South China Morning Post - August 18, 2025

19 ARRESTED IN CITYWIDE RAIDS TARGETING ILLEGAL WORKERS

Cross-border trials could aid patients, boost innovation

Ronaldo thrills fans

Ishiba condemned for Yasukuni Shrine offering

Washington has already lost dirty chip war but does not know it yet

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Taxi drivers urged to embrace e-payments with start-up Dash system

PROCUREMENT TO BE REVIEWED AMID BOTTLED WATER SCANDAL

US farmers opt for Chinese drones despite concerns

Physical contest

Swatch sorry as ‘slant eyes’ ad gets China backlash

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Trade rivalry between US and China ‘manageable’

Trade rivalry between US and China ‘manageable’

Wheelchair users in ‘dream’ visit to Cathay City

CITY ‘FACES RISING RISK OF VIRUS IMPORTS’

Ronaldo surprises fans with TST museum visit

Australia and UK slammed for giving activists asylum

Over 6,900 suggestions for policy address

Exhibition touts ‘Russianness’ of artist amid culture war with Ukraine

UNIS IN LINE OF FIRE OVER POSTS BY YALE ACADEMIC

Artist Fan Zeng, 87, ‘taken away’ by new young wife

Farmers become fashionistas

New science offers peek into how the brain works

GRAFT CRACKDOWN MAY SHOW A BIG SHIFT IN ETHNIC AFFAIRS

Hypersonic drone carrier revisits pivot-wing concept

Garden shelter where love and learning flourish

WONG VOWS TO KEEP THE CITY STATE ‘EXCEPTIONAL’

‘Superhero’ social workers caught up in red-light glare

Addiction, murder and money: online cockfighting is still thriving despite ban

High jinks

Tilers flex their muscles to publicise local industry

RESIDENTS TO BE MOVED BEFORE NEW OFFENSIVE

Three states send National Guard troops to Washington

President seeks football distraction after deadly protests against government

Leaders of high-profile jihadist terror group arrested

U.S. STOPS ISSUING VISITOR VISAS FOR PEOPLE FROM GAZA

WOMEN BEAR BRUNT OF WATER CRISIS

Actor with Down’s syndrome aspiring to be president

Captain’s support

Clashes in several cities in fifth night of unrest

Bolsonaro freed from house arrest for health checks

TikTok hunter busts pickpockets in London

Perilous terrain

CY Leung shows how to criticise constructively

Reclassified real estate loans signal caution, not alarm

HK’s next tech talent shines in Silicon Valley

In need of protection

Raising the bar for new industries, not closing the door

An economically sound way to beat scalping scourge

HK fans need helping hand to catch concerts on home turf

Ticket touts must be stamped out at government venues

More action required to halt spread of chikungunya fever

The games robots play

TALENT SHORTAGE ‘SET TO HIT HK BANKS BY 2030’

New stablecoin law ‘can help boost city’s trade-finance role’

The Peninsula sees occupancy rates rise amid competition from Shenzhen hotels

More domestic AI chips mandated for data centres

CHINA DRUG FIRMS EXPECTED TO POST SURGE IN PROFITS

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Tariffs still big worry for online exporters

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BENEFITS RULING ‘TO HAMMER SMALL FIRMS’

CHINESE HOMEBUYERS BRUSH OFF GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES

‘Smart money fishing for trophy assets’ in city

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Moomins fans ‘carry the love’ as cartoon family turns 80

Snoopy and friends to return in the first Peanuts musical for 35 years

DR LISA LARKIN, BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR

Helping the immune system to help you

Long, slow trek to the peak of breast cancer survival

DRAMATIC ENDING TO AN UNFORGETTABLE GAMES

Final Saudi club land in Hong Kong ahead of Super Cup

Young stars ‘honoured’ despite United thrashing

Wallabies rally from 22 points down to stun Boks

HK college basketball put to test in Asia league