The Indonesian leader’s unusual approach to the ‘America first’ president is testing Jakarta’s non-alignment policy, observers said
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday it may never be known who was at fault for a deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran on February 28, the first day of the Iran war, that killed scores of children.
Reuters first reported in March that an initial internal US military investigation showed US forces were likely responsible for the fatal strike in Minab in southern Iran. The Pentagon has since elevated the probe but it has not acknowledged any preliminary findings.
“I don’t know that they are ever
Hong Kong’s leader has announced that a public consultation for the final policy address of his term will begin on Monday, with the exercise also set to gauge views on the city’s first five-year plan.
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Thursday, after meeting tertiary education leaders to discuss the plan, that consultation for the final policy address of his five-year term would start next week.
“The consultation will collect opinions on both the five-year plan and the policy address,
As Hong Kong marks the 29th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule on July 1, the South China Morning Post talks to the city’s senior officials about the administration’s achievements so far and what may lie ahead.
Protesters arrested during Hong Kong’s 2019 social unrest will be given priority for case reviews if they demonstrate remorse and a sense of national identity, the security chief has revealed, even as investigations continue.
In an interview with the SCMP, Secretary for Security Chris Tang
Saw Chia Liang, 41, remains in
With the formal handover of its new Hong Kong premises already complete and plans well under way to start moving all local staff there in the fourth quarter of this year, UBS, the world’s largest wealth manager, is showing long-term confidence in the city’s future as an international financial centre.
The new headquarters is located near the West Kowloon Cultural District, one of the world’s largest cultural and arts quarters spanning
US President Donald Trump was dismissive of Andy Burnham, who is set to become the next UK prime minister, saying he was unfamiliar with him and has only heard that he is “extremely liberal”.
The US president was asked by a reporter on Wednesday about what he knew about Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester who is poised to succeed Keir Starmer in Britain’s latest leadership shake-up.
“I don’t know anything. I see that he was, I guess, the mayor of a
Hong Kong social welfare authorities have classified baby Danny as a “high-risk” child and recommended he remain in protective care, while Sweden has moved to permanently transfer custody of his elder sister Lily to a foster family, according to the children’s parents.
The developments came ahead of a hearing at the West Kowloon Juvenile Court on Friday over a protection order for Danny, the two-month-old whose home birth and delayed registration with authorities triggered a child neglect investigation earlier this month.
The parents, Tsang