An Australian adviser to Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in a junta court to face immigration and official secrets charges, a lawyer involved in the case said on Thursday.Macquarie University professor Sean Turnell was the first f...

One suspected smuggler died in hospital on Thursday hours after he and another man fell into the sea when their boat was rammed by a speedboat and sank in Hong Kong waters.A police source said the investigation suggested the pair were from mainland C...

Melbourne’s streets were largely quiet on Thursday after three days of anti-lockdown protests, with hundreds of police officers on patrol in the city to prevent another rally as Covid-19 cases in Victoria hit a daily pandemic record.Police in centr...

China-manufactured vaccines are part of a diverse portfolio that Malaysia relies on to inoculate its population as it faces a devastating fourth wave of Covid-19.The Delta variant is crippling efforts to flatten the curve, and the number of daily inf...

Beijing’s application to join a trans-Pacific trade pact could undermine Taiwan’s chances of gaining access to the regional bloc if Beijing becomes a member ahead of the self-ruled island.But Taiwanese officials said such a development remained t...

The High Court has refused to back an appeal bid from a Hong Kong resident challenging his extradition to India over his alleged involvement in a jailbreak on the subcontinent five years ago.Ramanjit Singh, also known as Romi, had applied for a certi...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told world leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday night that humanity has to “grow up” and tackle climate change, saying humans must stop trashing the planet like a teenager on a bender.Johnson is due to h...

A teenager has been jailed for nearly five years for assaulting a passer-by and snatching a police officer’s shotgun during a chaotic protest at a Hong Kong shopping centre in 2019.Chan Chun-hin, 18, was sentenced at the District Court on Thursday ...

China Evergrande Group’s second-largest shareholder Chinese Estates Holdings has dumped a major chunk of Evergrande shares at a loss and signalled the potential sale of its entire stake, as the staunchest ally that kept the world’s most indebted ...

Boeing raised its forecast slightly on Thursday for China’s aircraft demand for the next 20 years, betting on the country’s quick rebound from the coronavirus and future growth in its budget airline sector and e-commerce.Chinese airlines will nee...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he has tried to arrange a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron but has been unsuccessful so far, a week after his cancellation of a major submarine deal sparked a diplomatic row with Paris.M...

Hong Kong’s largest pro-establishment party has urged the government to create new authorities and appoint more people from outside the civil service to help the city diversify its economy, and solve social problems such as housing and environmenta...

The United States on Wednesday authorised the use of boosters of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for people aged over 65, as well as adults at high risk of severe disease and those in high-exposure jobs.The announcement means a significant part of the po...

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his 71st birthday recently, several Hindu temples marked the occasion by preparing “jumbo” batches of jalebi – the famous crispy, crunchy and sweet Indian snack.Their versions of the bright or...

A popular “giant moon” installation in Hong Kong ended up deflated in the sea two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, when high winds during a thunderstorm blew it off its platform on Thursday.The glowing, 15-metre “Fly Me to the M...

The United Nations General Assembly pledged on Wednesday to redouble efforts to combat racism around the world, commemorating a landmark but contentious 2001 anti-racism conference by holding an anniversary meeting once again riven with divisions.Loo...

This is the first in a two-part series on the China policies of the leading candidates to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel. Here Finbarr Bermingham looks at what is in store from the front runners.Three weeks out from the German election and the area...

The fluctuating Covid-19 outbreak in China – with another 28 new local cases recorded by the end of Wednesday – is raising concerns the spread of the virus might disrupt next month’s week-long National Day holidays.The National Health Commissio...

Jun Cao has spent his entire career in the battle against malaria and witnessed the historic moment earlier this year when China was officially certified free of the mosquito-borne deadly disease.But for public health experts such as Cao, who is depu...

China is quietly growing its home-grown payments system to allow cross-border transactions in yuan as trade and investment with the rest of the world grows and Beijing makes a bigger push to globalise the local currency.Cross-Border Interbank Payment...

China’s Xiaomi said on Wednesday that its devices do not censor users’ communications, a day after Lithuania’s Defence Ministry recommended that consumers avoid Chinese phones due to a censoring feature in the smartphone giant’s flagship phon...

Clover Biopharmaceuticals, a Chinese biotech start-up that has developed a protein-based Covid-19 vaccine and is a supplier of Covax, said on Wednesday that trials showed the vaccine was 79 per cent effective against any severity of Covid-19 caused b...

One of China’s most famous directors called a suggestion by an entertainment industry executive to force celebrities to pass knowledge exams impractical.The suggestion from Zhang Haijun, the director of the Beijing Trade Association for Performance...

China’s inward-looking economic strategy has put European firms in a more challenging position and it could also hit the country’s growth, an EU business group warned on Thursday.It said Beijing’s goal of self-reliance, rising nationalism and m...

Hong Kong faces a mortality protection gap of HK$6.9 trillion (US$884.6 billion), which could cause many families undue financial trouble in the event of the death of the main earner, according to the Insurance Authority’s first study on the subjec...

