Tackling the climate crisis is a “core national security priority” for US President Joe Biden. But saving a dangerously warming world may not always be compatible with his other highest priorities, such as confronting China. Look no further than ...

One of America’s earliest investors in China fired an opening salvo in a potential war of words with the biggest global asset manager this week, as two of Wall Street’s best-known investors spar over the investment potential of the world’s seco...

Three domestic helpers have been jailed for up to five years for stealing and pawning more than HK$14 million (US$1.8 million) worth of jewellery and valuables from the luxury home of Hong Kong shipping magnate David Liang Chong-hou.Deputy High Court...

The first oath-taking ceremony for district councillors to swear allegiance to Hong Kong will be held on Friday, subject to authorities taking time to judge their sincerity, according to the city’s leader.Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ...

Indian social media influencer Shivani Kapila spent more than two years amassing 10 million followers on TikTok but in June last year she discovered she was unable to access her account after the government banned the app, citing security concerns. ...

Prosecutors in China dropped the case against a former Alibaba manager accused of sexually assaulting a colleague after a business meeting. The police, whose formal arrest was not approved, handed down a 15-day detention.“According to laws and regu...

Greater Bay Airlines’ first aircraft has landed in Hong Kong, as it seeks to become the city’s newest carrier while awaiting the regulatory permit and licence necessary to fly passengers and cargo.The Boeing 737 left the Kazakhstan capital Nur-Su...

The Taliban on Tuesday fired shots into the air to disperse crowds who had gathered for an anti-Pakistan rally in the capital, the latest protest since the hardline Islamist movement swept to power last month.The Islamists have yet to announce a gove...

After one year of trying, Japan’s largest curry restaurant chain has achieved a feat some may have considered impossible for a foreign company: it has managed to sell curry in India.Although Ichibanya, which operates CoCo Ichibanya curry, was force...

Hong Kong will take an active role in the development of Shenzhen’s burgeoning Qianhai economic zone, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has pledged, noting the city’s own economic horizons will expand alongside those of the area Beijing ...

Myanmar’s shadow government, formed by opponents of military rule, called for a revolt against the junta on Tuesday, setting out a strategy that included action by armed militias and ethnic forces and urging bureaucrats to leave their posts.Duwa La...

South Korea has successfully test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) for the first time, becoming the first country without nuclear weapons to develop such a capability, reports on Tuesday said.A new Dosan Ahn Chang-ho submarine carr...

Foreign students stranded by the pandemic are appealing to the Chinese government to grant them visas so that they can return to the country to continue their university studies.China still does not grant visas to international students except those ...

Since being discovered in Colombia in January, the Mu variant of Covid-19 has spread to nearly four dozen countries and has made its presence known in Hawaii and Alaska. It has so far been found in 49 states with Nebraska being the only state to not ...

Chinese exports have surprised by growing 25.6 per cent in August from a year earlier, totalling US$294.32 billion and beating expectations that they would post another slowdown in August after July’s subdued performance of 19.3 per cent growth.The...

A Chinese Covid-19 vaccine that completes dosage within a week has been cleared for trial in the United Arab Emirates as both a preventive and therapeutic option.The UAE’s approval for therapeutic use human trials of the vaccine developed by Beijin...

Quarantine-free travel from mainland China and Macau to Hong Kong will resume on Wednesday for city residents, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has revealed, with the programme set to expand to non-residents a week later.The “Return2HK”...

Hong Kong’s government has banned the real estate magnate Pan Sutong from selling residential property off the drawing plan until its construction is completed, in an unprecedented exercise of its mandate amid concerns over the developer’s cash c...

A nationalist Buddhist monk in Myanmar notorious for anti-Muslim remarks was freed from prison on Monday after charges that he tried to stir up disaffection against the country’s previous civilian government were dropped.The monk, Wirathu, became p...

The prosecution of alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others restarts Tuesday, just days before the 20th anniversary of the attacks, stirring new hopes for justice and retribution.Mohammed and his co-defendants, who have ...

From pandemic premier to pendulum politician, it’s as if Malaysia’s former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin never left.He survived numerous crises after being appointed to lead the nation in March last year, but barely two weeks after his resignat...

Guinea’s new military leaders sought to tighten their grip on power after overthrowing President Alpha Conde, ordering the soldiers from his presidential guard to now join the junta forces and barring government officials from leaving the country.A...

The construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway – part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative infrastructure scheme – is facing a cost overrun of nearly US$2 billion and a number of other challenges, including ineffective communicatio...

An 18-year-old with congenital muscular dystrophy who aspires to become China’s Stephen Hawking has become a celebrity after being accepted by the country’s leading university in astronautics.Xing Yifan, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy ...

