https://www.scmp.com/rss/524583/feed The latest news and top stories on Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA. He was known for his role as an American conservative activist and radio talk show host, Kirk co-founded Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2012, serving as its CEO and public face. He also lead Turning Point Action, Turning Point Academy, and Turning Point Faith, and is president of Turning Point Endowment. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press An armed man drove into the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, US President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida, before being shot and killed early Sunday morning, according to a spokesman for the US Secret Service. Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at the White House when the breach occurred around 1.30am. The man had a fuel can and a shotgun, authorities said. Investigators identified him as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of North Carolina, according to a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344275/us-secret-service-kills-armed-man-entering-trumps-mar-lago?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344275/us-secret-service-kills-armed-man-entering-trumps-mar-lago?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:03:48 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel took aim at US President Donald Trump as he warned on Thursday about the rise of fascism in an address to UK viewers dubbed “The Alternative Christmas Message”. The message, aired on Channel 4 on Christmas Day, reflected on the impact from the second term in office for Trump, who Kimmel said acts like he is a king. “From a fascism perspective, this has been a really great year,” he said. “Tyranny is booming over here.” The channel began a tradition of airing an... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337747/jimmy-kimmel-takes-aim-trump-alternative-christmas-message-uk?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3337747/jimmy-kimmel-takes-aim-trump-alternative-christmas-message-uk?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Dec 2025 21:43:24 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Just before Christmas, US President Donald Trump has unleashed a fresh blast of vitriol at late-night comedy talk shows, saying comedian Stephen Colbert is a “pathetic train wreck” who should be “put to sleep”. Colbert’s The Late Show is scheduled to end in May 2026, a decision his fans say smacks of censorship. In a late-night social media post, Trump said that Colbert “has actually gotten worse” since being “terminated by CBS, but left out to dry”. “Stephen is running on hatred and fumes – A... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337669/trump-says-comedian-colbert-should-be-put-sleep?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3337669/trump-says-comedian-colbert-should-be-put-sleep?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Dec 2025 18:16:24 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Donald Trump faced a storm of condemnation on Monday after posting “perverse” and “sick” remarks suggesting Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered because of the celebrated filmmaker’s criticism of the US president. Among those voicing shock were some staunch Trump loyalists, and the remarks triggered a wave of unusually negative responses on the Truth Social network he uses to communicate with his base. As tributes poured in, Trump claimed the Reiners had died “reportedly due to the anger” that... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336546/trump-condemned-saying-filmmaker-rob-reiner-brought-his-own-murder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3336546/trump-condemned-saying-filmmaker-rob-reiner-brought-his-own-murder?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:09:59 +0000 Reuters Reuters The United States on Thursday designated four entities in Germany, Italy and Greece as global terrorists, accusing them of being “violent Antifa groups” as US President Donald Trump takes aim at left-wing groups. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement he had designated German-based Antifa Ost as “Specially Designated Global Terrorists”, along with three other groups in Greece and Italy, in an effort to build on Trump’s “commitment to confront Antifa’s campaign of political... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3332752/violent-antifa-us-designates-4-left-wing-groups-europe-terrorists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3332752/violent-antifa-us-designates-4-left-wing-groups-europe-terrorists?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:39:41 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Long, blonde, wavy hair, heavy make-up and cosmetic injections: like many women in Donald Trump’s orbit, political consultant Melissa Rein Lively wears her support for the US president on her face. With the rise of Trump’s Make America Great Again (Maga) movement, a group of well-connected and well-off Republican women have come into the spotlight sporting what the US media have dubbed the “Maga look”. “This has always been my look. I just found my tribe,” said Rein Lively, 40, founder of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/beauty/trends/article/3332635/how-maga-women-erika-kirk-show-their-support-donald-trump-big-lips-and-botox?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/beauty/trends/article/3332635/how-maga-women-erika-kirk-show-their-support-donald-trump-big-lips-and-botox?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 22:00:16 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse US Vice-President J.D. Vance has defended his hopes that his wife Usha, who was raised as a Hindu, converts to Christianity. A fervent Catholic who himself converted in 2019, Vance said on Friday that pushback against his remarks reeks of “anti-Christian bigotry”. The 41-year-old was asked about raising their three children in an interfaith marriage at a Turning Point USA event honouring assassinated right-wing activist Charlie Kirk at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday. “Do I hope... