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Princess Kate Middleton delivered her first public speech in two years at the Future Workforce Summit in London. The appearance marked her return to regular duties after announcing her cancer diagnosis in March 2024 and her remission earlier this year.In her remarks, the Princess of Wales concentrated on early childhood, a long-standing area of her public work. She said that a child’s earliest years have a lasting impact on adult life and described love and stable relationships as factors that contribute to resilience and wellbeing.
Kate Middleton's appeal to business leadersKate urged business leaders to balance financial goals with policies that support families and caregiving. She said companies should value “time and tenderness” alongside productivity and argued that profitability and positive social impact do not have to be at odds.She encouraged workplaces to consider how their structures and expectations affect parents and young children, particularly in the early years.The..

Trump administration is proposing a major change to green card qualification.

The Donald Trump administration has been working to shake up an immigration policy that could deny lawful immigrants their desired green card if the immigration officials decide that they are going to become dependent on the state. The Department of Homeland Security has moved to change the public charge rule which has been in place since December 2022. DHS plans to expand the public charge policy that would lower the threshold for being deemed likely to depend on the government. According to reports, the rule will formally be proposed on November 19 and will be open for public feedback for 30 days. What is public charge?Public charge is the factors that make one immigrant dependent on the government. It is a ground of inadmissibility. The Immigration and Nationality Act does not define “public charge” but requires a totality test of certain factors to determine if a foreign national is likely to become a p..

AdvertisementHong Kong healthcare and hospitalsHong KongHealth & EnvironmentWhat experts say Hong Kong’s new medical school must do to succeedTaking advantage of HKUST’s technological strengths and integrating medicine with research as well as AI are crucial to mission, they say
Reading Time:3 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPElizabeth Cheung,Edith LinandLeopold ChenPublished: 8:45am, 19 Nov 2025The new medical school set to be run by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) should ride on the institution’s unique technological strengths and catch up on clinical research to become a leading institution, experts and lawmakers have said.
AdvertisementTheir comments followed the government’s announcement on Tuesday that HKUST had emerged as the top choice to operate the city’s third medical school, taking its place alongside the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
After eight months of decision-making, the final call was said to be t..

AdvertisementChina-Japan relationsChinaDiplomacyExplainer | Why does the Taiwan issue touch a nerve between Beijing and Tokyo?Diplomatic row could be seen as culmination of complex history, coupled with recent statements and deeds that both sides view with wariness
Reading Time:4 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPYuanyue Dangin BeijingPublished: 8:00am, 19 Nov 2025While failing to see eye to eye is hardly new to Beijing and Tokyo, Sino-Japanese relations have been especially strained this month and are at risk of worsening even further.AdvertisementThe trigger for the downturn was Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comments to the Japanese parliament on November 7 that the use of force against Taiwan could be perceived as a “survival-threatening situation”, which would permit Tokyo to deploy the Japan Self-Defence Forces. She has refused to retract her statement.The timing of the comments also has much to do with Beijing’s fury. Her statement came shortly after Beijing designated Octo..

KYIV: France pledged Monday to sell up to 100 Rafale fighter jets to Ukraine in a show of European support as the Trump administration has limited its military backing for the country. The agreement, which includes a range of French defence equipment in addition to the warplanes, will have a limited immediate effect on Ukraine's war against Russia. The timeline for delivering the systems extends to 2035.But the deal, which came weeks after Sweden agreed to sell up to 150 fighter jets to Ukraine, signalled a determination by Europe to help defend Ukraine against long-term threats from Russia.President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who was in France to meet with the French president Monday, said that the agreement was “truly historic for both our nations.”French President Emmanuel Macron called the deal an important step toward bringing the French and Ukrainian defence industries closer together as Ukraine's sovereignty is challenged by Russia's “imperialist and, frankly,..

