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South China Morning Post

October 2026

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

‘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 Mullin rejected the idea that broadcasting Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan’s execution by firing squad risks creating a martyr

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,

UK PM Burnham to publish Manchester City dealings after intervention draws criticism

City have been found guilty of breaching Premier League financial regulations between 2009 and 2018

Trump says Russia, Ukraine agree to ‘energy ceasefire’

Donald Trumppresident
Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine,

Zheng Qinwen claims China Open title, beats Mirra Andreeva in straight sets

The 24-year-old, who needed a wild card to take part after a miserable start to the season, downed favourite Mirra Andreeva in straight sets, winning 7-5, 6-4, to the delight of a partisan crowd in Beijing

Apple’s Tim Cook kicks off China visit amid mixed signals on new iPhone demand

Executive’s third visit to China this year follows the launch of the iPhone 18 Pro line-up and the company’s first foldable device