China’s new ambassador to Britain called for “candid” communication to fix the lack of trust between the nations, weeks after he was barred from the country’s parliament amid strained relations over Beijing’s actions in Hong Kong and Xinjia...

The killing of three pet cats in China after they tested positive on a nucleic test for Covid-19 has created a public outcry.The cats belong to a confirmed Covid-19 patient living in northeast China’s Harbin. The woman, surnamed Liu, contracted cor...

China has sent a “clear message” over its disapproval of expansionary monetary policies, especially the asset purchases widely favoured in major Western countries to combat the impact of the coronavirus, following comments by the head of its cent...

As part of a sweeping push to curb speculation, China’s regulators are tightening control over the inner workings of its currency market, pressuring banks to trade less and in smaller ranges, two banking sources told Reuters.The moves follow recent...

“This is Afghanistan!” a Taliban fighter shouts on a pirate ship ride at a fairground in western Kabul, as his armed comrades cackle and whoop on board the rickety attraction.With AK-47 and M4 assault rifles strapped to their chests, the soldiers...

Hong Kong’s public broadcaster has laid down its editorial direction for staff, setting strict boundaries and obligations for safeguarding national security and cultivating national identity, while also promising to uphold journalistic independence...

The number of local cases of Covid-19 continued to fall in China on Tuesday, with 11 new infections reported as the country prepares for the week-long National Day holiday.Health authorities said eight cases were reported in the northeastern city of ...

Hong Kong customs officials have confiscated more than HK$150 million (US$19.3 million) worth of liquid methamphetamine disguised as coconut oil and flown into the city from Mexico – the agency’s largest airborne seizure of the drug in two decade...

China’s hidden local government debt has swollen to more than half the size of the economy, according to economists at Goldman Sachs, who said the government will need to be flexible in dealing with this as revenue is already under pressure due to ...

Alibaba Group Holding is banning the sale of cryptocurrency mining equipment on its global wholesale platform after the Chinese government intensified its crackdown on cryptocurrency-related activities.Alibaba.com will prohibit the sale of “virtual...

Smokers are 80 per cent more likely to be admitted to hospital and significantly more likely to die from Covid-19 than non-smokers, new research shows.The study, led by Oxford University, is the first of its kind to look at both observational and gen...

The Chinese embassy in Washington has protested to the US over the deportation of a Chinese student, accusing law enforcement officers of “wantonly” interrogating him.The embassy said a Chinese student had been interrogated for more than two days...

Long lines are snaking down streets across the UK as drivers struggle to fill up their cars, causing widespread traffic misery and worries over whether the emergency services can do their work.The British army has been put on standby to help out. And...

The “old guard” of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday once again defied popular will by electing Fumio Kishida as the new leader of both the party and the nation, with analysts suggesting that party elders wanted a “pu...

Analysts warn Asia may be sliding into an accelerating arms race as governments react to China’s military growth and tensions around North Korea’s weapons programmes linger.Here is a list of defence systems several Asian governments are looking t...

A report from environmental group Greenpeace found that new Chinese infrastructure still relies on carbon-intensive supply chains, though they emitted less carbon than traditional infrastructure last year.New infrastructure includes 5G technology, ar...

Talk of a trillion-dollar US coin has returned to Washington now that Congress is mired in another political impasse over raising the debt ceiling.The idea for the pricey platinum – which would be unprecedented but not necessarily illegal – was o...

Eight months after Joe Biden swept to victory on a pledge to make America more liveable, equitable and environmentally-friendly, a Democratic civil war is threatening to shred his domestic agenda.Internal squabbles are nothing new in Washington but t...

A Hong Kong-based singer-songwriter and a Malaysia-born comedian who recently appeared in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings have spoken of their delight at being praised by the Sultan of Johor.Sultan Ibrahim Ismail singled out Gin Lee and Ron...

Singapore on Tuesday logged a record 2,236 new coronavirus cases, with 1,711 cases in the community, 515 in migrant worker dormitories and 10 that were imported.Tuesday’s Covid-19 numbers surpassed the previous daily high of 1,939 that was recorded...

China’s development financing has more than doubled that of the United States or any other major power, but if it wants to remain competitive its belt and road projects must address key concerns relating to debt and implementation, a new report sai...

A riverside development in East London could become a potential investment and residential option for Hongkongers, as property prices in the area may outstrip the rest of the British capital in the coming years, according to property consultancy JLL....

Humans can probably live to at least 130, and possibly well beyond, though the chances of reaching such super old age remain vanishingly small, according to new research.The outer limit of the human lifespan has long been hotly debated, with recent s...

An aide dubbed the “Music Man” was tasked with playing calming tunes for Donald Trump when he went into rages, according to a scandal-filled book by a former press secretary.Stephanie Grisham, notorious for not giving a single televised press con...

United States health authorities made a mistake in raising the coronavirus risk level for Hong Kong to moderate, official sources told the Post on Wednesday, adding the city had been reinstated as a low-threat destination.The Centres for Disease Cont...

