https://www.scmp.com/rss/522418/feed The latest news and top stories on David Cameron. Known for leading the Conservative Party and forming the UK’s first coalition government since World War II, he oversaw austerity measures and legalised same-sex marriage. His premiership culminated in the 2016 EU referendum. More recently, he served as Foreign Secretary and is now a consultant for DLA Piper, providing guidance on geopolitical risk. He also chairs the Oxford-Harrington Rare Disease Centre Advisory Council, reflecting his... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Liu Zhen Liu Zhen Chinese President Xi Jinping received a unique gift from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing on Thursday: the official match ball from Manchester United’s 3-2 win over Arsenal, according to media reports. Starmer is on an official visit to China, the first by a British leader since 2018 and while he is an ardent Arsenal fan, Xi is reportedly a supporter of Manchester United. The gift linked two of the English Premier League’s most celebrated teams and was part of broader efforts to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3341733/chinas-xi-britains-starmer-hopes-gift-manchester-united-match-ball-scores-points?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3341733/chinas-xi-britains-starmer-hopes-gift-manchester-united-match-ball-scores-points?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:34:37 +0000 dpa dpa The UK will “turn the tide” on illicit finance at a landmark anti-corruption summit in London next year, the foreign secretary has said. Yvette Cooper confirmed on Sunday that Britain would host the summit at Lancaster House on June 23-24, 2026. The summit, first promised by her predecessor David Lammy, will bring together governments, businesses and campaigners to agree “tough international action” to combat corrupt practices. Cooper said the summit would target illicit gold used to fund the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3335537/uk-summit-will-turn-tide-worldwide-corruption-foreign-secretary-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3335537/uk-summit-will-turn-tide-worldwide-corruption-foreign-secretary-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Dec 2025 19:15:37 +0000 dpa dpa Former British prime minister David Cameron has revealed he was successfully treated for prostate cancer as he backed a targeted screening programme for the United Kingdom’s most common cancer in males. Cameron was urged to get tested by his wife, Samantha, after the pair heard the founder of Soho House, Nick Jones, speaking about his experience with cancer during a radio interview a year ago, The Times reported. The politician had a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, an MRI scan and then a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3333958/ex-british-pm-david-cameron-reveals-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-backs-uk-screening-programme?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3333958/ex-british-pm-david-cameron-reveals-prostate-cancer-diagnosis-backs-uk-screening-programme?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:58:31 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A Belfast judge on Thursday acquitted a British ex-paratrooper of killing unarmed civilians during the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre, a verdict condemned by victims’ relatives and Northern Ireland’s political leader. Judge Patrick Lynch told the court he was satisfied there had been an intention to kill but that the prosecution had failed to “establish by whose hand the fatal shots were fired”. “I find the accused not guilty on all seven counts,” he said, acquitting him of two charges of murder... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3330112/british-ex-soldier-found-not-guilty-1972-bloody-sunday-murders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3330112/british-ex-soldier-found-not-guilty-1972-bloody-sunday-murders?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:05:35 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The only British soldier to be prosecuted in the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland went on trial on Monday in Belfast on murder charges in a case that has come to symbolise the three decades of sectarian violence known as “The Troubles”. The ex-paratrooper, a lance corporal named as “Soldier F” to protect his identity, was concealed behind a blue curtain that shielded him from view of the families of some of the 13 people killed and 15 wounded when troops opened fire on unarmed... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325652/ex-british-soldier-goes-trial-1972-bloody-sunday-killings-northern-ireland?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325652/ex-british-soldier-goes-trial-1972-bloody-sunday-killings-northern-ireland?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 23:51:26 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo International human rights lawyers and prosecutors are supposed to go after enemies of the West. Though unwritten, their job is understood to uphold double, not universal, standards. Unfortunately, some braver ones sometimes forget their place. When powerful Western leaders or their friends are investigated for things like war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and ethnic cleansing, things won’t go well at The Hague. Recent news reports have exposed a clandestine campaign against the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3321129/how-clandestine-campaign-undercut-iccs-case-against-israel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3321129/how-clandestine-campaign-undercut-iccs-case-against-israel?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:30:07 +0000 Xinyi Wu Xinyi Wu When Colby Porter began Mandarin classes in sixth grade in Syracuse, New York, he was studying alongside 20 of his peers. By his final year of high school, only two other students remained, and the school had fewer than 25 Mandarin learners in total. Soon after he graduated in 2020, the programme was shut down entirely due to dwindling enrolments and budget cuts during the Covid-19 pandemic. The situation at Porter’s school is not unusual in the United States and other countries in the Global... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3318841/huge-shift-why-learning-mandarin-losing-its-appeal-west?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3318841/huge-shift-why-learning-mandarin-losing-its-appeal-west?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Jul 2025 22:00:10 +0000 Alex Lo Alex Lo ‘Nudging’ is the gentle way of pushing you towards making good choices; think of your nice parents. ‘Sludging’ is the opposite, designed to encourage you to make bad or at least suboptimal decisions; picture the car/insurance/mobile phone/real estate salesmen. They are terms in pop psychology borrowed from behavioural and cognitive sciences. Some governments such as that under former British prime minister David Cameron even set up a department of nudges, though it had a more respectable title.... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3317560/how-sludge-hk-migrants-leaving-uk-and-canada?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3317560/how-sludge-hk-migrants-leaving-uk-and-canada?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:00:07 +0000