Gen Z underestimates impact of social media on loneliness, Hong Kong poll finds

Members of Hong Kong’s Generation Z tend to underestimate the negative impact of social media on their mental health and those who frequently use the online platforms are lonelier than those who do not, a survey has found.

The Hong Kong Christian Service (HKCS) polled 572 young people aged 11 to 24 between September to December last year to better understand the relationship between their use of social media and their level of isolation.

About 54 per cent of respondents were junior secondary pupils in Forms One to


Embryo specimen mix-up: what happened and how is IVF regulated in Hong Kong?

A rare mix-up involving embryo biopsy specimens at Heal Fertility, a privately-run reproduction clinic in Hong Kong linked to former financial secretary Antony Leung Kam-chung, has prompted investigations by health authorities and police

The South China Morning Post looks into fertility treatments in the city and how they are regulated.

1. What is in vitro fertilisation?

In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a fertility treatment offered to couples struggling to conceive naturally.

A woman receiving IVF will need to go through four steps. First, her


Donald Trump declares the ceasefire with Iran is ‘over’

US President Donald Trump speaks during the Nato summit in Ankara, Turkey on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Photo: Pool Photo via AP

Xinlu Liang in Beijing and Seong Hyeon Choi in Ankara

US President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that the ceasefire with Iran was “over”, delivering a blow to Tehran just hours after the US launched fresh military strikes on the Islamic Republic.
“I think it’s over,” Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the Nato summit in Ankara when asked whether the ceasefire was

Are the US’ AI models better than China’s? That may be beside the point

People try products at AI+ Power 2026, Hong Kong’s largest artificial intelligence expo and conference, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on June 4. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Jeffrey Wu is a director at MindWorks Capital, a leading Hong Kong-headquartered venture capital firm specialising in technology investment across Greater China and Southeast Asia.

As another heatwave rolled across Europe, the warehouses emptied before the politics could catch up. Air conditioners and fans sold out across Spain, Italy and Germany, most of them Chinese. Fan sales in Spain alone on the retail platform of Alibaba Group Holding (which owns the South China Morning Post)

Mirror star Keung To slapped with 3-month driving ban after spate of offences

Cantopop star was fined HK$2,200 for various traffic offences after obtaining his probationary driving licence in February last year

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Cantopop star Keung To meets the media at Hong Kong International Airport after accidentally falling into the waters off Sai Wan in June 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee
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Cathay Pacific probes flight intercepted by Hungarian jets after Nato alert

A Cathay A350-1000. A flight was intercepted by Hungarian fighter jets over the weekend. Photo: Handout
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BYD challenges Porsche’s 911 with launch of electric supercar in Europe

BYD's two-door Denza Z convertible sports car at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China) on April 24, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) assembler BYD has set its sights on Porsche’s supercars with plans to sell its Denza-branded new models in developed markets, the latest sign of its increasing heft in designing and manufacturing premium vehicles.

The Shenzhen-based carmaker planned to unveil the Denza Z sports car featuring BYD’s self-developed intelligent DiSus body control ­system at the UK’s Goodwood Festival of Speed on Thursday, it announced in

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BYD surpasses Tesla in global race; ‘do-or-die’ crisis in China’s market: 7 EV reads

From China’s shift to electric heavy trucks to BYD regaining its lead in the global race, here are seven EV stories you may have missed

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The BYD logo at a dealership in Beijing on June 9. Photo: EPA

We have put together stories from our coverage on electric and new energy vehicles from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please

Canadian province prepares lawsuit against OpenAI after school mass shooting

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Action being taken against OpenAI for its failure to alert authorities to violent prompts on ChatGPT before the shooting

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Jesse Van Rootselaar killed eight people at her home and a school in the tiny mining town of Tumbler Ridge. Photo: RCMP via Reuters

British Columbia said on Tuesday it was preparing a lawsuit against OpenAI over the company’s failure to report violent ChatGPT activity by the person who committed a mass school shooting in the western Canadian province.

OpenAI had banned


‘Shameful’: Chinese school faces backlash for demanding new students’ family wealth details

A Chinese middle school faced regulatory backlash for invading privacy after demanding detailed parental information from new students. Photo: Shutterstock

A secondary school in eastern China is at the centre of controversy for collecting the information of its fresh students’ parents, including what brand of car they drive and their values.

Dongying No 1 Middle School in Dongying, Shandong province, distributed the information collection form in late June among students who were recently admitted, China Newsweek reported.

Students were requested to fill in the details of their parents’ names, where they work, their titles and their

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