Outfits provided to the International Olympic Committee for the Beijing Winter Games did not involve forced labour, the global sports body has said.The IOC’s statement on Wednesday was issued in response to US lawmakers’ inquiries about the sourc...

A couple from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are to become the first Indian couple to celebrate their nuptials on the online metaverse, a network of interconnected 3D virtual worlds.Their digital wedding reception on February 6 is to be atte...

One of China’s scientific satellites has narrowly avoided colliding with a piece of orbital debris generated by Russia blowing up one of its old satellites, the Chinese space agency said.The “extremely dangerous encounter” took place on Tuesday...

Hong Kong should roll out a fresh round of consumption vouchers and relax the eligibility criteria for social welfare assistance as part of its targeted measures to help vulnerable residents and small businesses amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, ac...

The CIA has concluded that US diplomats suffering mysterious headaches and nausea in what has been dubbed “Havana Syndrome” were not targeted in a global campaign by a foreign power, reports said on Wednesday.NBC News, The New York Times and Poli...

Australia and Britain will “fight back” against cyberattacks from China, Russia, and Iran, defence minister Peter Dutton said ahead of consultations with London in Sydney.Australia’s defence and foreign affairs ministers will meet their British...

Guangdong province, the southern Chinese economic powerhouse, has set a modest 5.5 per cent growth target for 2022 and pledged to speed up development of the Greater Bay Area – especially the Qianhai and Hengqin economic zones next door to Hong Kon...

Hong Kong authorities have launched an air-and-sea search for a 67-year-old man who went missing after he and two others fell into the sea when their boat sank.A force insider said police were investigating whether the 10-metre-long wooden boat was b...

When Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano violently erupted, sending shock waves and tsunami across the Pacific, the blast in the small island nation was so deafening that fleeing families could only wave at their loved ones to run.“The fi...

The late Hong Kong tycoon Henry Fok Ying-tung’s feuding family has made “some progress” towards settling an ongoing dispute over his HK$11.3 billion estate, a court has heard.However, it remained unclear whether an overall settlement was possib...

A global survey has found that while public trust in the world’s democracies has fallen to new lows, scores are rising in several autocratic states – notably China.The Edelman Trust Barometer – which for 20 years has polled thousands of people ...

Joe Biden sought to reset his presidency in a marathon press conference on Wednesday, vowing to reconnect with American voters in his second year and touting what he said were his unprecedented successes, but stumbling during an answer on the Ukraine...

China’s publicly traded developers soared on the stock market, as the first cut in mortgage rates in two years combined with a government plan to grant them easier access to sales receipts brought much-needed relief to their cash crunch and mountin...

North Korea on Thursday threatened to scrap its self-imposed moratorium on testing nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, lashing out at American “military threats” that it said had reached a “danger line”.Leader Kim Jong-un convened a meet...

All secondary schools in Hong Kong must suspend in-person classes starting on Monday amid growing local outbreaks involving the Delta and Omicron coronavirus variants, though older students preparing for their university entrance exams can attend hal...

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that restrictions will be tightened across the country if there is a community transmission of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus but she ruled out lockdowns.New Zealand’s tight control...

More than 1.2 million people died in 2019 from infections caused by bacteria resistant to multiple antibiotics, higher than HIV/Aids or malaria, according to a new report published on Thursday.Global health officials have repeatedly warned about the ...

Twitter said on Wednesday it has blocked the account of Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego due to abusive behaviour.The social media company did not detail why Salinas had been blocked, but said on its help centre that an account “may not e...

China cut its benchmark lending rate for the second consecutive month on Thursday in the latest move to shore up the cooling economy, while also lowering a mortgage reference rate for the first time in nearly two years.The one-year loan prime rate (L...

Hong Kong’s biggest opposition party will vote next month on whether to expel two members who endorsed a middle-of-the-road candidate in December’s Legislative Council election without approval.The suggestion was put forward by the Democratic Par...

Hong Kong’s pet shop owners have hit out at a government decision to cull hamsters and temporarily ban imports of small animals over the possible transmission of Covid-19 from them to humans, saying the move will hurt their businesses.Angela Chan, ...

In the last two years, some of Malaysia’s biggest export earners from the glove making and palm oil industries have seen their goods banned by the US government over allegations of forced labour.The A-listers sanctioned by Washington include Sime D...

Kung fu master Checkley Sin Kwok-lam has emerged as a surprise potential contender – and the only one so far – in Hong Kong’s leadership race in March, after declaring on YouTube his confidence in winning the top job and vowing to “serve with...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected former president Donald Trump’s request to block the release of White House records sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel investigating last year’s deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his...

US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he was not yet ready to remove Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods because Beijing has not lived up to its promises under the phase one trade deal signed two years ago.“I’d like to be able to be in a p...

