Washington’s insistence that it will not send troops to help Ukraine after the Russian invasion has prompted questions about whether the United States would be willing to help Taiwan protect itself from an attack by mainland China.Last week a deleg...

The money was good, so Ho Wai-sum, 58, signed up as an anti-epidemic taxi driver ferrying Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms to and from outpatient clinics.Two weeks into the job, however, he is still disturbed by the looks he gets from strangers, ...

Hong Kong should abandon the concept of herd immunity and focus on getting the public vaccinated as soon as possible, a leading health expert has said a day after the city reached its official target of a 90 per cent first-dose inoculation rate.“Do...

Australia expects to soon announce more specifics of a plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines under a security partnership with the US and Britain, Defence Minister Peter Dutton said.Prime Minister Scott Morrison in September announced the new de...

In the age of Covid, Jordanian mechanical engineer Saliba Taimeh pondered how to deal with one contaminated everyday surface: the handrails of escalators in shopping malls and transport hubs.He came up with a device to sterilise them with UV rays –...

As Hong Kong grapples with a worsening Covid-19 outbreak and fears of a full lockdown grow, some mainland university students are fleeing the city.Hong Kong has seen record daily case numbers in the latest wave, though infections fell below 40,000 on...

Karan Aggarwal, 54, is a businessman with commercial interests across India and the Middle East. Over the years he has often considered moving to Dubai or at least buying a second home there.Now, fuelled in part by the coronavirus pandemic, he has fi...

Saudi Arabia said on Saturday it was lifting most Covid-19 restrictions including social distancing in public spaces and quarantine for vaccinated arrivals, moves that could facilitate the arrival of Muslim pilgrims.The decision includes suspending �...

A mainland Chinese state leader pledged on Sunday that Beijing would firmly support Hong Kong’s fight against its spiralling coronavirus epidemic by ensuring the steady supply of necessities, while calling for elderly residents to receive priority ...

We haven’t come very far since the beginning of Covid-19. Last week’s empty supermarket shelves looked like we had gone back to February 2020, when panic buying and stockpiling toilet paper got us on international headlines. Back then, it even go...

Shivangi Shibu was making a list of names Thursday evening of the hundreds of international students trapped in Sumy, Ukraine, when she looked out the window and saw the dark sky illuminate a bright yellow.“Then we heard a loud sound. We just ran t...

The eastern Chinese port city of Qingdao has reported 88 new coronavirus cases, all of them of the Omicron variant, fuelling China’s highest number of daily locally transmitted cases so far this year.China recorded 329 new coronavirus cases on Satu...

With only two months left before the May 9 presidential elections, the candidate leading the polls continues to avoid debating his opponents and doing hard interviews with the press.On February 27, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr, 64, refused to ...

Power theft in Malaysia for cryptocurrency mining is a problem that’s growing quickly. But the national utility has a few ideas of how to tamp down the practice.Tenaga Nasional has proposed a special tariff for bitcoin mining operators in a move to...

Hong Kong’s public hospitals expect to repurpose half of their beds for Covid-19 patients by the end of this week to cope with an exponential growth in cases.Hospital Authority chairman Henry Fan Hung-ling on Sunday said the 50 per cent figure had ...

In the Black Sea’s biggest port Constanta, the Romanian frigate Regele Ferdinand is preparing to set sail with tensions high as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to upend the regional balance of power.With 240 crew and a helicopter on board,...

China has underscored self-reliance in its economic priorities this year amid warnings of trade headwinds and geopolitical complexities.At the opening of the annual National People’s Congress on Saturday, Premier Li Keqiang announced new incentives...

The US is working with Poland and consulting other Nato allies on possibly having those countries supply warplanes to Ukraine for use against Russian forces, a White House spokesperson said.The idea, though rejected by several eastern European member...

Israel’s premier stepped into the role of mediator on Saturday as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensified, holding a three-hour meeting at the Kremlin with Vladimir Putin before calling Ukraine’s president and flying to Berlin.Prime Minister N...

Janice Chen used to be a mid-level employee at a multinational company in Shanghai until she was laid off in the summer of 2020 due to an economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.Searching for work for over a year, she could not find a jo...

North Korea said it conducted another reconnaissance satellite test, launching its second rocket with ballistic missile capability in less than a week as global attention focuses on the Ukraine crisis and South Korea prepares for elections.North Kore...

The highly infectious Omicron was first discovered in South Africa in late 2021 and declared a “virus of concern” by the World Health Organization on November 25. Its spread to other parts of the world, including Hong Kong, was not unanticipated....

Hong Kong’s care homes for the elderly managed to weather successive waves of Covid-19 infections over the past two years. Then the fifth wave hit and things fell apart rapidly.The highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus tore throug...

When South Korean software mogul and physician Ahn Cheol-soo emerged as a contender in the presidential election five years ago, he was tipped as a game changer and a dark horse.But he ended placing third, with 21.4 per cent of the vote, as former hu...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Moldova on Saturday to show US support as it faces a surge of refugees from Ukraine and fears it too could come under threat from Moscow.Blinken is expected to provide reassurances for the small country...

