SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 6 fuentes📊 datosTue, 25 Aug 2026 10:30:07
The usage of open-weight AI models from China hit a record high on a popular US web development platform, driven largely by DeepSeek’s latest lightweight model, as business demand for Anthropic’s cutting-edge Fable 5 stalls due to high costs.
Open-weight models accounted for 54 per cent of token vol…
AxiosRELIABLE 7.5geopolítica✓ 15 fuentes📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 20:02:43
Data: Trade Partnership Worldwide, via National Taxpayers Union Foundation. Note: Includes tariffs mandated by executive order only. Totals through June 2026. Map: Brad Jennings/AxiosStates bear wildly different estimated tariff burdens from President Trump's trade actions since the start of 2025, f…
Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved, extrovert father over more than three decades on the throne, died on Friday at the age of 89, the royal palace said, at a time of multiple crises for the Norwegian royal family.
agrupados por: king · norway · harald · haakon · mourns
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 19 fuentesSat, 29 Aug 2026 11:44:13
Mutinying soldiers led armed clashes in Niger’s capital on Saturday, alarming residents, but the ruling junta said it had largely wrested back control after hours of heavy exchanges around some of its most sensitive sites.
While the fighting had subsided later on Saturday, the rebel troops were said…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 47 fuentes📊 datosSat, 29 Aug 2026 07:56:01
Hong Kong’s Nepalese community and other local organisations have launched fundraising drives to support those affected by the deadly flash flood at the Himalayan nation’s border with Tibet, as the city government earmarked HK$50 million (US$6.38 million) to support relief efforts.
In a social media…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 37 fuentes📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 11:35:53
South Korea’s central bank has raised interest rates for a second straight month, with analysts saying its semiconductor boom has given policymakers room to confront inflation, a weak won and rising home prices, but at the cost of a deeper squeeze on indebted households and small businesses.
The Ban…
agrupados por: prices · again · apple · raising · subscription
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 4 fuentes📎 bien sourcedSat, 29 Aug 2026 04:00:19
As the deadline approaches for homeowners to accept the Hong Kong government’s deal to buy back their flats at fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court, some who refuse to sell have said the offer cannot make up for the loss of their property and communal bonds.
With the clock ticking to the August 31 cut-off da…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 7 fuentes🔮 especulativo📎 bien sourced📊 datosSat, 29 Aug 2026 04:00:25
Seven Yemeni men were arrested in Malaysia after they allegedly performed dangerous stunts while travelling in two vehicles along Jalan Sungai Besi early on Friday.
Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department chief Mohd Zamzuri Mohd Isa said the incident, which occurred at about 12…
Balancing regulation with innovation is never easy, and the Chinese government’s robust support for AI could lead to inefficiency and excess. But the “platform state” model, combined with other strengths, has enabled China to achieve dominance in multiple strategic sectors, while enhancing its resil…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 14 fuentesSat, 29 Aug 2026 04:57:17
Hong Kong’s legal community has hailed a move by mainland China to make permanent a pilot scheme allowing lawyers to practise in Greater Bay Area cities, predicting the demand for such cross-border legal services will continue to grow.
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok said on Saturday that a…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 4 fuentes📊 datosSat, 29 Aug 2026 05:59:21
More than 1,000 luxury items and 80 real estate properties forfeited in Singapore’s S$3 billion (US$2.4 billion) money laundering case would go under the hammer from September 7, audit firm Deloitte said on Saturday.
The properties will be auctioned by SRI, Edmund Tie & Company and Knight Frank, whi…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 4 fuentesSat, 29 Aug 2026 06:00:13
Chinese artificial intelligence companies are carving out a distinct lead over their US rivals in video generation, leveraging vast short-video ecosystems, looser copyright rules and aggressive pricing to dominate an arena where compute alone does not dictate success, analysts say.
While US tech gia…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 2 fuentesSat, 29 Aug 2026 06:00:16
China is being urged to use human translators to refine AI renderings of its political messaging, amid concerns that literal translations could make Beijing’s language sound more threatening abroad.
An article in a state-affiliated academic newspaper said the country should strengthen its translatio…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 13 fuentesSat, 29 Aug 2026 06:27:52
Several ride-hailing firms have expressed an interest in offering services under the new regulatory regime in Hong Kong, one day after the government opened licence applications setting out nine requirements, the transport chief has revealed.
Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 14 fuentesSat, 29 Aug 2026 07:00:13
Seven words, spoken almost in passing on a recent afternoon in Srinagar, have set off a diplomatic tremor across South Asia.
“This is an important part of India,” Sergio Gor told reporters on August 19, during the first visit by a US ambassador to Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in six years.
…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 12 fuentes📊 datosSat, 29 Aug 2026 07:39:01
A woman in her fifties has been fined for repeatedly banging on her ceiling with a backscratcher and contacting her upstairs neighbour over noise, with a South Korean court ruling that her actions amounted to stalking.
