west-bank-car-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 07:14:30 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Residents of St Petersburg were told not to leave their homes after a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack targeted Russia’s second-largest city Saturday morning, underscoring Kyiv’s growing ability to hit deep inside Russia. The attack came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin refused an offer to meet his Ukrainian counterpart. St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov advised the residents not to go outside and warned of possible disruptions to mobile internet service, while regional... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3356196/russia-downs-376-ukrainian-drones-overnight-final-day-st-petersburg-forum?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3356196/russia-downs-376-ukrainian-drones-overnight-final-day-st-petersburg-forum?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:37:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse In front of L’industrie Pizzeria, as at many other New York restaurants and shops, customers queue up behind barriers – in this case, all to grab a prized pizza slice. Not everyone in America’s biggest city finds standing in line to be a chore. The power of social media trends means that for some, waiting for hours is an attraction in itself. “It’s gotten pretty crazy in the city recently,” said food influencer Ali Chilton, who has 168,000 followers on Instagram. “Some would blame me for the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356190/inside-crazy-new-york-queues-where-people-wait-hours-insta-cred?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356190/inside-crazy-new-york-queues-where-people-wait-hours-insta-cred?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 04:31:02 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A man was charged with murder in the stabbing of Jumanji and Top Gun: Maverick actor James Handy, who was in a relationship with the suspect’s mother. Michael Gledhill, 44, was charged on Friday after police say officers found the 81-year-old Handy stabbed in the chest and lying unconscious outside a home in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Handy was taken to the hospital and later pronounced dead. Gledhill did not appear at an arraignment on Friday afternoon in Los Angeles Superior Court and no plea... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356184/son-james-handys-girlfriend-charged-murder-top-gun-actor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356184/son-james-handys-girlfriend-charged-murder-top-gun-actor?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:52:15 +0000 Zhou Bo Zhou Bo Listening to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth at the recently concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, I thought of the iconic Sichuan opera act of face-changing, where performers switch masks in an instant. Last year, Hegseth’s speech at the event was filled with blatant attacks on China. This year, he put on a completely different face, declaring that: “Under President Trump’s leadership, relations between the United States and China are better than they’ve been in many years.” Why this... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3355862/does-pete-hegseths-volte-face-china-reflect-america-decline?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3355862/does-pete-hegseths-volte-face-china-reflect-america-decline?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 01:30:05 +0000 Reuters Reuters American forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran towards the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said, in the latest escalation complicating efforts to end the war between the two countries. The US military believed the four Iranian drones were targeting regional maritime traffic, a US official told Reuters. US Central Command said on social media that Washington then struck Iran’s surveillance sites in Goruk and Qeshm ‌Island, which are... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3356182/us-strikes-iranian-radar-sites-after-drone-shootdown-strait-hormuz?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3356182/us-strikes-iranian-radar-sites-after-drone-shootdown-strait-hormuz?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:39:22 +0000 Reuters Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he currently saw no reason to meet Volodymyr Zelensky after the Ukrainian president published an open letter proposing they hold face-to-face talks to agree an end to a war now in its fifth year. In his letter, which was sent to other countries, including the US, Zelensky said most Russians ‌had grown tired of Ukrainian missile and drone attacks, high inflation and fuel shortages, and were ready for peace. He also suggested that continuing the war... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3356180/putin-says-no-reason-meet-ukraines-zelensky-calls-his-letter-rude?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3356180/putin-says-no-reason-meet-ukraines-zelensky-calls-his-letter-rude?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:38:18 +0000 Andrew Sheng Andrew Sheng Given that control over energy reinforces superpower status, the contest of the century has morphed into an intense rivalry between China, a rising “electrostate”, and the United States, the world’s hydrocarbon hegemon safeguarding its position. China recognises that electricity drives its economy. Despite being a major producer of coal, crude oil and natural gas, China remains an importer of these hydrocarbons. However, with strategic patience, through its five-year plans, the country has been... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3356042/energy-now-focus-us-china-contest-century?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3356042/energy-now-focus-us-china-contest-century?