The worst is over for Hong Kong’s high-end home rentals sector, as local demand has gradually filled up the empty flats left behind by expatriates, according to the luxury residential leasing arm of Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP).Luxury home rents ...

Beijing’s two new master plans to forge closer mainland Chinese links with Hong Kong and Macau take very different approaches to furthering the “one country, two systems” model of governance, analysts and pro-China veterans have said.Macau woul...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Qatar’s emir in Doha for crisis talks on Afghanistan after the Taliban claimed to have full control over the country.Blinken, accompanied by Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, is the most senior US official to ...

Hong Kong must expand its recycling efforts if authorities want a new law charging residents for their rubbish to bring down the overall level of trash, environmental experts have said.While authorities had pledged to increase funding for recycling t...

Communist Party inspectors have told education officials and elite universities in China to step up ideological education and enforce party discipline on campus.The orders were delivered in “feedback sessions” on Thursday following a wave of insp...

History is fluid, being shaped over time by research and interpretation. A saying that it is “written by the victors” is also partly true.Knowing that should have prepared me for a visit to the Hong Kong Museum of History. Still, I was surprised ...

Actor Michael K Williams, who as the rogue robber of drug dealers Omar Little on The Wire created one of the most popular characters in television in recent decades, died on Monday.Williams was found dead on Monday afternoon in his Brooklyn penthouse...

Cuba on Monday became the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the age of two against Covid-19, using home-grown jabs not recognised by the World Health Organization.The communist island of 11.2 million people aims to inoculate all i...

Landing an unmanned aircraft flying at above five times the speed of sound on a standard air strip is not easy, but Chinese military researchers say they have found a way to make it safer, potentially bringing applications for hypersonic flight a ste...

China’s coal supply looks to remain tight and prices will stay elevated in the next six months as the country’s own production – coupled with curtailed imports such as those from Australia – will be unable to meet China’s rising demand for ...

Fourteen members of the Palestinian security forces will face a military trial after being formally accused on Monday over the killing of prominent activist Nizar Banat, whose death sparked protests and global condemnation.Banat – a leading critic ...

A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced two leading opposition activists to lengthy prison terms, the latest move in the relentless crackdown that Belarusian authorities have unleashed on dissent in the wake of last year’s anti-government protests.M...

Students across Afghanistan have started returning to university for the first time since the Taliban stormed to power, and in some cases females have been separated from their male peers by curtains or boards down the middle of the classroom.What ha...

One-year-old twin Israeli girls who were born conjoined at the head, back to back, can make eye contact for the first time after undergoing rare separation surgery.The more than 12-hour operation at the Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba, Israel took...

Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has expressed concern about the construction of new missile silos by China that could significantly step up the country's nuclear capabilities.China was also rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal with more warh...

A three-year-old boy wearing a sweatshirt and nappy was found sitting in a creek and cupping water in his hands to drink on Monday, three days after he was lost in rugged Australian woodland.Hundreds of people had been searching for Anthony “AJ” ...

Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of the iconic French New Wave film Breathless, whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin went on to make him one of the country’s most recognisable leading men, has died. He was 88.His death was confirmed on Monday by th...

Hong Kong authorities have hit back at media firm Next Digital, founded by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, accusing it of trying to shift the blame for its operational decisions and “maliciously smearing” the national security law.The Security...

Israel launched a massive manhunt in the country’s north and the occupied West Bank early on Monday after six Palestinian prisoners tunnelled out of their cell and escaped from a high-security facility in the biggest prison break of its kind in dec...

The deadly terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, prompted an outcry from around the world: “We are all Americans.” Washington’s policies realigned around fighting terrorism and bilateral relationships strengthened o...

Post-pandemic campaigns to cut consumption of wildlife in Asia should target specific groups – rather than entire populations – because driving factors vary among people, according to the authors of an international study.According to the study, ...

Relatives of the 298 victims of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 on Monday accused Russia of lying about its alleged role in bringing down the plane as they began testifying in the Dutch murder trial of four suspects.International investigators concluded ...

One of China’s most advanced new research ships has headed to the South China Sea on its maiden voyage as Beijing boosts exploration in the resource-rich waters despite distrust by its neighbours.The Shiyan 6, or Experiment 6, geophysical and seism...

An “anti-fraud” app developed by China’s public security ministry, which is able to filter spam calls and warn users of incoming phone calls from abroad, is now the most popular mobile app in the country, thanks to a state-sponsored promotion c...

Ten men who allegedly took part in a plot to murder Hong Kong police officers during a 2019 mass rally have been charged under the city’s anti-terrorism legislation.The United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance was invoked in the prosecuti...

Chinese pop star Lu Han has cut ties with Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet after the luxury brand’s CEO described Taiwan as a country in an interview.The studio of the actor and singer, a former member of K-pop boy band Exo, announced the move in a...