South China Morning Post

• the search,
• Breaking news
• World news
• Facebook
• Twitter
• headlines

All the breaking news and latest world news from South China Morning Post, with Twitter and Facebook search trends.

Twitter Search News Trending

Tweets by SCMPNews

Facebook Search News Trending

1. Oil tankers still arriving in Venezuela despite US blockade, data shows

   At least two oil tankers have made their way to Venezuela in recent days and others are navigating towards the country, a sign of ‍state-run oil and natural gas company PDVSA’s effort to expand floating storage and keep selling crude even as a US blockade has reduced exports to a minimum. US President Donald Trump this month announced a blockade of all sanctioned vessels going in or out of...

2. Poland urges EU to probe TikTok over AI-generated content suspected to come from Russia

   Poland has asked the European Commission to investigate TikTok after the social media platform hosted AI-generated content ‌including calls for Poland to withdraw from the EU, it said on Tuesday, adding that the content was almost certainly Russian disinformation. A TikTok profile showing videos of young women dressed in Polish national colours and calling for Poland to leave the EU has gained...

3. Robbers steal US$35 million in cash, gold and jewellery from German bank

   Robbers used a large drill to break into a German savings bank’s vault room and steal cash, gold and jewellery worth some €30 million (US$35 million), police said on Tuesday. The robbery in the western city of Gelsenkirchen saw the thieves break into more than 3,000 safe deposit boxes, they said. While the criminals remained at large, hundreds of distressed bank customers massed outside the...

4. France pushes back plastic cup ban by four years, amid industry pressure and green backlash

   The French government on Tuesday postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties finding alternatives. The ban was meant to start on January 1, but the ministry for ecological transition said that results from a recent review into the “technical feasibility of eliminating plastic from cups” justified pushing back the deadline. It said in an official decree...

5. UAE to withdraw forces from Yemen after Saudi ultimatum over Mukalla air strike

   The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it was pulling out its remaining ‌forces in Yemen after Saudi Arabia backed a call for UAE forces to leave the country within 24 hours, in a major crisis between the two Gulf powers and oil producers. Hours earlier, Saudi-led coalition forces had attacked the southern Yemeni port of Mukalla. The air strike on what Riyadh said was a UAE-linked weapons...

6. Hong Kong police hunt man after body of missing woman, 35, found under bed

   Hong Kong police are searching for a man in connection with the death of a 35‑year‑old woman who had been reported missing and whose body was later found hidden under a bed in his Kwun Tong flat, where the carcasses of four pets were also discovered. Police said they received a call on Monday night from the woman’s mother, who reported that her daughter had failed to return home after leaving...

7. Israel to ban Medecins Sans Frontieres, aid groups from Gaza in 2026 over new vetting rules

   Israel on Tuesday said it will suspend over two dozen humanitarian organisations, including Medecins Sans Frontieres, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organisations working in Gaza. The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs said the organisations that will be banned on January 1 did not meet new requirements for sharing staff, funding and operations information. It accused Medecins...

8. Eurostar to resume services after Channel Tunnel power glitch sparks travel chaos

   Eurostar said on Tuesday it was restarting services suspended earlier over a power supply problem in the Channel Tunnel, as passengers travelling in the busy run-up to New Year faced massive disruption. Travellers were left scrambling to find alternatives after the operator postponed all services between London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels. “As the Channel Tunnel has partially reopened we will...

9. All Hong Kong retail banks to offer anti-scam service, locking cash in accounts

   All of Hong Kong’s 28 retail banks, including virtual ones, will offer an anti-scam service from Wednesday that requires extra verification before money can be withdrawn, with 3,200 people depositing HK$1.6 billion (US$206 million) during a trial. Hong Kong Monetary Authority deputy chief executive Arthur Yuen Kwok-hang said on Tuesday that around 20 per cent of the 3,200 customers who had used...

10. China’s ‘carrier killer’ hypersonic anti-ship missile YJ-20 in final testing: video

    China has signalled that its YJ-20 hypersonic ship-to-ship missile is ready for mass production with the release of a video showing the advanced weapon being put through its “finalisation test”. The footage of the YJ-20 being fired from the vertical launch system (VLS) of the Type 055 destroyer Wuxi was posted to social media on Sunday by China Military Bugle, the official People’s Liberation...