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1. Financial challenges end 208-year run of Farmers’ Almanac

   A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time. Farmers’ Almanac said on Thursday that its 2026 edition will be its last, citing the growing financial challenges of producing and distributing the book in today’s “chaotic media environment”. Access to the online version will cease next...

2. Surprises in Hong Kong Legco election nominations as tycoons back unions

   The coming Legislative Council election has thrown up some unexpected links, with several Hong Kong tycoons nominating candidates who are non-core establishment or union representatives, who in turn have backed the real estate sector. A check of nomination forms submitted by all 161 Legco hopefuls found that top figures from major developers had taken different approaches in naming aspirants...

3. China builds a Mach 4 ‘ACE’ turbojet engine with record-smashing performance

   China has completed ground and altitude tests of an adaptive cycle engine prototype with unprecedented thrust, efficiency and speed range, according to presentations at the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics annual conference in Beijing last week. During the opening day report, Xu Gang, deputy director of the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences,...

4. 38-day US government shutdown far worse than expected: Hassett

   The economic impact of the US government shutdown is far worse than expected, but the US economy is likely to rebound quickly once it ends, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Friday. Construction projects are starting to slow down and travel is suffering, Hassett said in an interview with Fox Business Network. “Travel and leisure is a place that’s really being heavily hit right...

5. Alibaba doubles down on ‘super-scale’ computing infrastructure for AI sector

   Alibaba Group Holding will keep investing in super-scale computing infrastructure to empower the artificial intelligence era, CEO Eddie Wu Yongming said at China’s annual internet industry summit on Friday. Meeting the AI industry’s demand “requires super-scale infrastructure and full-stack technology accumulation”, Wu told the audience at Friday’s opening of the 2025 World Internet Conference,...

6. ‘Interest surged’: Canada travel searches spike in China as group tours resume

   Beijing’s decision to allow group travel to Canada to resume for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a surge in interest in visiting the country among Chinese consumers, with Chinese travel platforms recording a jump in related searches. China announced it was ending the group tour ban in early November, just days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met Canadian Prime Minister...

7. More than 800 flights cut across the US in government paralysis

   Hundreds of flights were cancelled across the United States on Friday after the Trump administration ordered reductions to ease strain on air traffic controllers who are working without pay amid congressional paralysis on funding the US budget. Forty airports were due to slow down, including the giant hubs in Atlanta, Newark, Denver, Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles. With Republicans and...

8. China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, Europe’s struggle: 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. China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, enters service China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, entered into service on Wednesday at a grand ceremony held in Sanya, Hainan, according to state media reports. 2. China’s exports fall in October...

9. Texas A&M deputy chemistry chair Fang Lei joins US$3 billion Chinese lab

   Fang Lei, a long-time professor with Texas A&M University’s chemistry department, has returned to China to join the cutting-edge Yongjiang Laboratory, a state-backed research centre that has drawn a cumulative investment of more than 26 billion yuan (US$3.65 billion) in less than four years. Fang built a distinguished career in the United States over nearly two decades, rising to be deputy head...

10. 20-metre Christmas tree and new light show to bring festive cheer to Hong Kong

    A 20‑metre (66 feet) Christmas tree, absent from Central for several years, will return this festive season as the centrepiece of the annual winter festival, featuring a light show for the first time, the Hong Kong Tourism Board has announced. Hong Kong WinterFest, running from November 14 to January 4, would transform Statue Square Garden in Central into a Christmas town for locals and visitors...