The Chuncheon District Court fined the 55-year-old woman, identified only as A, 2…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 3 fuentesSat, 29 Aug 2026 08:55:43
Hongkongers can present either their identity card or home return permit at the revamped Huanggang border checkpoint instead of both documents under the latest agreement with mainland Chinese authorities, the security minister has revealed.
Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung announced the …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 17 fuentes📊 datosSat, 29 Aug 2026 09:00:08
Speak a few sentences of your hometown dialect into a microphone at a museum in central China, and a machine will pinpoint exactly where you are from.
The interactive voice-recognition booth is among star attractions at a new language resources hall that opened on Monday at the Hunan Museum in Chang…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 3 fuentesSat, 29 Aug 2026 09:00:14
Vietnam is seeking to end executions for drug trafficking under a draft revision to its Penal Code, a notable shift in a country with one of Southeast Asia’s toughest anti-drug regimes.
The proposal, presented to lawmakers last week, would remove trafficking from Vietnam’s list of capital crimes. La…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 10 fuentes📊 datosSat, 29 Aug 2026 09:20:52
Singapore state investor Temasek, the majority shareholder of Singapore Airlines , on Saturday backed the airline’s investment in Air India, as scrutiny grows over its stake in the loss-making Indian carrier.
Air India’s request for about US$1.5 billion in fresh equity from owners Tata Sons and Sin…
Ukrainian prosecutors open investigation into why munitions were stored so close to residential buildingsAt least 37 people have been killed after a Russian drone struck a warehouse near Kyiv’s western suburbs that was storing “explosive objects”.The attack damaged at least 50 residential buildings,…
agrupados por: kills · least · near · kyiv · strike · warehouse
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 6 fuentes📊 datosSat, 29 Aug 2026 10:00:09
A family embarked on a remarkable 3,500km journey from eastern China to the northwestern region of the country to help their son commence his university life, garnering significant attention online and receiving a wealth of good wishes.
The boy graduated from high school in Zaozhuang, Shandong provi…
Fears of further flooding complicated recovery efforts, as authorities searched for people missing after floods struck the Himalayan border between Nepal and China.
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 16 fuentesSat, 29 Aug 2026 10:08:26
Nearly 600 pupils and their teachers at a Hong Kong primary school closed after the deadly Wang Fuk Court blaze will be reunited at a newly renovated campus in Tai Po, ending months spent across two temporary sites.
Tai Po Baptist Public School, formerly located near Wang Fuk Court, opened its new p…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 15 fuentes📊 datosSat, 29 Aug 2026 11:55:25
Hong Kong’s elite Diocesan Boys’ School is set to offer the International Advanced Level curriculum from 2027, becoming the city’s first school to offer three university pathways if it secures the Education Bureau’s approval.
Headmaster Ronnie Cheng Kay-yen made the announcement on Saturday at a Pri…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 32 fuentes📊 datosSat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:07
Japan plans to deploy fighter jets in India for the first time next month, a decision experts say reflects Tokyo’s desire to strengthen security cooperation with “like-minded” countries in the Indo-Pacific region as it ramps up defence spending in response to China’s growing military power.
Accordin…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 4 fuentes📊 datosSat, 29 Aug 2026 12:23:55
A total of 39kg (85 lbs) of bread was recently dumped along a roadside in a national park in western Japan, prompting police to investigate who discarded it and why.
The loaves were left near crash barriers in Daisen-Oki National Park in Tottori Prefecture between August 14 and 20. The incident has …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 3 fuentesSat, 29 Aug 2026 14:00:08
A Chinese coastguard ship is shielding a cluster of fishing boats when several small, fast vessels begin circling – sometimes darting closer, sometimes backing off. Are they just curious fishermen? Or are they probing for a weak spot, trying to lure the patrol ship into a trap?
In the real world, a …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 54 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 12:25:04
South Korea said on Monday that the United States had cancelled a large joint amphibious landing exercise scheduled for next month due to constraints on force availability caused by the war with Iran.
The biennial Ssangyong drills involve marine forces from South Korea and the US and are designed to…
The West African nation launched financing, procurement, and infrastructure policies to boost its sovereign cloud initiative and increase domestic technical knowledge.
Given the challenges in forecasting and detecting such calamities, researchers advised banning construction on floodplains and marking out clear evacuation routes.
NPRGOLD 9.0internacional✓ 13 fuentes📊 datosWed, 26 Aug 2026 23:42:56
The Japanese artist has died at age 97. Kusama's polka dotted pumpkins, "Infinity Rooms," and other repetitive and dreamlike artworks have been shown in museums and galleries worldwide.