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331198/jd-vance-defends-wish-hindu-wife-usha-convert-christianity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3331198/jd-vance-defends-wish-hindu-wife-usha-convert-christianity?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Nov 2025 16:19:10 +0000 Yuanyue Dang Yuanyue Dang Michael Sandel is a political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University. His course on justice was the first at Harvard to be made freely available online and has been viewed by tens of millions of people. Sandel recently received the 2025 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture, which some have described as the Nobel Prize for philosophy. In this interview, Sandel discusses the roots of Donald Trump’s rise to power, the crisis in American... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3331010/harvards-michael-sandel-trumps-rise-meritocracys-downsides-need-dialogue?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3331010/harvards-michael-sandel-trumps-rise-meritocracys-downsides-need-dialogue?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 04:35:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will send troops to Portland, “authorising Full Force, if necessary” to handle “domestic terrorists” as he expands his deployments to more American cities. He made the announcement on social media, writing that he was directing the Department of Defence to “provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland”. Trump said the decision was necessary to protect US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, which he alleged are “under... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327116/trump-orders-us-troops-portland-ice-facilities-handle-domestic-terrorists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327116/trump-orders-us-troops-portland-ice-facilities-handle-domestic-terrorists?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Sep 2025 15:30:45 +0000 Reuters Reuters Millions of people tuned in to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, watching the host’s return to late-night television after nearly a week off the air due to a suspension over remarks that drew fire from US President Donald Trump and officials in his administration. ABC said 6.26 million viewers watched Kimmel as he mixed humour with humility to address remarks he made on September 15 about the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk. It was Kimmel’s highest-rated regularly... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326746/jimmy-kimmel-returns-record-ratings-says-you-almost-have-feel-sorry-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326746/jimmy-kimmel-returns-record-ratings-says-you-almost-have-feel-sorry-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 23:08:20 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler has said that he expects President Donald Trump’s planned appearance later this week at the Ryder Cup to boost the United States squad. The Americans will face holders Europe at the Bethpage Black course in the biennial golf showdown only days after a memorial service for young Republican leader Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot earlier this month. “It has been a tough few weeks for our country with some of the stuff that has been going on, and to have our... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3326694/could-donald-trump-help-united-states-win-golfs-ryder-cup?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3326694/could-donald-trump-help-united-states-win-golfs-ryder-cup?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:00:20 +0000 Letters Letters Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form. 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It is essential to note that the Middle Eastern political structure operates primarily on the perception of a balance of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3326475/israels-strike-qatar-could-draw-arab-nations-closer?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/letters/article/3326475/israels-strike-qatar-could-draw-arab-nations-closer?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 03:30:25 +0000 Reuters Reuters Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television on Tuesday after a nearly week-long suspension and nearly broke down in tears, saying he was not trying to joke about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, as US President Donald Trump slammed the host. “I have no illusions about changing anyone’s mind, but I do want to make something clear, because it’s important to me as a human and that is, you understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man,”... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326597/jimmy-kimmels-show-returning-broadcast-giants-nexstar-and-sinclair-wont-air-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326597/jimmy-kimmels-show-returning-broadcast-giants-nexstar-and-sinclair-wont-air-it?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:04:05 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday designating the left-wing antifa movement as a “domestic terrorist organisation”, the White House said on Monday, after promising actions targeting left-wing groups following Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Trump’s order said that due to a “pattern of political violence designed to suppress lawful political activity and obstruct the rule of law, I hereby designate Antifa as a ‘domestic terrorist organisation’”. Kirk, a prominent... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326452/trump-signs-order-designating-antifa-movement-domestic-terrorist-organisation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326452/trump-signs-order-designating-antifa-movement-domestic-terrorist-organisation?