Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union has announced it will disband, days after education authorities formally severed ties with the group and warned that law enforcement could “take appropriate action” against it if necessary.The opposition-le...

Unvaccinated Hong Kong residents at higher risk of coronavirus-related complications should undergo testing every week as an added precaution against the more contagious Delta variant, two top infectious disease experts have suggested.Hong Kong confi...

A subsidiary of Hong Kong media group Next Digital has been sued for more than HK$2 million (US$257,000) in overdue payments owed to a service provider.In a writ filed on Monday, Johnson Controls Hong Kong took Apple Daily Printing to the District Co...

In early August in Denmark, Zhang Lianying’s WeChat notifications pinged, indicating that he had received a voice message. When he listened on his phone, he heard a recording in Mandarin that said simply: “I don’t know what to say. Thank you ve...

Beijing has recalled its ambassador to Lithuania in protest over the Baltic state’s decision to allow Taipei to open a representative office in Vilnius.China’s foreign ministry made the announcement on Tuesday after Taiwan – which Beijing claim...

Smartphone maker Xiaomi has signed sprinter Su Bingtian, the first Chinese to qualify in the men’s 100m final at an Olympics, as its brand ambassador.Sun became a national hero after he qualified for the finals in Tokyo, even though he did not win ...

A Chinese court has upheld the death penalty handed to Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, rejecting his appeal against the sentence after he was convicted of drug smuggling in 2018.The Liaoning Higher People’s Court in northeastern China said on T...

Hong Kong police have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of indecently assaulting a teenage girl after luring her to a Kwai Chung flat for what she was told was a free photo shoot.The victim, 18, got to know the man via social media before he of...

An online video showing a car driving down a Hong Kong bike lane in broad daylight has prompted a police effort to track down the vehicle and its driver.The events captured in the clip, posted online on Monday, appear to have taken place in Chi Shin ...

On the sands of Bondi Beach, one of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs, surfers and seaside walkers jostle for space, while joggers clog the nearby promenade and fitness buffs huddle around public exercise equipment.To the west, where Covid-19 infections ...

China’s anti-sanctions law should be applied to Hong Kong via local legislation to prevent the issue from being “hyped up” by foreign forces looking to weaken its status as a financial centre, the city’s leader has said.The National People’...

Canada has lifted its prohibition on Americans crossing the border to shop, go on holiday or visit while the United States is maintaining similar restrictions for Canadians, part of a bumpy return to normalcy from Covid-19 travel bans.US citizens and...

Chinese education firm Vipkid, famous for connecting domestic students with English tutors overseas, has stopped renewing contracts for such courses to comply with Beijing’s strict new policy on after-school tutoring.It is preparing alternative cou...

Singapore said 70 per cent of its population has been fully vaccinated, and 79 per cent have received at least one dose, giving the city state one of the best vaccination rates in the world as today it starts to ease social distancing restrictions an...

Mainland China recorded 181 new Covid-19 infections on Monday, including the highest daily totals of local and symptomatic cases during its recent outbreak.The country’s National Health Commission (NHC) reported 143 new symptomatic cases, the highe...

Lawyers for disgraced R&B superstar R. Kelly have asked a judge to dismiss numerous criminal charges against the singer, just as jury selection in his sex trafficking trial began.His legal team argued that charges – including bribing a Chicago cler...

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday called Seoul authorities “treacherous” over the South’s joint military exercises with the United States, warning the two allies would face greater security threats as a result...

Hong Kong’s leader has unveiled a raft of measures aimed at boosting sports development in the wake of the city’s Olympics triumph, including expediting construction of a major new training facility and setting up a multimillion-dollar fund dedic...

The US Justice Department has said it would work toward providing families of September 11 victims with more information about the run-up to the attacks as part of a federal lawsuit that aims to hold the Saudi government accountable.The disclosure in...

The family of Quan Hongchan, the Chinese gold-medal-winning Olympic diver, are suddenly finding themselves refusing gifts and cash from across the country after the general public learned about the teenager’s humble background.Quan might be the big...

As Laos prepares to launch its section of a pan-Asia rail route that will eventually connect China to Singapore, the project has been regarded as cause for celebration for some but concern for others.The Laos section of the route – a 414km, US$5.9 ...

Bernie Madoff suffered a long and lonely demise, according to a chilling report that shows the architect behind the massive Ponzi scheme that brought misery to so many lost toes, teeth and even his mind before dying on April 14.Citing prison records ...

Swire Properties will open the first phase of its Zhangyuan redevelopment project in Shanghai next July, kicking off the renewal of one of most important – and storied – landmarks in China’s commercial hub.About 20,000 square metres (215,278 sq...

Hong Kong will suffer typhoons more destructive than Mangkhut, droughts that wreak havoc on drinking water supplies and pummelling heatwaves if global warming exceeds 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2050.The warning from local scientist...

A volcanic eruption on Indonesia’s turbulent Mount Merapi churned and boiled on Monday, sending renewed flows of lava and ash down its slopes for a second day.Pyroclastic flows – avalanches of rock, ash and volcanic gas – burst from the mountai...