AxiosRELIABLE 7.5geopolítica✓ 19 fuentes📎 bien sourcedThu, 27 Aug 2026 18:39:38
President Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on Thursday.Why it matters: The president is following through on his threat over the lake after U.S.-Canada trade negotiations collapsed.It is unclear whether Trump has the authority to rename a body of water shared b…
NPRGOLD 9.0internacional✓ 10 fuentes📎 bien sourced📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 09:32:43
Ratko Mladic was one of the most notorious figures of a war that killed over 100,000 people in the 1990s. He commanded his troops to "scorch the brains" of the Bosnian Muslims and boasted of being a "Serbian God."
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 4 fuentes📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 08:30:12
China’s Zhipu AI has launched its latest open-weight model, GLM-5.3-Flash – previously code-named Ox Alpha – saying that the system ran entirely on a cluster of 100,000 domestically produced chips during a high-profile stealth trial.
The announcement followed a week of heavy traffic on artificial in…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 17 fuentesThu, 27 Aug 2026 08:52:59
Hong Kong labour authorities have unveiled changes to the system that sends out warnings to workers about overexertion during very hot weather, reducing the threshold so higher-tier alerts can be issued more easily following intense criticism of the mechanism.
The Labour Department said on Thursday …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 5 fuentes📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 09:06:19
Bill Gates is likely to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year as the Microsoft co-founder seeks to rally support for global cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) risks.
A meeting may take place in November, Reuters reported on Wednesday citing a Gates spokesman. Xi last met his “ol…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 2 fuentes📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 09:30:06
Shares in Chinese robotics star Unitree Robotics rebounded on Thursday following five straight days of losses that erased nearly half of its market value, although it did little to cool fears of a Chinese humanoid robot bubble.
The stock rose nearly 4 per cent to close at 615 yuan on Thursday, givin…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 5 fuentes📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 09:40:46
A Singapore opposition lawmaker has urged that state investor Temasek’s money not be used to shore up Air India, after the Indian carrier had asked owners Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, which Temasek majority-owns, for US$1.5 billion.
Kenneth Tiong, a member of parliament for the opposition Worke…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 2 fuentes📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:10
A famous Chinese mathematician known for his dishevelled genius image recently began selling workbooks for primary and secondary school students, which were quickly sold out within days.
Wei Dongyi, 35, is an associate professor in the Mathematics Department at Peking University.
He gained instant f…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:13
The coastal Chinese province of Zhejiang is battening down for the approach of Typhoon Saudel, with flights cancelled across the area.
The eastern province is home to a number of major commercial centres, including the industrial hub of Ningbo, the port city of Zhoushan, and Wenzhou.
Ningbo Lishe In…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 56 fuentes📎 bien sourcedThu, 27 Aug 2026 10:12:26
Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Russia could strike British military targets inside and outside Ukraine in response to Ukrainian strikes on Russia using British missiles.
Zakharova called on Britain to back off what she called London’s hostile stance o…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 14 fuentes📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 10:36:49
Free courses coordinated by the Hong Kong government will leverage the expertise of tech giants such as Google and Microsoft to help boost the adoption of AI by businesses for content creation, data analysis and workflow efficiency.
The Hong Kong Productivity Council on Thursday announced the launch…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 19 fuentes📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 10:39:34
Three women have been charged after a brawl broke out in a children’s play area at a Hong Kong shopping centre.
Police disclosed details of their investigation on Thursday, revealing they suspected that a 68‑year‑old woman seen in a viral video slapping a young girl had been struck first.
The disput…
The US is risking a sovereign debt reckoning as fiscal profligacy meets Japan’s reawakening and record Big Tech borrowing, pushing yields – and political pressure – higher in the lead-up to midterms.
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 14 fuentesThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:31:59
Meta Platforms has started sending out alerts to parents whose children repeatedly search for content about suicide or self-harm on Instagram as part of broader efforts to strengthen online safety for young users.
Parents supervising a teen’s account can receive notifications by email, text message,…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 11 fuentesThu, 27 Aug 2026 12:34:34
Chinese scientists have developed a cross-border early warning system with counterparts in Nepal to monitor Himalayan glacial lake outburst floods. The system has issued timely alerts over the past several years, effectively preventing casualties.
But on Wednesday, a high-altitude ice-rock avalanche…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 5 fuentesThu, 27 Aug 2026 13:00:05
Asian-American lawmakers in the US Congress have condemned a right-wing podcast that called for the forced internment of Chinese-Americans during a hypothetical war with Beijing, warning that such rhetoric fuelled hate against the community.
The joint statement was released by congresswomen Grace Me…
AxiosRELIABLE 7.5geopolítica✓ 12 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 09:30:05
Nothing is driving more new U.S. economic investment or political volatility than data centers.Why it matters: They're the Great Subplot of 2026, THE topic animating the AI race and elections. Everyone needs to understand the size, scope and sentiment surrounding them.The big picture: It's almost im…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 7 fuentesThu, 27 Aug 2026 13:01:16
India is turning to its private industry to help produce missiles, hoping a wider manufacturing base can cut its import dependence while boosting its defence export capacity and deterrence against Pakistan and China.
