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1. EU drops 2035 combustion engine ban in victory for carmakers

   The European Commission unveiled a plan on Tuesday to drop the EU’s effective ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 after pressure from the region’s vehicle sector, marking the bloc’s biggest retreat from its green policies in recent years. The move, which still needs approval from EU governments and the European Parliament, would allow continued sales of some non-electric vehicles....

2. Miss Finland anti-Chinese racism scandal is damaging country, PM says

   Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Tuesday that a racism scandal that saw the country’s Miss Finland being stripped of her crown and several politicians posting derogatory images was damaging his country’s image. “Yesterday, during a debate in parliament, I said that this has caused damage to our country. That is certainly the case,” Orpo told reporters on Tuesday at the sidelines of a...

3. Arctic has hottest year ever recorded, as climate impacts cascade

   The Arctic has experienced its hottest year since records began, a US science agency announced on Tuesday, as climate change triggers cascading impacts from melting glaciers and sea ice to greening landscapes and disruptions to global weather. Between October 2024 and September 2025, temperatures were 1.60 degrees Celsius (2.88 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 1991-2020 mean, the National Oceanic...

4. Philippines’ Marcos lauds helper returning home after deadly Hong Kong fire

   Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr lauded domestic helper Rhodora Alcaraz as a hero for her role in saving her employer’s baby during Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades. Romulo Victor M Israel Jnr, the country’s top diplomat in Hong Kong, also told the Post that Alcaraz, a survivor of last month’s inferno at Wang Fuk Court, was facing a long physical recovery. The helper met President...

5. Susie Wiles: Trump’s chief of staff talks ‘retribution’ quest, Epstein, Maduro in Vanity Fair

   Susie Wiles, US President Donald Trump’s understated but influential chief of staff, criticised Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defended the president’s aggressive second administration in a series of interviews published Tuesday in Vanity Fair. Wiles told the magazine in a wide-ranging, revealing series of conversations that she underestimated the...

6. Hong Kong’s Stablecoin Future: Faster, Safer, Cheaper Payments for Everyone

   [The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] As Hong Kong advances toward regulated digital money, a new era of digital payments is taking shape. With the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) preparing for licensed, fully asset-backed HKD stablecoins as early as 2026, the city is moving beyond the volatility of “crypto” and into a future of where money moves...

7. Chile’s sharp shift to the right puts it at the centre of China-US rivalry

   Chile’s election of an ultraconservative leader has created another vocal ally for US President Donald Trump in a lithium-rich region where China has emerged as the dominant economic partner, positioning the South American country at the centre of an intensifying superpower rivalry. In what was probably Chile’s sharpest rightward shift since the end of its military dictatorship in 1990, Jose...

8. Zelensky demands justice as 35 nations back Ukraine reparations fund, but will Russia pay?

   Top European officials including President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed on Tuesday to set up an international body to decide on tens of billions of euros of eventual reparations to compensate Ukraine over Russia’s invasion. The International Claims Commission for Ukraine, signed by 35 countries, will assess and decide on claims for reparations, including any amount to be paid out. The commission’s...

9. Hong Kong engineer gets 5 years over HK$6 million laundering and bribery offences

   A former Hong Kong government engineer was jailed for five years and three months on Tuesday for laundering HK$6.26 million (US$804,000) in illegal proceeds, having lived far beyond his legitimate income. The High Court heard that 60-year-old Zsa Sing-tak had also accepted a HK$40,000 bribe to favour engineering firms linked to a friend during tendering processes for various government building...

10. US reported to have seized Chinese cargo, Mexico stands by tariffs: 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. ‘Testing the waters’? US reported to have seized Chinese cargo bound for Iran The reported US seizure of a ship allegedly carrying Chinese-made dual-use components to Iran might signal Washington was “testing the waters” on reviving an old tactic to...