Collecting recyclable materials from households near his home from 8am every day and selling them at scrap recycling centres by 2pm has been a daily routine for 71-year-old Wu Qiyun for the better part of the last two decades.Since 2004, Wu, from Nan...

Russia has threatened to torpedo an imminent agreement to revive the Iran nuclear deal by linking it to Western sanctions imposed after the invasion of Ukraine.Speaking in Moscow late on Friday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow had asked Wa...

The leader of South Korea’s ruling party was hospitalised on Monday after being attacked while campaigning for this week’s presidential election, a race already overshadowed by controversy and in which early voting has been marred by irregulariti...

Former RTHK senior executive Forever Sze Wing-yuen, who was among the first producers behind a now-suspended satirical television show, has died at the age of 66.Sze’s family members said they were notified by a hospital that the veteran broadcaste...

A new surge in Covid-19 cases is occurring across China, despite the country’s “zero tolerance” approach to dealing with outbreaks.The mainland on Monday reported 214 new cases of infection, with the most, 69, in the southern province of Guangd...

A judge urged society to give young offenders a chance to turn over a new leaf as he jailed four men on Monday for up to six months for taking part in an unlawful assembly outside a Hong Kong police station during the social unrest of 2019.The four m...

The Taiwan issue is fundamentally different from the Ukraine situation as it is a “purely domestic affair” rather than between two countries, China’s foreign minister said on Monday.Speaking during his annual briefing with foreign media in Beij...

Hong Kong police arrested an elderly man on suspicion of strangling his daughter to death in his Mong Kok flat before daybreak on Monday, marking the city’s third murder case in two weeks.The attack took place in the pair’s home in Hoi Wen House ...

Two years after the pandemic began, New Zealanders are finally facing its reality.After keeping the virus at bay for so long, Covid-19 is now tearing through the nation’s population courtesy of the highly infectious Omicron variant. In the space of...

More than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, according to the latest UN data on Sunday.The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had recorded 1,534,792 refugees on its dedicated website, almo...

China’s trade growth with Russia rose by almost 40 per cent at the start of the year, hitting the highest level in over a decade, with all eyes on the relationship between Beijing and Moscow amid the escalating Ukraine crisis.Bilateral trade rose b...

Beijing’s highest-ranking official overseeing Hong Kong affairs has called on local authorities to take “strong and decisive measures” to reduce the death rate and prioritise care for the elderly.Vice-Premier Han Zheng, who heads the Communist ...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday called for China to apply economic sanctions on Russia and denounce Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as other nations in the Indo-Pacific region have done.Speaking in Sydney at an event organis...

The United States and European allies are exploring banning imports of Russian oil, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday, and the White House coordinated with key Congressional committees moving forward with their own ban.Europe relies...

A new platform for Hong Kong Covid-19 patients to submit their positive rapid antigen test results will be launched on Monday after being delayed since last week, health authorities have announced, as the city confirmed 25,150 new coronavirus infecti...

Japanese firms are under deepening pressure over their ties to Russia and are scrambling to assess their operations, company and government insiders said, after Western rivals halted businesses and condemned Moscow for invading Ukraine.While environm...

Russia’s military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities on Monday, the Defence Ministry said, after fighting halted weekend evacuation efforts and civilian casualties from Russia’s invasion mounted.“Russian ...

More than 6.3 million Hongkongers who signed up to receive the government’s digital consumption vouchers last year will automatically get the first half of this year’s batch in April, months earlier than newcomers to the scheme, the city’s fina...

Most of China’s around 6,000 citizens in Ukraine have been evacuated, as Russia steps up its shelling of multiple cities.Beijing’s embassy in Kyiv made the announcement via social media on Monday and urged remaining Chinese nationals to leave the...

The official global death toll from Covid-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million – underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over.The milestone is the latest reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even ...

Thailand is scrambling to encourage its people to have more babies to arrest a slumping birth rate, offering parents childcare and fertility centres, while also tapping social media influencers to showcase the joys of family life.The campaign comes a...

Talks to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers were mired in uncertainty after Russia’s demands for a US guarantee that the sanctions it faces over the Ukraine conflict would not hurt its trade with Tehran.Moscow threw the potential s...

China’s export growth slowed in January and February, combined data released on Monday showed, although it was better than expected.Exports grew by 16.3 per cent in January and February from a year earlier to US$544.7 billion, down from December’...

China’s president has underscored food security as a top priority, ordering greater self-reliance in food production to ensure the country’s development.Addressing national advisers in the agriculture, welfare and social security sectors on Sunda...

Netflix and TikTok suspended most of their services in Russia on Sunday as the government cracks down on what people and media outlets can say about Russia’s war in Ukraine.Pulling the plug on online entertainment – and information – is likely ...

