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Capital

Amsterdam

Head of State

King Willem-Alexander

Head of Government

Prime Minister Dick Schoof

US-China relations

Open Questions | Scott Kennedy on China’s ‘slow tech dragon’ and 2 more Xi-Trump meetings

American adviser on Chinese business and economics highlights different phases of US-China relations over the past 50 years.

28 Sep 2026 - 9:03AMvideocam

Middle East

Netanyahu makes unannounced visit to UAE, meets Gulf state’s president

4 hours ago

Microsoft

Trump sells tens of millions in AI, tech shares, led by Microsoft

23 Sep 2026 - 8:30PM

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud set to open new data centres in Europe as overseas push gains pace

The tech giant is set to add extra capacity to help international clients deploy real-world artificial intelligence.

23 Sep 2026 - 1:32PM

Visitors at the 2026 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou on Tuesday. Photo: Getty Images.

South Korea

South Korea steps up to plug Europe’s jet fuel deficit

South Korea is the latest large source of jet fuel shipments to Europe, exporting 129,000 barrels per day, the highest since October 2022.

21 Sep 2026 - 8:59AM

Donald Trump

Trump says ‘major progress’ made towards US base in Poland

Announcement comes despite a wider US review of troop levels in Europe and tensions over Nato defence spending.

18 Sep 2026 - 4:32PM

Banking & finance

What does the rate increase by the US Fed mean for the Chinese yuan?

Analysts weigh whether Beijing is set to push ahead with a rate cut to bolster China’s economy despite the US Fed raising interest rates.

17 Sep 2026 - 7:00PM

Analysts say that China’s central bank may push ahead with rate cuts this year. Photo: Getty Images

Crime

Former Kosovo president Thaci gets 25 years in prison for war crimes

A tribunal said Thaci was guilty of the murder of 96 political opponents during the 1990s conflict with Serbia.

16 Sep 2026 - 6:14PM

Crime

Dutch rail network crippled by suspected sabotage

Dutch authorities discovered items on railway tracks in around 30 separate locations.

16 Sep 2026 - 11:16AM

SCMP Highlights

Thais stage rare Israel protest; India-Pakistan water row: 7 Asia highlights

From Thai PM Anutin’s US$90,000 amulet to the Philippines’ big bet on railways, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

15 Sep 2026 - 3:30PM

Protesters holding signs attend a rally demanding an end to alleged land-grabbing by foreigners in Bangkok on Thursday. Photo: AP

From our archives

On This Day | Hong Kong mourns Mao Zedong’s death in 1976 – SCMP archive

Fifty years ago, Mao Zedong’s death sent shock waves around the world.

13 Sep 2026 - 11:15AM

Mourners wearing black armbands attending the memorial service for China’s late leader Mao Zedong at the Bank of China building on September 16, 1976. Photo: Chan Kiu

Britain

UK lawmakers reject bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales

The bill had proposed allowing adults with fewer than six months to live to apply for an assisted death, subject to approval.

11 Sep 2026 - 10:43PM

Switzerland

Police say 5 dead, 40 injured in tour bus crash in Switzerland

Coach carrying 45 passengers overturns in Alpine canton of Graubuenden, police say.

11 Sep 2026 - 4:35PM

Britain

UK, France, Canada block imports from Israeli West Bank settlements

Foreign Minister Ed Miliband says Britain refuses to be ‘bystanders to further suffering and to the destruction of the two-state solution’.

8 Sep 2026 - 10:37PM

Israeli settlers with their animals in the Palestinian village of Duma, near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in February. Photo: Reuters

European Union

War criminal Mladic buried with military honours in Serbia despite EU warnings

Thousands of mourners gather to attend his funeral in Belgrade, defying EU warnings against glorification of war criminals.

7 Sep 2026 - 11:39PM

Members of the honour guard carry the coffin during the funeral for Ratko Mladic in Belgrade, Serbia, on Monday. Photo: EPA

Germany

Germany urges UN’s top court to dismiss Gaza genocide case

Berlin says judges lack the jurisdiction to rule on the case and dismisses Nicaragua’s accusations as ‘inaccurate and distorted’.

7 Sep 2026 - 7:35PM

Argentina

Argentina threatens to sanction oil projects around Falkland Islands

On Saturday, oilfield services firms including Schlumberger and Halliburton said they do not and will not work on projects near the islands.

6 Sep 2026 - 7:46AM

Serbia

Commemoration held for late Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic

The ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ will be buried in Belgrade on Monday in a ceremony expected to draw thousands despite international condemnation.

6 Sep 2026 - 3:57AM

A photo of Ratko Mladic is displayed during a commemoration ceremony in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday. Photo: Darko Vojinovic / AP

European Union

5 EU nations plan to send rejected migrants to non-EU ‘return hubs’, target 2027

Rights groups have criticised the plan, arguing that European nations cannot guarantee the rights of migrants would be respected.

4 Sep 2026 - 11:55PM

India

India’s push to secure place in global chip supply has ‘secret weapon’: its people

Building up its pool of design talent can gain it a spot higher up in the value chain by turning ‘Make in India’ to ‘Engineer in India’.

4 Sep 2026 - 6:09PMvideocam

Gold in Hong Kong

How Hong Kong can cash in as reserve managers rethink where to store gold

City in race to lure bullion custody as geopolitical risks intensify scrutiny of gold storage, Goldman Sachs report says.

4 Sep 2026 - 5:00PM

Where central banks store gold appears increasingly a growing priority for reserve managers, according to a Goldman Sachs report. Photo: Getty Images

Serbia

Body of war criminal Mladic returns to Serbia with military honours

Huge funeral expected for the ‘Butcher of Bosnia’, who died last week in a UN detention facility aged 84.

4 Sep 2026 - 1:53PM

A mural of Ratko Mladic in Belgrade, Serbia. Photo: AP

China-EU relations

Pursue a China deal but brace for backlash, Dutch advisory group urges EU

To correct growing economic imbalances, policymakers advise taking stronger defensive measures, despite risk of rising domestic costs.

3 Sep 2026 - 5:47PMvideocam

Central banks

Dutch shift gold from US and Canada to London, citing ‘geopolitical unrest’

DNB moves reserves to boost liquidity in crisis response as analysts warn widespread shifts could dent confidence in US.

3 Sep 2026 - 3:06PMvideocam