Category: World

China and the United States have agreed to a temporary, partial truce in their unprecedented trade war, but their heated rivalry is far from over. As the dust settles in … Read More

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Goldman Sachs, UBS raise … Read More

German prosecutors said on Wednesday they had arrested three Ukrainians accused of plotting sabotage attacks on goods transports for Russia, amid soaring tensions between Moscow and Berlin. The suspects, detained … Read More

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen lost a court fight against attempts to force her to disclose secret text messages with Pfizer’s boss as the bloc was negotiating massive … Read More

US President Donald Trump met with Syria’s president in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and urged him to normalise ties with long-time foe Israel, after a surprise US announcement that it … Read More

Pope Leo on Wednesday offered to mediate between leaders of countries at war, saying that he himself “will make every effort so that this peace may prevail”. The new US … Read More

The EU, Japan, China and other powers need to draw a line. To concede is to legitimise a coercive trading model where strength trumps fairness.

A man who spent nearly four decades in a British prison in the killing of a barmaid said he was not angry or bitter Tuesday as his murder conviction was … Read More

Nato allies have started cobbling together an agreement to significantly boost defence spending in a way that may assuage US President Donald Trump’s demand to spend 5 per cent of … Read More

Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have spent more than three decades behind bars for the grisly shotgun murders of their parents in the family’s luxury Beverly Hills home, could soon … Read More