But India’s push towards self-reliance in defence manufacturing is still a distant …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 33 fuentesThu, 27 Aug 2026 13:30:06
The United States has imposed sweeping sanctions on nearly 60 Iran-linked entities, spanning digital assets, technology, gold, aviation and shipping, as Washington seeks to “sever every economic lifeline” that sustains Tehran.
Beijing denounced the measures, with the Chinese foreign ministry calling…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 19 fuentes📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 14:00:10
While extreme weather is disrupting nuclear power generation in some parts of the world, it is unlikely to derail China’s rapid expansion in the sector, according to an industry specialist.
The unusually hot and dry summer has disrupted reactors across Europe, forcing units to shut down from France …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 13 fuentesThu, 27 Aug 2026 14:00:28
American singer and rapper Post Malone has postponed his coming Hong Kong show, prompting complaints from disappointed fans in mainland China who said they had already booked holiday leave and hotels.
Announcing the decision on social media on Thursday, concert organiser Live Nation Hong Kong said t…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 13 fuentes🔮 especulativo📎 bien sourced📊 datosThu, 27 Aug 2026 15:09:37
A Hong Kong police officer has been charged with misconduct after allegedly sending obscene messages and photos to a woman friend of a suspect in a criminal investigation.
Officers from the New Territories South regional crime unit detained the 32‑year‑old man in Tuen Mun on August 20, a police spok…
The United Kingdom has seen a spike in the number of migrants applying for citizenship and permanent settlement ahead of a planned government clampdown.
Government data shows what appears to be a rush to secure residency rights in response to changes announced by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood that …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 12 fuentesThu, 27 Aug 2026 16:52:49
The US military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by US President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, an American defence official in Europe and a Nato official said, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in Nato countries to a potentia…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 8 fuentesThu, 27 Aug 2026 16:55:06
Brazil will not be able to make rare earth magnets from its own raw materials before 2032, the coordinator of the country’s main magnet pilot plant said on Wednesday, leaving China’s near monopoly on the technology intact for years to come.
Andre Luis Pimenta de Faria, who runs the plant for Senai, …
Defence lawyers for social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate argued that Thursday if Romania was OK with them being out of jail as they challenged sex charges, then the US should free them too as they fought extradition to the United Kingdom.
The brothers have remained in a federal detention…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 6 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 15:30:06
The French government said on Monday it would press ahead with a ban on mobile phones in high schools from next month, but trade unions warned that the measure might be hard to implement quickly.
In July, France’s parliament approved legislation banning both social media access for children under 15…
agrupados por: eastern · forum · month · next · phone
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 63 fuentes📊 datosSat, 22 Aug 2026 17:40:19
Ukrainian drones killed at least 10 people in attacks against targets across Russia and Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, including a warehouse owned by online retailer Ozon and an industrial facility, Russian officials said on Saturday.
Russia and Ukraine are both ramping up drone campaigns aimin…
QuartzRELIABLE 7.0economía✓ 51 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 18:04:46
The two countries are also discussing a joint mine-clearing mission, even as President Trump said the U.S. Navy had already removed all mines from the waterway
"Neither side is interested in a military confrontation, certainly not at the present time. That is completely contrary to Erdogan's outlook," a former Mossad counterterror chief told 103FM.
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 24 fuentes🔮 especulativo📊 datosSat, 22 Aug 2026 10:01:16
Hong Kong police have arrested two men suspected of using 110 SIM cards to send phishing messages from a base of operations in a hotel and conning victims out of more than HK$500,000 (US$63,766).
The force said on Saturday the men, aged 31 and 44, were arrested last Thursday on suspicion of conspira…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 21 fuentes📎 bien sourced📊 datosSat, 22 Aug 2026 17:02:25
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday he would slap retaliatory tariffs on the United States after walking away from a “bad deal” on trade, deepening the rift between the long-time allies.
Negotiations between the neighbouring countries broke down on Friday in Washington, allowing new…
AxiosRELIABLE 7.5geopolítica✓ 35 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 14:01:29
President Trump's war of words with Canada continued Tuesday amid a dispute over trade negotiations. The big picture: U.S. and Canadian officials have swapped barbs since negotiations collapsed last week, but Trump took the spat to a new level when he threatened to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake Ameri…
agrupados por: america · lake · ontario · renaming · turns
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 20 fuentes📎 bien sourcedSat, 22 Aug 2026 19:31:47
Israel said it targeted a “terrorist” in southern Syria on Saturday in what Syria’s foreign ministry said was a drone strike on a civilian vehicle on the outskirts of Damascus in a “blatant” violation of its territory.
The Syrian foreign ministry said the drone had hit a vehicle on a road near B…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 23 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 11:50:32
Ukraine wants peace but will not just give in to Russia at any price, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said in a defiant speech as foreign leaders gather in Kyiv to mark its Independence Day celebrations.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and European Council President Antonio Costa were among th…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 17 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 17:16:33
US CIA Director John Ratcliffe travelled to Moscow on Tuesday for meetings with Russian officials, US media outlets reported, citing unnamed sources.
