Planting season has arrived in Ukraine. Boot marks stamped in the frozen earth have thawed. But the Pavlovych family’s fields remain untouched in a lonely landscape of checkpoints and churches.Over a week ago, the family learned their 25-year-old s...

For the first time in two years, Ben Lim walked out of his home to the train station without a mask on Tuesday, as Singapore lifted major Covid-era restrictions in line with its strategy to live with the virus.Outdoor mask-wearing is now optional for...

Hong Kong confirmed 7,596 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the fourth consecutive day the daily caseload was below the 10,000 mark, as health experts warned of a rebound in infections ahead of the holidays next month with data showing an upward tren...

India has signed an agreement to set up hybrid power projects on northern Sri Lankan islands in a deal seen as a strategic victory in its competition with China for influence in the Indian Ocean.India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaisha...

A 36-year-old man is facing prosecution in Shenzhen for smuggling four people from Hong Kong into the mainland at the height of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission.The man, identified only by his surname Chen ...

Singapore’s highest court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal against the execution of a Malaysian man for drug smuggling, describing his defence as “hopeless” and lawyers’ claims of him being mentally disabled as without legal or factual basis.In...

Beijing is ramping up its domestic messaging on Ukraine, with a Communist Party commentary on Tuesday calling Washington the culprit in the conflict.“The eastward enlargement of Nato, led by the United States, is the root of the Ukrainian crisis,�...

Snap lockdowns are expected to be China’s prevailing strategy in the lead-up to an important political meeting this year, as Beijing tries to suppress its largest Covid-19 outbreaks of the pandemic.More than 70,000 people across all 31 provinces ar...

The son of retired Hong Kong judge Woo Kwok-hing has been arrested in connection with an assault incident in an upscale flat on The Peak.Officers were called to the flat in Orient Crest on Peak Road – where Woo’s son, Alan Woo, lives with his gir...

The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian investigators would look into a video circulated on social media that purported to show Ukrainian forces mistreating captured Russian soldiers.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the video contained “mons...

The wife of former Goldman Sachs Inc banker Roger Ng denied that US$35 million held in an account in her mother’s name was stolen from 1MDB, claiming instead that the money was the return on a legitimate investment.Prosecutors claim the money was a...

A team of traditional Chinese medicine experts arrived in Hong Kong from the mainland on Tuesday to advise the government on how to strengthen infection control in elderly care homes and better treat Covid-19 patients.Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng...

The United States says it is not seeking a “regime change” in Russia, hasty clarification that shows the strategy once popular among neoconservatives has become a hot-button issue after negative experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.Presiden...

They are called the “long-haulers” – the millions of people around the world with Covid-19 who develop various symptoms after they recover from the original infection.Their condition is called “long Covid”, or “post Covid-19 syndrome” a...

One of the world’s most widely prescribed diabetes drugs may be linked to major birth defects in the offspring of male patients who were taking it ahead of the babies being conceived, according to a new study from Denmark released on Monday.Metform...

The Dutch regulator is reviewing Apple Inc’s proposal in a dispute over payment systems for dating applications after penalising the tech firm 50 million euros (US$55 million) for rule breaking.The Cupertino-based company has submitted a new propos...

Health experts and authorities have cited the low vaccination rate among Hong Kong’s elderly residents as a major contributing factor in the high number of Covid-related deaths during the city’s fifth wave of infections.After more than a year of ...

No sooner had Kate Sharma appeared on screens in the second series of hit Netflix period drama Bridgerton, than the character played by Simone Ashley was delighting the show’s Indian fans with a wry observation: “I despise English tea”.In the s...

The Solomon Islands’ prime minister said Tuesday that a contentious security agreement with Beijing was “ready for signing”, denying reports that his country had been pressured to allow a Chinese naval base to be built in the Pacific island nat...

Chinese financial hub Shanghai started a two-stage Covid-19 lockdown and mass testing on Monday, moving away from a strategy of targeted controls.Virus experts say the lockdown – the city’s biggest – is necessary to stop an outbreak of the high...

A Chinese villager attempting to test-fly a home-made helicopter made with a boat engine was stopped after concerned police intervened.Chen Ruihua, 59, from Changshu in Jiangsu province, eastern China, is an amateur aircraft builder with no engineeri...

Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines have lauded the success of a 2017 agreement to conduct joint patrols and share intelligence about activities in waters in their region once prone to kidnappings, and pledged to deepen the pact.The defence minis...

A Hong Kong charity has estimated that up to 2,000 children under the age of 10 may have been separated from their parents over the past six weeks after being admitted to hospital with Covid-19, with its executive chair calling the policy “child ab...

When Fatimah Angelia received a phone call in the middle of the night requesting sanitary towels, it came as something of a shock.It turned out that the call was coming from an Indonesian domestic helper currently in quarantine at the Hung Shui Kiu C...

