Liu Yanan, a 37-year-old from China’s eastern province of Jiangsu, quit her job as a doctor after she gave birth to her son to take care of him full-time.Like many parents across the country she finds the constant effort to ensure her son does not ...

With YouTube videos “debunking” allegations of human rights abuses and diatribes on Western “conspiracies” against China, an unlikely set of foreigners are loudly defending Beijing from its international critics.They are teachers and business...

The Taliban raised its flag over the Afghan presidential palace on Saturday, a spokesman said, as the US and the world marked the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.The white banner, emblazoned with a Quranic verse, was hoisted by Mullah Mo...

In the 1990s, Japan’s emerging phenomenon of hikikomori – young people shutting themselves away from society – prompted much hand-wringing, self-reflection and cultural criticism. Two decades later, the pressures that caused thousands of young...

Hong Kong’s consumption vouchers may provide an even bigger economic boost than expected, the finance minister has said, while new plans to expand Shenzhen’s Qianhai economic zone could further solidify the city’s role as a renminbi trading hub...

China has been hit by a fresh local outbreak of Covid-19, this time in the southeastern province of Fujian, prompting authorities to ramp up vaccination efforts for teenagers.The National Health Commission reported 20 locally transmitted coronavirus ...

Hong Kong authorities have no plans to increase the number of coveted quarantine places for foreign domestic helpers, or to lengthen their isolation periods despite a worsening pandemic in the Philippines, the city’s labour minister has said.Secret...

Some of the world’s biggest academic publishers are investigating research papers containing genetic or facial information on minorities amid allegations of ethical violations in the gathering of the data. Much of the research in question stems fro...

As a diplomat whose career spanned decades, retired Thai ambassador Russ Jalichandra knows all about the need for subtlety and nuance when it comes to making statements about other nations’ affairs.And during that long career he can recall no other...

On a blazing hot Monday morning in August, environmentalist Camilla Zanzanaini led a group of schoolchildren, each holding a tree sapling, a shovel and some wood chips, onto a small fenced-in plot.Then – at first tentatively, but with increasing en...

Wenny Angelina Hudojo’s older child Evan would have turned 15 this year, celebrating his birthday with mum, dad and younger brother Nathan at their home in Surabaya, Indonesia.But the occasion on August 29 was marked with prayers and flowers set on...

Chinese People’s Liberation Army commanders assembled in numbers not seen in three years as troops focused on quick responses to problems at a key annual exercise this week, as part of China’s continued efforts to upgrade combat readiness and...

Britain’s Emma Raducanu has won the US Open women's singles title after beating Leylah Fernandez of Canada 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Raducanu threatened to break for a 2-0 lead in the second set, only for Fernandez to put her disappointment behind he...

Israeli police on Saturday said they have arrested four of the six Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison this week – including a famed militant leader whose exploits over the years have made him a well-known figure in Israel.The a...

Happening (L’événement), a hard-hitting French drama about illegal abortion in the 1960s, won the Golden Lion award for best film at the Venice festival on Saturday.The film, by director Audrey Diwan, wowed viewers on the Lido waterfront with its...

War-weary residents of Kabul expressed anger and feelings of betrayal by the United States on Saturday, as the world marked the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks that prompted a US invasion of Afghanistan and the toppling of its Taliban ru...

Former US president Donald Trump used the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to slam the “inept administration” of Joe Biden for its “incompetence” over the Afghan withdrawal in a video message on Saturday.“This is a very sad day,” Trum...

A Tunisian man died in hospital on Saturday after setting himself on fire, witnesses and doctors said, days after another man burned himself alive to protest living conditions.Both acts recall the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, the street selle...

The historic leader of Peru’s Maoist Shining Path guerillas, blamed for one of the bloodiest insurgencies in Latin America, died on Saturday in a military prison, his lawyer told Agence France-Presse.Abimael Guzman was 86. He had been serving a lif...

China is expected to continue building up its arsenal of nuclear weapons despite Nato’s appeal for it to sign up to international arms controls.Last week Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg criticised China’s efforts to develop its nuclear ca...

Two public hospitals in Hong Kong have apologised after data concerning 834 patients went missing and vowed to review their handling of such sensitive information.In one case, a doctor left a folder full of information about dozens of patients, inclu...

World leaders sent messages of solidarity Saturday on the 20th anniversary of September 11, saying the attackers had failed to destroy Western values.Here are some reactions:Britain“We can now say with the perspective of 20 years that they (the jih...

At a sombre ceremony in lower Manhattan on Saturday, US President Joe Biden marked the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, standing silently among a crowd of mourners while the nearly 3,000 victims’ names were read aloud by fami...

A dozen people have been arrested after suspected members of rival triad gangs tore through some of the busiest streets of Hong Kong in an early morning car chase that ended with the pursued man smashing his vehicle into a police station to get help....

Japan and Vietnam signed a deal on Saturday enabling exports of Japanese-made defence equipment and technology to the Southeast Asian country to boost cooperation amid China’s growing assertiveness in regional waters.The accord was signed in Hanoi ...

Hong Kong’s buoyant home market continued to strengthen, as buyers bought 88 per cent of the 455 flats on offer at three projects in one of the biggest sales weekends this year, putting the city on track to post a record September in sales.Sun Hung...

Chinese social media and streaming platforms have promised to remove content that triggers fights by obsessive fans as part of a broader crackdown on celebrity culture.The China Association of Performing Arts, a semi-official industry body, said on S...

Some Hong Kong inmates held for offences related to the national security law and the 2019 protests are exercising “unprecedented influence” in the city’s prisons, leading to round-the-clock monitoring usually reserved for high-profile criminal...

A Hong Kong taxi driver whose vehicle hit a 66-year-old woman while she was crossing the road on Saturday morning has been arrested.Police said the 70-year-old driver was driving the taxi southbound along Queen Street in Sheung Wan at around 9.20am. ...

Australia’s third most populous state said on Saturday it may order a snap lockdown after a cluster of Covid-19 cases, as the country posted a record one-day rise in daily infections.Queensland state, home to more than 5 million people, said it had...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned of interference from regional outsiders, as he urged Vietnam not to “magnify conflicts” in the disputed South China Sea.Wang’s remarks, made during talks with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Mi...

Three US senators are urging Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to sanction Chinese Internet of Things (IoT) company Tuya Smart, calling the New York-listed company a national security threat that undermines Americans’ privacy.Republican senators Marc...

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

Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines has postponed its anticipated launch to the first quarter of 2022 after its air licence bid hit turbulence in recent days, prompting its CEO to warn the delay is putting unnecessary cost pressures on the business.Th...

Seven of Hong Kong’s opposition district councillors have been given a Monday deadline to supply additional information about their roles in an unofficial 2020 primary election so authorities can determine if their freshly taken oaths of office are...

Diaries and documents have come to light that support suggestions Japan’s Emperor Hirohito was more in favour of the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941, and the subsequent invasion of the Allies’ territories across the Asia-Pacific, than is detailed...

China’s growing unmanned aircraft capabilities and focus on increasingly sophisticated military drones are causing headaches for its neighbours and risking regional stability.Three Chinese military drones were spotted near Japan in late August, pro...

Members of Hong Kong’s biggest teachers’ union on Saturday passed a motion to formally disband and wind up the 47-year-old organisation, a month after its leaders announced it would break up under pressure from authorities.The decision by the Pro...

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 will take its coronavirus vaccination message directly to the residents most reluctant to get a jab, with government workers going door to door to visit the elderly and promoting special appointment-free inoculation days.Secretary for the C...

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 ...