The visit would be the first known visit to the Russian capital by a US spy chief since Ratcliffe’s predecessor, William Burns, held talks with Vl…
The suspected launch on Thursday comes a day after North Korea shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 15 fuentes📊 datosTue, 25 Aug 2026 09:01:21
Hong Kong exports surged by 50.7 per cent year on year in July, driven by “impressive growth” in AI-related electronic products, with the government expecting the robust demand to continue supporting trade development despite geopolitical risks.
Provisional figures released by the Census and Statist…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC📊 datosTue, 25 Aug 2026 09:35:15
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on corruption is picking up pace even after more than a decade of investigations, according to a South China Morning Post deep dive.
There were 65 probes into civilian officials of vice-ministerial grade or above last year versus just 19 in 2013, when Xi took…
A man who hid behind some plants to film a couple having extramarital sex at a rooftop garden in Singapore later used the video to threaten the woman while asking for sex and cash.
When the police began investigating, the offender asked the woman to drop the case, even approaching her sister at a su…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 14 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 09:53:07
Customers will face higher electricity bills next month as Hong Kong’s two power suppliers will raise fuel-related charges, with the firms blaming geopolitical tensions and volatility in international energy markets.
As electricity costs rise, CLP Power and HK Electric have introduced rebate and rel…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC📊 datosTue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:07
A street food vendor in central China received widespread acclaim after discreetly slipping 100 yuan (US$15) into a takeaway order for a family whose child was undergoing chemotherapy.
On August 17, Wang Xianhuang, an egg pancake vendor in Hefei, Anhui province, noticed a heartfelt note attached to …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 30 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:11
Chinese fighter jets have conducted combat training with their Egyptian counterparts in a joint exercise following a major Chinese air force deployment to the Middle East.
The drill, which was launched on Saturday and is expected to continue until early next month, is part of the second China-Egypt …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 5 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 10:30:39
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged the country’s filmmakers to think more freely, even as recent censorship battles show how tightly the state still controls what can reach the screen.
Anwar said an industry forced to repeatedly seek official approval for individual scenes could not b…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 10 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 10:35:33
Like many Kuwaitis, Ghanim Alsulaimani still vividly remembers Iraqi tanks rolling through his hometown when his small Gulf state faced extinction had US troops not liberated it from invasion.
Now, decades later and six months into the US-Iran war, some are seeing those same American troops as more …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 14 fuentes📊 datosTue, 25 Aug 2026 10:50:19
Hong Kong’s tourism watchdog has suspended a jewellery shop from receiving tour groups for 30 days after finding it failed to stop a guide from coercing mainland Chinese visitors into making purchases.
The Travel Industry Authority (TIA) said on Tuesday that Kaiser Jewellery International would be b…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 13 fuentes📊 datosTue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:17
The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong will launch 24-hour inpatient services in December – a first for the city – and charge patients HK$980 (US$125) per day for subsidised care, more than three times the fee at public hospitals.
The city’s first dedicated traditional Chinese medicine hospital …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 4 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 11:43:52
China and the US should strive for “normal stability with controllable disagreements” in their relations, a senior Chinese official has urged in the latest semi-official dialogue with Washington.
During the talks on Tuesday, Liu Haixing, head of the Communist Party’s International Department, said t…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 8 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 12:08:52
Singapore’s plan to merge several islands off its southwest coast into a new hub for industry, defence and “new power generation infrastructure” has stirred speculation over whether the site could one day host a nuclear power plant.
The city state is studying advanced nuclear technologies, including…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 16 fuentes📊 datosTue, 25 Aug 2026 12:22:12
A woman has been fined HK$4,000 (US$510) after pleading guilty to failing to keep her dog on a leash after it attacked a smaller canine and bit its owner.
Eastern Court on Tuesday heard guilty pleas from Chong Oi-lam, 44, who had not leashed her golden retriever while walking it at the pet garden at…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 5 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 12:30:17
For generations, Wenchang, on Hainan’s northeastern coast, was better known for coconuts, its namesake chicken and the emigrants who left for Southeast Asia in search of a living.
Now the rhythms of life here have been altered, gradually and then all at once, by China’s space programme.
Wenchang Spa…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 3 fuentes📊 datosTue, 25 Aug 2026 12:41:42
Taiwan’s first two F-16 Block 70 fighter jets from the United States are expected to arrive within days, with some analysts saying the improved models could give Taipei better odds against the People’s Liberation Army’s fifth-generation J-20 fighters.
The jets will be the first deliveries under a lo…
JD.com may be a major logistics leader in mainland China, but as part of a joint venture that won the first land project in the Northern Metropolis, it must overcome labour and road traffic hurdles to become an economic driver in Hong Kong, experts have said.