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:30:05 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US President Donald Trump said Friday he wants his incoming acting spy chief to start firing employees, deepening the controversy over the appointment of a man with no previous intelligence experience. Bill Pulte, a Trump loyalist who heads the Federal Housing Finance Agency, was named by the Republican president on Tuesday as acting Director of National Intelligence. “If he cut, I wouldn’t mind that,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, adding that the number of employees in Pulte’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356178/trump-urges-new-spy-chief-pulte-gut-us-intelligence-community?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356178/trump-urges-new-spy-chief-pulte-gut-us-intelligence-community?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:25:47 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A firestorm of recrimination raged in France on Friday over failures in the justice system that kept a man now suspected in the disappearance and death of an 11-year-old girl out of custody despite allegations that he preyed on young adolescents. The disappearance of the girl identified by police as Lyhanna and days of searches that ended with the discovery of her body in a disused grain silo have gripped national and, increasingly, political attention since she went missing in the southwestern... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356177/death-girl-11-france-sparks-storm-over-cracks-judicial-system?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356177/death-girl-11-france-sparks-storm-over-cracks-judicial-system?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:01:20 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A vaccine targeting a broad range of viruses that was designed using artificial intelligence had a “modest” effect on immune systems in a small, early trial, according to a new study. The trial marks the first time a vaccine whose active ingredient was entirely designed by AI has been tested in humans, researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK said on Friday. The experimental jab is intended to be a “universal vaccine” which protects people against a range of viruses that have... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356176/first-ai-designed-universal-vaccine-tested-humans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356176/first-ai-designed-universal-vaccine-tested-humans?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:12:34 +0000 Reuters Reuters President Donald ⁠Trump’s administration unlawfully barred applicants from ⁠39 travel-ban countries from receiving decisions on asylum, work permits, green cards and citizenship, a US federal judge ruled on Friday. Chief US District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, ruled that the US Citizenship and ‌Immigration Services had adopted a series of unlawful policies targeting people from 39 African, Asian, Latin American and Middle Eastern countries. His ruling came in a lawsuit... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356175/us-judge-strikes-down-trump-policies-targeting-immigrants-39-countries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356175/us-judge-strikes-down-trump-policies-targeting-immigrants-39-countries?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:28:59 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Actor Anthony Head, best known for his roles in Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Ted Lasso, has died at the age of 72, his family announced on Friday. The British actor, the brother of singer Murray Head, was best known as librarian Rupert Giles in the cult US supernatural television series starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, which ran from 1997 to 2003. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father, Anthony Head,” his daughters Emily and Daisy Head, said in a statement... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356174/buffy-vampire-slayer-ted-lasso-actor-anthony-head-dies-aged-72?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356174/buffy-vampire-slayer-ted-lasso-actor-anthony-head-dies-aged-72?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:14:55 +0000 Reuters Reuters A worsening air leak aboard the International Space Station prompted five astronauts to take shelter and prepare for evacuation for roughly two hours on Friday as Russia attempted to ‌fix a crack on its portion of the orbital laboratory, Nasa said. The four astronauts of Nasa’s Crew-12 mission aboard the station – two Americans, a French astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut – along with another US astronaut were ordered by Nasa mission control at 9.04am on Friday to enter their SpaceX-built Crew... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356173/astronauts-take-shelter-air-leaks-worsen-international-space-station?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356173/astronauts-take-shelter-air-leaks-worsen-international-space-station?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:57:45 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Russia could attack a Nato country within four years according to western intelligence assessments, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned on Friday. He made the comments as he pledged his government would publish a long-delayed defence investment plan before next month’s Nato summit. “It is our intelligence assessment and the assessment of other countries in Nato that there could be an attack by Russia on Nato as soon as 2030,” Starmer said. “So you can see the urgency and the priority that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356170/uks-keir-starmer-says-russia-could-attack-nato-within-4-years?