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Thousands of truck drivers across the United States have been barred from operating after failing newly enforced English proficiency tests, with Indian-origin and Latino drivers among those most affected. The rule, reinstated under Donald Trump’s administration, has raised alarm among trucking companies and worker groups, who say it unfairly targets immigrant drivers. It could worsen the ongoing truck driver shortage.Since June, more than 6,000 commercial truckers have been taken off the road for failing roadside English-language checks, according to a Washington Post analysis of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) data. FreightWaves, a transport and logistics outlet, reported that at least 5,006 “English language-related out-of-service violations” were recorded through October, a number that continues to climb as states increase enforcementLast week, Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy, in a post on X, said that “7248 drivers placed out of service for failing to mee..

AdvertisementArtificial intelligenceBusinessCompaniesSatellite maker Uspace pivots to AI applications at new tech centre in ShenzhenThe initiative forms part of efforts to operate a network of more than 100 ‘Golden Bauhinia’ satellites above the Greater Bay Area
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPCheryl ArcibalPublished: 7:30am, 4 Nov 2025Uspace Technology Group will set up an artificial intelligence application technology centre in Shenzhen, as the satellite manufacturer realigns its space business after moving its headquarters from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province.AdvertisementA unit of Uspace, Gang Hang Ke, will spearhead the centre’s establishment, the company said in a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange on Monday evening.It said the new facility will focus on intelligent decision-making for satellite remote sensing data as well as AI-based satellite data processing and analysis to drive satellite-ground computing synergy, among others.
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AdvertisementEarthquakesWorldRussia & Central AsiaInternational condolences pour in after Afghanistan earthquake kills 20Pakistan, India, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the UK expressed sympathy for the loss of life and the hundreds injured in Monday’s quake
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPdpaPublished: 7:20am, 4 Nov 2025Several countries as well as the European Union have offered their condolences after a powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan, killing 20 people and injuring hundreds, according to official reports.
AdvertisementThe country’s national disaster management authority said 20 people have died and 643 were wounded, revising down earlier figures reported by the state-run news agency Bakhtar, which had put the death toll of the overnight quake at 27, with more than 700 injured.Pakistan, India, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom on Monday expressed their sympathies for the loss of life and the people of Afghanistan.Hadja Lahbib, the EU’s Commi..

Kash Patel called Alexis Wilkins a true patriot shutting down trolls. FBI director Kash Patel put out a statement amid the new allegations against him that he went to attend his girlfriend's performance in Pennsylvania on a $60 million FBI jet. FBI directors are not allowed to travel on any commercial plane and are supposed to use FBI jet for their personal use too paying reimbursement for that. But a former FBI agent Kyle Seraphin sensationalized this as he brought this to the notice of the people on his podcast as he said: “We’re in the middle of a government shutdown where they’re not even gonna pay all of the employees that work for the agency that this guy is jetting off to hang out with his girlfriend in Nashville on our dime?”FBI clarified that Patel always pays reimbursement in advance and his personal use is limited as he's always on FBI duty .But the FBI director made it a point to send across a message to “supposed allies” who are staying silent when he and his par..

Canada ministers condemned the SFJ protest in which a placard had minister Anita Anand's face merging with that of Indira Gandhi and two turbaned individuals pointing their guns at her. Canadian foreign minister Anita Anand's photo was merged into a photo of former Indian PM Indira Gandhi and two turbaned individuals — part of the placard — were pointing guns at her. Sikhs for Justice protesters outside the Indian consulate in Toronto displayed such a placard, drawing sharp reaction from Canadian ministers.”Targeting a public official with threats or violence undermines our democracy. At a recent protest, there was a deeply disturbing depiction of guns being pointed at a photo of Minister Anand. We condemn these acts of hate unequivocally. There is no place for this in Canada,” Secretary of state for international development Randeep Sarai said.Public safety minister Gary Anandasangaree did not mention Anita Anand's name as he wrote: “A recent protest in Toronto showed..