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 22:54:32 +0000 Agencies Agencies Disney said Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to its ABC network line-up on Tuesday, six days after it suspended the talk-show host following threats by the Federal Communications Commission chairman over comments the host had made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In announcing the decision to bring Kimmel back to the airwaves, ABC’s parent company said it had suspended production of the show “to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country”. The Disney... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326447/hundreds-stars-sign-letter-defending-free-speech-after-jimmy-kimmels-suspension?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326447/hundreds-stars-sign-letter-defending-free-speech-after-jimmy-kimmels-suspension?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:40:29 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump proclaimed Charlie Kirk a “martyr for American freedom” in a memorial ceremony to commemorate the political activist as Erika Kirk said she forgave the man who gunned down her husband. “On that day, this evangelist for American liberty became immortal,” Trump said on Sunday before tens of thousands of mourners inside the State Farm stadium in Glendale, Arizona. “He’s a martyr now for American freedom.” Trump described how Kirk would ask him to fly across the country to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326322/trump-pays-tribute-charlie-kirk-tens-thousands-attend-memorial-service?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326322/trump-pays-tribute-charlie-kirk-tens-thousands-attend-memorial-service?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Sep 2025 21:16:07 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump said prominent billionaires – including media mogul Rupert Murdoch and tech founder Michael Dell – could be part of a deal in which the United States will take control of US operations of TikTok. Trump name-dropped the 94-year-old Murdoch and his son Lachlan Murdoch, the head of Fox News and News Corp, as part of a group of possible participants in a deal during an interview recorded on Friday and broadcast on Sunday on Fox News. “I think they’re going to be in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326320/fox-news-rupert-murdoch-tech-ceo-michael-dell-could-take-part-tiktok-deal-says-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326320/fox-news-rupert-murdoch-tech-ceo-michael-dell-could-take-part-tiktok-deal-says-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Sep 2025 19:36:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters The threat of a US government shutdown surged on Friday, as the US Senate rejected a short-term funding bill to keep federal agencies operating after September 30 and then left town for a week-long break. The lawmakers voted 44-48 to defeat a stopgap spending bill that would have kept federal agencies operating at current funding levels through November 21. The measure faced near-universal opposition from Democrats, who demanded increased healthcare funding. Republicans said they could vote... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326224/us-government-shutdown-looms-senate-rejects-stopgap-funding-bill?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326224/us-government-shutdown-looms-senate-rejects-stopgap-funding-bill?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:56:51 +0000 Abhishek Sharma Abhishek Sharma The Make America Great Again (Maga) movement started in the 2010s, promising to bring back the old glory of the US empire, making the country a global leader in manufacturing, innovation and technology. However, at its heart, Maga was more than that. It focused on anti-immigration and anti-globalisation sentiments, as well as supposedly promoting Christian values. Seeing the success of Maga movements in the US, similar movements took hold in countries such as South Korea and Japan. In an attempt... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3325731/how-maga-support-firing-far-right-south-korea-and-japan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3325731/how-maga-support-firing-far-right-south-korea-and-japan?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:30:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters Hollywood blasted the White House for targeting free speech after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s show on Wednesday under regulatory threats from President Donald Trump’s administration, rallying behind the late-night comic after his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The Walt Disney-owned broadcaster said it was yanking Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely after at least one affiliate said it would replace the show on its airwaves and the nation’s top communications... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325973/hollywood-backs-jimmy-kimmel-slams-free-speech-suppression-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325973/hollywood-backs-jimmy-kimmel-slams-free-speech-suppression-us?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 07:01:47 +0000 Reuters Reuters Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air, after remarks by the show’s late-night host about Charlie Kirk’s assassination sparked harsh criticism by the head of the Federal Communications Commission. The decision comes as Republican President Donald Trump has repeatedly pressured broadcasters to stop airing content he has found objectionable and called on the FCC to pull licences from stations. “Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325928/disneys-abc-drops-jimmy-kimmels-show-over-his-charlie-kirk-remarks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325928/disneys-abc-drops-jimmy-kimmels-show-over-his-charlie-kirk-remarks?