Gone is any mention of economic cooperation with the United States and the European Union. Gone, too, is any reference to a trade with Japan and South KoreaInstead, this year’s government targets for diplomacy are largely limited to the Asia-Pacifi...

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday across European cities in support of Ukraine and demanding an end to Russia’s invasion.Citizens worldwide have been horrified by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack, which began on Februa...

Spousal spying could be as innocent as glancing over your partner’s shoulder to see who they are texting or what they’re looking at when browsing their socials.But in extreme cases, it can involve installing “stalkerware” on their phone to mo...

Chile said on Saturday it is creating a vast national park to protect hundreds of glaciers that are melting due to climate change.The new National Glacier Park will cover 75,000 hectares of Andes mountain land about 60km (40 miles) from the capital S...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog will travel to Turkey next week to meet his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a sign of thawing ties, his office confirmed on Saturday.Herzog will be the first Israeli leader to visit Turkey for a state visit since 20...

A Tunisian court sentenced 16 people to death in the first judgments against jihadists involved in 2016 attacks near the Libyan border that left scores dead, media reported on Saturday.A total of 96 people stand accused in the trial relating to the M...

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing additional strain to the global supply chain that is already dealing with coronavirus-related disruptions, rail transport in the region that is at the nexus of Asia and Europe has become a direct victim.T...

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Saturday that Ukrainian statehood is in jeopardy and likened the West’s sanctions on Russia to “declaring war,” while a promised ceasefire in the besieged port city of Mariupol collapsed amid scenes of...

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Saturday after talks in Tehran that they agreed on an approach to resolve issues crucial in efforts to revive the country’s 2015 nuclear deal.The announcement came just before Russia said it w...

Washington’s top diplomat pressed his counterpart in Beijing during a call on Saturday over China’s continued refusal to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The call between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wan...

Four months after 97-year-old amateur Leonid Stanislavskyi’s dreams came true when he played with 21-times Grand Slam champion Rafa Nadal, the Ukrainian is enduring his worst nightmare in Kharkiv as Russian forces bomb the city.Stanislavskyi, who h...

India will send 8,000 tonnes of wheat in March to Afghanistan, the government said on Saturday, in a bid to help the country facing poverty and hunger since the takeover by the Taliban last year.In total, India plans to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat to...

China unveiled a cautious and inward-looking government report for this year, putting the focus on the country’s bottom line as it confronts mounting external risks.Addressing national legislators on Saturday, Premier Li Keqiang made no mention of ...

The Taliban acting interior minister – designated a terrorist by the US – said in a rare public appearance Saturday that security police guilty of misconduct in Afghanistan were being penalised after a string of abuse allegations.For the first ti...

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has spoken out strongly in favour of China mediating in Russia’s war against Ukraine.“There is no alternative. We [Europeans] cannot be the mediators, that is clear … And it cannot be the US either. Who els...

China struck a cautiously confident tone for its economic growth to lead the post-pandemic global economic recovery, while appearing to acknowledge the challenges posed by growing disruption from geopolitical conflicts.China set its GDP growth target...

Myanmar’s ruling military council has announced the revocation of the citizenship of top members of the main group that have been coordinating resistance to army rule.The announcement broadcast on state-run MRTV television on Friday said 11 leaders...

China’s strict Covid-19 control measures are unlikely to be eased in the near future, but will be fine-tuned to minimise disruptions to economic growth, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang implied.Delivering the annual government report to deputies of the N...

The Hong Kong Police Force is ready to mobilise its anti-riot squad to help in the city’s mass Covid-19 screening exercise aimed at disrupting the surging fifth wave of infections, the Post has learned.Force insiders said about 4,000 officers – t...

The popular ritual of “villain hitting” to repel bad luck has been halted for the first time in decades under a Hong Kong flyover, with police officers guarding the area to stop people gathering on Saturday amid a raging fifth wave of Covid-19 in...

Cao never imagined his holiday in eastern Europe would involve hunkering down in a bomb shelter as Russian shells thudded outside near the devastated Ukrainian city of Chernihiv.The 25-year-old, one of about 6,000 Chinese nationals who were in Ukrain...

About 9,400 Hong Kong government employees have been infected with Covid-19 since the fifth wave of infections hit the city in late December, while more than 10,000 officers from the disciplined services have been told to isolate themselves.Among gov...

China will work with whoever wins the Philippine presidential election and has no history of meddling in another country’s internal politics, Beijing’s envoy to Manila said on Saturday.“China never interferes in the internal politics of other c...

China’s premier has pledged to target the trafficking of women and children, becoming the first national leader to address the problem since the plight of a woman chained up in a shed came to light more than a month ago.Addressing legislators in Be...

Indonesia will allow quarantine-free entry for foreigners travelling to Bali from March 7, bringing the plan forward by a week, officials said on Saturday, while neighbour Malaysia announced the removal of curbs on travellers from Thailand and Cambod...