Hong Kong’s jobless rate dropped to 6 per cent for the three-month period ending in May, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic appeared to ease amid falling case counts and a relaxation of social-distancing rules.The rolling figure for...

During the second wave of the coronavirus that has ravaged India, Shree Ram Ravichandran knew people who died after being unable to find a hospital bed but he was too busy to dwell on it.Instead, the 25-year-old civil engineer was fine-tuning a solut...

China’s economy is getting more globally competitive as a result of its success in managing the coronavirus pandemic, while Hong Kong’s has been dragged down by a deteriorating labour market and a decline in international investment, Switzerland�...

Former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou has called on the government to listen to public opinion and allow civilian groups which have different political leanings to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party to import much-needed Covid-19 vaccines.Taiw...

A goalkeeper for Myanmar’s soccer team who raised a three-fingered salute in protest at the military coup in the country during a World Cup qualifying match in Japan on Thursday said he has chosen not to return home and will apply for refugee statu...

Hong Kong immigration officials will renew the visas of all of Cathay Pacific’s expatriate pilots, but its large contingent of foreign cabin crew will be denied extensions permitting them to remain based in the city, according to memos seen by the ...

A reporter with a pro-Beijing newspaper in Hong Kong accused of making a false statement when accessing a government car registry has been let off the hook after prosecutors agreed to drop the charge on condition of a binding-over order.The prosecuti...

A decision by the European Union to ease travel restrictions for Hongkongers – but only on the condition the city reciprocates – is likely to run into a major roadblock in the form of the stubbornly low rate of local Covid-19 vaccinations, accord...

Most Australians think China and Australia can work together on international issues such as climate change despite their mistrust of the Chinese government and its influence in their country, a survey by the University of Technology Sydney has found...

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Maeve Sheehey on politico.com on June 16, 2021.Vladimir Putin left Wednesday’s summit with his own pair of custom aviators, a gift from US President Joe ...

Democratic and Republican members of the United States House of Representatives will introduce legislation this week seeking to boost US support for Taiwan, part of an effort in Congress to take a hard line in dealings with China.Representatives Ami ...

This is the third in a series about China’s plans to reopen its borders to the world amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Here, Josephine Ma explores whether China’s zero-tolerance prevention and control strategy can hold.Within days of about 100 new Covi...

From Zhou Enlai to Deng Xiaoping, Beijing’s policy towards Chinese overseas was luodi shenggen (to take local roots), which encouraged them to take local citizenship and integrate themselves into local society.In the 21st century, following the ...

Two historic shipwrecks, one dating back to the 14th century and the other to 1796, have been found in Singapore’s waters near Pedra Branca, offering “invaluable” insights into the country’s maritime past.Archaeological research is ongoing, a...

Mentioning Udupi cuisine triggers a vivid memory for Rakesh Raghunathan. “The most amazing dish that I have had at a Udupi restaurant is at the old Dasaprakash Hotel in Mysore, where they served haalbai, a halwa made with rice flour, jaggery, coco...

China and other nations were attempting to “seize control” of strategically important international organisations so they could be “weaponised”, a new report by the UK parliament’s influential Foreign Affairs Committee said.The report, publ...

A former Malaysian national team swimmer says she hopes to become a “catalyst for change” after her taboo-breaking decision to open up about alleged sexual assault by a coach.Cindy Ong’s story is the latest to cast a harsh spotlight on physical...

The United States will not agree to any type of special treatment for China or other countries that would weaken a global minimum tax regime, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday.Yellen said the US and other countries were continuing ...

At 2pm, groups of primary students begin trickling into study rooms at an education centre in Cheung Sha Wan.The youngsters – who belong to ethnic minority groups – come to the centre to receive after-school tutoring and attend Chinese language c...

Cheques are likely to be relegated to the dust heap of history, becoming a relic of traditional banking in Hong Kong as a new generation of customers embrace the convenience of instantaneous, paper-free electronic transfers in the age of virtual bank...

The launch of China’s manned space flight was declared a success shortly after the Shenzhou-12 reached its designated orbit on Thursday morning.“The flight was perfectly smooth,” said Chen Shanguang, deputy director of China’s manned space pr...

The founder of a Chinese ice cream company is under fire for defending his product’s high prices and saying he did not care if the public bought it or not.Dubbed the “Hermes of ice cream” due to its premium market position, the mainland China-b...

Controversies have arisen in recent days over the Hong Kong government’s support for Gay Games 2022. Lawmakers are divided over the globally renowned event, which seeks to “promote equality for all, and in particular for LGBTQ+ people throughout ...

Home prices in the mainland Chinese cities that make up the Greater Bay Area (GBA) are poised to fall in June, as a slew of market-cooling measures by local authorities broke the five-month rising streak in residential property prices, standing in st...

