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Singapore Airlines faces narrow window to gain market share from Gulf rivals
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

As high fuel prices and disruption from the Middle East conflict force many Asian carriers to cut capacity and rearrange routes, Singapore Airlines (SIA) is moving in the opposite direction: adding long-haul flights to Europe in a bid to capture traffic from its Gulf rivals. Avia…

Russia, US increasingly see China as an anchor for peace and prosperity
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Beijing is increasingly seen as key to securing international stability and economic opportunities, a status which both Washington and Moscow are converging on. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent foreign policy interactions with the leaders of the United States and Russia high…

Queen pushed for ex-prince Andrew’s appointment as trade envoy, documents show
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Queen Elizabeth pressed ⁠for her son Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ⁠to be made a government trade envoy back in 2000, according to documents released on Thursday. Mountbatten-Windsor, brother of King Charles, served as the UK’s Special Representative for International Trade and Inve…

Hong Kong issues red travel alert for DR Congo as deadly Ebola outbreak spreads
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Hong Kong has issued a red travel alert for the Democratic Republic of Congo as Ebola outbreaks escalate in Central Africa, with at least 139 suspected deaths reported. The red alert – the middle level in a three-tier outbound travel alert system under the Security Bureau – means…

China breaks ground on US$5b aviation complex in UAE as Iran war risks linger
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Despite instability in the Middle East, China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has begun building the world’s largest aircraft maintenance complex in the United Arab Emirates, underscoring China’s growing dominance in overseas infrastructure. The project, worth more than U…

China condemns US ‘big stick’ over Castro charges and ‘unauthorised’ sanctions on Cuba
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

China condemned the US on Thursday for charging former Cuban leader Raul Castro as the Trump administration escalates pressure on the island’s socialist government. The remarks follow US announcements on Wednesday of criminal charges against Castro regarding the 1996 downing of t…

Austrian spy found guilty of giving secrets to Wirecard fugitive
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Globalno · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

An ex-Austrian intelligence officer was found guilty of passing on state secrets to a fugitive former top executive at the fraudulent payments company Wirecard in a high-profile spy case that has prompted authorities in Vienna to tighten rules on espionage. Egisto Ott was handed …

Labourer remanded after admitting he tossed seditious messages from flat
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

A Hong Kong construction worker has been remanded in custody pending sentencing after pleading guilty to tossing 59 pieces of paper bearing seditious messages from his public rental flat in 2024 and last year. Raymond Wong Chan-fai, 55, was detained on Thursday morning by police’…

Beijing warns US on Taiwan ties after Trump signals openness to talking with Lai
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Beijing has reiterated its firm opposition to any official interactions between Washington and Taiwan, following Donald Trump’s remarks that he would be open to speaking with the person “running” the island, William Lai Ching-te. “China’s opposition to official US exchanges with …

Uber says Hong Kong ride-hailing cap ‘unusual’, insists it is here to stay
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Uber has described Hong Kong’s plan to cap the number of ride-hailing vehicle licences as “unusual”, as the city enters the final stage of shaping its regulatory regime. Andrew Byrne, the company’s US-based global head of public policy, was in Hong Kong on Thursday, where he urge…

US delegation may herald Hegseth trip to China
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

A Pentagon delegation may visit China within weeks, paving the way for a potential Beijing trip by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday. Elbridge Colby, defence undersecretary for policy, may lead the group visit, which will aim to fin…

Malaysia demands TikTok explain failure to block fake account using AI to insult king
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Malaysia’s internet regulator has issued a statutory demand to TikTok on Thursday after a fake account allegedly used artificial intelligence to insult the country’s king, including posts falsely claiming he ate pork and manipulated images pairing his face with animal bodies. The…

Xi’s back-to-back meetings with Trump and Putin in Beijing: everything you need to know
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

The presidents of the United States and Russia visited Beijing on separate trips in May to meet with President Xi Jinping. The South China Morning Post produced extensive coverage of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s summit meetings in Beijing. Here are some of the highlights of …

China-Russia joint statement on Xi-Putin summit
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

China and Russia released a joint statement on Thursday in the wake of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin a day earlier, during which the two leaders signed an agreement to boost strategic ties and a separate declaration to push for a mult…

Starmer’s leadership challenger Streeting floats UK ‘wealth tax that works’
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Globalno · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Former British ⁠health minister Wes Streeting, a ⁠potential candidate for the leadership of the Labour Party, said he backed the introduction of tax changes which would equalise capital gains tax with income tax to make the system “fairer”. Streeting ‌said on Saturday that he wan…

What Lee’s Netanyahu ‘war criminal’ remark means for South Korea’s diplomacy
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s declaration that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was a “war criminal” underlines the balancing act between his human rights convictions and commitment to protecting Seoul’s interests in the Middle East, analysts have said. Lee’s co…

US denies role in Norway’s cancelled missile sale to Malaysia
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · SAD · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

The United States has denied any role in Norway’s decision to cancel a missile sale to Malaysia, saying it had supported the acquisition, after the dispute raised questions over Washington’s influence on weapons deals involving American-made components. The dispute centres on Nav…

Jailed banker ties roil Flavio Bolsonaro’s Brazil presidential hopes
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Europa · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Brazil’s right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro was riding high in the polls until the news broke of his ties to a banker jailed over a multimillion-dollar fraud scandal. The 45-year-old senator had been polling neck-and-neck with 80-year-old President Luiz Inacio Lul…

Alibaba signals next phase of AI growth from investment to commercialisation
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Rusija · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Alibaba Group Holding’s heavy investments in artificial intelligence have moved beyond the “initial” phase and entered “full-scale commercialisation”, the Chinese e-commerce and cloud computing giant says in a shareholder letter as it doubles down on AI as its next major growth e…

Cambodia raids buildings linked to Chen Zhi, Chinese billionaire accused of scam empire
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Cambodian authorities have raided two buildings in Phnom Penh’s Prince Plaza Centre, which is linked to extradited Chinese billionaire Chen Zhi, and detained 104 individuals, including 82 Chinese nationals, local media reported. The move comes as governments around the world have…

Omega-3 could hurt the brain, China scores rare-earth find: 7 science highlights
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Could omega-3 supplements hurt the brain? Chinese military study flags risks Oral fish oil …

China’s Xi Jinping expected to visit North Korea as early as next week
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

President Xi Jinping is expected to visit North Korea as early as next week, Yonhap news agency has reported, as Beijing and Pyongyang’s long-standing ties have grown warmer in recent months. “We have obtained intelligence indicating that President Xi Jinping will visit North Kor…

Nvidia’s H200 sales prospects in China remain uncertain despite Huang visit
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

Nvidia has not generated any revenue from H200 chip sales to China and remains uncertain whether the product will be allowed into the country, the US chip giant said on Wednesday, underscoring how geopolitics continues to cloud its access to one of the world’s largest AI markets …

US to send Typhon, Himars missile systems to Japan for drills amid China tensions
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Kina · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

The US military will deploy its Typhon midrange missile launcher and Himars rocket system to southwestern Japan next month for joint exercises with the Self-Defence Forces, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in a move apparently aimed at deterring China. The syst…

As war engulfs the Middle East, China’s Xinjiang is thriving with future tech
Geopolitika · South China Morning Post · Bliski Istok · 21. svibnja 2026. · Vijesti

As the war in Iran disrupts global oil and chemical supplies, China’s coal-heavy energy sector is seizing an unprecedented opportunity. In the first of a two-part series, Dannie Peng visits the Changji Hui autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang – one of the country’s four major bases …

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