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Environment

China court auctions 100 tonnes of live crocodiles for US$550,000, no delivery

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A court in China is auctioning off 100 tonnes of live crocodiles at a starting price of US$550,000, sparking much amusement online. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

China

Trump threatens China with added 50% tariffs if Beijing does not drop levies

6 hours ago

US President Donald Trump, seen on Sunday, has threatened China with more tariffs after Beijing imposed its own levies on US goods in the rapidly escalating trade war. Photo: AFP

Global Economy

China’s retaliatory tariffs on US show Beijing has adapted since 2018: analysts

7 Apr 2025 - 11:10PMvideocam

Analysts say an escalation in the US-China trade war does not come as a big surprise to Beijing. Photo: AFP

Opinion

My Take | The United States, not China, turns out to be the real bogeyman

6 Apr 2025 - 9:00PM

A screen showing stock prices at the end of the trading day on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on April 4, 2025. World financial markets are continuing to react to reciprocal tariffs that US President Donald Trump implemented. Photo: EPA-EFE

Trending in China

Impressive China son pays off parent’s US$2.8 million debt by teaching calligraphy

5 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM

An artist in China has paid off his parent’s massive debts by teaching calligraphy and writing ornate scrolls. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

US President Donald Trump, right, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE

US-Iran tensions

Trump says US, Iran beginning direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme

During meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu at the White House, Trump warned Tehran of ‘great danger’ if talks are not successful.

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US ends some USAID contracts providing life-saving aid across Middle East

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Hong Kong lawmakers urge HKEX to speed up market reforms, sharpen edge

7 Apr 2025 - 7:47PMvideocam

US air strikes on Yemen push casualty numbers higher

Sanaa and Saada bore the brunt of the strikes, as the latest bombings added to the growing death toll reported by Houthi authorities.

7 Apr 2025 - 1:53PMvideocam

A man walks through the rubble of a collapsed building at the site of a reported US air strike in Yemen’s Houthi-held capital Sanaa last month. Photo: Getty Images/TNS/AFP

Shorter layovers, new lounges, better jets: Air India’s revival takes flight

India’s flag carrier is investing heavily to lure back passengers, promising faster connections and upgraded cabins.

7 Apr 2025 - 12:56PM

Israel-Gaza war

French President Macron meets Egyptian leader Sisi in Cairo for Gaza talks

On Monday, Macron, Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II will hold a summit as Israel renews its offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

7 Apr 2025 - 9:08AMvideocam

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Israel-Gaza war

West Bank teenager with US citizenship ‘killed by Israeli forces’

The 14-year-old was among ‘terrorists’ who threw rocks at cars, Israel’s military said. A second boy, who was injured, also had a US passport.

7 Apr 2025 - 8:44AMvideocam

Palestinians carry the body of Palestinian-American teenager Omar Muhammad Saadeh Rabee, who was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill dozens as Netanyahu heads to US for war talks

Israel’s PM said he would discuss the Gaza war and a tariff imposed on Israel with Trump.

7 Apr 2025 - 3:54PM

Ex-German president warns of far-right at anniversary of Buchenwald liberation

Christian Wulff called Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp ‘a place of systematic dehumanisation’ as he warned against radicalisation.

7 Apr 2025 - 9:02AM

Israel’s detention of 2 British Labour MPs ‘unacceptable’: UK foreign secretary

David Lammy ‘deeply concerned’ after Chinese-born Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, who was born in Yemen, denied entry to Israel and deported.

7 Apr 2025 - 4:10AM

Britain’s Foreign Minister David Lammy. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Israel provides new details in killing of 15 Gaza aid workers

The 15 paramedics and emergency responders were shot dead on March 23 and buried in a shallow grave. Another man is still missing.

6 Apr 2025 - 8:10PM

Members of the Palestine Red Crescent and other emergency services carry bodies of fellow rescuers killed a week earlier by Israeli forces, during a funeral procession at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday. Photo: TNS

Iran calls Trump’s direct talks on nuclear deal ‘meaningless’

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is ‘ready to try the path of indirect negotiations’.

6 Apr 2025 - 3:44PM

Opinion | Whose lives matter? Navigating aid and ethics in a divided world

As the West and Global South clash over Gaza and beyond, the question of whose lives are deemed worthy of protection exposes deep fractures.

