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Giant pandas, open-top bus rides, a Chinese cooking class, traditional opera, a harbour cruise, the Big Buddha, and The Peak are among the highlights of a packed social programme for VIPs attending this week’s meeting of Apec finance ministers in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post has learned. According to official itineraries obtained by the SCMP, about 500 delegates and guests from the Asia...
We’re now heading into the ‘birdwatching era’ with a new generation picking up the binoculars and travelling for birding holidays.
More than six decades after thirteen pioneering women demonstrated they could meet the same demanding physical tests as America's first male astronauts, gender equality in space exploration remains an unfinished journey, explains Laurène Delsupexhe, Chemical Propulsion Engineer at the European Space Agency. From the institutional exclusion of the Mercury 13 to the renewed ambitions of NASA's Artem...
Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited islandA US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island in the hope of solving the mystery of what happened to pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart has said an object they suspected to be her plane was a clump of washed-up trees.“Unfortunately, we weren’t able to find that smoking gu...
Pope Leo pledges a gradual return to duties in an address to the Catholic faithful in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
A transformative £25 million conservation initiative has revitalized wildlife across England. By restoring vast areas and planting over 127,500 trees, the programme fostered community engagement with nature for more than 51,000 individuals. Various projects played a critical role in reconnecting segmented habitats and enhancing wetlands and rivers, underscoring the necessity of strategic investmen...
After more than half a century of political procrastination, environmental protests and funding shortfalls, Sydney finally has a second airport. But the new A$5.6 billion (US$4 billion) site’s commercial prospects are already in question. Western Sydney International, 50km (31 miles) inland from the city centre, will handle its first passenger flight on Sunday - a Jetstar service to the Gold Coast...
Brazil's president and his opponent lob a barrage of attacks on each other in debate a week before the October 25 vote.
Bill to authorise production expansion at Mount Pleasant coalmine, subject to a landmark high court decision, criticised as ‘legislative overreach’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Minns government says it will introduce special legislation to allow a mine in the New South Wales Hunter Valley that was the subject of high court proceedings to increase its coal productio...
From rising food prices and unaffordable housing to stagnant purchasing power and strained public services, demonstrations across Europe highlight growing frustration over living standards.
From rising food prices and unaffordable housing to stagnant purchasing power and strained public services, demonstrations across Europe highlight growing frustration over living standards.
Political tension grips France after rioting marred protests over the cost of living and struggling public services, Katya Adler writes.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University professor Shara Lee Wee-yee has been using a mixed reality programme to reduce the fear and uncertainty children face before radiotherapy, with personalised rehearsals that allow families to experience the treatment journey before entering hospital. The simulation programme, HEROCARE, was also a tool that helped carers understand what to expect and for future radio...
The official figure from the July-September quarter beat expectations and picked up from 4.3% in April-June, the slowest pace in more than three years.
Mutiny erupts in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad in an uncomfortable test for the Kremlin.
Mutiny erupts in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad in an uncomfortable test for the Kremlin.
Brazil’s Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva traded barbs in their first face-to-face presidential debate on Sunday in a contentious back-and-forth just one week before the election’s run-off. Polls before the debate suggested Bolsonaro, the son of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, would enter the October 25 vote as the favourite after finishing nearly two po...
The new Greens leader says it is his understanding the West Australian senator ‘agreed’ to take leave from the party roomGreens leader David Shoebridge has said it was his understanding Jordon Steele-John agreed to take leave from parliament while misconduct allegations against him are investigated, and that it’s “appropriate” that he does so, despite the Western Australian senator saying overnigh...
Backlash against content creators includes restricted hours for filming and even outright bansStand in any vaguely photogenic spot these days on holiday and the chances are you will come across people posing with raised phones and even ring lights. Some may be influencers with huge audiences on social media, others just overkeen Instagram users. With hotels and beauty spots now so overrun, however...
After a traffic accident on a delivery run for Keeta left courier Joe* paralysed, his world has shrunk to the view of the ceiling above his hospital bed in Hong Kong. The tragedy took place in May when the 54-year-old motorcyclist was momentarily distracted on the road by a notification from the Keeta app reminding him to accept an order, and he collided with a car in front. Despite undergoing maj...
A Johns Hopkins University scientist whose award-winning work suggests that a brief stomach bug could raise the risk of colon cancer has moved to China full time. Wan Fengyi, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, has joined Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, according to his new profile on the Chinese university’s website. Wan returned to China this month and now holds ...
One Nation leader said Tasmanian senator should ‘get over it’ and claimed the cartoon was ‘satirical’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has praised the courage of Jacqui Lambie in speaking out about her struggles with vaginal prolapse, as politicians from across the spectrum condemn a One Nation cartoon.The latest cartoon, part of Pauline Hanson’s Please E...
Spain’s pension system is not bankrupt, but increasingly relies on state funding. Social Security ended 2025 with a deficit of 0.4% of GDP after €47.8 billion in state transfers. Research institute Fedea puts the underlying deficit, excluding those transfers, at 4.15% of GDP.
Trump's late backing comes as the two leaders’ strategies on Iran and Gaza have diverged, and he warns the US may not “do this work” if Israel changes leaders.
Trump's late backing comes as the two leaders’ strategies on Iran and Gaza have diverged, and he warns the US may not “do this work” if Israel changes leaders.
Prosecutors say Paul Mackenzie lured the latest victims to their deaths by writing notes from his prison cell.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro traded personal attacks in a heated presidential debate on Sunday, a week before a closely contested run-off. The rivals accused each other of lying and corruption while clashing over the economy, security and healthcare ahead of the October 25 vote.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro traded personal attacks in a heated presidential debate on Sunday, a week before a closely contested runoff. The rivals accused each other of lying and corruption while clashing over the economy, security and healthcare ahead of the October 25 vote.
Residents in Limoges, France, are expressing shock and anger after protests saw their 140-year-old town hall set ablaze.
Ebola cases in Kenya rose to eight on Sunday after another person tested positive while in quarantine, having been identified as a contact of the first patient
