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China-Russia relations
Secure Arctic shipping route essential for China, senior official says
Trade lanes using Strait of Malacca, Red Sea and Suez Canal could be disrupted during ‘major international crisis’, Beijing forum told.
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Vladimir Putin
Putin says West holds key to peace as Russia advances in Ukraine
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China-Japan relations
China’s military build-up could ‘seriously’ affect Japan’s security, Tokyo warns
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2025 Cambodia-Thailand conflict
Russia denies citizens are fighting for Cambodia in border war with Thailand
The Russian embassy in Cambodia says the false assertions could jeopardise Moscow-Bangkok ties and its citizens’ safety in Thailand.
19 Dec 2025 - 3:15PM
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Myanmar
Are Myanmar hospital air strikes a bid to ‘intimidate’ voters ahead of poll?
The junta has been emboldened to strike as China, Russia and the US are looking the other way to serve their own interests, analysts say.
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Ukraine war
EU agrees US$106 billion loan for Ukraine, but without Russian assets
EU leaders reach a compromise after plans to use frozen Russian assets failed to gain backing.
19 Dec 2025 - 3:41PM
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Ukraine war
Russia deploys nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile to Belarus amid Ukraine talks
Russian state media says it would take the weapon only 17 minutes to reach Nato headquarters in Brussels.
19 Dec 2025 - 3:57AM
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Hong Kong economy
Hong Kong Palace Museum says Egyptian exhibition will be most profitable show yet
About 700,000 people expected to visit display over nine-month run, director Louis Ng says.
18 Dec 2025 - 8:16PM
China-Latin America relations
China FM Wang Yi reaffirms Beijing’s backing for Venezuela as US pressure grows
In a call with his Caracas counterpart, the Chinese foreign minister says mutual trust and support are a tradition of bilateral ties.
18 Dec 2025 - 4:11PM
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Japan
Steppe in the right direction? ‘Japan is back’ in Central Asia with new summit
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and the leaders of five Central Asian nations are expected to establish a new framework for cooperation in AI.
18 Dec 2025 - 5:41PM
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China-EU relations
EU facing crunch talks over Ukraine, China and its economic future
EU leaders are set to meet amid growing concern in Brussels that the bloc’s divisions will impede meaningful action across a range of issues.
18 Dec 2025 - 2:07PM
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Ukraine war
Putin vows victory in Ukraine as US and Russia prepare for Miami talks
Russian leader boasts of battlefield gains in Ukraine while his envoys prepare to meet the Americans this weekend.
18 Dec 2025 - 2:58PM
Accidents and disasters in China
How will Jimmy Lai’s conviction affect China-UK ties, Starmer’s planned visit?
Outcome of ex-media tycoon’s Hong Kong trial poses stern test for Labour government’s balancing act with Beijing, observers say.
17 Dec 2025 - 11:17PM
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United States
Opinion
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For Trump, the only communists to really dislike are those at home
The limited discussion of China in the new US national security document indicates that the US president’s focus is on domestic challenges to his authority.
17 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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Ukraine war
Trump administration readies new sanctions if Putin rejects peace deal
The new measures could arrive this week, targeting the tankers and traders fuelling Putin’s war as peace talks reach a critical stage.
17 Dec 2025 - 6:31PM
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European Union
Opinion
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As Doha Forum made clear, Europe is losing its seat at the table
Consumed by Ukraine, the EU has effectively retreated from global engagement. An urgent foreign policy recalibration is needed.
17 Dec 2025 - 5:30AM
Ukraine war
Zelensky demands justice as nations back Ukraine reparations; will Russia pay?
US$232 billion in frozen Russian assets are central to a new Hague-based commission managing Ukraine war damage claims.
16 Dec 2025 - 9:39PM
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European Union
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Russia will end the European Union, not the other way around
The end of history is more history, as Hegel might have said, with the postmodern unified EU potentially reverting back to rival modern states.
17 Dec 2025 - 8:16AM
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Ukraine war
Ukraine claims disabled Russian submarine in first underwater drone attack
Ukraine says strike is a historic first, but Russia denies attack caused any damage.
16 Dec 2025 - 1:53PM
North Korea
What North Korea’s war dead tribute reveals about Kim’s endgame
In Kim Jong-un’s public grief for fallen mine-clearers, observers see a strategic play to lock in a role in Russia’s post-war rebuilding.
16 Dec 2025 - 8:00AM
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Ukraine war
US officials say Washington agrees to give Ukraine security guarantees
‘Article 5-like’ security offer emerges at talks in Berlin in a bid to secure an end to the nearly four-year Russia-Ukraine war.
16 Dec 2025 - 2:55PM
Britain
UK spy and military chiefs give threat assessment in ‘age of uncertainty’
Head of MI6 says ‘we are now operating in a space between peace and war’, as defence chief urges ‘whole nation’ prepare for evolving threats.
16 Dec 2025 - 2:18PM
Women and gender
Pussy Riot punk protest group declared ‘extremist’ by Russian court
The ruling outlaws the feminist group from operating in Russia and puts anyone linked with them at risk of prosecution.
15 Dec 2025 - 11:30PM
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US-China relations
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US global retreat shows Japan’s folly in defying China
The new US security strategy has sent shock waves through its allies and leaves Japan exposed.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM
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SCMP Highlights
China-US AI gap narrows, South Koreans snub K-pop: 5 weekend reads
From EU concerns about China’s involvement in Ukraine to decisions in green tech, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
15 Dec 2025 - 12:30PM
Japan
Japan tremors raise fears of overdue megaquake killing 199,000
Authorities are urging residents to review evacuation plans as simulations suggest a ‘maximum-class’ winter night quake could trap thousands.
15 Dec 2025 - 3:17PM
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Ukraine war
Zelensky suggests Ukraine could drop Nato goal for security guarantees
The shift, which includes a call for ‘Article 5-like’ guarantees, comes as Washington presses for an end to the four-year Ukraine war.
15 Dec 2025 - 9:16AM
My Take
My Take
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The emerging axis of lawlessness – the European Union, United States and Israel
From Ukraine to the Caribbean and Middle East, we are witnessing the application of the law of the jungle by the West and its ally.
14 Dec 2025 - 10:15PM
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