With the rise of social media and generative AI, how much of what we see online is true? In this new series, SCMP Fact-Check, the Post investigates claims circulating online and debunks viral misinformation impacting the daily lives of Hongkongers. A Facebook reel was posted on September 24 – the day Super Typhoon Ragasa edged…
Police in Belgium have arrested three people suspected of plotting an attack on the country’s prime minister, Bart De Wever. The alleged plot was described by prosecutors as a “jihadist-inspired terrorist attack” on the PM and other politicians. Authorities found a suspected improvised explosive device and evidence the suspects were planning to use a drone…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday held a discussion on the composition of the bench competent to hear petitions against the 26th Constitutional Amendment, as a counsel for the petitioners urged that the case be referred to a bench comprising all 16 SC judges, who formed the full court before the amendment. On Thursday, an…
Dan WetzelOct 10, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. The University of Illinois football team plays host to top-ranked Ohio State on Saturday, assuring a sellout crowd and a frenzied campus atmosphere. The weather in Champagne is expected to be perfect…
Getty Images There has been speculation that November’s Budget could see Chancellor Rachel Reeves break Labour’s pre-election pledge not to increase income tax, National Insurance (NI) or VAT for working people. It’s been suggested that she could extend a freeze to the income thresholds at which people start paying the taxes, or have to pay…
Alexander Bafer is best known as the founder and former CEO of FuboTV, the U.S.-based video streaming service offering a premium, over-the-top bundle of sports TV channels. Then in April 2020, after the COVID-19 crisis left TV viewers hunkered down in their homes, Bafer completed the merger of FuboTV with Facebank Group, a developer of…
ISLAMABAD: Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) leaders on Thursday accused the government of misleading the public over the country’s economic condition, alleging manipulation of growth data, underreporting of trade deficits, and a worsening business climate that has driven major international firms out of Pakistan. Addressing a news conference in the federal capital, former Sindh Governor Muhammad Zubair…
The Nobel Peace Prize Committee has done a significant disservice by refusing to name Donald Trump as the awardee for 2025. The committee, tilted to the left but with a couple of more conservative members, is composed of Norwegians who are involved in politics and “activism” – only one of them qualifies as a scholar…
PESHAWAR: The resignation of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has become a political mystery with conflicting claims emerging from the CM’s Secretariat and the Governor’s House. Sources at the CM’s Secretariat said the resignation had been sent to Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on October 8, adding that it was now the Governor’s House’s…
Jorge CastilloOct 10, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. NEW YORK — Twenty-four hours after launching…