South Korea’s plan to boost vaccine production, making it one of the new drivers of its economy along with semiconductors and batteries, will enhance its importance as a global supplier amid deepening US-China rivalry, said analysts.Seoul last week...

One of Jeffrey Epstein’s long-time accusers sued Prince Andrew on Monday, saying he sexually assaulted her when she was 17.Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court.In a statement, Giuffre said the lawsuit was brough...

The United States said it was up to Afghan security forces to defend the country after Taliban militants captured a sixth provincial capital on Monday, along with border towns and trade routes.President Joe Biden has said the US military mission in A...

Taiwan’s navy is scrapping an NT$31.6 billion (US$1.1 billion) project to build 60 mini missile assault boats originally aimed to boost the island’s asymmetric warfare ability against the mainland, a reversal that is expected to cost NT$200 milli...

This is the fifth part in a series of stories looking at China’s economic outlook in the second half of 2021 as it continues its recovery from a coronavirus-hit 2020.This summer, Zhang Luoluo’s cafe fashioned out of an abandoned shipping containe...

The US needs to invest in education, roads, railways, ports and broadband if it wants to remain globally competitive against China and other adversaries and show the strength and resiliency of its democratic system, the nation’s top diplomat said o...

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has urged Brazil not to use Huawei Technologies equipment in developing its 5G telecommunications network, a White House official confirmed on Monday.During his trip to Brazil last week, Sullivan expre...

Firefighters, volunteers and residents on the Greek island of Evia joined together late on Monday to battle fires that have been blazing for eight consecutive nights.Residents of the village of Kamatriades joined emergency crews to form a human chain...

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron is reported to have made US$10 million from financial services company Greensill Capital before it collapsed in March.The former prime minister was revealed to have made US$4.5 million after cashing in shar...

Belarus’ authoritarian leader on Monday denied that his government unleashed massive repression of dissent after his re-election a year ago triggered a months-long wave of mass protests, even as his law enforcement officials admitted receiving over...

Former US president Donald Trump wanted a “ransom” for Meng Wanzhou’s freedom, her lead lawyer said on Monday, as he summarised alleged abuses suffered by the Huawei Technologies Co. executive in an extradition case that began almost 1,000 days...

Neanderthals may have been closer to our species of prehistoric modern human than previously believed after cave paintings found in Spain proved they had a fondness for creating art, one of the authors of a new scientific report said on Sunday.Red oc...

London’s Tower Bridge was stuck with its roadway arms raised on Monday afternoon, causing traffic jams on both sides of the River Thames.Images of the 127-year-old drawbridge, one of several spans that connect the northern and southern parts of the...

An investigation by the Al Jazeera broadcaster to be released on Monday found that middlemen were prepared to enable a fictitious criminal investor to buy a storied English football club.The investigation found that, with the help of a fixer, Derby C...

Campaigners converged on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s central London office on Monday, urging him to save a condemned alpaca called Geronimo.Dozens of protesters joined a march to Downing Street from the agriculture ministry, casting doub...

The head of a fund providing restitution to victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuses said on Monday she has finished the claims process, and awarded nearly US$125 million to about 150 eligible claimants.In a statement, the Epstein Victims’ Comp...

A global early warning system being built in the US to track hypersonic weapons will be an improvement on its existing system but have to overcome several big challenges to be effective, according to a study by Chinese military scientists.Two defence...

The first generation vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech works against coronavirus variants such as the Delta strain and does not need to be modified for the moment, the chief executive of German company BioNTech said on Monday.“It is quite possib...

Bangladesh police have arrested a social media star for shooting a dance video with a woman at a mosque, officials said on Monday.The clip triggered online anger in the Muslim-majority nation, police said, and 20-year-old Yasin was arrested at his ho...

A Beijing prosecutor’s move to initiate a public interest lawsuit against Tencent Holdings could open a new source of concern for China’s Big Tech sector, according to analysts and legal experts.The Haidian District People’s Procuratorate in Be...

Two separate brawls over scarce fuel in northern Lebanon have left three people dead, state media and security sources said, as shortages spark a wave of confrontations at petrol stations.Lebanon, grappling with an economic crisis branded by the Worl...

Indonesia will extend “level 4” mobility restrictions in several areas of Java and Bali until August 16, but will ease them in other places on those islands where Covid-19 cases have dropped, senior minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Monday evenin...

As Angela Merkel’s leadership of Germany heads into its final weeks, jostling is under way inside and outside the European Union to shape its future relations with China.Her farewell tour featured a trip to Washington, a series of high-level summit...

Hong Kong media group Next Digital is to vacate its headquarters in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, amid allegations the group had improperly sublet some space.In a notice filed to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing on Monday, Next Digital, which ...

Ten head teachers’ groups have joined forces to urge the Hong Kong government to take a tougher approach and impose an outright ban on new smoking products such as electronic cigarettes after primary school children were spotted using the devices.T...