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Britain
Clashes erupt in UK city over racially charged case of handcuffed dying student
Police face investigation for handcuffing 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he lay dying due to a racism accusation.
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SpaceX IPO lift-off could test global equity bull run
2 Jun 2026 - 7:15AM
Crime
Life sentence for UK Sikh man who falsely claimed his dying victim racially abused him
2 Jun 2026 - 11:15AM
Technology
Opinion
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For SpaceX, global dominance may not be written in the stars
Space is not an ordinary, commercial, open market but a strategic domain tied directly to sovereignty, security and industrial policy.
31 May 2026 - 4:30PM
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SCMP Highlights
China doubts Musk’s Starship future; ex-TSMC chip prodigy returns: 7 highlights
From Taiwan actress facing backlash to Hong Kong principal resigning over school trip row, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.
29 May 2026 - 12:34PM
Space
Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad during engine-firing test
Jeff Bezos’ space venture hit with a major setback in New Glenn rocket ‘anomaly’.
29 May 2026 - 4:19PM
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Xpeng builds driverless cabs; Tesla launches FSD in China: 7 EV reads
From the oil shock fuelling BEV sales to Chery’s plans to sell 1 million cars abroad, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.
27 May 2026 - 3:30PM
United States
US moon base plans revealed for what Nasa chief calls ‘the grand return’
US space agency outlines multiphase blueprint, awarding contracts for landers, buggies and drones.
27 May 2026 - 4:58PM
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Science
Concerns mount in China’s space sector that Musk’s Starship will be a failure
Is the world’s most powerful rocket hitting a wall similar to the engineering limitations experienced decades ago by the Soviet N1?
26 May 2026 - 9:00PM
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2026 Xi-Trump summit
Double standards? How North American conservatives viewed 2 China trips
The North American right cast Trump’s Beijing visit as ‘deal-making diplomacy’ while attacking the Canadian leader for ‘hedging with China’.
26 May 2026 - 8:00PM
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Trending in China
China ‘crazy boss’ shares AI images of self as woman, aims to be world’s richest
Flamboyant entrepreneur who describes Elon Musk as his ‘arch rival’ faces accusations of ‘arrogance’ from tech competitors.
25 May 2026 - 6:00PM
IPO
How Hong Kong investors can gain exposure to SpaceX’s record-breaking US$75b IPO
Options for potential exposure include brokerages offering access to US stocks, buying into SpaceX’s partners, and exchange-traded funds.
24 May 2026 - 10:30AM
Hong Kong stock market
SpaceX share sale won’t drain Hong Kong IPO boom, JPMorgan says
Bank sees strong demand for Chinese AI, robotics and healthcare listings despite SpaceX’s projected record-breaking IPO in the US.
23 May 2026 - 9:30AM
US-China tech war
A cloud above the clouds: US, China jockey for position in computing space race
China could be a leading player in the new technological battlefield, but the US has a substantial lead in essential tools such as reusable rockets.
23 May 2026 - 9:00AM
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United States
SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on test flight
CEO Musk hopes the rocket will get people to Mars one day, but he must first beat Bezos’ Blue Origin to help Nasa put astronauts on the moon.
23 May 2026 - 7:58AM
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Robotics
Inside the Chinese auto-glass maker whose chairman sat beside Elon Musk
Fuyao Glass, which holds 35 per cent of the world market for automotive glass, banks on automation to cement its position.
22 May 2026 - 5:34PM
2026 Xi-Trump summit
Selfies and symbolism: behind the scenes from Xi’s summit with Trump, Putin
From the Beijing Great Hall’s fancy ceiling to Elon Musk’s son’s bag, little details stole the spotlight in Xi’s summit with Trump and Putin.
22 May 2026 - 2:30PM
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Artificial intelligence
Pair charged in US under new law for creating AI celebrity porn
Arrests mark some of the earliest prosecutions under the Take It Down Act as the US cracks down on explicit ‘deepfakes’.
22 May 2026 - 11:02AM
IPO
Hong Kong set to be ousted by Nasdaq as world’s biggest IPO market
International investors remain interested in Hong Kong tech listings due to attractive valuations, UBS and JPMorgan say.
21 May 2026 - 9:00PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
Tesla’s FSD launch in China heats up competition with domestic EV makers
The long-awaited roll-out received approval from regulators a week after Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited China as part of a US delegation.
21 May 2026 - 12:23PM
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Why Elon Musk’s post spotlighting Chinese infrastructure has reignited a debate
Video featuring vast Chongqing East Railway Station draws millions of views within hours, but some criticise apparent AI-generated footage.
19 May 2026 - 5:00PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Chinese firm Xpeng builds driverless cabs, challenging Tesla’s FSD software
The EV maker has embarked on mass production of robotaxis using its own chips and plans to trial the tech before the end of the year.
19 May 2026 - 7:00PM
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Millionaires and billionaires
US jury rules against Musk in OpenAI feud, finding lawsuit came too late
Jurors deliberate for less than two hours before tossing Elon Musk’s breach-of-contract claims against OpenAI and its founders.
19 May 2026 - 9:47AM
Pope Leo XIV
‘Human dignity’: Pope Leo, Anthropic to launch pontiff’s first AI document
The presence of the firm at the Vatican could mean a new flashpoint with the US, which in February ordered all agencies to stop using it.
18 May 2026 - 10:47PM
2026 Xi-Trump summit
Xi-Trump summit: all you need to know from the final day of Beijing meeting
From ‘fantastic’ trade deals to the Chinese tech leader sitting next to Elon Musk, here’s all you need to know from the second day of Xi and Trump’s meeting in Beijing.
16 May 2026 - 4:53AM
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2026 Xi-Trump summit
The Xi-Trump summit is over. What comes next in the US-China rivalry?
The US president’s trip to Beijing has been hailed as ‘fantastic’ and ‘historic’ but there are still many known unknowns in ties.
16 May 2026 - 12:16AM
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2026 Xi-Trump summit
Eye on the tiger: how Elon Musk’s son’s bag became a hit with Chinese public
Product quickly sold out online after the child was pictured carrying a product inspired by traditional Chinese culture in Beijing.
15 May 2026 - 8:34PM
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2026 Xi-Trump summit
Trump poured millions into tech giants seeking China deal, ethics filing shows
In the first quarter, Trump made at least nine trades in Nvidia, with transaction values ranging from US$1,001 to US$5 million.
15 May 2026 - 8:30PM
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