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356170/uks-keir-starmer-says-russia-could-attack-nato-within-4-years?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:25:59 +0000 Reuters Reuters Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on a waiting list for a lung transplant after a significant deterioration in her health that likely gave her only a year left to live without the surgery, her doctors said on Friday. The 52-year-old wife of Crown Prince Haakon, the ‌heir to the Norwegian throne, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs and leads to a reduced oxygen uptake. Oslo’s University Hospital in December said the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356161/norway-crown-princess-awaits-lung-transplant?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356161/norway-crown-princess-awaits-lung-transplant?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:35:58 +0000 Sylvia Ma Sylvia Ma China and Russia have largely moved away from the US dollar in bilateral trade settlement, with most transactions now settled in their own currencies. Yet cross-border payment bottlenecks persist as Chinese banks carefully manage their exposure to Washington’s sanctions regime, according to a senior Russian banker. At the heart of the friction is a stark balancing act facing Chinese lenders: how to ease trade with Russia while safeguarding access to the US dollar-based global financial system –... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3356137/do-china-russia-trade-payment-frictions-show-limits-de-dollarisation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3356137/do-china-russia-trade-payment-frictions-show-limits-de-dollarisation?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:15:05 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US employment growth surged in May, beating market expectations, while the unemployment rate remained steady, government data showed on Friday, with the labour market in the world’s largest economy sustaining recent gains. “Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 172,000 in May, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 per cent,” the US Bureau of Labor Statistics said. Economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires and the Wall Street Journal had expected job growth of 80,000... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356158/us-adds-172000-jobs-may-strongly-beating-expectations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356158/us-adds-172000-jobs-may-strongly-beating-expectations?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:09:36 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo China-Canada relations are undergoing a thaw after years of estrangement and recrimination. China and India are seeking a rapprochement despite deep-seated distrust and sometimes violent border disputes. Both cases share a common element: Donald Trump. Meanwhile, following the US president’s visit to Beijing, his defence secretary Pete Hegseth avoided mentioning Taiwan at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. He sounded almost conciliatory by hailing ties with Beijing as “better than they’ve... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3355960/trump-turning-allies-and-partners-friends-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3355960/trump-turning-allies-and-partners-friends-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:30:06 +0000 Reuters Reuters The US Senate handed President Donald Trump ⁠a victory early on Friday morning, passing a bill that would provide the Department of Homeland Security with an additional US$70 billion for immigration enforcement and sending it to the House of Representatives for final consideration. The Senate voted 52-47 to approve the legislation, with no support from Democrats and no provision to ban a US$1.8 billion “anti-weaponisation” fund that could compensate Trump’s political allies for allegations that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356152/us-senate-passes-us70-billion-ice-funding-fails-ban-anti-weaponisation-fund?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356152/us-senate-passes-us70-billion-ice-funding-fails-ban-anti-weaponisation-fund?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:59:37 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg French billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin, who has stirred controversy over his right-wing politics, is pleading with lawmakers to modify rules so he can disinherit his five children, saying he prefers to give his fortune to charity. “I would like to give my entire estate to philanthropic causes,” the businessman told senators on Thursday during a public hearing, noting that under French law three quarters of his assets would have to be passed down to his offspring. “I’m in favour of being able... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356098/french-billionaire-pleads-law-change-disinherit-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356098/french-billionaire-pleads-law-change-disinherit-children?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:53:38 +0000 David Dodwell David Dodwell Europe’s political and business leaderships appear to have concluded that China’s economic dominance represents an existential threat – not from intrinsic competitiveness but from subsidies, technology theft, state-owned enterprises and a pervasive industrial policy. Cecilia Malmstrom, former European Commission member and a member of the European Parliament, wrote this week about “an ever more aggressive China”, which “seems to be entering a new phase of industrial policy with an increase of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3356037/europes-fears-about-china-trade-threat-miss-point?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3356037/europes-fears-about-china-trade-threat-miss-point?