China’s central bank will roll out more policy measures to stabilise the economy as downward pressure persists, and move ahead of the market curve, vice-governor Liu Guoqiang said on Tuesday.On Monday, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) unexpected...

Shimao Group’s founder is putting two floors of the world’s priciest office tower on the market for sale, as even one of China’s more restrained real estate developers digs into his own pockets to pare a looming debt load.Shimao’s founder Hui...

Guatemala has hired for US$900,000 a major supporter of former president Donald Trump to seek influence with US officials in an unusual lobbying contract paid for by its ally Taiwan, foreign lobby records show.Ballard Partners registered as a foreign...

As the Philippines gears up for a hotly contested presidential election, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged the next leader to continue President Rodrigo Duterte’s China-friendly policy, saying it serves the interests of both countries.Dute...

Malaysia’s Securities Commission on Tuesday said an investigation into allegations of improper stock trading by the country’s anti-corruption chief was inconclusive, a finding likely to further rile government critics who are planning a protest a...

Kazakhstan’s ambassador to Singapore on Tuesday doubled down on claims that foreign militants had escalated initially-peaceful protests over fuel price hikes earlier this month, accusing them of wanting to “form a zone of controlled chaos” to s...

Hong Kong customs has confiscated more than 27,000 fake brand-name products worth about HK$10 million (US$1.28 million) and arrested three people in an eight-day operation against contraband goods ahead of the Lunar New Year.The operation, code-named...

Satellite photos obtained appear to show the aftermath of a fatal attack on an oil facility in the capital of the United Arab Emirates claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.The images by Planet Labs PBC analysed by Associated Press show smoke rising ove...

Kuaishou Technology, the company behind China’s second-largest short video platform, has appointed a new chief financial officer as it tries to narrow steep losses amid Beijing’s regulatory crackdown and stiff competition from rival ByteDance.Jin...

A “lack of equal treatment” has become the most significant regulatory challenge for German business in China, according to a new survey, with a third of firms saying they have experienced unfavourable treatment amid Beijing’s campaign for incr...

The world’s 10 wealthiest people more than doubled their fortunes from US$700 billion to US$1.5 trillion during the coronavirus pandemic as poverty rates soared, according to a study released by charity Oxfam ahead of a high-profile World Economic ...

Petite but commanding, China’s former world champion gymnast Sui Lu stood among a sea of yoga mats doling out encouragement to her students as they bent their torsos towards their outstretched legs.Sui was four years old when she was picked out by ...

Australian writer Yang Hengjun’s health condition has deteriorated since his arrest in China three years ago with his family now warning he could die in jail if he doesn’t get urgent medical attention and Canberra calling for his immediate releas...

Manufacturers and policymakers in China must work together to put even more zero-emission vehicles on the roads of the world’s largest vehicle market to meet the nation’s carbon neutrality target by 2060, Greenpeace said.Zero-emission vehicles (Z...

Joe Biden 1.0 was a calming, grandfatherly figure, a low-key veteran coming out of retirement in 2020 to heal a nation deeply divided by Donald Trump. A year later, meet Biden 2.0 – the frustrated, angry fighter.“I’m tired of being quiet,” he...

Five decades after returning to the United Nations, China is expanding its presence in international institutions at an unprecedented pace, but heightened tensions with Western powers have raised questions about the limits of its institutional influe...

Boris Johnson’s former top aide Dominic Cummings accused the prime minister of lying to parliament, saying he would “swear under oath” that Johnson both was aware of and allowed a drinks party at Downing Street at the height of lockdown during ...

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing.Authorities have told pet shops and owners to hand over about 2,000 hamsters for euthanisation and temporarily...

Failing to properly respond to China’s unofficial trade embargo against Lithuania will “embolden [Beijing] to engage in further coercion”, members of the European Parliament have warned top Brussels officials.In a letter seen by the South China...

Australia on Tuesday suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to record levels, even as daily infections eased slightly.A total of 77 deaths was recorded, exceeding the pr...

The National Basketball Association found itself in a China-linked controversy once again after serial deal maker Chamath Palihapitiya, a part owner of the Golden State Warriors, dismissed concerns over human rights abuses facing the Uygur minority i...

North Korea fired tactical guided missiles on Monday, state media KCNA said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of recent tests that highlighted its evolving missile programmes amid stalled denuclearisation talks.The missile test was the North’s fou...

European Union data protection fines targeting Amazon.com Inc and Meta Platforms Inc’s WhatsApp helped push penalties to record levels last year, in a sign that the bloc’s tough privacy rules are starting to bite.Luxembourg’s data protection au...

Prince Andrew’s love of his soft toy collection meant he would throw a tantrum if the teddy bears were moved, an ITV documentary will allege.A laminated picture of Andrew’s favoured possessions was said to be kept in a drawer to help household st...

In the second of a six-part series on novice lawmakers elected to Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, the Post meets Anglican priest Peter Koon Ho-ming. Part one can be found here.The first religious lawmaker elected to Hong Kong’s legislature has v...

