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1. Jimmy Cliff, reggae icon and ‘cultural giant’, dies at 81

   Jimmy Cliff, the legendary Jamaican singer who along with Bob Marley popularised reggae, ska and rocksteady music over a six-decade career, has died, his wife Latifa Chambers announced on Facebook on Monday. The cause was a seizure followed by pneumonia, she said. Born James Chambers on July 30, 1944, during a hurricane in St James Parish, northwestern Jamaica, he moved in the 1950s from the...

2. ‘Issues remain’: US-Ukraine talks advance, but Europe cautious on Russia deal

   European officials said on Monday they were comforted by the outcome of discussions on US peace proposals for Ukraine that they had viewed as tilted in Russia’s favour, but they didn’t disclose details of the weekend talks and warned of a long road to peace. “The negotiations were a step forward, but there are still major issues which remain to be resolved,” Finnish President Alexander Stubb...

3. Xi and Trump discuss Taiwan, bilateral ties in rare call, Xinhua reports

   Chinese President Xi Jinping and the US President Donald Trump had a phone conversation on Taiwan and Ukraine issues on Monday, according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua. The phone call came after a series of fast-changing geopolitics in recent weeks. China has seen an escalating row with Japan over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments on Taiwan, and the US has announced a...

4. Nuclear tech milestone: China’s supercritical generator connects to grid

   China has brought online the world’s first commercial supercritical carbon dioxide power generator – a revolutionary clean energy technology pioneered by the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC). This power generator, which uses carbon dioxide instead of steam to transfer heat, has been connected to the grid from a steel production plant in China’s southwestern province of Guizhou to...

5. Amazon faces Italian probe over alleged smuggling of Chinese goods

   Italian police carried out searches and seizures at two Amazon sites in Italy on Monday as part of an investigation into the alleged smuggling of Chinese goods, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Dozens of officers from the Guardia di Finanza tax police and the customs agency seized around 5,000 products at a logistics hub operated by the e-commerce giant in Cividate al...

6. ‘Everyone was startled’: Thai woman ‘wakes up’ in coffin before cremation

   A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pickup truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff...

7. Nearly 2,400 Guangdong drivers apply for cross-border entry scheme into Hong Kong

   Nearly 2,400 mainland Chinese drivers have applied for 1,700 spots under a much-awaited special scheme that allows them to drive their cars directly into urban areas of Hong Kong, according to Guangdong authorities. The Traffic Management Authority of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department said on Sunday that 2,388 drivers had submitted applications earlier this month for the first...

8. China-Japan ties deteriorate; airlines cancel flights: SCMP daily highlights

   Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Beijing blasts Japan’s ‘extremely dangerous’ missile deployment near Taiwan Beijing has blasted Japan’s missile deployment on an island only 110km (68 miles) away from Taiwan as “extremely dangerous”, saying it stokes regional tensions and military...

9. South Korea’s Lee warns of ‘dangerous situation’ with North

   North and South Korea are in a “very dangerous situation” where an accidental clash is possible any time and it is crucial for Seoul to engage Pyongyang in dialogue, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said on Monday. Lee, who has taken several steps to ease tensions since taking office in June, has offered discussions with the North without preconditions, in contrast to his hawkish...

10. 8 arrested in Philippine flood control scandal, but will ‘big fish’ get away?

    Eight officials from the Philippines’ Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have been arrested, marking a more assertive phase in President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s response to the sprawling flood control corruption scandal. Analysts, however, have described the step as narrowly focused on minor players, noting that investigators have yet to confront the high-profile lawmakers and...