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:30:06 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Peru’s duelling presidential hopefuls have made a final pitch to voters, capping a bruising and razor-tight race dominated by anger over rising crime and political instability. Conservative Keiko Fujimori and leftist Roberto Sanchez staged rival events in Lima on Thursday ahead of Sunday’s vote, with ardent flag-waving supporters arguing their “communist” or “dictator” opponents would bring the country to ruin. “We cannot let them win with communism and terrorism,” said bandana-wearing... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3356055/shadow-old-dictatorship-looms-over-perus-bitter-presidential-run?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3356055/shadow-old-dictatorship-looms-over-perus-bitter-presidential-run?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:56:13 +0000 Reuters Reuters King Charles’ disgraced younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor held leases for 10 properties, three of which he sublet, while the monarch ⁠pays rent for the former prince’s daughters’ palace ⁠homes, a report by the UK’s spending watchdog said. In the most ⁠detailed review ever of royal property arrangements, the National Audit Office (NAO) report on Friday showed some leases were based on commercial valuations, while for others, senior figures paid no rent or negligible amounts for their... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356043/auditors-shine-light-uk-royal-housing-disgraced-andrews-peppercorn-rent?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356043/auditors-shine-light-uk-royal-housing-disgraced-andrews-peppercorn-rent?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:47:34 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump ‘personally called for China’s help’ to end Ukraine war in summit with Xi US President Donald Trump personally urged President Xi Jinping to help end the Ukraine war, seeking to leverage Beijing’s influence over Moscow to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3356025/trump-urged-xi-help-end-ukraine-war-chinas-tech-sanctions-list-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3356025/trump-urged-xi-help-end-ukraine-war-chinas-tech-sanctions-list-scmps-7-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:34:05 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has confirmed for the first time his intention to challenge Keir Starmer to be Britain’s prime minister, drawing immediate criticism from the premier who vowed not to walk away from the job. “If I get your support, I would seek to represent you at the highest possible level and give this constituency maximum power and influence,” Burnham said in an episode of the BBC’s Question Time. He cited the ambitions of his top rival, former health secretary Wes... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356033/rival-confirms-he-will-challenge-starmer-be-uk-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356033/rival-confirms-he-will-challenge-starmer-be-uk-prime-minister?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:49:43 +0000 Reuters Reuters Following the ⁠first confirmation of screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, on a US farm in decades, federal and state officials have fanned out in South Texas, where a calf was found infested this week. US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday no other infestations of cattle or other animals have been detected around the confirmed case. The case in La Pryor, Texas, was a blow to US cattle ranchers who have been bracing for a domestic outbreak of New World screwworm as the fly... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356029/quarantine-texas-us-races-contain-deadly-flesh-eating-parasite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356029/quarantine-texas-us-races-contain-deadly-flesh-eating-parasite?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:03:10 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press German airline Lufthansa said it was investigating after the nose gear of a Boeing jet collapsed while the aircraft was parked at a gate at Frankfurt Airport, injuring several employees. Only crew members and ground staff were on board the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner when the front tip of the plane crashed to the ground ahead of passenger boarding for a scheduled flight to Los Angeles on Thursday. The flight was later cancelled. “Several employees were injured and are currently receiving medical... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356022/nose-down-lufthansa-investigating-boeing-787-landing-gear-collapse-frankfurt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3356022/nose-down-lufthansa-investigating-boeing-787-landing-gear-collapse-frankfurt?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:10:07 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President ⁠Donald Trump on Thursday indicated ⁠that he would not nominate mortgage regulator ⁠Bill Pulte to be the nation’s intelligence chief once his temporary appointment expires early next year. His comments follow a backlash against Pulte’s appointment as acting director of national intelligence from Democrats and some key senators of his Republican Party over the ‌Trump loyalist’s lack of national security experience. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump indicated he would... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356018/trump-says-he-wont-nominate-pulte-permanent-us-spy-chief-after-backlash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356018/trump-says-he-wont-nominate-pulte-permanent-us-spy-chief-after-backlash?