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Containers awaiting shipment at the Longtan Container Terminal in Nanjing, Jiangsu province on January 14. Photo: AFP

China Economy

Explainer | How are US tariffs and trade barriers redrawing China’s export map?

While exports to the US fell last year, other markets more than made up the difference.

Spain train derailment probe points to major track failure before crash: report

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‘Never been more relevant’: did Trump make Davos great again?

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United States & Canada

‘Used as bait’: outrage after ICE detains 5-year-old boy in Minnesota

ICE allegedly had the boy knock on his front door to lure family out. Father and son are now detained in Texas, with their asylum case under review.

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Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, is detained by ICE officers after arriving home from school on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, is detained by ICE officers after arriving home from school on Tuesday. Photo: AP

China Economy

In Davos debut, Musk highlights key China advantage in AI race

China’s energy supply edge was also at the heart of a panel discussion on clean energy in Europe.

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Europe

Putin meets US envoys for midnight talks as Ukraine hinges on key issue

US, Ukrainian and Russian negotiators to meet in UAE for security talks as territory remains a sticking point.

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United States & Canada

Trump withdraws invitation to Canada’s Carney to join his Board of Peace

The American president made the announcement in a brief post on his online platform Truth Social, without giving a reason.

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US President Donald Trump has withdrawn an invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his controversial Board of Peace. Photo: AFP
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn an invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to join his controversial Board of Peace. Photo: AFP

World

China’s births plunge, Trump’s Greenland pledge in Davos: 7 highlights

From China’s record-low birth count to what Trump said about Greenland at Davos, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

United States & Canada

Newsom, on world stage in Davos, accuses Trump of trying to suppress dissent

After being barred from a Davos event, California’s governor blasts the Trump administration for its ‘authoritarian tendencies’.

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United States & Canada

Former US special counsel testifies to Trump’s ‘criminal’ election plot

Jack Smith testifies before a Republican-led House panel and asserts that Donald Trump ‘wilfully broke’ laws in a bid to keep power.

Former US special counsel Jack Smith being sworn in before he testifies. Photo: AFP

United States & Canada

Trump blames table and aspirin after new bruise on hand

Fresh marks on the US president’s left hand during his ‘Board of Peace’ signing spark renewed speculation about his health.

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US President Donald Trump’s bruised hand on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
US President Donald Trump’s bruised hand on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Middle East

US ‘armada’ heading towards Iran as tensions remain high

USS Abraham Lincoln and other warships move from the Asia-Pacific even as Iran protests seem to dwindle.

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Diplomacy

China to ‘quietly track’ Greenland developments amid Arctic ambitions: analysts

Beijing to focus on maintaining its ‘constructive relationship with US’ and does not need to ‘disrupt that over Greenland’, say experts.

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United States & Canada

Sinners breaks all-time Oscars record with 16 nominations

Ryan Coogler’s blues-steeped vampire epic breaks the 14-nomination mark set by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land.

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Michael B. Jordan (centre right) stars in Sinners. Photo: TNS

United States & Canada

US walks away from WHO, leaving unpaid tab of US$260 million

Without its top donor, the UN health agency’s work to contain diseases like HIV, polio and Ebola is at risk.

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The World Health Organization logo is seen outside the agency’s headquarters in Geneva in December 2021. Photo: AFP
The World Health Organization logo is seen outside the agency’s headquarters in Geneva in December 2021. Photo: AFP

Diplomacy

Peru’s president refuses to resign over secret meetings with Chinese businessmen

Jose Jeri is under scrutiny for clandestine encounters with Chinese businessmen that triggered a criminal probe and calls for his removal.

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Americas

US letting China buy Venezuela oil but not at ‘unfair’ Maduro prices: official

The US says it will control the Latin American nation’s oil sales indefinitely after seizing its leader.

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Politics

The China-US face-off: a visual guide to Xi and Trump’s key people

Discover the power players in Xi and Trump’s teams; the key people setting the agenda on diplomacy, the military, the economy, security and science.

The China-US face-off: a visual guide to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s inner circles

United States & Canada

Power players: a visual guide to Trump’s team and their views on China

Discover who is in Donald Trump’s inner circle, their backgrounds, stances on China and the roles they will play in shaping the future of the US.

Europe

‘For the world’: Trump launches his Board of Peace that some see rivalling UN

The US president signed the board’s charter at a ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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Diplomacy

Trump lays out Greenland-Arctic deal framework, pauses February tariffs

In his speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, the US president vowed not to invade Greenland while slamming Nato and Europe.

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US President Donald Trump waves to the audience after his speech during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday. Photo: AP
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Open Questions series

Zheng Yongnian on what US’ ‘neocolonialism’, Venezuela operation mean for China

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Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky

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Fuchsia Dunlop tells how she fell for China’s cuisine and names her perfect dish

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80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

‘Delusional’: Jeffrey Sachs on why Western hegemony has ended

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Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Zheng Yongnian on what US’ ‘neocolonialism’, Venezuela operation mean for China

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

Liu Qian on Chinese innovation, the US rivalry and women holding up half the sky

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Illustration: Victor Sanjinez Garcia

Fuchsia Dunlop tells how she fell for China’s cuisine and names her perfect dish

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

80 years on from WWII, China’s interests lie in peaceful Asia-Pacific: Mitter

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

‘Delusional’: Jeffrey Sachs on why Western hegemony has ended

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Scholar Jing Qian on right-sizing China’s economy in the age of Trump

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OPINION
David Dodwell

Outside In | Why Trump’s Davos farce may come to be seen as a watershed

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Bernard Chan

Opinion | From Venezuela to Greenland, Trump is using US power to rewrite the rules

Bernard Chan
Zhihua Zheng

Opinion | How China can strengthen High Seas Treaty governance

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Wang Wen

Opinion | China has Trump 2.0 to thank for emerging stronger in tech and trade

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Macroscope | Why Europe struggles to stand up to Trump

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Jinghan (Michael) Zeng

Opinion | Cultural exchange with rivals isn’t capitulation. It’s pragmatism

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Resistance museum changes under Taliban rule

This photograph taken on January 6, 2026 shows a diorama depicting the Afghan resistance to the Soviet invasion of 1979, with figurines of Afghan mujahideen fighters plastered for censorship at the Manzar-e-Jahad or the Jihad Museum in Herat. An Afghan who fought against Soviet forces still visits a museum celebrating the resistance, but, in keeping with rules by the Taliban authorities, the displays have undergone notable changes recently. When the museum opened in 2010, the figurines showed the faces of these women and men; now those faces are covered in plaster. The Taliban government, which took power for the second time in 2021, has banned depictions of living things under its strict interpretation of Islamic law. In 2024 the government’s morality police ordered the rule’s gradual nationwide enforcement. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) / TO GO WITH ‘AFGHANISTAN-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-HISTORY-MUSEUM’ REPORTAGE
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Newsom accuses Trump of suppressing dissent

California governor’s speaking event at Davos was cancelled after Trump’s speech.
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Helicopter crash site found in Japan; 3 still missing

The sightseeing helicopter crashed into a steep crater on Mount Aso, with volcanic gases hindering recovery operations.
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