NEW DELHI: Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death in absentia Monday for the violent 2024 student crackdown by a special tribunal in a verdict that she described as a foregone conclusion. Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus hailed the verdict, saying no one is above the law.Hasina had told TOI earlier the tribunal was a deflection tactic by political adversaries.India responded to Hasina’s sentencing with caution, saying it had taken note of the verdict of the ‘International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh’, and, as a close neighbour, remained committed to the best interests of the people of Bangladesh, including in peace, democracy, inclusion and stability in that country.“We will always engage constructively with all stakeholders to that end,’’ said the external affairs ministry, giving nothing away on Dhaka’s renewal of its demand, immediately after the sentencing, to extradite the deposed PM who remains in India. 2013 treaty with Dhaka states extradition can be refused if..

AdvertisementHong Kong societyHong KongSocietyRoar trip: Singapore football fans land in Hong Kong for historic Asian Cup clash2,000 Singaporeans expected to turn up for winner-takes-all qualifier against hosts at Kai Tak Stadium on Tuesday night
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPLo Hoi-yingandJiang ChuqinPublished: 8:30am, 18 Nov 2025Hundreds of Singaporean football fans have flown into Hong Kong for what some call the city state’s biggest football match when the Lions take on the hosts on Tuesday for a place at the 2027 Asian Cup.
Advertisement“Singapore has not qualified for the Asian Cup since 1984, when we hosted the games,” said Chue Guo-xian, who works in the sports industry. “So this is probably the biggest match in our national team’s history.”
Chue, who is in his late thirties, said he would be gearing up for Tuesday’s qualifier, carrying a large national flag and wearing the jersey of the national team, also known as the Lions.
He and his wife plan to stay in the c..

AdvertisementSouth KoreaAsiaSoutheast AsiaSouth Korea indicts Japanese woman for forcibly kissing BTS’ JinThe suspect, who kissed the K-pop star without consent at an event in Seoul last year, was charged with indecent assault
Reading Time:1 minuteWhy you can trust SCMPThe Korea TimesPublished: 8:13am, 18 Nov 2025A Japanese woman in her 50s has been indicted without detention for forcing a kiss on Jin of BTS during a public fan event last year.AdvertisementThe Seoul Eastern District Prosecutors’ Office said that the suspect was charged on Monday with indecent assault.
She is accused of approaching Jin (real name Kim Seok-jin) during a fan meeting held at Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul’s Songpa district in June last year, shortly after he completed his military service. She forced a kiss on Jin’s cheek without consent.
A photo showing Jin pulling away as if in discomfort spread online.
Following the incident, several fans filed complaints through the National Petition System, accusing h..

President Donald Trump has said Americans could see $2,000 tariff dividend checks in 2026, but no exact date has been set yet, although he hinted at the timeline.The payments are expected to come from revenue raised through tariffs.Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday, Trump said the checks will not arrive in time for the Christmas shopping season. “It will be next year. The tariffs allow us to give a dividend. We’re going to do a dividend and we’re also going to be reducing debt,” he said.The MAGA chief first floated the idea of tariff dividends earlier this month, suggesting that high-income earners would be excluded, though he did not define a specific income threshold. Trump said his Truth Social platform, “A dividend of at $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone. Those against the tariffs are FOOLS!” Rebate for families making less than $100,000
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explained last week that the administration was stil..

White House posted a photo of POTUS and FLOTUS and called it 'power couple' Amid the latest sex scandal, social media went all in after newly leaked Epstein emails hinted that Donald Trump might have had a scandalous connection to someone called “Bubba” — a nickname long associated with former President Bill Clinton. The outrage went viral when many interpreted the phrase as a crude, sexual reference: “Trump blowing Bubba.”Democrats accused Trump of scrambling to deflect blame. He called the controversy a “hoax” on Truth Social and called for the DOJ to investigate Clinton’s ties to Epstein, insisting the outrage was a politically motivated attack. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt also defended the MAGA chief. The White House recently shared a photo of President Trump with First Lady Melania, captioning them as the “power couple.” Social media users quickly noted the timing, pointing out that these posts often appear whenever Trump is linked to Bill Clinton in the newly leake..