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:38:43 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans to add a potential “Trump promenade” to the iconic Lincoln Memorial, in his latest grandiose bid to leave his mark on the US capital. Trump said the walkway would link the huge marble monument, built to commemorate Civil War-era president Abraham Lincoln, to the nearby Potomac River. “They want to call it the Trump Promenade,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he unveiled the project for the first time. “I don’t know if I want to do... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356017/trump-unveils-plan-add-trump-promenade-lincoln-memorial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356017/trump-unveils-plan-add-trump-promenade-lincoln-memorial?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:23:35 +0000 Igor Patrick,Dewey Sim Igor Patrick,Dewey Sim China accused the United States of using “invented allegations” to justify its terrorism case against Cuba, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio told senators he needed no new evidence to tie the island to violent leftist groups across the western hemisphere. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Thursday that Washington could not justify its blockade and sanctions against the island, adding that the decades-old embargo had wrecked Cuba’s economy. “China firmly supports Cuba in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3356016/china-says-us-invented-terrorism-charges-justify-cuba-blockade?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3356016/china-says-us-invented-terrorism-charges-justify-cuba-blockade?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:51:58 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump’s eldest son warned against investing in China during an event for investors on Thursday in Zurich, even as his father’s administration has pushed forward on plans to improve commercial ties between the two countries. “I wouldn’t,” Donald Trump Jnr said when asked at the invitation-only event if he would invest in China. “I don’t think we can pretend they’re an ally. That would be, I think, foolish.” Trump Jnr, who shares the position of executive vice-president of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356015/trump-jnr-tells-investors-he-would-avoid-investing-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356015/trump-jnr-tells-investors-he-would-avoid-investing-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:47:48 +0000 Richard Harris Richard Harris I just spent two weeks in a broken Britain, which is an unfortunately apt description for a country that has fallen from its former glory. Its people are funny, witty, creative, intelligent, sports-mad and educated, part of a society that has constantly evolved over the last millennium, its imperial heritage bringing in cultures from around the globe. It is a green and pleasant land, beautiful in spring and summer, and not too bad in the autumn. Yet the once great nation is now dealing with a... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3355911/uk-decline-needs-rediscover-supply-side-economics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3355911/uk-decline-needs-rediscover-supply-side-economics?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:30:06 +0000 Reuters Reuters President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s proposals for peace in Ukraine could end the fighting, but said Kyiv needed to compromise – and that he saw no signs of that, so was ready to fight on to victory. Speaking to foreign media editors on the sidelines of Russia’s annual economic forum in what is the fifth ‌year of Europe’s deadliest land war since World War II, Putin said Russia would defeat Ukraine on the battlefield if necessary. But he said it was also... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3356012/putin-says-trump-ideas-could-bring-peace-ukraine-urges-kyiv-compromise?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3356012/putin-says-trump-ideas-could-bring-peace-ukraine-urges-kyiv-compromise?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:15:34 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney launched his AI strategy on Thursday, warning that his country’s slow adoption of the frontier technology had created risks and that domestic capacity needed a boost to avoid it being “weaponised against us”. Reducing Canada’s reliance on the US is a central part of Carney’s agenda, and his AI strategy nodded to concern about the influence of US tech giants. “We are highly dependent on foreign suppliers for the infrastructure that powers AI,” he said. “That... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356011/canada-pm-unveils-ai-strategy-warns-foreign-dominance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356011/canada-pm-unveils-ai-strategy-warns-foreign-dominance?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:38:50 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, renowned for her graphic novel and film Persepolis, has died aged 56, a year after the passing of “the love of her life”, a member of her close circle said on Thursday. “Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,” they said in a statement. Born in 1969 in Rasht in northern Iran, Satrapi arrived in France in 1994 and gained French nationality in 2006. An... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3356010/persepolis-author-marjane-satrapi-dies-aged-56?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3356010/persepolis-author-marjane-satrapi-dies-aged-56?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:20:18 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information under a deal with the US Justice Department that could allow him to avoid prison time, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The deal would resolve a criminal case filed in October that charged Bolton with 18 counts of either retaining or disseminating classified information, including diary-like notes from his time in government that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356008/trump-foe-john-bolton-plead-guilty-classified-information-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3356008/trump-foe-john-bolton-plead-guilty-classified-information-case?