6 Apr 2025 - 3:00PM

Israel-Gaza war

Video shows slain Gaza aid workers last moments, Red Crescent says

The video was recovered from the cellphone of an aid worker killed in Gaza, showing clearly marked ambulances and emergency lights flashing.

5 Apr 2025 - 7:22PM

First responders embrace each other at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday as the bodies of Palestinian first responders who were killed a week before in Israeli military fire on ambulances arrive at the facility. Photo: AFP

‘Oops’: Trump posts video purportedly showing deadly Yemen strike

The black-and-white footage apparently depicts dozens of Houthi fighters being killed in a US attack.

5 Apr 2025 - 7:39AMvideocam

Footage posted to social media by US President Donald Trump shows several dozen human figures from an almost vertical angle. Photo: Truth Social/realDonaldTrump

Trump tariffs, ‘de minimis’ exemption end challenge China’s e-commerce merchants

The policy changes affect many of China’s 120,000 online exporters, whose major market is the United States.

4 Apr 2025 - 6:39PMvideocam

Israel kills Hamas commander in Lebanon, further testing ceasefire

Israel said the targeted militant Hassan Farhat was behind a rocket attack on the city of Safed last year that killed Israeli soldiers.

4 Apr 2025 - 8:42PM

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Israel-Gaza war

Israel expands ground offensive in Gaza City

Rescuers say the military operations had killed at least 30 people across the Palestinian territory since dawn.

4 Apr 2025 - 8:58PM

People and Palestinian rescuers run for cover as Israeli strike hits a school in the Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City. Photo: AFP

Pentagon watchdog to probe use of Signal for Yemen attack plans

Inspector General’s office looking into Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of app to discuss air strikes against Houthis.

4 Apr 2025 - 2:44PM

Hungary plans to withdraw from ICC as Israel’s Netanyahu visits

Israel’s leader, sought under an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, is in Hungary for a state visit.

3 Apr 2025 - 7:50PM

Israel-Gaza war

Letters | Human rights should apply equally, not only when it pleases the US

Readers discuss the war in Gaza and its ripple impact elsewhere, including Hong Kong.

3 Apr 2025 - 2:30PM

A girl looks at a closed bakery in Gaza City, on April 1. The aid blockade has forced the shuttering of 25 bakeries in Gaza run by the UN World Food Programme as food supplies shrivel. Photo: Xinhua

Israel-Gaza war

Israel military ‘dissecting’ Gaza to force Hamas to free hostages

More than 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed military operations last month, Palestinians say.

3 Apr 2025 - 3:29PM

A devastated neighbourhood in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP

War and conflict

Israel warns Syrian leader of ‘heavy price’ after strikes and ground raids

Israel calls latest strikes on Syria’s military sites and infrastructure a ‘warning for the future’.

3 Apr 2025 - 5:35PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel to expand Gaza military operation to ‘crush’ Hamas

Israel to seize territory in the war-torn enclave as it prepares for more intense fighting with Palestinian militants.

2 Apr 2025 - 8:54PM

US-Iran tensions

US sends second aircraft carrier to Middle East as Iran tensions rise

The Carl Vinson will join the Harry S. Truman as US forces hammer Yemen’s Houthi rebels with near-daily air strikes.

2 Apr 2025 - 3:49PM

A F/A-18 Super Hornet prepares for launch from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier on March 16. Photo: Photo: DVIDS via AFP

Iran warns it will acquire a nuclear weapon if attacked

Trump has threatened Iran with ‘bombing’ if Tehran does not come to an agreement with Washington over its nuclear programme.

1 Apr 2025 - 1:24PM

Iranian missiles displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran. File photo: West Asia press Agency via Reuters

Yemen’s Houthis claim they shot down another US Reaper drone

Claimed downing of US$30 million drone came as Trump warned ‘real pain is yet to come’ for Houthis and Iran.

1 Apr 2025 - 3:03PM

Israeli strike targets Hezbollah official in Beirut, killing at least 3

Strike further tests a shaky four-month ceasefire between Israel and Iran-aligned Hezbollah.

1 Apr 2025 - 4:40PM

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