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China Economy

Exclusive | Chinese exporters ditching shipments mid-voyage to avoid crushing Trump tariffs

9 Apr 2025 - 5:22PMvideocam

Containers at Tianjin Port on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

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Chinese woman with undersized chest wears ‘jewellery breast’ to boost self-esteem

10 Apr 2025 - 7:44PM

A woman in China with undersized chest muscles wears a “jewellery breast” to boost her self-esteem. Photo: SCMP composite/The Paper

Military

WWII bomber base enlisted for US power projection against China in the Pacific

9 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM

The US North Field airbase at Tinian in the Mariana Islands, pictured in 1945. Photo: Wikipedia

Fashion & Beauty

The Philippines’ 4 Miss Universe wins as Netflix’s A Queen’s Runway debuts

10 Apr 2025 - 11:15AMvideocam

Catriona Gray of the Philippines is congratulated by contestants after winning Miss Universe 2018. We look back at her victory and those of three other Filipino winners of the title, as Netflix premieres A Queen’s Runway about the country’s beauty pageant obsession. Photo: AFP

China

China to strengthen regional ties, exporters dump cargo: SCMP daily highlights

9 Apr 2025 - 9:39PM

Shipping containers are seen at the Port of Houston in Texas. Importers have taken to ditching Chinese containers mid-voyage to avoid paying US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs. Photo: AFP

Rescuers work at the Jet Set nightclub following the collapse of its roof in Santo Domingo on April 8. Photo: AFP

‘Happened so quickly’: 113 dead after roof collapse at Dominican Republic disco

Singer Rubby Pérez and baseball star Nelson Cruz’s sister Nelsy among the victims as search continues for survivors at the Jet Set venue.

9 Apr 2025 - 7:07PM

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison did not uphold Panama Canal ports contract: audit

8 Apr 2025 - 8:54AMvideocam

Venezuela accuses US of plotting ‘false flag attack’ on Guyana oil platform

7 Apr 2025 - 11:53AM

US ordered to return man deported to El Salvador prison in ‘error’

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, amid legal disputes over gang affiliations and deportation policies.

5 Apr 2025 - 9:44AM

Prisoners look out of their cell at the Terrorist Confinement Centre in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Photo: TNS

US-China relations

US pressures Argentina’s Milei to scrap currency swap accord with China

Trump adviser says Washington would withhold support for Buenos Aires loan request to IMF if it reinforces China’s ‘position’ in Argentina.

5 Apr 2025 - 5:18AM

Explosion at stand-off between rival gold miners in Bolivia kills at least 5

Rival miners have repeatedly come to blows in Sorata, situated in an area experiencing a gold rush.

4 Apr 2025 - 1:38PM

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Colombia seizes nearly 49 tonnes of China-bound smartphone mineral

The haul, linked to ex-Farc rebels, was said to be worth US$1.2 million.

3 Apr 2025 - 12:42PM

Police check seized sacks of Coltan inside a truck in Villavicencio, Colombia. Photo: Colombian Defence Ministry via AFP

Costa Rica’s Nobel-winning ex-president loses US visa

Two-time president Oscar Arias won the Nobel in 1987 for his efforts to end civil wars in Central America.

2 Apr 2025 - 11:11PM

Opinion | Asia can’t afford to wait for the US to wake up to its climate duty

As the US walks away again, Europe, China and others need to fill the climate reparation funding gap, not out of charity but responsibility.

29 Mar 2025 - 9:30AMvideocam

Opinion | Trump’s Maga ambition may be more audacious than we think

Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South superpower.

29 Mar 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

US President Donald Trump announces tariffs on auto imports in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26. Photo: AFP

US homeland security chief warns migrants in visit to El Salvador mega-jail

Kristi Noem’s trip to CECOT comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting the ‘worst of the worst’.

27 Mar 2025 - 1:45PM

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks as prisoners look out from a cell. Photo: Reuters

Brazil’s Bolsonaro ordered to stand trial for attempted coup

A conviction could spell the end of the ex-president’s hopes of making a Trump-style comeback and land him in prison for over 40 years.