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:31:43 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press It is the sort of experience you just can’t buy. The carriages are being polished, the family silver is being laid out, and diamonds are being dusted off as King Charles prepares to offer a royal welcome to Donald Trump for what will be the highlight of the US president’s unprecedented second state visit to Britain. Hundreds of soldiers, gardeners and chefs are putting the finishing touches on their preparations to make sure the president and first lady Melania Trump get the full royal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325821/trump-loves-bling-royal-pomp-and-uk-goes-all-out-flatter-him?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325821/trump-loves-bling-royal-pomp-and-uk-goes-all-out-flatter-him?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 05:40:19 +0000 Tom Hussain Tom Hussain With European nations poised to symbolically recognise Palestinian statehood, Israel and the United States have ramped up their religious rhetoric, which analysts say is heightening tensions and deepening divisions across the West and Middle East alike. Meeting in Israel on Monday – while an emergency Arab-Islamic summit convened in Doha in response to Israel’s air strikes on Qatar – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio both emphasised their nations’... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3325820/israel-us-deploy-religious-rhetoric-counter-pro-palestinian-statehood-moves?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3325820/israel-us-deploy-religious-rhetoric-counter-pro-palestinian-statehood-moves?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 05:38:52 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service George Zinn, the Utah man who falsely confessed to killing Charlie Kirk moments after last week’s fateful shooting at Utah Valley University, now stands accused of felony sexual exploitation of a minor. The Provo Police Department arrested Zinn last Wednesday after he loudly stated he was responsible for assassinating the 31-year-old right-wing activist, allowing “the actual suspect to flee and to hinder law enforcement”, according to a Tuesday statement from the Utah County Sheriff’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325786/fake-charlie-kirk-shooter-george-zinn-arrested-child-porn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325786/fake-charlie-kirk-shooter-george-zinn-arrested-child-porn?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:43:14 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump kicked off his historic second state visit to Britain on Wednesday amid unprecedented pomp, intense security, technology investments and protests as King Charles and other royals welcomed their nation’s closest ally. Trump and his wife Melania are being hosted by the king at Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world and family home to British monarchs for almost 1,000 years, where he is being treated to the full array of British pageantry from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325785/trump-arrives-uk-unprecedented-second-state-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325785/trump-arrives-uk-unprecedented-second-state-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 22:18:04 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man charged with murder on Tuesday in the shooting of Charlie Kirk, sent a text message confessing to his partner and hid a note beforehand saying he had the chance to kill one of the nation’s leading conservative voices “and I’m going to take it”, a prosecutor said. DNA on the trigger of the rifle that killed Kirk also matched that of Robinson, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said while outlining the evidence and announcing charges that could result in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325780/tyler-robinson-charged-charlie-kirks-murder-could-face-death-penalty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325780/tyler-robinson-charged-charlie-kirks-murder-could-face-death-penalty?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:38:56 +0000 Reuters Reuters A New York state judge dismissed on Tuesday two terrorism-related counts against Luigi Mangione over the December 2024 killing of health insurance executive Brian Thompson, though the 27-year-old remains charged with second-degree murder and eight other criminal counts in the case. Justice Gregory Carro ruled that prosecutors had not presented enough evidence to the grand jury that Mangione acted with the intent to intimidate health insurance workers or influence government policy, which would... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325777/judge-tosses-luigi-mangione-terrorism-charges-us-ceo-killing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325777/judge-tosses-luigi-mangione-terrorism-charges-us-ceo-killing?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:53:21 +0000 Terry Su Terry Su Many people in the United States and elsewhere are still in shock over the killing of Charlie Kirk. The young conservative influencer, renowned for his provocative debating style and his close ties with US President Donald Trump and his family, was shot last Wednesday on the campus of Utah Valley University during a public discussion on a wide range of issues. One of the topics was gun control, something Kirk vehemently opposed in the name of upholding the Second Amendment. Tyler Robinson, the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3325563/why-charlie-kirks-killing-could-herald-calmer-us-china-relations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3325563/why-charlie-kirks-killing-could-herald-calmer-us-china-relations?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:30:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US Vice-President J.D. Vance on Monday hosted the radio programme of Charlie Kirk, the influential conservative activist who was assassinated last week, telling listeners that the best way he knows how to honour his friend is to be a better husband and father. Vance hosted The Charlie Kirk Show from his ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House. The live streaming of the two-hour programme was broadcast in the White House press briefing room and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325646/vance-hosts-charlie-kirk-radio-show-pledges-honour-friend-being-better-husband?