South China Morning Post

1 day ago | scmp.com | Orange Wang

Chinese President Xi Jinping met his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Beijing on Tuesday, with both countries agreeing to strengthen their partnership to defend a multipolar world order, especially in the face of the Trump administration’s global tariff wars. The two nations endorsed each other as leading voices of the Global South and called on the developing world to unite in shaping a “more just” international order.

1 day ago | scmp.com | Hadi Azmi

The disappearance of Malaysian mother-of-three Pamela Ling, who was abducted last month while on her way to assist in a corruption investigation, marks a troubling failure by the state to safeguard women, a rights group has said, as police widen their search to include interviews with her children in Singapore. Ling was abducted on April 9 from a private-hire car by individuals dressed as police officers while en route to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters.

1 day ago | scmp.com | Carol Yang

Transpacific shipping routes are set to witness a dramatic uptick in container traffic over the coming weeks, as businesses rush to front-load shipments to take advantage of a temporary reduction in US and Chinese tariffs, analysts said. The 90-day truce announced by China and the United States on Monday is expected to trigger an immediate surge in demand for container shipping, with some analysts warning the increase in shipments could be so large that it creates bottlenecks at American ports.

1 day ago | scmp.com | Kandy Wong

With the United States and China agreeing to lower tariff rates after bilateral trade talks held over the weekend in Switzerland, the triple-digit duties imposed since April have been significantly reduced.

1 day ago | scmp.com | Paul McNamara

Lee Chi-kin, the Tai Po head coach, has called for more transparency around football’s use of VAR, and lamented a series of damaging calls against his team. During a potentially season-wrecking recent run, Tai Po conceded penalties in four straight matches, as they lost two cup semi-finals and drew a pair of league fixtures to surrender top spot to Lee Man. Lee claimed his players were “scared to touch anyone in the box” during a restorative 3-2 victory at BC Rangers on Saturday.