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Canadian prime minister Mark Carney has urged citizens to back domestic businesses and workers under a new “Buy Canadian” policy, hours after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods if Ottawa proceeded with trade deals with China.In a video posted on his X account, Carney framed the policy as a response to growing economic pressure from abroad. Trump Threatens Canada With 100% Tariff Over China Trade Push After Carney’s Beijing Visit “With our economy under threat from abroad, Canadians have made a choice: to focus on what we can control. You're choosing to put your hard earned dollars behind Canadian businesses, and Canadian workers,” he said. “Canada’s new government is doing the same with our new Buy Canadian Policy.”Carney said the government would prioritise domestic sourcing for major national projects, including housing, infrastructure and defence.“We’re aiming to build big, from millions of homes that will improve affordability..

AdvertisementArtificial intelligenceTechBig TechJensen Huang celebrates Lunar New Year with Nvidia employees in ShanghaiCEO of world’s most valuable company receives rock-star welcome as Beijing appears ready to allow imports of the H200 GPU to resume
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAnn Caoin ShanghaiPublished: 2:22pm, 25 Jan 2026Jensen Huang marked the coming Lunar New Year with Nvidia employees in Shanghai on Saturday, as the CEO of the world’s most valuable company made his first trip to China in 2026 amid uncertainties around its H200 graphics processing unit (GPU).Huang received a rock-star welcome when he joined Nvidia’s annual Lunar New Year celebration, according to two employees who asked not to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media. Huang gave a speech and handed out tangerines that he bought at a market earlier in the day, while staff members rushed to get his autograph, one employee said.
Huang is “celebrating Chinese New Year with our local..

AdvertisementAccidents and personal safetyHong KongLaw and Crime65-year-old Hong Kong woman dies after taxi overturns in early morning crashWoman left trapped after taxi flipped over in collision in Pat Heung, with police later arresting the driver and passenger of the other car
Reading Time:1 minuteWhy you can trust SCMPEdith LinPublished: 2:17pm, 25 Jan 2026Updated: 2:18pm, 25 Jan 2026A 65-year-old Hong Kong woman has died after being trapped inside a taxi that crashed into a private car and overturned early on Sunday, police have said.
A subsequent investigation by the force led to the arrest of the driver and passenger of the car involved in the collision in Pat Heung. They were suspected of possessing offensive weapons after officers found a knife and an extendable baton at the scene.
The crash occurred at around 12.30am when the driver of the taxi travelling along Kam Tin Road towards Yuen Long lost control while making a right turn onto Ying Ho Road. It collided with the car hea..

New expats in Dubai face major hurdles if their rent isn’t Ejari-registered / AI Image For thousands of expats arriving in Dubai this month, the hunt for the perfect home is the first major hurdle. However, a wave of sophisticated rental scams emerged in early 2026, targeting newcomers who are eager to secure housing quickly. Fraudsters are increasingly posing as legitimate agents or owners, offering luxury apartments at below-market rates to lure in unsuspecting tenants. These “phantom landlords” often present official-looking contracts but intentionally skip the most crucial step: Ejari registration. Without this government-verified document, a tenant has no legal standing, making them vulnerable to “double-leasing” (where the same unit is rented to multiple people) or vanishing “agents” who pocket the deposit and disappear.What is Ejari in Dubai?Ejari (Arabic for my rent) is the official online registration system managed by the Dubai Land Department and Real Estate Regulatory Agenc..

US President Donald Trump’s renewed focus on Greenland has taken an unusual turn, with the White House sharing an AI-generated image featuring the President walking alongside a penguin toward the Arctic island. The post, captioned “Embrace the penguin,” quickly drew attention online, not least because penguins do not live in Greenland or anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere.The image is now going viral on social media, triggering criticism and mockery from users who pointed out the geographical error, and others who were simply livid over Trump’s repeated assertion. The post came amid Trump’s continued rhetoric around Greenland, even as he has paused tariff-related tensions with Europe, and was seen by many as another symbolic assertion linked to his long-standing interest in the strategically located territory. However, the White House post was not the starting point of the internet’s sudden fascination with penguins. Even before Trump’s image went viral, penguins were already trending..