27 Mar 2025 - 12:31PM

Opinion | Only a global ‘de-risking’ from the US can stop Trump’s trade war

A unified response is essential. Operating independently would only play to Trump’s advantage, and render nations vulnerable to his bullying.

23 Mar 2025 - 2:20PMvideocam

Venezuela to resume US deportation flights after citizens sent to El Salvador

Caracas is seeking the return of its ‘kidnapped’ citizens, who were moved to a Salvadorean high-security facility by Trump’s administration.

23 Mar 2025 - 3:06AM

Venezuelan migrants deported from the US deplane at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, in February. Photo: AP

Aviation accidents

13 die in Honduras plane crash off Caribbean coast

Jetstream plane crashed minutes after take-off from Roatan Island on Monday. Transport minister said authorities suspect mechanical failure.

19 Mar 2025 - 5:39AM

Rescue teams carrying an injured man after a plane crash in Roatan, Honduras on Monday. Photo: Honduran Police / AFP

Peru declares state of emergency in capital after murder of popular singer

Soldiers deployed in Lima to help police crack down after a wave of killings linked to extortion.

18 Mar 2025 - 1:13PM

Explainer | A look at some of the worst fires at nightclubs and music venues

Tragically, there have been many fatal nightclub and music venue fires, including one that killed almost 500 people.

17 Mar 2025 - 9:46AMvideocam

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Roaches, birds, turtles: How Peru fisherman survived at sea for 95 days

Ecuadorian fishing patrol finds him over 1,000km off the coast, heavily dehydrated and in critical condition.

16 Mar 2025 - 10:02AM

Peruvian fisherman Maximo Napa receiving medical attention upon his arrival in Paita in this handout picture released on Saturday. Photo: AFP/Peruvian Navy

Peruvian farmer’s climate fight reaches German court

A farmer and mountain guide is suing German energy firm RWE, due to the company’s share of global man-made greenhouse gas emissions.

15 Mar 2025 - 6:56PM

Eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire deemed over after forcing many to flee

The volcano spewed gas and ash far into the sky on Monday, putting 30,000 people potentially ‘at risk’.

11 Mar 2025 - 3:08PM

Mexico to review its tariffs with China, amid US pressure

The country imports ‘many products from China’ that have hit Mexican industries, President Sheinbaum said.

7 Mar 2025 - 4:10AM

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during her daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on Thursday. Photo: AFP

At least 31 killed in Bolivia after truck rams into bus

The crash occurred just days after more than three dozen people were killed in the same region after two buses collided.

4 Mar 2025 - 1:02PM

First responders at the site of the latest bus crash. Photo: Bolivia’s Attorney General via Reuters

Guyana says Venezuela naval vessel ‘approached’ ExxonMobil unit in its waters

The South American neighbours are involved in a long-running dispute about which country owns the oil-rich Essequibo area.

2 Mar 2025 - 5:16AM

Skill, passion and derring-do: the art of the rodeo is alive and well in Montana

It might get a bad rap from animal lovers but in Montana, the rodeo is about showmanship, skills honed over years and well-cared-for beasts

28 Feb 2025 - 9:00AM

Power restored to most homes after Chile’s massive blackout hits millions

Chile’s worst blackout in years plunged much of the country into darkness, prompting a night curfew.

26 Feb 2025 - 5:20PM

A parking garage in Santiago, Chile, during the power outage. Photo: AP

After US deportation, Chinese woman in Panama camp says ‘guarded like prisoners’

The woman, fearing retaliation, spoke anonymously, alleging restricted freedoms, constant surveillance, and phone confiscation.

23 Feb 2025 - 11:26AMvideocam

Members of Panama’s National Aeronaval Service police stand outside the hotel in Panama City, Panama on February 18, where migrants are housed after being deported to Panama as part of an agreement with the US. Photo: Reuters

Costa Rica and Honduras join Panama as stopovers for deportees from US

Group of mostly Asian migrants deported from the US arrive in Costa Rica as part of a deal with Washington.

21 Feb 2025 - 2:37PMvideocam

Argentina court drops charges against 3 accused in death of singer Liam Payne

Charges were dropped against singer’s representative in Argentina, the manager of the hotel and the head of the hotel’s reception.

21 Feb 2025 - 12:11PMvideocam

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