US President Joe Biden predicted on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a move on Ukraine and said Russia would pay dearly for a full-scale invasion, with its businesses possibly losing access to the US dollar.“My guess is he ...

In the fourth of a six-part series on Hong Kong’s novice lawmakers, the Post meets Wendy Hong Wen, a mainland China native who calls the city home.Hong Kong’s “partygate” scandal has proved a tough first lesson in politics for freshman lawmak...

The International Committee of the Red Cross was the victim of a massive cyberattack in which hackers seized the data of more than 515,000 extremely vulnerable people, some of whom had fled conflicts, it said on Wednesday.“A sophisticated cybersecu...

China will extend its high-speed rail network nearly 32 per cent by 2025, roughly equal to the combined length of the next five largest countries by network size, amid an emerging consensus that Beijing is again leaning on infrastructure investment t...

The flag-bearer who represented Tonga at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics, and 2020 Summer Olympics has raised more than US$340,000 in relief funds for the country to recover from a recent tsunami and volcanic eruption.The small island ...

European lawmakers urged the European Commission and EU member states on Wednesday to act over the “deterioration” in media freedoms in Hong Kong, reiterating calls for sanctions on the city’s top officials and proposing a review of Hong Kong�...

China will start upgrading the engines of its most advanced stealth fighter jet, the J-20, this year to bring its performance closer to the American F-22 Raptor, according to a military source.The performance of the fighter, also known as the Mighty ...

The New York attorney general says her investigators have uncovered evidence that former president Donald Trump’s company used “fraudulent or misleading” valuations of its golf clubs, skyscrapers and other property to get loans and tax benefits...

The man accused of pushing a woman to her death in a New York subway station was arraigned on a murder charge on Wednesday and ordered held without bail.Martial Simon, 61, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Michelle Alyssa Go, who ...

An anti-vax Czech folk singer has died after she deliberately contracted Covid-19 to obtain a health pass that would have allowed her to visit the sauna and theatre, her family said.Proof of vaccination or a recent infection is required to access cul...

US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong launched a plant that will produce a billion Covid-19 vaccine doses a year in Cape Town by 2025, which would make it the biggest such factory in Africa and could help the least vaccinated continent tackle th...

French actor Gaspard Ulliel, known for appearing in Chanel perfume ads as well as film and television roles, died Wednesday after a skiing accident in the Alps, according to his agent’s office. He was 37.Ulliel stars in the upcoming Marvel series M...

Hong Kong authorities are closing down a self-regulatory body that has investigated complaints against teachers for almost three decades, tightening their grip on the education sector.The Education Bureau also indicated it was unhappy the body had be...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said most restrictions deployed to fight the latest wave of the Covid pandemic in England would be lifted from next week.People will no longer have to wear masks in closed spaces, work from home and prove ...

The Hong Kong government’s decision to cull 2,000 hamsters to contain a possible hamster-to-human transmission of the coronavirus has sparked outrage among pet owners and animal rights groups, who question whether the measure is too drastic or nece...

Ever since US President Joe Biden signed the Uygur Forced Labour Prevention Act into law last month, the apparel industry in China’s manufacturing hub of Guangdong province has been engulfed in a haze of uncertainty and, for some, panic.Even though...

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The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned against the notion that the Covid-19 pandemic becoming endemic would mean the disease was no longer dangerous.“People talk about pandemic versus endemic,” the WHO’s emergencies director Michael Ry...

A former Chinese vice-premier has said the US and China should cooperate on technological advancements and global governance.Speaking at an online conference on US-China relations on Wednesday, Zeng Peiyan, who was vice-premier from 2003 to 2008 and ...

Airbus plans to establish a sprawling service centre in China as the Toulose-based aerospace manufacturer looks to secure a larger share of the fast-growing aviation market while trade tensions between Beijing and Washington continue to affect sales ...

The Chinese embassy in Canada has urged travellers to China to follow Beijing’s strict pre-departure Covid-19 rules requiring them to self-isolate for a week before their journey.Earlier this month, the embassy said China had seen a “rapid increa...

The Shanghai municipal government is rolling out a slew of generous incentives to attract talent and firms along the semiconductor supply chain, as part of China’s drive to fast track domestic chip industry development. According to a government p...

China’s top economic planning agency has officially opened a new research centre dedicated to Xi Jinping’s economic theories, the latest in a series of institutes dedicated to the Chinese leader’s philosophy.The announcement comes three months ...

US coffeehouse chain Starbucks is gearing up to expand its online presence across China through a new alliance with on-demand local services giant Meituan, ending an exclusive partnership with Alibaba Group Holding-backed food delivery provider Ele.m...

Fear and confusion is spreading among Chinese consumers and overseas suppliers that China’s restrictions on international mail aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus will have a prolonged negative impact on the once-booming overseas online ...