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325646/vance-hosts-charlie-kirk-radio-show-pledges-honour-friend-being-better-husband?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 18:48:41 +0000 Reuters Reuters The United States and Britain plan to announce more than US$10 billion in economic deals this week as part of US President Donald Trump’s state visit, senior US officials said on Monday. The two governments are expected to seal a trade agreement with three pillars: a new science and technology partnership to strengthen the tech sectors of both countries, cooperation in civil nuclear power, and advances in defence technology cooperation, the officials said in a telephone briefing. Several US tech... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325643/us-uk-announce-us10-billion-deals-during-trump-visit-us-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325643/us-uk-announce-us10-billion-deals-during-trump-visit-us-officials-say?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:34:30 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Strong appetite for new iPhone in China as pre-orders break record 2. Charlie Kirk, US political violence – and what it looks like from China 3. Hong Kong set for unsettled weather next week as 3 low-pressure areas develop 4. ‘They laughed at us’: Filipino seafarers left adrift by US... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3325528/chinas-iphone-appetite-hong-kong-see-unsettled-weather-5-weekend-reads-you-missed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3325528/chinas-iphone-appetite-hong-kong-see-unsettled-weather-5-weekend-reads-you-missed?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 04:15:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The man arrested over conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassination was romantically involved with a transgender roommate and had “leftist ideology”, Utah’s governor said on Sunday, confirming details likely to inflame the contentious national debate over the killing. I can confirm that,” Republican Governor Spencer Cox told CNN’s State of the Union talk show when asked about suspect Tyler Robinson’s reported relationship with a trans partner. “The roommate was a romantic partner, a male... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325516/alleged-charlie-kirk-killer-had-leftist-beliefs-utah-governor-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325516/alleged-charlie-kirk-killer-had-leftist-beliefs-utah-governor-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:16:35 +0000 William Zheng William Zheng Shock, disbelief and sympathy. Those were just some of the reactions Chinese social media users expressed in the aftermath of two murders in a politically polarised United States. The most recent of the two was the high-profile shooting of conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk on September 10. Kirk was a familiar figure to many younger Chinese, with his videos shared on Chinese social media accounts in recent years. The second incident was the fatal stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325428/charlie-kirk-us-political-violence-and-what-it-looks-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3325428/charlie-kirk-us-political-violence-and-what-it-looks-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:00:11 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Clashes erupted on Saturday as more than 100,000 people turned out in central London for a rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, with police arresting nine people after facing “unacceptable violence” trying to control the crowds. The huge crowds, many draped in English and British flags, gathered from late morning in and around Westminster for what Robinson, a veteran of UK far-right organising, branded the country’s “biggest free speech festival”. Around 5,000 people turned out... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325441/1000-london-police-brace-simultaneous-anti-immigrant-anti-racism-protests?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3325441/1000-london-police-brace-simultaneous-anti-immigrant-anti-racism-protests?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Sep 2025 10:36:39 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The widow of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has pledged to carry on her husband’s work, after US authorities announced his alleged assassin had finally been captured. Investigators had appeared to be making slow progress in the hunt for whoever gunned down Donald Trump’s close ally, until they released security camera images of a young man. “We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a press conference on Friday, identifying the suspect as Tyler Robinson, 22, who had reportedly been... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325435/charlie-kirks-widow-vows-continue-his-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325435/charlie-kirks-widow-vows-continue-his-work?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:20:51 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Boeden Seitzinger is reeling from the trauma of witnessing close-up the moment that right-wing activist and Donald Trump ally Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in the neck. “I saw blood just spraying from his carotid artery. It was obvious that he wasn’t making it,” the electrician, wearing a red Trump campaign cap, said. “It was terrifying.” The killing of Kirk on Wednesday, while speaking at Utah Valley University, highlighted the extreme levels of gun violence in the United States. But Seitzinger... