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Chinese drug Loberamisal extends stroke treatment window from 6 hours to 2 days

Chinese medical scientists have shattered the brief window of time available to limit stroke damage, effectively shielding injured brain cells and dramatically improving the odds…

South China Morning Post · 12 min ago

Hong Kong vows safe Apec meeting with plans for terror and cyberattack threats

Hong Kong will introduce security arrangements, including contingency plans for potential terrorist attacks, for the coming Apec meeting to ensure it is held safely and smoothly…

South China Morning Post · 17 min ago

Authorities may appeal engineer’s non-custodial sentence in Queen Mary Hospital lift case

Hong Kong’s Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) is considering an appeal against the non-custodial sentence of an engineer held liable for faulty lift installation…

South China Morning Post · 28 min ago

US judge orders Trump to lift White House ban on news outlets

A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump on Thursday to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets…

South China Morning Post · 1 hr ago

Tencent rolls out payment app for foreign travellers ahead of Apec summit

Tencent Holdings on Thursday launched TenPayGo, a mobile payment app targeting foreign visitors, as the tech giant seeks to capture China’s growing inbound tourism market ahead of…

South China Morning Post · 1 hr ago

Milei renews Argentina’s Falklands claim, rails against ‘useless’ UN

Argentine President Javier Milei reaffirmed Argentina’s claim to sovereignty over the islands known to Britain as the Falklands and to Argentines as the Malvinas, calling it a key…

South China Morning Post · 2 hrs ago

Italy greenlights return of nuclear power after decades-long ban

Italy’s Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation paving the way for a return to nuclear power nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster prompted the country to…

South China Morning Post · 2 hrs ago

Thailand’s Nene Royal wins America’s Got Talent, pocketing US$1 million

Thailand’s teenage guitar sensation Nene Royal won the US$1 million top prize on America’s Got Talent, capping a viral run that made the 16-year-old a national celebrity and drew…

South China Morning Post · 2 hrs ago

Video of US military adjusting red carpet for China’s Xi sparks online backlash

A video clip showing uniformed US military personnel on their hands and knees making last-minute adjustments to a red carpet has gone viral online, as President Donald Trump rolled…

South China Morning Post · 2 hrs ago

Hong Kong police search for woman after man found dead outside commercial building

Hong Kong police are searching for a Chinese woman after the dead body of a man was found on a chair outside a commercial building in Tsim Sha Tsui early on Thursday. Officers also…

South China Morning Post · 3 hrs ago

Big picture or big deals? What the Xi-Trump summit holds for China and the US

With the balance of power shifting between the US and China, the success of this week’s summit hinges not on headline-grabbing deals, but on practical, cautious consensus under a…

South China Morning Post · 3 hrs ago

South Korea has ‘pragmatic’ plan for phased denuclearisation. But will North bite?

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s proposal for a phased approach to Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programmes is a pragmatic response, analysts say, but prospects for gaining…

South China Morning Post · 3 hrs ago

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