With an eye toward Russia’s war in Ukraine and the competitive challenges posed by China, US President Joe Biden released a US$5.8 trillion budget proposal on Monday aimed at tackling America’s security and economic concerns.“The world has chan...

The era of exceptional growth in China’s tech sector is drawing to an end, as evidenced by the widespread revenue slowdown, profit decline and job cuts among the country’s once-high-flying tech champions.The implications of crushed enthusiasm for...

US President Joe Biden said Monday that he would make “no apologies” and was not “walking anything back” after his weekend comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power”. The president also insisted he was not call...

High-speed rail is being considered as a potential launch platform for nuclear strikes after a new study by Chinese researchers suggested it was more suitable than previously thought.In China, these trains travel up to 350km/h (217mph). These trains ...

Will Smith apologised on Monday to Chris Rock for hitting the comedian during the live broadcast of the glitzy Oscar ceremony in Hollywood.“I would like to publicly apologise to you, Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my...

From car parts to food and household cleaners, smaller private firms in China are seeking ways to capitalise on the “void” left by a mass exodus of high-profile Western brands from the Russian market.But the outlook for state-owned companies and ...

Russia’s leading independent newspaper suspended operations on Monday after pressure from Russian authorities, a move that comes less than six months after its editor won the Nobel Peace Prize for his paper’s courageous reporting under difficult ...

The US is launching an investigation into whether Chinese solar-equipment manufacturers are evading tariffs by sending components to other Asian nations for assembly before shipping finished products to the US.The US Commerce Department said in filin...

A senior Chinese naval officer who formerly served with the South China Sea Fleet has been appointed to a top position in the Hong Kong garrison of the People’s Liberation Army.Rear Admiral Lai Ruxin, the current deputy director of the political wo...

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators were targets of a suspected poison attack, potentially by Moscow hardliners seeking to sabotage peace talks, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matte...

Local truck drivers have urged the Hong Kong government to implement a closed-loop arrangement for their cross-border deliveries, saying stringent Covid-19 restrictions by mainland Chinese authorities have forced more than 1,000 of them to stop worki...

Hong Kong’s environment minister has proposed halving the time to assess the ecological impact of local construction projects to speed up the development of housing and tackle sluggish supply.At a Legislative Council panel meeting on Monday, Secret...

A Chinese-led research team have made what they say is the first discovery of a fossil skeleton of an owl that lived more than six million years ago and was active in daytime.Most owl species are active at night, but a few are diurnal – active duri...

Days after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited India as part of his whistle-stop tour across South Asia, his day-long trip has left many in New Delhi scratching their heads, with observers divided over its purpose and outcome.Wang’s trip was t...

A group of more than 70 current and former Canadian gymnasts have called for an independent investigation into what they described as a “toxic culture and abusive practices” within their sport in the country.The gymnasts, who are and have been me...

In February 1972, US president Richard Nixon defied conventional foreign policy wisdom when he arrived in Beijing for meetings with Chinese leader Mao Zedong. In recognition of the trip’s historical significance, the South China Morning Post is run...

Hong Kong flagship carrier Cathay Pacific Airways is set to increase flights following the government’s decision to ease suspension rules for aircraft found with Covid-19 cases, but a lawmaker has called for further relaxation of curbs.The governme...

ZKH Industrial Supply (Shanghai) Co, operator of an e-commerce platform for industrial products, has been given the green light by Beijing to proceed with its initial public offering in the United States, according to China’s state media, after mai...

Shanghai’s residents raced to stock up on food and essentials in bouts of panic buying after local authorities of one of China’s most densely populated urban centres made an unexpected U-turn on what had been a relatively liberal approach in cont...

China’s first-tier cities are losing their lustre as mass lay-offs and rising costs are increasingly driving people to seek a life in secondary cities such as Chengdu and Hangzhou amid the economic headwinds facing the country.Beijing, Shanghai and...

One in five people who have had Covid-19 suffer from at least one symptom related to dry eye disease such as blurred vision or itching, according to a study from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.Researchers from the department of ophthalmology and...

Hong Kong Disneyland hopes to reopen as early as next month after a coronavirus-related closure and will seek to cut costs through various means, officials have revealed after lawmakers pressed the government, the resort’s controlling shareholder, ...

The Chinese Communist Party’s top cadre training school has adopted a “metaverse system” that offers a “more effective” party-building experience, tapping into the popular concept that some people consider to be the next iteration of the in...

Hong Kong’s leader has asked pro-Beijing politicians in a rare virtual meeting to help persuade mainland Chinese officials to resume quarantine-free cross-border travel after the city’s current coronavirus outbreak subsides, the Post has learned....

All 132 victims of the China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 plane crash have been identified through DNA testing, investigators said on Monday as President Xi Jinping paid tribute to the victims of the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in decad...

Three Chinese astronauts aboard the country’s space station have started to prepare for their return to Earth as they near the end of their six-month mission in orbit.The trio, who were sent into orbit on the Shenzhou 13 spacecraft, have stayed on ...