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1. US sheds 92,000 jobs in warning sign for Trump’s economy

   The US unexpectedly lost jobs in February while unemployment edged up, government data showed Friday, piling pressure on President Donald Trump’s economic agenda as key midterm elections approach. The world’s biggest economy shed 92,000 jobs last month, in a sharp reversal from the job growth of 126,000 in January, the Labour Department said. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, crept up to 4.4 per...

2. Australia complains to China after encounter between military helicopters

   ⁠Australia has raised concerns with ⁠China following an “unsafe and ⁠unprofessional” encounter between two military helicopters, the defence department said on Friday. An Australian military helicopter was flying over international waters in the Yellow Sea when it was intercepted by a Chinese helicopter on Wednesday, a statement ‌said. The Chinese helicopter matched the Australian aircraft’s...

3. Trump says Cuba is going to ‘fall pretty soon’

   US President Donald Trump said on Friday that “Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon” in a renewed threat to the communist-ruled island already facing a US energy blockade. “They want to make a deal so badly,” Trump told CNN in an interview a day after suggesting that he would turn to an unspecified project for Cuba after the war against Iran. “We’ve got plenty of time, but Cuba’s ready – after 50...

4. Hong Kong women’s football team happy to be home after anxious wait in Dubai

   The Hong Kong women’s football team made it home safely on Friday night after several anxious days stranded in Dubai following the US-Israel attacks on Iran, with members expressing relief at their return but disappointment about having to withdraw from a tournament. Twenty-seven players and staff landed in Hong Kong via Bangkok, where they had transited earlier in the week. One player flew from...

5. Wild boar bites hiker, tumbles to its death down flight of stairs in Hong Kong village

   A wild boar bit a hiker in Hong Kong before it fell down a flight of stairs and died, according to police. A police spokesman said the victim, 57, had arrived at a public toilet at Boon Kin Village in Tseung Kwan O on Friday morning while hiking with her husband, also 57, and a friend, when the boar suddenly emerged and chased her. Shocked, the woman fell, hitting her head – resulting in...

6. Israel says 50 jets struck Iran leaders’ bunker, Trump demands ‘unconditional surrender’

   US President Donald Trump has demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender”, a dramatic escalation of his demands a week into the war he launched alongside Israel, which said on Friday that it had struck and destroyed the underground military bunker of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Trump made the remarks on social media just hours after Iran’s president announced that unspecified...

7. Beijing vows to expand imports amid ‘China shock’ fears

   Beijing has pledged to expand imports and use its vast market to help other countries boost exports to the world’s second-largest economy – a move that could help balance global trade at a time when China’s export machine faces growing scrutiny. Beijing also planned to diversify markets and nurture new trade drivers such as artificial intelligence, seeking to stabilise trade as global supply...

8. China’s eastern and southern economic powerhouses vie for innovation leadership

   China’s most powerful economic regions – the Yangtze River Delta and the Greater Bay Area – are racing to meet President Xi Jinping’s call for breakthroughs in core technologies including artificial intelligence, as Beijing maps out priorities for the coming 15th five-year plan during the “two sessions”. As part of the annual meeting on Friday, provincial and municipal leaders of Zhejiang...

9. Hong Kong authorities rule out chartering Cathay Pacific flights to Middle East

   The Hong Kong government has ruled out chartering Cathay Pacific Airways flights to bring home residents stranded in the Middle East, given the potential danger of navigating partially reopened airspaces and challenges in securing take-off slots at foreign airports, sources have said. The South China Morning Post learned that officials had also weighed the option of repatriation flights from...

10. Inside China’s 15th 5-year plan: AI, fusion and defence drive next frontier

    China on Thursday unveiled a draft blueprint of key projects for the 2026-2030 period, aimed at overcoming chokepoints to gain a steadier footing in the global tech race and its rivalry with the United States. The 15th five-year plan was released as China’s top legislature and political advisory body convened in Beijing for the annual “two sessions” meetings, a time when major economic...