Members of Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union have voted to formally disband and wind up the 47-year-old organisation, the Post has learned, a month after its leaders announced it would break up under pressure from authorities.The Saturday decis...

Fang Ran was not alarmed when his belongings, including his phone, computer and ID card, were confiscated by state security agents in southern China in June.The 26-year-old doctoral student at the University of Hong Kong was a Communist Party member ...

Fully vaccinated people were 11 times less likely to die of Covid-19 and 10 times less likely to be hospitalised compared to the unvaccinated since highly contagious Delta became the most common variant, US health authorities said on Friday.The data ...

A group of Hong Kong academics and community leaders has come together to provide emotional support to young people arrested over the anti-government protests of 2019 and their family members.About 180 have received help so far from Project Change, w...

Taiwan’s government scolded Fitch Ratings on Friday after it called the island a part of China for the first time, in an announcement on upgrading Taiwan’s economic outlook.Taipei said it was talking to the company about the issue.Beijing claims ...

Typhoon Chanthu slammed into the northern Philippines on Saturday, forcing hundreds to flee their homes amid heavy rains and strong winds, officials said.Chanthu was packing maximum sustained winds of 205km/h as it made landfall over Batanes province...

The third part of a series on China’s antitrust crackdowns in the technology industry looks at the regulatory scrutiny on the algorithms that power recommendations in such applications as news aggregators, video sharing platforms and live-streaming...

Two decades after the collapse of the World Trade Centre, people are still coming forward to report illnesses that might be related to dust that billowed over the city after the terror attack.To date, the US has spent US$11.7 billion on care and comp...

Rudy Giuliani was a hero before he was a punchline. Lisa Beamer was a wife and mother before she became a symbol of September 11 – and though her celebrity passed, her widowhood cannot.In the aftermath of the planes falling from the sky, America an...

As Honduras gears up to hold presidential elections in November, keeping a close eye on the outcome is Taiwan – because the result may decide whether relations between the long-time allies remain intact.Taipei has reason to be concerned. A high-pro...

China’s market watchdog fined three car chip distributors for driving up prices amid a global semiconductor shortage that has created a supply crunch for carmakers and pushed up costs.The State Administration of Market Regulation (SAMR) fined Shang...

Hong Kong is planning to take its coronavirus vaccination message directly to those most hesitant to get a jab, visiting elderly residents door to door and promoting special appointment-free inoculation days in a bid to boost dangerously low uptake r...

Lebanon has ended a 13-month wait for a new government with the unveiling of a line-up that faces the daunting task of rescuing the country from economic meltdown.A new cabinet was a condition for much-needed international assistance but its ability ...

The world changed forever after September 11. Suspicion and security trumped trust and privacy, and another attack seemed imminent. It came more than a year later, in Southeast Asia, in a chilling reminder of the insidious reach of extremism.On Octob...

Chinese parents worried their children will lose out as a result of education reforms that have led to a reduction in the amount of time spent teaching English are looking for ways to make up the gap.Although their options are further limited after a...

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani on Friday warned US President Joe Biden to stay away from the city during this weekend’s 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, claiming the commander in chief is a persona non grata because of his re...

At least 15 to 20 villagers, including several teenagers, have been killed in some of Myanmar’s deadliest fighting between government troops and resistance forces since July, according to a villager and reports by independent media.The fighting nea...

The Mid-Autumn Festival is less than two weeks away and the Post’s office is already abuzz with anticipation.Every year, the festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar; this is when the moon is at its brightest. For ...

Across China, the phrase “common prosperity” has become a major talking point spanning every demographic, from the rich and political elite to rural farmers and factory workers. Their concerns are vastly different, but many of their questions are...

A huge dig in southwestern China earlier this year unearthed hundreds of artefacts from more than 3,000 years ago, including a gold mask that may have been worn by a priest.Now, farmers near the Sanxingdui archaeological site in Guanghan, Sichuan pro...

Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan will hold a meeting on North Korea next week in Tokyo, South Korea’s foreign ministry confirmed on Friday.The three countries have been discussing ways to break a stand-off with North Korea ov...

Pork seller Jackie Lai Hon-yuen remembers his father’s stall in Hong Kong’s Central Market for the mainland workers who spent their days and nights there in the 1970s and 1980s.There were about 10 men who would sleep on wooden boards placed on me...

Scientists at one of China’s most important archaeological sites continue to unearth remarkable artefacts from an ancient Chinese civilisation that dates back over 3,000 years.Researchers on Thursday revealed over 500 artefacts discovered at the Sa...

June Wong Fung-ming knew her two daughters were different before they had even turned a year old.As babies, they would have seizures multiple times a week, which left her feeling helpless and unsure what to do.Even the various doctors Wong took her c...