Tonga’s small outer islands suffered extensive damage from a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, with an entire village destroyed and many buildings missing, a Tongan diplomat said on Tuesday, raising fears of more deaths and injuries.“People ...

A video of a four-year-old boy with no fingers on his left hand who skilfully makes dumplings has become an online hit in China.Sensen, his nickname, was born without fingers on one hand, said his mother surnamed Chen. However, he has managed to over...

The Malaysian government is in talks with Indonesia for an “amicable” solution to Jakarta’s coal export ban, as its largest power firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) ramps up its search for alternative sources.Miners in the region said the govern...

Michelle Alyssa Go spent more than a decade as a volunteer helping the homeless – only to be fatally pushed under the wheels of a Time Square subway train by a mentally ill homeless man, according to police.On Monday, the New York Junior League, wh...

As speculation on Hong Kong’s next chief executive mounts, an announcement of the traditional two-week nomination period has been delayed along with the release of polling guidelines in a move to reduce bickering within the pro-establishment camp, ...

North Korea has been launching missiles without the support of America’s global positioning system, instead turning to Russia’s satellite navigation network, according to observers.In its fourth test this month, Pyongyang on Monday fired what app...

Amid the pandemic and geopolitical tensions with the West over the past two years, members of China’s middle class found themselves increasingly compelled to postpone plans to emigrate overseas, while others refrained from sending their children ab...

The chief executives of major US passenger and cargo carriers on Monday warned of an impending “catastrophic” aviation crisis on Wednesday when AT&T and Verizon are set to deploy new 5G service.The airlines warned the new C-Band 5G service could ...

Britain said it was supplying Ukraine with anti-tank weapons and Canada has reportedly deployed a small contingent of special forces operators to the country, amid concerns over a possible Russian invasion.Western countries say they fear Russia is pr...

Auction house Sotheby’s Dubai has unveiled a diamond that is literally from out of this world.Sotheby’s calls the 555.55-carat black diamond – believed to have come from outer space – “The Enigma”.The rare gem was shown off on Monday to j...

A fourth shot of Covid-19 vaccine boosts antibodies to even higher levels than the third jab but it is not enough to prevent Omicron infections, according to a preliminary study in Israel.Israel’s Sheba Medical Centre has given second booster shots...

A cold case team that combed through evidence for five years in a bid to unravel one of World War II’s enduring mysteries has reached what it calls the “most likely scenario” of who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.Thei...

US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and is experiencing very minor symptoms while isolating and working remotely, a spokesman said on Monday.Milley’s most recent contact with President Joe Biden was o...

Police have arrested and laid charges against two former Cathay Pacific flight attendants for alleged violations of home isolation rules that coincided with the arrival of the Omicron variant in Hong Kong.The pair – who were believed to have been c...

Three senior Hong Kong officials who joined 200 others at an infamous birthday party attended by an Omicron patient earlier this month were allowed to leave a quarantine camp on Monday after the mandatory length of stay was eased.The party escalated ...

China’s better-than-expected economic growth last year moves it a step closer to supplanting the United States as the world’s No 1 economy, but a tumbling birth rate is adding to a host of recent pressures, including uncertainty from the Omicron ...

Cathay Pacific is expected to take over almost all 46 routes operated by a subsidiary before it shut down two years ago, an expansion which would increase its coverage in the Asia-Pacific region, the Post has learned.The Transport and Housing Bureau ...

Three fuel trucks exploded, killing three people, and a fire broke out near Abu Dhabi airport on Monday in what Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group said was an attack deep inside the United Arab Emirates, the region’s commercial and tourism hub.If ...

North Korea has resumed railway cargo transport with China after a two-year halt in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese foreign ministry confirmed on Monday.Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that “following friendly consultations be...

The Hong Kong judge presiding over a dispute revolving around the late tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung’s multibillion-dollar estate sought to give the parties one last chance to reconsider on Monday after most of them complained they were being “dragg...

The body of a British woman who went missing after a tsunami swept Tonga has been found, her brother said on Monday.Brighton-born Angela Glover was washed away by a wave when she and her husband, James, who own the Happy Sailor Tattoo in Nuku’alofa...

Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko returned to Kyiv on Monday to fight charges of treason, accusing his successor of crossing a “red line” with allegations that he denies.The legal stand-off pressed by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ad...

At least 25 large Chinese online education firms closed up shop in 2021 after the government banned for-profit private tutoring, according to data compiled by Chinese research firm 100EC.Of the companies that disappeared – including firms that saw ...

Officials from Hong Kong’s Housing Authority have been unable to commit to a minimum flat size for subsidised housing projects despite being pressured to stop building shoebox homes.During a meeting on Monday, members of the authority raised concer...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on countries to “discard their cold war mentality” and work together to defeat Covid-19, warning that confrontation could have “catastrophic consequences”.In an address via video-link to the World Econo...