China gave significantly less aid to Pacific island nations in recent years despite Beijing’s diplomatic efforts to increase its influence in the region, according to a Sydney-based think tank.Chinese aid to the Pacific shrank by 31 per cent in 201...

The US city of San Jose was once home to one of the largest Chinatowns in California. In the heart of downtown, it was the centre of life for Chinese immigrants who worked on nearby farms and orchards.More than a century after arsonists burned it to ...

A family of four who had housed whistle-blower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong in 2013 landed in Canada on Tuesday, after living in limbo for several years.Supun Thilina Kellapatha, his wife Nadeeka Dilrukshi Nonis, and their stateless children Sethumdi ...

In the run-up to India’s wedding season – which begins in October, marked by auspicious dates in the Hindu calendar – a clothing advertisement featuring Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt has sparked a debate about women’s rights.The ad for ethnic-...

North Korea state media has claimed the missile test-fired on Tuesday was a newly-developed hypersonic missile, making it the nuclear-armed nation’s latest advance in weapons technology.Tuesday’s launch was of “great strategic significance”, ...

China Evergrande Group is selling part of its stake in a bank in northeastern China to repay debt and unshackle itself from US$305 billion of liabilities. The distressed developer is said to have asked for more time to service a second offshore bond ...

China could produce electricity from a proposed “artificial sun” in a decade if the project wins final approval from the government, according to one of the lead scientists.Construction of a nuclear fusion reactor could be completed by the early ...

 Hong Kong authorities linked cryptocurrency and money laundering for the first time in July, when a customs team shut down a syndicate suspected of moving illegal funds totalling HK$1.2 billion (US$154.1 million).The alleged ringleader and three ot...

China is “more eager than any period in its history” for professional talents, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday at a high-level meeting attended by the top echelon of the Chinese Communist Party leadership.During a two-day conference in Beiji...

A world record authentication agency said a collection of 500,000 stones adorned with Buddhist inscriptions in southwest China is the world’s largest stone carvings of the Buddhist canon when stacked on top of one another.The stones, which cover an...

France is moving to shut six mosques and break up several associations suspected of producing radical Islamic propaganda, Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said on Tuesday.A third of the 89 places of worship “suspected of being radical” and flagg...

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday votes for a new leader, who will almost certainly become the next prime minister, after current premier Yoshihide Suga announced he would not seek a second term as party leader.Running for ...

Hong Kong is experiencing an explosion in investment scams, with the number of cases more than tripling in the first seven months of 2021, and the amount of money stolen increasing nearly 20-fold, according to police statistics.Between January and Ju...

China has administered 2.2 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines and fully vaccinated 72 per cent of the population, but there is still no sign of relaxing what are arguably the world’s toughest containment rules, including long quarantine periods and...

US President Joe Biden just got his Pfizer booster shot amid efforts to institute vaccination mandates in the United States to improve the inoculation rate. In Singapore, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong got his Pfizer booster shot last week. The city ...

A US judge on Tuesday cleared the way for former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo to be extradited back to Peru on corruption charges, saying evidence of criminality presented in his case were “sufficient.”Peruvian authorities allege that Tole...

China’s army of small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMEs) have been hit hard by the nationwide power crisis, with outputs slashed and sweltering working conditions taking their toll, while panic buying of raw materials and goods is becoming commo...

The administration of Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu may have underplayed the burden of Chinese loans among its external creditors, a new report from a US-based research programme shows.Lusaka owed Chinese financiers US$6.6 billion as of Aug...

Britain’s royals joined Daniel Craig, Lea Seydoux and the cast of No Time to Die on the red carpet for the new Bond film’s world premiere on Tuesday, a glittering event that marked the movie’s release after multiple delays caused by the coronav...

Lava from an erupting volcano in the Canary Islands has reached the ocean, vulcanologists said, raising fears of toxic gases being released as the molten magma hits the seawater.The Spanish archipelago had earlier declared an exclusion zone of two na...

Russian investigators on Tuesday launched a new “extremism” investigation against jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and his top allies that could see the opposition leader spend up to 10 more years in jail.Navalny’s groups were already banne...

The European Union defended plans to expand its relationship with Taiwan – though “without any recognition of statehood” – on Tuesday during the first top-level meeting between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and the EU‘s top diplomat, Jos...

Ahead of Tuesday afternoon’s groundbreaking for the Obama Presidential Centre in Chicago’s Jackson Park, the former president reiterated the project’s potential to transform the South Side, with the same idealistic fire that catalysed his own c...

United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Tuesday the Chinese government is preventing its domestic airlines from buying “tens of billions of dollars” of US-manufactured planes.Raimondo said China was not abiding by commitments to bu...

The Duke of York has acknowledged he has been served with a lawsuit from a woman who claims he assaulted her, US officials have said.Virginia Giuffre is seeking damages after alleging that Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her when she was under 18. H...