Jeffrey Lam Kin-fung, chairman of the Hu…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 13 fuentes📊 datosTue, 25 Aug 2026 13:21:10
A suspect linked to a HK$7 million (US$893,200) gold robbery at Hong Kong International Airport has been arrested after crashing his car inside Tate’s Cairn Tunnel.
The 21-year-old man was driving a private car towards Sha Tin around 3am on Tuesday when he crashed into an oncoming vehicle.
Police di…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 10 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 13:48:52
Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira revealed that US President Donald Trump and his team conceded during White House talks in May that the United States had lost the critical minerals race to China.
The minister made the disclosure in an unscripted speech on Monday to Exposibram, …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 6 fuentes📊 datosTue, 25 Aug 2026 14:14:57
A Hong Kong taxi driver was killed and 11 others injured when his vehicle collided with a bus and a truck on Lantau Island on Tuesday evening.
Police said the taxi driver, heading towards Tung Chung, attempted to overtake a truck in the same lane on Cheung Tung Road at around 8pm.
He then swerved in…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 26 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 14:44:04
Long queues formed at petrol stations in Tehran on Tuesday after the United States announced fresh sanctions aimed at pressuring Iran into submission.
Washington has turned to pulling economic levers six months into a war on Iran that has ground to a stalemate militarily, with peace talks stalled an…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 15 fuentes📎 bien sourcedTue, 25 Aug 2026 16:03:19
Mainland China’s vast pool of engineers can help Hong Kong companies expand, bridge their talent gap and scale up operations, industry leaders have said.
They shared their insights during a six-day media tour of the Greater Bay Area organised by the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. The itinerary …
AxiosRELIABLE 7.5geopolítica✓ 6 fuentes📊 datosFri, 21 Aug 2026 19:30:04
The Justice Department and TikTok, along with parent company ByteDance, have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy laws, per an announcement first shared with Axios.Why it matters: The Biden administration's DOJ first filed the suit in 2024. …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 16 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 17:07:45
China has called for public reports of suspected procurement corruption in the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), as an anti-corruption campaign continues involving the country’s strategic missile branch.
Suppliers, bidding and tendering agencies, evaluation experts and relevant military…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 7 fuentesTue, 25 Aug 2026 17:48:43
Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and be freed from prison was rejected by a federal judge Tuesday who said the claims by Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and long-time associate that new evidence had emerged were “demonstrably meritless”.
Maxwell filed a habeas p…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 10 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 13:30:09
Ten years ago, Dai Zheng made a career-defining gamble: he left his secure, prestigious engineering post in China’s state space programme to join an unproven private start-up. On August 19, that risk paid off when a rocket booster returned from orbit and landed upright for the first time in Chinese …
President Donald Trump offered no additional details about the levies, but he said they would take effect Jan. 1 — leaving time for the two sides to resume negotiations.
US Southern Command has struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two accused of trafficking drugsThe US military has launched a deadly strike on a vessel in the Pacific Ocean, killing two people accused of drug trafficking.On Monday, US Southern Command (SouthCom) announced it “executed…
QuartzRELIABLE 7.0economía✓ 12 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 13:40:26
The Wuhan-based memory chip maker plans to issue new shares equal to 10% to 12% of its post-offering capital, with proceeds earmarked for production upgrades
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 2 fuentes📎 bien sourced📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 13:40:38
Police have arrested four suspects in an investigation into the deaths of 18 elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem, where authorities also seized assorted substances including chemicals, the tourism and wildlife ministry has said.
A Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) spokesperson told Reuters on Mond…
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The Netherlands will not take part in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, its broadcaster has said, adding that the event can “no longer be considered neutral” given divisions over the Gaza war.
“It is undeniable that international conflicts are increasingly affecting the contest, undermining its n…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 3 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 09:42:42
Indonesia has given Malaysian agencies official permission to enter its airspace to conduct cloud seeding operations, Malaysia’s environment minister has said, part of both countries’ efforts to combat the haze blanketing the region.
Indonesia has been stepping up efforts to slow the spread of h…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 4 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 10:00:07
The Chinese podcaster Zhongshu, who garnered widespread international acclaim for her recent interview with filmmaker Christopher Nolan, is now facing allegations of paraphrasing and plagiarism in her podcasts and published works.
The interview between Zhongshu and Nolan concerning The Odyssey, rele…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 7 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 10:00:11
The world’s largest coal-to-liquids plant is turning coal into oil products that can power rockets and serve as machine lubricants while boosting its value sevenfold, according to a Chinese newspaper.
The production line, built by China Energy Group Ningxia Coal Industry Co Ltd, began full operation…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC🔮 especulativoMon, 24 Aug 2026 11:15:23
An associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been acquitted of indecently assaulting a woman who reported him upon discovering he was married, after a court found the pair had been mutually attracted and that the man may have wrongly believed she had consented to being to…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 23 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 11:30:49
A Hong Kong court sentenced a former teacher on Monday to 18 months in prison for molesting a student, aged 15 at the time, on two occasions in 2020.