AdvertisementMexicoWorldAmericasMexican mayor gunned down during Day of the Dead celebrationsCarlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez was killed on Saturday in Uruapan by an unidentified man who shot him 7 times, officials said
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAssociated PressPublished: 7:09am, 3 Nov 2025A mayor in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for Day of the Dead festivities, authorities said.
AdvertisementLocal politicians in Mexico are frequently victims of political and organised crime violence.
The mayor of the Uruapan municipality, Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez, was gunned down on Saturday night in the town’s historic centre. He was rushed to a hospital, where he later died, according to state prosecutor Carlos Torres Pina.
A city council member and a bodyguard were also injured in the attack.
The attacker was killed at the scene, Federal Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch told journalists on Sunda..

AdvertisementCrimeWorldEuropeUK police release 1 of 2 men arrested over train stabbings, laud ‘heroic’ rail worker11 people were injured in the attack. The train crew member who tried to stop the suspects is in a life-threatening condition, police said
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAgenciesPublished: 6:34am, 3 Nov 2025A 32-year-old British man was the sole suspect accused of a mass stabbing on a train in England, after another man arrested in the case was released on Sunday with no charges.
AdvertisementBritish police said the knife attack that put 11 people in hospital was not a terrorist incident. A 35-year-old man who had been arrested earlier was released after officers concluded he was not involved in the attack.
By late on Sunday, five of the injured had been discharged from hospital. Among those still being treated was a member of the train crew who tried to stop the attacker. He was in a life-threatening condition, police said.
“Detectives have reviewed the CCTV f..

Near the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Egypt has officially unveiled the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), a monumental project that has taken decades to complete and is now being hailed as the world’s largest archaeological museum.The museum, whose construction cost more than $1.2 billion, spans an astonishing 500,000 square metres, roughly the size of 70 football pitches, and houses around 100,000 artefacts chronicling over 7,000 years of Egyptian civilisation, from pre-dynastic cultures to the Greco-Roman era.But the greatest draw of all is the long-awaited full display of the treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb, reunited for the first time since their discovery more than a century ago.
A century in the making: The complete Tutankhamun experienceThe discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter remains one of the most celebrated moments in archaeological history. The find, remarkably intact, offere..

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has added fuel to speculation about his relationship with pop star Katy Perry after sharing a playful Halloween post that appeared to nod directly to her. Trudeau, 53, posted a photo on Instagram dressed as the “Left Shark”, the now-iconic character from Perry’s 2015 Super Bowl halftime performance, while posing with his youngest son, Hadrien, who was dressed as a surfer. The image, captioned “I’m the shark (to his left),” quickly went viral, with fans interpreting it as a light-hearted reference to his budding romance with Perry.A playful nod to Katy Perry’s Super Bowl momentThe “Left Shark” became a pop culture phenomenon during Katy Perry’s halftime show at Super Bowl XLIX in 2015, when one of her backup dancers in a blue shark costume famously went off-choreography, stealing the spotlight. By dressing as the same character nearly a decade later, Trudeau appeared to make a cheeky and affectionate reference to Perry’s career-defining mome..

AdvertisementCrimeWorldEuropeUK police arrest 2 after ‘multiple people’ stabbed on train near CambridgeA witness described seeing a man with a large knife and said there was ‘blood everywhere’ as people hid in the washrooms.
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAgence France-PressePublished: 7:26am, 2 Nov 2025Updated: 7:35am, 2 Nov 2025UK police said they had arrested two suspects Saturday as “a number of people” were taken to hospital and a “large-scale” emergency response was mobilised after a stabbing on a train near Cambridge in eastern England.
Advertisement“We are currently responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon where multiple people have been stabbed,” British Transport Police said on social media, adding that “two people have been arrested”.
Cambridgeshire police said: “A number of people have been taken to hospital.”
A witness described seeing a man with a large knife and told The Times newspaper there was “blood everywhere” as people hid in the washrooms.
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