The Australian government will spend at least A$10 billion (US$7.4 billion) building a new base to house a future fleet of nuclear submarines, as Prime Minister Scott Morrison warns the war in Ukraine will “inevitably stretch” to the Asia-Pacific...

With Covid-19 cases and deaths slowing in momentum over recent weeks, some countries are rolling back restrictions amid optimism that the spread of Omicron has brought the world closer to the end of the pandemic.Denmark has lifted nearly all restrict...

Delegates from China’s property developers, the nation’s largest debtors, are likely to be feeling the pressure when they show up at the Great Hall of the People for the annual legislative meeting in Beijing in the coming days.Six of the 13 real ...

The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, a Hong Kong think tank set up by a close aide of former chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, will close by the end of March, the Post has learned.Analysts said its exit underscored the limited room for think...

In the weeks leading up to the South Korean presidential elections, controversies surrounding the Winter Olympics in Beijing have dominated Chinese media headlines and internet discussions.Many South Koreans were outraged by the sight of a woman dres...

Ukraine will ask the United Nations’ top court on Monday to issue an emergency ruling requiring Russia to stop its invasion, arguing that Moscow’s justification for the attack is based on a faulty interpretation of genocide law.Although the court...

The rampant spread of fake information in China is fuelling hostility against foreigners and polarising public opinion, according to a top Chinese political adviser and former academic.Such information had further intensified confrontation between Ch...

Britain is releasing another £75.5 million (US$100 million) to help Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Sunday and promised fresh efforts to rally international opinion against Russia’s invasion.The £75.5 million, to be provided vi...

Seven people were killed, including two children, when several tornadoes swept through central Iowa, destroying homes and knocking down trees and power lines in the state’s deadliest storm in more than a decade, authorities said.Emergency managemen...

Mexico’s football league on Sunday said it would suspend upcoming matches at a stadium in the central city of Queretaro where violent clashes left two dozen people injured and restrict visiting fans from attending away games.The brutal attacks amon...

Denmark will hold a referendum in June, spooked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on whether to join the European Union’s defence pact and scrap the Nordic country’s 30-year-old opt-out from the bloc’s common security and defence policies.Dani...

The UN nuclear watchdog on Sunday expressed “deep concern” over reports that communication from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant seized by Russia in Ukraine has been disrupted.Invading Russian forces attacked and seized the Zaporizhzhia nuc...

India’s federal police on Sunday arrested the former chief executive of the National Stock Exchange of India in a case related to alleged governance lapses at India’s top bourse, a source with direct knowledge told Reuters.Chitra Ramkrishna was a...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that he expects China would condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because Beijing has spent so much time in the past speaking about the “sanctity” of national sovereignty.The comments came one ...

Some 20,000 international volunteers have travelled to Ukraine to join in the fight against invading Russian forces, a top Ukrainian official said on Sunday.“This number is around 20,000 now. They come from many European countries mostly,” Foreig...

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie on Sunday visited war-ravaged Yemen to show solidarity with displaced families in hopes of mobilising support for an incoming fundraising conference, the United Nations said.Jolie, who is special envoy for the UN on r...

Among the many casualties of the unfolding war in Ukraine, two hold a special place in the heart of the global order – international agreements and nuclear non-proliferation.Ukraine, which once had the third-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, ga...

One person was killed and more than 20 others injured on Sunday when an assailant threw a grenade at a busy market in the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.According to local media reports, the target of the attack in Srinagar appea...

Hundreds of trucks, recreational vehicles and cars were circling the outskirts of Washington on Sunday, threatening to cause traffic backups around the capital as part of a protest against pandemic restrictions.The Capitol Police Board, the overseers...

A new hotline system has been set up for Hongkongers who test positive for Covid-19 to contact the authorities to arrange transfer to community isolation facilities.Priority would be given to those with mild or no symptoms, and people whose living en...

Four flights carrying Chinese citizens who had been stranded in war-torn Ukraine have landed in China, as Beijing comes under more pressure to help rein in Moscow.Two flights arrived in the cities of Lanzhou and Jinan on Sunday, official news agency ...

The head of Britain’s armed forces Admiral Tony Radakin on Sunday said it was “unlawful and unhelpful” for Britons to go and fight against Russia in Ukraine.His comments contradict British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who said she supported any...

Businesses operating in Urban Renewal Authority (URA) properties that have been struggling to stay afloat amid the fifth wave of coronavirus infections in Hong Kong could have their rents waived for six months under a HK$57 million (US$7.3 million) p...

China’s declining coal industry got a boost on the weekend when Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a “realistic” approach to achieving the country’s carbon neutrality goals.Addressing deputies from the coal-rich Inner Mongolia region on ...