AdvertisementSemiconductorsTechNvidia CEO tours Shanghai amid fresh signs of China thawHuang’s Lunar New Year trip comes as the H200 AI chip faces US export rules and an uncertain China import stance
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPCoco Fengin GuangdongandWency Chenin ShanghaiPublished: 2:20pm, 24 Jan 2026Updated: 3:15pm, 24 Jan 2026Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has begun his latest trip to China – visiting a grocery market in Shanghai on Saturday after touring the chipmaker’s local office – at a time when Beijing is expected to allow imports of the company’s H200 artificial intelligence chips.
Huang was seen at a grocery market on Saturday in Shanghai’s busy Lujiazui area, looking relaxed, according to multiple photos circulated on social mediaw
Earlier, Huang met with Shanghai-based staff to review Nvidia’s milestones for 2025 and to discuss its product pipeline for the year ahead, although the H200 was not mentioned in the discussion, Tencent Holdings’ news portal reported on ..

AdvertisementAustraliaAsiaAustralasiaAustralian boy, 12, dies a week after shark attack in Sydney HarbourNico Antic was pulled from the water by friends and taken to hospital with severe injuries to both legs
Reading Time:1 minuteWhy you can trust SCMPReutersPublished: 2:00pm, 24 Jan 2026An Australian boy had died in hospital after being bitten by a shark in Sydney Harbour, his family said on Saturday after a series of shark attacks along the country’s east coast.Nico Antic, 12, was attacked on Sunday as he and friends were jumping off rocks in Vaucluse, around 9km (5.5 miles) from Sydney’s central business district.
He was pulled from the water by friends and taken to hospital with severe injuries to both legs.
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File photo: US President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin (Picture credit: AP)
US President Donald Trump has reacted cautiously but positively to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that he could use frozen Russian assets to pay for entry into Trump’s proposed “Board of Peace”.Also read: Who is in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while returning from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Thursday, Trump said he was open to the idea if the funds were Putin’s own. Macron WARNS Putin After Trump; French Navy Boards Russia-linked Oil Tanker | 'Won't Tolerate…' Asked whether he would allow Putin to use frozen Russian assets for the contribution, Trump said, “I don't know about that. I mean, I've heard that.” After the reporter clarified that the comment came from Putin himself, Trump responded, “Very interesting. But he said he's going to use his money. His money. I think that's fine.”A..

Saudi Arabia begins accepting property ownership applications from non-Saudis/Representative Image The waiting is over. Saudi Arabia’s Real Estate General Authority has officially announced that the law allowing non-Saudis to own property entered into force yesterday, January 22. With this, applications are now being accepted through a unified digital platform, marking a decisive shift in how foreign individuals and companies can participate in the Kingdom’s real estate market under defined regulatory conditions.A single digital gateway for all applications
All applications for property ownership by non-Saudis are being handled exclusively through the official digital platform, Saudi Properties. The portal serves as the sole gateway for submitting requests, completing procedures, and verifying compliance with the law’s requirements.The service applies to residents living in the Kingdom, non-residents abroad, as well as non-Saudi companies and entities. Each category follows a defined p..

AdvertisementMalaysiaAsiaSoutheast AsiaIndonesian litterbug weeps after first conviction under new Malaysian lawAnita Lukman was fined US$125 and ordered to serve six hours of community service for discarding rubbish on a pavement in Johor Bahru
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPThe StarPublished: 2:49pm, 23 Jan 2026Updated: 2:53pm, 23 Jan 2026Two foreign nationals have become the first people in Malaysia to be charged under a new anti-littering law.Sultan Md, 28, a Bangladeshi, and Anita Lukman, 49, an Indonesian, were charged in the Sessions Court in Johor Bahru on Friday morning.
Anita, an odd-job worker, pleaded guilty to throwing a cigarette butt and a drink bottle on the pavement on Jalan Ibrahim Sultan in Stulant Laut at 12.41am on January 1.
AdvertisementThe offence was framed under Section 77A(1) of the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007.
Anita, who was unrepresented, asked for a lighter punishment, saying she is a single mother and has to care for ..