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325423/fans-call-charlie-kirks-death-terrifying-no-mood-give-guns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325423/fans-call-charlie-kirks-death-terrifying-no-mood-give-guns?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Sep 2025 05:26:58 +0000 Reuters Reuters The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s shooting, Tyler Robinson, is a 22-year-old native of Utah who authorities say had allegedly criticised the conservative influencer in a recent conversation and was living with his family at the time of the shooting. Robinson was arrested late on Thursday after a family friend called authorities, officials said on Friday. Investigators have not publicly identified a motive. Utah Governor Spencer Cox told reporters that a family member interviewed by law enforcement... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325399/who-tyler-robinson-suspect-charlie-kirks-murder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325399/who-tyler-robinson-suspect-charlie-kirks-murder?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:21:04 +0000 Reuters Reuters A young Utah man suspected of killing the conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a university forum has been taken into custody, as US leaders reacted with sorrow and frustration over the latest outbreak of political violence sweeping the country. “We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox told reporters at a briefing on Friday, expressing a sense of relief after an intense manhunt by local and federal law enforcement that followed Kirk’s murder on Wednesday by a sniper at Utah Valley University in... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325382/charlie-kirk-murder-suspect-caught-says-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325382/charlie-kirk-murder-suspect-caught-says-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:21:02 +0000 Reuters Reuters US investigators on Thursday released photos and a video of a person of interest in the fatal shooting of influential conservative activist Charlie Kirk and said they had found the rifle believed to have been used in the politically charged killing. Kirk, a 31-year-old author, podcast host and close ally of US President Donald Trump, helped build the Republican Party’s support among younger voters. He was killed on Wednesday by a single gunshot as he gave a talk at a university in Utah in what... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325244/charlie-kirk-shooting-fbi-says-assassins-high-powered-rifle-found?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325244/charlie-kirk-shooting-fbi-says-assassins-high-powered-rifle-found?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:06:33 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Americans are marking 24 years since the September 11 attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honouring the victims. Many loved ones of the nearly 3,000 people killed will join dignitaries and politicians at commemorations on Thursday in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. On Thursday morning, Denise Matuza, Jennifer Nilsen and Michelle Pizzo boarded a bus from Staten Island for Lower Manhattan – each wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the names... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325239/us-marks-24th-anniversary-9/11-terror-attacks-you-have-remember?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325239/us-marks-24th-anniversary-9/11-terror-attacks-you-have-remember?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:31:17 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan US President Donald Trump’s confirmation of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, his close ally, at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday has sent shock waves through an already deeply divided nation. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie”, Trump wrote on social media. Calling it a “dark moment for America”, Trump in a video address from the Oval... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325102/right-wing-activist-charlie-kirk-shot-utah-trump-says-we-must-all-pray-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325102/right-wing-activist-charlie-kirk-shot-utah-trump-says-we-must-all-pray-report?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:30:47 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee in the United States has taken on sweeping political dimensions, with the American right denouncing Democrats’ supposed lack of action on crime as US President Donald Trump seeks to expand a crackdown. Iryna Zarutska, 23, was sitting quietly on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina on August 22 when she was attacked with no warning by a man sitting behind her, security video shows. Her murder made little national news last month but it recently surged... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324808/ukrainian-refugees-us-murder-fuels-political-debate-crime?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324808/ukrainian-refugees-us-murder-fuels-political-debate-crime?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:31:52 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg For US President Donald Trump, whose political career has benefited from voter anxiety over Washington elites, the health of his predecessor and the riches of Wall Street, the past week offered a reversal of fortune. Trump’s efforts to escape the uproar over Jeffrey Epstein failed spectacularly, after The Wall Street Journal published a story alleging he once sent a suggestive birthday letter to the disgraced financier – a claim the president denied. The White House was forced to make a rare... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318899/trumps-week-wins-dented-epstein-storm-health-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318899/trumps-week-wins-dented-epstein-storm-health-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Jul 2025 08:55:59 +0000