Sabah achieves medical milestone with first 'awake' brain aneurysm surgery

North Korea threatens dire consequences if Seoul doesn’t stop drone incursions

North Korea on Friday threatened a “terrible response” if it detects any more drones buzzing across the border from the South. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has sought to repair ties with North Korea since taking office last year, criticising his predecessor for allegedly sending drones to scatter propaganda over Pyongyang. But North Korea said it shot down a surveillance drone just last month, an incident which threatens to blight Lee’s efforts to patch things up. Kim Yo-jong, the...

Trump’s upheaval of the Atlantic alliance to loom over Munich security forum

‘The tears just keep flowing’: child victims of Tumbler Ridge shooting remembered as Carney heads to join vigil

Prime minister to meet mourners in mining town as families speak of their loss in one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootingsCanadian prime minister Mark Carney is to join mourners in Tumbler Ridge on Friday, as authorities and relatives released details of the five children and assistant teacher killed by a shooter in the remote mining town’s high school.Carney will attend a vigil in Tumbler Ridge in memory of the victims, and he invited leaders from all political parties to join him in the town, the site of the country’s deadliest mass shooting in years. Continue reading...

China’s canal link to Southeast Asia; Malaysia’s ‘illegal’ temple row: SCMP’s 7 highlights

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Time is ripe’: why China is eyeing another vast canal link to Southeast Asia China has almost finished building the US$10 billion Pinglu Canal to deepen trade ties between its southwestern provinces and Southeast Asia. Now, it is...

Bangladesh nationalists claim landslide victory in first election since Gen Z uprising

Tarique Rahman, the son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, is expected to be sworn in as prime minister on 17 February

Welcome to the halfpipe casino: The gamble Guseli must take to medal

Snowboarding is poker on ice: you’ve got to know when to hold them, when to fold them, and when to go large, like Valentino Guseli prefers to do.