District Judge Gary Lam Kar-yan described defendant Cheng Hon-sze’s case as serious and said there was no room for a reduced sentence, even if it was …
Singapore’s latest pro-family push has been welcomed by some parents for tackling the costs of raising children, but others say lower fees and more leave are unlikely on their own to overcome deeper worries over time, careers, housing and lifestyle.
During the annual National Day Rally on Sunday nig…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 14 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 11:57:12
Taiwan’s top weapons developer has unveiled details of its Chiang Kung, or Strong Bow, anti-ballistic missile system as it seeks legislative funding for mass production to strengthen the island’s air defences amid growing pressure from Beijing.
The government-funded National Chung-Shan Institute of …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 20 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:13
China is on track to dramatically slash its deficit in advanced chips over the next decade as domestic foundries rapidly scale up production, though the weak link of lithography threatens to keep full semiconductor independence out of reach, according to US investment bank Goldman Sachs.
The supply …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 12:03:49
A consortium comprising mainland Chinese state-owned and private heavyweights together with a major Hong Kong developer has won the first “large-scale land disposal” project in the Northern Metropolis for HK$1.03 billion (US$132 million), with total investment projected at HK$16.8 billion.
The Devel…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 22 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 12:30:06
There is no shortage of Western commentary on US President Donald Trump’s second term. What’s missing is an honest account of how 1.4 billion of us in China see it – or at least how China’s officials and scholars do, since that’s who I can speak for here. I’ve spent a decade watching that view chang…
UK Foreign Office condemns use of national security law to convict activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tungTwo Hong Kong activists who organised annual vigils marking China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown in 1989 have been found guilty of “incitement to subversion” in one of the most high-profile cas…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 19 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 13:00:06
Diplomats for China and the US in Latin America have traded brickbats on social media over alleged espionage risks posed by Chinese tech firms in the region, in the latest sign of the two powers’ unfolding strategic tensions in the western hemisphere.
US assistant secretary of state for western hemi…
AxiosRELIABLE 7.5geopolítica✓ 2 fuentes📊 datosThu, 20 Aug 2026 22:56:30
The U.S. national debt this week topped $40 trillion, raising fresh concerns about how rising federal borrowing could affect Americans' finances.Why it matters: Americans don't personally owe the national debt, but rising debt could pressure lawmakers to raise taxes, cut spending or change federal b…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 13:29:25
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng has secured US$900 million in funding from high-profile investors including Alibaba Group Holding and IDG Capital to spur its robotics unit, despite a widening second-quarter loss.
Dogotix, a subsidiary of Xpeng, raised US$900 million in the latest round of …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 17 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 14:39:52
Mainland Chinese technology and pharmaceutical companies are using Hong Kong as a launching pad for global expansion, industry leaders have said, as a major state-owned drugmaker weighs whether to invest in the city’s Northern Metropolis megaproject.
The comments highlighting the city’s internationa…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 14:45:04
Tukaram Mundhe is an Indian bureaucrat on a mission.
As a state food safety commissioner, the 51-year-old has raided food businesses in the country’s commercial capital Mumbai in an unprecedented crackdown on poor hygiene and unsafe food that has captivated the public nationwide.
Mundhe has led the …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 27 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 15:00:07
Mainland Chinese government vessel sightings around Taiwan have reached record levels for a third straight month, as Beijing expands its law enforcement footprint east of the island following the announcement in late May of Tokyo-Manila maritime boundary talks over the area.
Taiwan’s defence ministr…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 15 fuentes📎 bien sourced📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 15:51:10
British police have arrested 12 people after a car pursued by police crashed while driving the wrong way on a major road, killing five youths and two officers.
The deaths on Saturday came as officials warned of a trend for young people to carry out dangerous driving stunts to post on social media. H…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 16 fuentes🔮 especulativo📎 bien sourcedMon, 24 Aug 2026 16:00:55
Hong Kong police have arrested a woman for allegedly wearing a T‑shirt with a seditious message outside West Kowloon Court.
The force said on Monday night that the woman was detained last week on suspicion of disorder in a public place, obstructing police and acting with seditious intention.
“The pu…
The discussions, reported by the Syrian state news agency, came days after Israel struck an air base in Syria’s northwest, the latest in a series of military interventions.
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 24 fuentesSun, 23 Aug 2026 23:25:02
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Kyiv on Monday on his first international visit since taking office last month, his office said, as Ukraine marks its 35th independence anniversary.
Burnham has vowed to give strong support to Ukraine as it battles Russia’s invasion.
The Labour Party le…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:18
Indonesia produces and exports more palm oil than any other country, but when it comes to setting the price, it still plays second fiddle to Malaysia.
