Tech hub Shenzhen and factory base Guangzhou launch mass screenings and tighten travel restrictions to keep virus at bay.

Chinese banks extended 3.13 trillion yuan (US$492 billion) in new yuan loans in March, data released on Monday showed.

The unnamed employee is believed to be a pilot and was reported to the airline by members of the online community.

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The funds will be used to help more than 10 million people displaced within and outside the war-torn country.

The plane will not enter Ukraine, but will travel throughout Europe carrying equipment and supplies to distribution centres.

According to a law enforcement source, the 47,000 tablets of the drug were bound for mainland China.

Scientists working in a nature reserve in southwest China found that analysing blood from leeches allowed them to paint a picture of wildlife diversity in the area.

Borrowing the phrase from the Chinese president, Lee says his focus on results would mean ‘the public can see the outcomes sooner’.

Seoul cited its ‘principled stance’ on not sending lethal weapons to Ukraine, as the war-torn country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday prepared to address South Korea’s parliament.

Unvaccinated students will be barred from so-called non-academic subjects when face-to-face classes resume, city leader Carrie Lam says.

The monarch spoke of serious fatigue in a video call with health workers and patients at a London hospital.

Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan had been in Shanghai for more than a week to oversee the anti-pandemic fight, as China’s top epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan said the city was “unprepared” for the latest outbreak.

Discussions allow both sides to be frank while reaffirming shared views including concern over China’s rising assertiveness, say analysts.

Ramzan Kadyrov said Moscow would unleash an offensive not only on the besieged port of Mariupol, but also on Luhansk and Donetsk.

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Vegetarian dining pioneer Bobsy Gaia is just one of the business owners forced to make the hard choice of shutting their establishments.

China’s official consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.5 per cent in March from a year earlier, up from 0.9 per cent growth in February, while the producer price index (PPI) rose by 8.3 per cent last month.

Washington has pledged to help the island defend itself but just what that means is up for interpretation.

Society for the Protection of Children gets former civil servant to overhaul Mong Kok home where 40 children were allegedly abused.

A source said articles written by suspect Allan Au and published on the now-defunct online outlet Stand News were alleged to have incited hatred against the government.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for the election on May 21 against a backdrop of missteps and controversies; China is portrayed as a threat to Australia, with allegations of foreign interference and spying.

Macau’s solo candidates engage public, but residents with no say in outcome lose interest in polls, says one veteran former opposition lawmaker.

Analysis of stool sample can tell if patients have gut issues that indicate lingering symptoms, according to study.

The jellylike substance designed by researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong could help retrieve objects from the body.

Russia has been useful for Japan’s energy security especially after 2011 when it moved away from nuclear power. But where Tokyo once drew a line at weaning itself off Russian fuel, it now faces a reckoning.

Following a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Sunday, tens of thousands of Khan supporters marched in cities across Pakistan, waving large party flags and vowing support

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India’s neutral stance in the war has raised concerns in Washington and earned praise from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

As food prices rise globally and war rages between two of the world’s biggest grain suppliers, Beijing is intent on doing what it must to secure adequate food for the most populous country.

Fresh raids came after a gunman from Jenin went on a shooting rampage in Tel Aviv on Thursday, killing three Israelis and wounding more than a dozen others.

Around 800 people descended on Frankfurt on Sunday to protest ‘against hatred and harassment’ but were outnumbered by people taking part in a counterdemonstration in support of Ukraine.

Sunak said he had written to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking him to refer Sunak’s ministerial declarations to the independent adviser on ministers’ interests.

The celebration of theatre, opera and dance returned to London’s Royal Albert Hall for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic closed UK performance venues.

Macron scored 28-29 per cent and Le Pen 22-24, with the top two candidates going through to the second round run-off on April 24.

The holiday is taking place as tensions between Israelis and Palestinians are rising amid a spate of recent Palestinian attacks in Israel.

‘This general will just be another author of crimes and brutality against Ukrainian civilians,’ said US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan.

China has been working to defuse tensions and restore peace in its own way, promoting dialogue, opposing damaging sanctions and giving humanitarian aid. Finding the greatest common ground in everybody’s security interests is crucial to world peace.

The Chinese cargo planes with military markings were pictured at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla airport on Sunday.

German-made BioNTech offers more effective protection in a shorter span of time, says Patients and Healthcare Professionals Rights Association.

Leung Chun-ying argues local companies should lobby mainland Chinese authorities for preferential policies to help them enter market.

The Garuda Shield joint training exercise strengthens defence ties between the US and some Asia-Pacific nations, as tensions with China continue to spike in the region.

Blockade against oil and gas shipments could be a less risky option than military action for Beijing, observers say.

More than 1,000 taxidermied animals, including hundreds of endangered or extinct species, were seized in Spain on Sunday; haul includes near-extinct Bengal tiger, scimitar-horned oryx, polar bears and white rhinos.

Construction was carried out for 24 hours a day; about 200 workers from three contractors were mobilised.

Omicron BA. 2 sub-variant has spread rapidly in many parts of Japan; India’s booster doses started Sunday but free shots limited to front-line workers and over 60s; South Korea begins transition to ‘post-Omicron’ era.

Reports of food shortages in the country’s commercial capital have prompted a flurry of interest in what essentials to hoard.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says government will launch inaugural retail green bond now worth HK$15 billion by end of month.

About 2.6 million fled to Poland and 686,000 to Romania; but with few border controls within the EU, it’s believed ‘a large number of people’ have moved countries; on Palm Sunday Pope Francis lamented the ‘folly of war’.

The record-setting astronauts have conducted dozens of scientific experiments and several spacewalks during their 180-day mission on board the space station.