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:51:50 +0000 Xiaofei Xu Xiaofei Xu EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic has called for practical approaches and “meaningful discussion” to tackle the growing trade concerns between Brussels and Beijing, following his meeting with China’s chief international trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, on the sideline of a ministerial meeting at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Sefcovic opened his press conference on Thursday by stressing the urgency of crafting policy responses to the non-market practices... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3356007/eu-trade-chief-swipes-chinas-overcapacity-seeks-meaningful-talks-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3356007/eu-trade-chief-swipes-chinas-overcapacity-seeks-meaningful-talks-beijing?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:06:31 +0000 Reuters Reuters President Donald Trump said he would ⁠move to ⁠nominate acting US Attorney ⁠General Todd Blanche on Thursday to permanently lead the Justice Department, which would make his former personal lawyer the nation’s top law enforcement officer. “He’s acting attorney general. Tomorrow. ‌I’m instructing Dan (Scavino) and everybody else that’s involved in that very complicated process – which is going to go, I think, very quickly – that we are going to make him permanent attorney general,” Trump said at... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3355996/trump-nominate-todd-blanche-us-attorney-general?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3355996/trump-nominate-todd-blanche-us-attorney-general?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:36:05 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Four people were killed on Thursday in a plane crash on Croatia’s northern Adriatic coast, police said. “According to currently available information four people have died” in the crash of the plane in Medulin, on Croatia’s northwestern Istria peninsula, a police statement said. The accident occurred in the Campanoz area, outside the town, and “all emergency services are on the scene”, it added. The national firefighting association said it had received a report of the crash near the Medulin... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3355992/croatia-plane-crash-kills-4?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3355992/croatia-plane-crash-kills-4?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:33:17 +0000 Juan Fernando Herrera Ramos Juan Fernando Herrera Ramos For over two decades, China’s rise in Latin America has been viewed as one of the most significant geopolitical developments in the western hemisphere. Through trade, investment, infrastructure projects and diplomatic engagement, Beijing built a presence that would have been difficult to imagine at the beginning of the century. The strategy appeared highly successful. Beijing became a leading trading partner for much of the region, financed major projects, expanded its diplomatic footprint and... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3355628/why-chinas-latin-america-ties-arent-immune-trumps-influence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3355628/why-chinas-latin-america-ties-arent-immune-trumps-influence?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:30:07 +0000 Alice Li Alice Li China has rejected a recent OECD report that said its firms receive far higher government subsidies than international peers, calling the findings “one-sided and arbitrary” at a time when EU concerns over Beijing’s industrial policy are intensifying. “The report’s definition of ‘subsidies’ lacks a unified standard and statistical framework, and deviates from consensus under multilateral frameworks such as the World Trade Organization,” the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3355941/china-rejects-oecd-report-industrial-subsidies-one-sided-amid-eu-trade-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3355941/china-rejects-oecd-report-industrial-subsidies-one-sided-amid-eu-trade-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:07 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all-clear: an interstellar comet looks to be completely natural and free of any alien tech. The SETI Institute said Wednesday that extensive radio scans by its telescope in Northern California found no signs of otherworldly technology from our solar system’s latest interstellar visitor. The object labelled 3I/ATLAS was discovered last summer sweeping through our neck of the cosmic woods. Scientists quickly... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3355919/our-latest-interstellar-visitor-has-no-signs-alien-technology-scientists-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3355919/our-latest-interstellar-visitor-has-no-signs-alien-technology-scientists-say?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:35:06 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, is facing growing resistance from protesters in Albania. The government says the development on the Adriatic coast would be transformational for the former communist nation as it seeks to enter the high-end tourism market and pushes for European Union membership. But the venture, spanning an abandoned island and a nearby stretch of seafront on Albania’s southern coast, has drawn opposition... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3355912/protests-grow-over-trump-family-linked-resort-project-albania?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3355912/protests-grow-over-trump-family-linked-resort-project-albania?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:55:38 +0000