President Prabowo Subianto wants to change that. On August 14, he announced a new exchange for commodities including palm oil, nickel and coal, targe…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 13 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 00:30:12
Hong Kong public universities have admitted a record number of students applying outside the local exam system, with the intake surging by 63 per cent over seven years to account for nearly 30 per cent of the 15,000 government-funded places, the South China Morning Post has found.
Meanwhile, the int…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 01:27:36
Residents of Malaysian villages near the Thailand border were left shaken this weekend after hearing loud booms and seeing flashes of light across the frontier, as Thai authorities confirmed more than 50 coordinated attacks on Saturday night.
The blasts, heard in Kampung Lubok Gong and Kampung Tersa…
“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes.” This famous quote, widely attributed to Mark Twain, keeps playing in my mind as China mourns the death of former premier Zhu Rongji and reflects on his legacy.
It was early afternoon on August 12 when I received a message from a friend on the main…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 18 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 01:59:29
Alibaba Group Holding has sold 710 million new shares at HK$112.70 each to raise HK$80 billion (US$10.2 billion) in one of the largest artificial intelligence-dedicated fundraising efforts by a Chinese technology firm.
The offer price represented an 8.4 per cent discount to the stock’s closing price…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 23 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 02:00:22
Half of Hong Kong’s government departments and public bodies have not disclosed their greenhouse gas emissions data and some calculations have been based on outdated information, a green group has found.
The findings from The Green Earth have prompted calls for stronger carbon reporting and the sett…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 02:12:05
Londoners are facing historic levels of subsidence risk after five successive heatwaves dried out the clay soil on which much of the British capital is built.
Insurance claims tied to subsidence – a phenomenon associated with bouts of hot, dry weather that shrink the soil and destabilise the foundat…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 02:28:07
Three boys from southeastern China offered 10.5 yuan (US$1.5) to a convenience store owner on the brink of closing, igniting a wave of public support.
Five years after borrowing money to establish his convenience store in Guangzhou, Chen decided to shut down the shop as business continued to decline…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 6 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 03:00:09
Wealthy investors should be ready for higher volatility “for years” as uncertainties around artificial intelligence development and geopolitical risks are set to persist, according to a major private bank.
In the past few years, asset prices underwent several roller coaster rides, from US Liberation…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 8 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 03:20:03
Australia’s shortage of air traffic controllers is showing signs of nearing a breaking point after the country’s busiest airport recorded at least four near misses in the past month.
Since late July, incidents at Sydney Airport included a passenger jet aborting its take-off because there was a plane…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 7 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 03:35:38
Hong Kong police are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after an 80-year-old man jumped to his death from a residential building, shortly before officers found his 66-year-old wife dead inside their flat with severe head and body injuries.
Preliminary investigations showed the couple, married …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 7 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:07
Chinese scientists have developed a new tabletop X-ray ghost imaging method that allows them to capture real-time “see-through” video of fast-moving objects.
The team’s system could be used to capture dynamic objects such as rotating aircraft engines or biological movements like a beating heart.
Imp…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 8 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 04:00:11
The Philippines is positioning itself as Latin America’s bridge to Southeast Asia, testing whether shared history and culture can translate into hard trade figures as Asean and the Mercosur bloc look beyond their traditional partners.
Manila’s Foreign Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro made the pitch du…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 5 fuentes📊 datosMon, 24 Aug 2026 04:45:12
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A twist of fate put a guitar in Nene Royal’s hands. Aged seven, she wanted to join the computer science club at her school in Phuket, Thailand, but it was already full.
“The only place left was in the music club, and the teacher handed me a guitar,” she told This Week in Asia. “The moment I started …
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 13 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 05:08:38
Hong Kong’s leader has called on scientists, leading enterprises and investment institutions from around the world to seize opportunities in the city, describing it as a “golden gateway” for overseas companies to enter the mainland Chinese market and mainland unicorn firms to expand globally.
Speaki…
Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of childrenNew Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has said his party will introduce a bill in parliament that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, proposing fines of up…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 13 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 05:15:35
Hong Kong should introduce a tiered risk framework and carry out DNA testing and physical checks to identify dogs with aggressive traits, a veterinarian and a lawmaker have said after a woman and two canines were all fatally maulled within a week.
Monday’s calls for policy change came after the woma…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 10 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 06:14:59
Military officials from Uganda and Burundi visited Israel last week to discuss deploying troops to Gaza as part of an international security force envisioned by US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” for the fragile ceasefire, according to officials.
An official with the board said that Uganda…
SCMPMIXED 6.5geopolíticapro-PRC✓ 14 fuentesMon, 24 Aug 2026 06:25:56
The likelihood that Hong Kong’s weather forecaster will issue a typhoon signal in the next two days is “relatively low”, although multiple tropical cyclones are set to bring unsettled weather to the city later this week.
The Observatory said at noon on Monday that Tropical Storm Narra was expected t…