The co-founder of a troubled British private school in Hong Kong, which has struggled to pay staff or rent this year, has blamed “messy” management and a loss of more than 30 per cent of pupils during the coronavirus pandemic for its financial pr...

The lion’s share of Belt and Road Initiative investment should go to countries in southern and southeast Asia because they have fewer environmental issues to threaten economic development, according to a new study in China.The study led by Professo...

As the Asia-Pacific’s “zero-Covid-19” economies pick up the pace of their sluggish vaccination drives, a difficult question looms on the post-pandemic horizon: how many deaths should a society accept?Even if they can achieve high vaccination ra...

Hong Kong’s national security police have cited more than 30 Apple Daily articles calling for sanctions against the city and mainland China in arresting the tabloid’s editor-in-chief, publisher and three other executives early on Thursday for bre...

Prosecutors say the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death should not be granted a new trial, because the proceedings were fair and Derek Chauvin was found guilty by an impartial jury, accordi...

Greenpeace has apologised and Munich police are investigating after a protester parachuted into the stadium and injured two people before Germany’s game against France at the European Championship on Tuesday.The protester used a powered paraglider ...

As the Hong Kong dollar continues to remain strong, attention is turning towards the potential for a digital version to be launched in the city.In line with a strategic plan to promote Hong Kong’s fintech development, the city’s de facto central ...

The scientific community should find ways to overcome political divides and push for more collaboration in space exploration, as well as solve global problems by making use of China’s new space station, a Hong Kong-based space expert says.Professor...

A scientist who played a key role in New Zealand’s lauded coronavirus response said the nation used its luck well to stamp out the disease and is now eyeing the experiences of other countries to determine when it can reopen its borders.Juliet Gerra...

Security forces set ablaze a village in central Myanmar after clashing there with opponents of the ruling junta, leaving at least two elderly people burned to death, several village residents said on Wednesday.MRTV state television said the blaze on ...

Washington will use its leverage in the United Nations to counter China’s harmful influence, stem Beijing’s strategic grip over UN agencies and build an alliance to investigate the source of Covid-19 and address human rights abuses in Xinjiang, a...

China may not have been at the G7 summit in person, but it was very much there in spirit. We will look back at this long weekend in Cornwall, England as the moment when there was more than just a tacit recognition that China has become our era’s ag...

Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet discovered in the country this year, federal and state investigators said on Wednesday.Entomologists from the state and US Agriculture departments sai...

Britain’s Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Wednesday rejected criticism of his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic after private WhatsApp exchanges emerged in which Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to describe him as “hopeless”.The PM’s co...

The European Union moved a step closer on Wednesday to deploying the bloc’s massive pandemic recovery fund, with a top executive going to Portugal and Spain to announce the bloc’s initial endorsement of their national spending plans.European Comm...

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to establish a dialogue to lower the risk of military conflict and form a task force to investigate cyberattacks that have temporarily crippled energy ...

French police on Wednesday arrested a leading figure in conspiracy circles over the kidnapping of an eight-year-old girl in April, as he returned to the country on a flight from Singapore.Remy Daillet, who was travelling with his pregnant partner and...

Italian police said on Wednesday they had broken up a complex money laundering operation and an illegal metal recycling business that had enabled criminals to transfer huge amounts of illicit cash between Italy and China.The three-year investigation,...

The United States needs to curb China’s harmful acquisitions and restrict American investment in some Chinese firms to protect its national security, but a complete severing of technological ties would be worrisome, US Treasury Secretary Janet Ye...

China has arguably invested more than any other country in public diplomacy initiatives during the last two decades. There have been glitzy events such as the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which grabbed headlines and showcased China’s development to the w...

A man who murdered the mother of his two children on the island of Corsica in March 2019 was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday, in a case that caused an outcry over domestic killings of women in France.Julie Douib was shot dead at point blank r...

[Sponsored Article] The University Grants Committee (UGC) released the results of the RAE 2020 on May 24, 2021. The exercise engaged 361 distinguished international and local scholars as well as local research end-users with extensive expertise in t...

Asia’s convenience, reliability and cost-effectiveness mean optimism and expectations in the United States that American companies can reshore production from the region is “overblown” and any such shifts will “remain an exception to the rule...

The PLA’s largest sortie into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone marked another step forward by the Chinese military because it was the first of its kind on the eastern side of the island, according to military analysts.That side is the fur...

Three people have received a total of HK$450,000 (US$58,000) from Hong Kong’s Covid-19 vaccination indemnity fund, health authorities revealed on Wednesday, marking the first time in more than three months of the mass inoculation drive that compens...

The European Union (EU) on Wednesday agreed to lift coronavirus restrictions for travellers from the US and several other places, as Western countries move towards a return to pre-pandemic life.The United States was among eight countries and territor...