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Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to international peace and security. He made the remarks during a meeting with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in Rawalpindi. Pakistan’s Role in UN Peacekeeping Field Marshal Asim Munir h
The Transport Department on Thursday said it had communicated with the taxi trade over a new arrangement to be rolled out to manage queuing and fleet cab operations at the redeveloped Huanggang border crossing. In a social media post, it said drivers of vacant urban and New Territories taxis, as well as fleet taxi driv
The Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN) launched its latest research report, “Blocked from Rebuilding: Myanmar Junta Restrictions on Mosque Repair and Reconstruction,” at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok on Wednesday. The report details systematic restrictions imposed by the military regime
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is planning to visit China in the coming weeks, even as relations between the two countries sour over trade, according to multiple sources familiar with the arrangement. It will mark the first official visit to China since 2018 for Steinmeier, a former foreign minister whose dec
Local think tank Our Hong Kong Foundation has urged the government to deepen its collaboration with mainland cities to assist the growing number of Hong Kong residents retiring in Guangdong. This would include helping retirees purchase specialist medical services in the Greater Bay Area as an alternative care option. I
The US has ended its military mission in Iraq, a move analysts said could give Baghdad more room for diversified partnerships and indirectly benefit China’s energy and commercial interests. But they cautioned that the shift was unlikely to create a power vacuum for Beijing to fill, with China lacking both the ambition
When I took out the US$3,500 Huawei Mate XT 2 over a family dinner during China’s “golden week” – the long National Day holiday in early October – the trifold phone quickly became the centre of discussion: my father and his peers took turns playing with the device, marvelling at the sleek design while debating whether
The United States accused on Thursday a Fijian man working for a Chinese state agency of allegedly paying bribes to advance Beijing’s interests in the Pacific nation. Zhao Fugang — Director of the Overseas Chinese Service Centre in Fiji’s capital of Suva — engaged in “significant corruption” on behalf of actors in Chin
TikTok owner ByteDance is China’s Going Global champion, according to a new SCMP Plus databank tracking mainland companies’ overseas expansion efforts. The social media giant topped the debut SCMP Plus Going Global 100 ranking ahead of Apple assembler Foxconn Industrial Internet, online fashion retailer Shein and elect
As China and the European Union began a fresh round of trade talks in Beijing on Thursday, observers on both sides appeared to agree on one thing: a big breakthrough was unlikely. Chinese firms based in Europe said they hoped the talks could achieve some “limited progress” to help stabilise the trade relationship, whil
Five Myanmar nationals were sentenced to 21 years in prison by the regime’s Mingaladon Township Court in Yangon Region under Sections 38(a) and 44 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Law after being convicted of the human trafficking of a Belarusian national to an “online scam business” at an undisclosed location in Mya
Asian shares slipped on Thursday as strains in sovereign bond markets were aggravated by reports some major tech companies were seeking to raise billions in debt in direct competition for limited funding. In Hong Kong, the benchmark Hang Seng Index opened down 98 points, or 0.41 percent, at 24,031. The tech index slipp
Washington and Beijing may have signed an agreement built around “reciprocity”. But a more consequential question remains unresolved: does it mean equal status for Beijing? Countries without a seat at the table are watching that ambiguity closely. The spectacle of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washingto
A 770 MVA flexible DC transformer, the largest of its kind, is in place at a 49-meter converter station in Guangzhou's Tianhe district that will link three supply zones.
In Nature Energy, a Tianjin University team embeds single-crystal COFs at 75.5% by volume in an all-organic membrane, reaching a CO2 permeability of 74,800 Barrer.
HyperOS 4 adds two-way notification sync, iCloud and Xiaomi Cloud photo viewing and Home screen+ on Mac and iPad; Xiaomi 18 Pro Max gets AirDrop transfers via Quick Share.
UBTECH and FAW-Volkswagen agree to jointly develop and test humanoid robots for logistics, building on Walker S Lite quality-inspection training at the Qingdao plant.
Doubao's native HarmonyOS PC app ships with Doubao-Seed-2.1 Pro and Turbo, chat and work modes and agent-style tools; Huawei says it topped the HarmonyOS PC wishlist.
Hong Kong’s overall happiness has slipped this year, with the city’s millennials standing out as its unhappiest age group, a new survey has found. The General Happiness Index 2026, released by non-profit Wofoo Social Enterprises on Tuesday, found that Hong Kong’s index dipped to 5.87 out of 10, down 0.08 points from la
This year’s Chinese National Day reception in Washington felt noticeably jollier than those I have attended in recent years. The mood was more relaxed and Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng’s opening speech was upbeat. He even joked about the panda ambassadors at his own expense. The cheerful tone followed President Xi Jinpin
The United States should engage with Chinese carmakers and battery manufacturers “strategically”, using targeted safeguards instead of the current “wholesale restrictions”, which could lead US carmakers to lose global market share, according to experts. “We need to consider strategic partnerships,” said John Helveston,
RAWALPINDI: Security forces have intensified operations against terrorist elements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, killing 18 terrorists in separate actions. The operations targeted terrorist hideouts and movement in North Waziristan and Mastung. The latest actions reflect the security forces’ continued efforts
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday contacted Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Deputy Amir Liaquat Baloch on the special directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to convey the premier’s message to JI Amir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman. The minister conveyed the prime mi