Celebrations in Hong Kong of Taiwan’s Double Tenth public holiday risk breaching the national security law, a top official has warned, saying acts aimed at separating the island from China could be considered secessionist.Popularly known as the Dou...

France’s Naval Group said Wednesday it will send a “detailed and calculated proposal” to Australia in the coming weeks of the costs it expects Canberra to pay for scrapping a massive contract to purchase French submarines.Australia in 2016 agre...

China’s new ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, warned on Wednesday that Beijing would not engage in joint efforts to de-escalate bilateral tensions unless Washington prevented competition between the two powers from veering into confrontati...

Countering “an obvious increase in spying activities by state-level groups” over the past two years will be the main focus when Hong Kong revives a long-shelved bill under its mini-constitution to safeguard national security, according to the cit...

US Vice-President Kamala Harris plans to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday afternoon, making history as the highest ranking Indian-American to welcome the leader of a country that is becoming one of America’s most important allie...

Australia’s bid to acquire nuclear submarines under a new security pact with the United States and Britain has sparked unease in Pacific Island nations, whose strategic location has placed them at the forefront of the growing geopolitical rivalry b...

Almost as soon as he entered Canada’s parliament in 2019, Conservative Kenny Chiu became a prominent advocate for what he called Hong Kong’s “political freedom”, and a tough critic of Beijing.Weeks after being comfortably elected in Steveston...

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Victoria Guida on politico.com on September 22, 2021.The Federal Reserve on Wednesday signalled it is on track to begin withdrawing some of its extraordinar...

Tiny antibodies produced by llamas could provide a new frontline treatment against coronavirus in the form of a nasal spray, research suggests.Scientists at the Rosalind Franklin Institute have found that the nanobodies – a smaller, simple form of ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) tightened its air quality guidelines on Wednesday for the first time since 2005, hoping to spur countries toward clean energy and prevent deaths and illness caused by air pollution.The new recommendations targeting...

Somalia hosted its first screening of a movie in three decades under heavy security on Wednesday, as the conflict-ravaged country hopes for a cultural renewal.Built by Chinese engineers as a gift from Mao Zedong in 1967, the National Theatre of Somal...

US President Joe Biden spoke with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday “to discuss the implications”, according to a joint statement by both governments, of a military alliance with Britain and Australia, which cancelled its US$66 ...

The United States on Wednesday promised to buy 500 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses to donate to other countries as it comes under increasing pressure to share its supply with the rest of the world.The White House is hosting a four-hour virtual su...

The US Securities and Exchange Commission adopted a new rule on Wednesday that will help the agency force companies flouting US audit regulations to delist from US exchanges, a move that threatens hundreds of Chinese businesses.According to the rule,...

China should review its policy of not being the first to use a nuclear weapon in a conflict, as it comes under growing pressure from the US and its military alliances, a former diplomat said.Sha Zukang, who was the Chinese ambassador for disarmament ...

Taiwan has officially applied to join a Pacific trade pact, just days after Beijing made a similar request to become a member in a bid to increase its economic influence in the region.Chen Chern-chyi, the island’s deputy economic minister, said on ...

The rank and file of Hong Kong’s largest opposition party are mostly in favour of boycotting December’s Legislative Council election following Beijing’s overhaul of the system to ensure only “patriots” hold public office, according to membe...

Pregnant women who get mRNA Covid-19 vaccines pass high levels of antibodies to their babies, according to a study published in American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology – Maternal Fetal Medicine on Wednesday.The study – one of the first to mea...

The United States is speeding up production of its long-range B-21 Raider stealth bomber to take on challenges from China as the two countries tussle over the South China Sea and Taiwan.US Air Force secretary Frank Kendall told a conference in Maryla...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday expressed revulsion over the “heinous” killing of a petrol station cashier by a customer angry about being asked to wear a mask while buying beer.The killing of the 20-year-old student late Saturday in...

Some two-thirds of respondents in a recent survey of Hong Kong secondary school students said the English they learned in class was not enough to meet the demands of daily life, let alone advanced study or their desired careers.The survey results, re...

As the US deepens its security focus on the Indo-Pacific region, it has focused on keeping its edge underwater over rivals such as China.This includes its plans to share nuclear-powered submarine technology with Australia as part of a new trilateral ...

Denmark, one of Washington’s closest allies in Europe, disagrees with French and EU criticism of the United States over a nuclear submarine deal with Australia, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Wednesday.Frederiksen defended President Joe B...

Malaysia’s defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein on Wednesday said he planned to visit China soon to hold consultations with counterparts there about the Aukus defence pact.The out-of-the-blue plan for a visit signalled anxiety in Kuala Lumpur and ...

China is unlikely to oppose the Taliban’s request to appoint a new Afghan envoy to the United Nations, observers said, despite ongoing concerns over whether the group will stamp out terrorism as requested by Beijing.UN secretary general Antonio Gut...