During India’s recent Covid-19 lockdown, Delhi resident Ashpinder Kaur Marwah, who is in her early 70s, had very little to do. But the arrival of mango season saved her from her boredom and gave the homemaker an opportunity to make pickles, putting...

Beijing is looking to boost relations with its Southeast Asian neighbours with Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s second tour of the region this year, starting with a three-day visit to Vietnam on Friday.It is the latest in a counterbalancing effort with t...

The Biden administration on Friday provided the first public look inside a US military base where Afghans airlifted out of Afghanistan are being screened, amid questions about how the government is caring for the refugees and vetting them.“Every Af...

The September 11 attackers failed in their aim of making people in open societies live in “permanent fear”, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as he marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11.In a video message due to be played at a ceremony on S...

Hundreds of prominent Hong Kong businessmen and Beijing loyalists – most of whom already hold uncontested seats on a powerful body that will pick the city’s next leader – will be part of an outreach drive over the weekend to raise awareness amo...

Nasa’s Perseverance Mars rover has now collected two rock samples, with signs that they were in contact with water for a long period of time boosting the case for ancient life on the red planet.“It looks like our first rocks reveal a potentially ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the United States and China on Friday to prevent any problems between the superpowers from harming cooperation to combat climate change ahead of the UN COP26 climate change conference next month.Ties betwee...

Britain’s Prince Andrew has been served legal papers in a US lawsuit brought by a woman who says he sexually abused her when she was a teenager, a court filing showed on Friday.The complaint was delivered to the royal’s home in Windsor, England, ...

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Russia said on Friday it had summoned the US ambassador in Moscow over the interference of US tech giants in parliamentary polls due later this month.Moscow has ramped up control of the internet and is taking legal action against foreign tech compani...

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Claire Rafford on politico.com on September 10, 2021.US President Joe Biden on Friday told opponents of his administration's Covid-19 vaccine mandates to �...

Russia and Belarus launched massive military drills on Friday, with Nato-member Poland warning of possible “provocations” as tensions rise on the European Union’s eastern border.Moscow said 200,000 personnel would take part in the week-long Zap...

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel used what is likely to be her last official call with Chinese President Xi Jinping to repeat support for close economic relations between the two countries, according to China.Just over two weeks from election...

A private hospital in Hong Kong has apologised after a nurse “pricked” a Covid-19 vaccine recipient with a needle used on a previous jab taker.A spokesman for Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital in Happy Valley on Friday confirmed the incident invo...

Apple Inc. was ordered by a court to allow developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods for mobile apps, in a ruling that is a severe blow to the iPhone maker. A federal judge granted an injunction sought by Epic Games on Friday while al...

The Biden administration is weighing a new investigation into Chinese subsidies and their damage to the US economy as a way to pressure Beijing on trade, people familiar with the matter said.Top Biden economic advisers, including US Trade Representat...

Queen Elizabeth and the royal family back the Black Lives Matter movement, one of her senior representatives said in a television interview to be broadcast on Friday.Philanthropist Kenneth Olisa, the first black Lord Lieutenant of Greater London, tol...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding’s pledge of 100 billion yuan (US$15.5 billion) to help narrow the country’s wealth gap is not just about giving away money – it is aimed at building programmes that can help to “make the cake big...

The United States and its Western allies are using ethnic issues to sow discord in China and officials in charge of ethnic policies must guard against such infiltration to build a strong sense of shared community among the Chinese people, a senior Co...

Barely a month before Philippine politicians must serve notice if they are to stand in next year’s presidential election, only one candidate has officially thrown his hat into the ring – and even he is a rank outsider.Senator Panfilo Lacson annou...

Tech giants made billions through contracts with the US military and other government agencies during the so-called “war on terror”, according to a report released ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11.The “Big Tech Sells War” report, publish...

Beijing and Washington may have resolved to maintain communication but Friday’s phone call between the US and Chinese leaders has not narrowed differences over Taiwan, diplomatic observers said.While the call between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden was an...

Mooncake counterfeiters are targeting prominent labels such as Louis Vuitton, Hong Kong customs has revealed, after an operation that included the seizure of 114 boxes of such items bearing forged trademarks of well-known brands.It is the first time ...

An alarming rise in suicides among elderly women and children could have been caused by increased feelings of isolation during long periods of social distancing and school suspensions, a study by the University of Hong Kong has found.However, the ove...

Tencent Holdings, which runs the world’s biggest video gaming business by revenue, said it cannot ascertain if a player has cheated its facial recognition system to get around age restrictions, as Beijing ratchets up the pressure on the industry to...

Restoration of regular visa services outranked a meeting between the Chinese and US presidents as top priorities for businesses this year, according to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in China.AmCham China said on Friday that in the surv...