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South China Morning Post

October 2026

China Open champ Zheng Qinwen withdraws from Wuhan citing fatigue, shoulder injury

Zheng became the first Chinese player to clinch the Beijing title on Sunday by defeating reigning Roland Garros champion Mirra Andreeva 7-5, 6-4 in the final

Smokescreen politics? Malaysians mock Indonesian official’s ‘we send oxygen’ haze defence

The skyline of Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur is shrouded in haze from regional wildfires on Friday

We don’t just send smoke; when there is no smoke, we send oxygen,

Malaysian PM Anwar’s new budget tackles graft, but critics ask: is it too late?

With his reformist credentials battered by coalition compromises and a looming general election, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has used his 2027 budget to launch a fresh wave of anti-corruption measures

Beijing sanctions Paraguayan and Belizean ministers over support for Taiwan

Beijing on Monday sanctioned Paraguayan and Belizean government ministers over the Taiwan issue, after the two nations sealed deals with Taipei in recent months

Manchester City must make ‘own noise’ amid Premier League financial scandal, says Maresca

In their first match since the bombshell ruling, City showed they are unfazed by the uncertainty over potential sanctions as they ignored the hostile Anfield atmosphere to beat 10-man Liverpool 3-0 on Sunday

China’s factories leaping straight into agentic AI and taking it global: Black Lake CEO

Just as China skipped credit cards and jumped directly to mobile payments, many factories are skipping full traditional digitalisation and jumping directly to AI agents,

Days after AI missile test, North Korea fires another projectile

The launch followed Pyongyang’s test-firing of a ballistic missile earlier this month that it said incorporated artificial intelligence technology

North Korea fires unidentified projectile into the East Sea,

The game changer in Hong Kong’s gold ambition? Shenzhen’s jewellery hub

Beijing is building a gold-backed monetary architecture to accelerate yuan internationalisation

Trump, Rubio consider firing US envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct

‘Satisfactory’ opening for revamped Huanggang crossing

The facility, which opened at 6.30am on Monday, has replaced the old Huanggang Port in Shenzhen, which served city residents via a shuttle bus ride from the San Tin public transport interchange or private vehicles via the Lok Ma Chau control point

Turning AI Ambition into Real-World Advantage

Yesterday it was just the chief network officer,
Ten or fifteen years back, the prime reason clients talked to us was: can you connect country A to country B, data centre A to data centre B?”
There’s always a temptation to paint APAC as one,
That’s how you create a robust set of leaders empowered to take the organisation to the next level,
You cannot simply export one leadership style across Asia,
You and I walk into an office with an ID card. Agents don’t,
Organisations are built on trust,
There is a widening gap between AI ambition and AI readiness,
The misconception is thinking hybrid cloud is just where your workloads sit, on-premise versus public cloud. That’s just topology,
In the last 20 to 30 years, technology has moved from supporting the business, to enabling the business, to increasingly becoming the business,

US homeland security chief dismisses security threat from live-streaming execution

Markwayne Mullinhomeland Security Secretary
I don’t see an elevated risk at this point at all because of this,
I think people need to understand if you attack America, we will come after you, and we will make sure that the punishment fits the crime,