Category: World

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he will sit for an interview with the reporter who uncovered a major security lapse after being inadvertently added to a group chat … 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. ‘Fake news’: China dismisses … Read More

Nearly 100 days in, Donald Trump’s second term as US president has been defined by his determination to upend the established order on nearly all fronts of domestic and foreign … Read More

President Donald Trump on Thursday offered rare criticism of Vladimir Putin, urging the Russian leader to “STOP!” after a deadly barrage of attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. “I am not … Read More

A decade ago, Sino-British relations enjoyed a “golden era” of cooperation. Eight years and four prime ministers later, relations had deteriorated so rapidly China was labelled a “threat” to the … Read More

Pope Francis thanked his personal nurse for encouraging him to greet the crowds in St Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, according to the Vatican, which said that these were among … Read More

The International Monetary Fund has cut its 2025 GDP growth forecast for the United States deeper than that of China, as the tit-for-tat retaliations between the world’s two largest economies … Read More

China denied it has made any overtures to the United States on trade negotiations, dismissing claims of progress on bilateral talks as “fake news” despite an apparent softening by US … Read More

The erosion of governance standards in the US shows advanced markets have more consequential political risks than many emerging economies.

With its cobbled market square and gold-domed churches, the Russian town of Vereya bears few scars of the Ukraine offensive announced by President Vladimir Putin three years ago. But even … Read More