South China Morning Post - July 12, 2026

SHANGHAI, HANGZHOU BRACE FOR IMPACT OF TYPHOON BAVI

Forty top students lauded as major expansion of awards is revealed

Filipino helpers allegedly hired as surrogate mothers

If anyone deserves a red card it’s Trump and Infantino

POSTS FROM THE PAST

QUESTIONS LINGER OVER SCIENTIST’S U.S. SUICIDE

Alumni celebrate decades of excellence

China’s reusable rocket feat fires up social media

British tax on schools triggers record drop in HK pupils

Start-up points to 2D chipmaking milestone

Entries to another world

Metropolis land clearances fuel surge in abandoned pets

YOUTH SUICIDES REACH DECADE HIGH

Tunnel tolls could change as traffic tops 2023 peak

New MTR station to be built without subsidies

Police chief defends plan to deny pay rises

Home alone and scared

HAS FLOOD DEFENCE FUNDING PAID OFF?

G2 framework seen as key to peace

Researchers develop wearable dopamine patch

Quiet fishing village emerges as global surfing hotspot

Baby steps

VW reveals 26% plunge in first-half deliveries

Thaw in relations with India sparks online discontent

AFRICAN FIRMS CAUGHT IN SANCTIONS CROSSFIRE

Parents deploy AI to help children pick uni degrees

A drop in the ocean

Historic win for uniform in top French design prize

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Modi’s New Zealand visit deepens ties

MALAYSIAN PM’S COALITION LOSES JOHOR ELECTION

Myanmar’s pro-democracy revolution weakens after five years of war

Japan’s reusable rocket to cut costs in race with SpaceX

‘1,000 MISSILES LOCKED AND LOADED’

Mojtaba’s absence signals shifting role for Iran leader

Russia diesel export ban deals fresh blow to beleaguered energy market

Insurgency hampers response to cholera

Firing every remaining member of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission months before the midterms is a brazen attempt to seize control of our elections before a single vote is cast

Economic uncertainty looms over quake zone

DEATH TOLL RISES TO 12 IN SPANISH WILDFIRES

King meets Harry and family for first time in years

Trump sparks fears over midterm vote in wake of firings at election agency

US and Canada strike deal to open bridge

SPAIN BOSS ‘CONVINCED’ FRANCE CAN BE TOPPLED

Sinner inspired by beaten Djokovic as Zverev awaits

China overpowered by desperate Dominicans

Kitchee plot ‘evolution’ for Asian campaign

Shanghai Sharks’ US star faces two-year doping ban

A recipe for trouble

CINDY LAM ON THE INSPIRATION BEHIND HER UMAMI GRANOLA

Numbers fail to add up when counting calories

BREAKFAST BOWL WITH CANTONESE DEPTHS

How the hand fan kept Chinese people cool for 3,000 years

AI gains and losses

HK must step up its efforts to standardise subdivided flats

Automation must be designed with human workforce in mind

Rural tourism needs pragmatic planning

Cynics turn moment of joy into ‘buzzkill’ for school leavers

CONTACT US

Using loyalty for power

Why China Eastern is spending billions to buy Airbus aircraft

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