A new trend of Chinese people dancing in front of Covid-19 prevention workers to express gratitude has been criticised as disruptive and self-serving.

Elsewhere, Germany seals a deal for over 60s to be vaccinated from October; antibody treatment loses US authorisation because it’s unlikely to work against BA.2.

Presiding judge attributes cause of violence to incitement by ‘malevolent scholars’.

Posing as an employee of Beijing’s liaison office, a fraudster called the woman last year and accused her of ‘breaking mainland laws by spreading false news about anti-pandemic measures’.

Islamic studies teacher Herry Wirawan, 36, impregnated at least eight girls between 2016 and 2021 at the boarding school he ran for children from low socio-economic backgrounds.

A belt tightening deal with the IMF has prompted Buenos Aires to ask Beijing to rework February agreement that has Argentina picking up 15 per cent of the bill.

Country’s tourism board wants to create an integrated facility where people can skate, surf, ski and snowboard indoors and help the tourism sector recover from the global pandemic.

A force insider said the off-duty constable had put a bag containing the pistol inside a cabinet while having his hair cut and forgot to retrieve it.

Notebooks detailing Darwin’s theories of evolution and natural selection were discovered missing during a routine check at the Cambridge University Library in January 2001.

Beijing’s envoy to the UN Zhang Jun gives China’s first official reaction to reports and images of alleged war crimes by Russian troops.

However, if a patient’s living environment is too crowded, or is also home to high-risk people, they will still be required to go to a government isolation facility.

Japan’s constitution outlaws war as a means to settle international disputes, but almost two-thirds of those surveyed last week want to see Japan’s defences strengthened following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The six suspects – four men and two women – were said to have deliberately been nuisances during hearings at various courts in December and January.

In a statement, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said she had received Chief Secretary John Lee’s resignation and submitted it to the central government.

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the G20 should boycott summit in Bali if Russian President Vladimir Putin shows up because of his invasion of Ukraine.

Deutsche Bank is one of the first major banks to forecast a US recession, going further than Goldman Sachs Group’s prediction that an economic downturn was “far from inevitable.”

The testing exercise, which has never been seen elsewhere in the world, was aimed to spot most of the infections and quarantine them in a quick manner to achieve a dynamic zero-Covid goal.

Ex-PM Thaksin’s youngest daughter Paetongtarn, who wed in Hong Kong’s Rosewood Hotel in 2019, has made her political debut as Prayuth battles plunging popularity amid an economic crisis.

China’s Caixin/Markit services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 42 in March from 50.2 in February, data released on Wednesday showed.

Inconsistent, opaque government practices are still separating families and exacerbating Hong Kong’s mental health crisis. The government should review these policies, improve transparency and promote greater well-being.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa revoked a state of emergency late on Tuesday after dozens of lawmakers walked out of the ruling coalition, leaving his government in a minority in parliament as it struggled to quell protests amid Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisi...

Outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam said understanding the ‘dual accountability’ to the Hong Kong people and the central government was key to the job, but every leader has struggled to please both, analysts argue.

Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday that weak revenues and high spending erase fiscal surpluses and expand deficits across developing Asia.

The social media platform’s largest shareholder asked users if they wanted the feature, but the firm says it has been in the works since last year.

Josep Borrell tells the European Parliament that Chinese leaders ‘didn’t want to talk about Ukraine’ during Friday’s online summit.

US, Britain and Australia leaders cite ‘Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified and unlawful invasion of Ukraine’ as they reaffirm commitment ‘to a free and open Indo-Pacific’.

A recent spate of homicides prompted President Nayib Bukele to declare a state of emergency, with some 6,000 street gang members rounded up.

Other measures to be unveiled on Wednesday in coordination with the G7 and EU include stronger curbs on banks and state-owned enterprises.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for China to join the security guarantors for any deal with Russia, but experts doubt Beijing would do so.

Kurt Campbell of the White House’s National Security Council reaffirms the US commitment to the region without mentioning China or Taiwan by name.

Back for the first time in 5 years, the former leader jokingly addressed his successor as ‘vice-president’, while Biden said it ‘feels like the good old days’.

One of the leader’s allies warned last week that Moscow could limit supplies of agriculture products to ‘friendly’ countries only.

The new 600-series model can fly more than 39km (24 miles) and loiter 40 minutes before attacking with an anti-armour warhead.

With Russia isolated, China is left without an ally to challenge the US-led world order. However, Washington is in no position to provoke Beijing, either. What is needed is a return to cooperation; the task of rebuilding Ukraine once the war ends may...

More Russians are using the domestic Mir payment system, and some banks are issuing the cards in a co-brand with China’s UnionPay.

Florida properties, especially in Miami and Orlando, are attracting a lot of interest from Chinese buyers, many of whom already own real estate in the United States.

Victim was trying to climb the mountain with a rope but slipped and fell to a hillside, friend says.

The self-ruled island built itself into a powerhouse, first with cheaply manufactured products then as an indispensable player in the tech industry.

Legco president Andrew Leung says ‘the long unseen rationality and order’ has returned to the legislature in annual review.

Under the agreement with Twitter, the Tesla CEO is not allowed to own more than 14.9 per cent of the company until 90 days after departing the board.

Suggested sanctions include banning coal imports and certain other imports as well as stopping Moscow’s ships entering EU ports.

A lockdown in Jilin province, a major corn-producing region, has prevented farmers from tending fields, while bans on interregional travel are disrupting transport of agricultural goods.

They have specific conditions for decomposition, many of which might not be achievable in Hong Kong.

Hospital executives say a small number of Covid-negative parents allowed to be with their young children in quarantine facilities.

Italy, Spain, Denmark, Sweden among several countries to throw out Moscow’s officials amid outrage over Putin’s invasion of Ukraine; Kremlin talks of ‘retaliatory steps’.

State media showcases joint operation drill and the PLA’s new vehicle types in mountain regiment exercises in Karakoram Desert.

Supreme Court, due to hear from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s team on Wednesday, is looking at legality of his blocking an opposition bid to oust him.

China’s long-distance truck drivers are being forced to undergo arduous coronavirus testing and quarantine requirements under Beijing’s zero-Covid policy, driving up costs for trucking firms and producers.

The massive resources sent to the city may contain the outbreak but can the financial powerhouse afford any further disruption?

The provincial broadcaster’s foray into NFTs comes months after state-owned Xinhua announced the country’s first ‘news digital collectibles’.