HSBC and Standard Chartered, two of the city’s currency-issuing banks, said they will reopen all branches on April 19.

Authorities are weathering intense public anger and spirited protests demanding the government’s resignation ahead of negotiations for an IMF bailout.

Consumer Council tracks cost of 90 grocery items across 11 categories at three major chains.

The top court found that Beijing was able to give Wellington sufficient assurance that Kim could get a fair trial and wouldn’t be tortured.

A total of 470,000 residents applied for the Temporary Unemployment Relief – a 57 per cent jump from an anticipated 300,000 applicants.

Local media reports cast doubt on thermal mugs included in customary holiday gifts to Israeli government officials.

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Dragon Television, one of Shanghai’s largest television channels, postponed a planned celebrity variety show to honour China’s fight against Covid-19 amid a public backlash.

The city’s graft buster has accused the seven of trying to circumvent the vaccine pass scheme, which requires residents to show proof of inoculation at certain premises.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier planned to travel to the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday to express solidarity with the government after Russia’s invasion.

China’s imports fell by 0.1 per cent per cent in March compared with a year earlier, while exports grew by 14.7 per cent last month, data released on Wednesday shows.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam has warned residents to brace for a rise in new cases as life in the city gradually returns to normal.

Congressman Eliaz Vaz, who exposed the Viagra spending, said the defence ministry paid more than US$700,000 for 60 ‘inflatable silicone penile’ implants.

Wednesday’s infections have exacerbated concerns about extending the horizons of Shanghai’s lockdown, in place across all 16 districts in one of China’s largest population centres.

Lee declined to say whether the overwhelming number of nominations assured his victory in the May 8 poll, adding that he would continue with his campaign.

Heavy foreign outflows that have plagued China since February could speed up in coming weeks after the country’s yield advantage over US bonds disappeared, analysts say.

‘I propose to the Russian Federation to exchange this guy of yours for our boys and our girls who are now in Russian captivity,’ he said in a video address.

At a 2019 conference in Pyongyang, the well-known hacker gave information on how the country could use cryptocurrency to dodge sanctions.

Thingyan is Myanmar’s most significant cultural event, marked by prayers and the splashing of water on others as a form of symbolic cleansing.

Television footage showed emotional scenes of families and friends reuniting as two flights from Australia touched down in Auckland.

The expected releases would mark the busiest quarter in nine months, as the ebb and flow of the Covid-19 disease sent the world’s most expensive residential property market into bouts of activity and torpor.

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Beijing’s liaison office played a role in getting them all on board and the cross section of support is aimed at showing residents that change is coming, insiders say.

Even asymptomatic patients risk spreading the disease or becoming badly ill, Wu Zunyou says.

As the financial powerhouse battles to control infections, its 25 million people and the country’s economy are paying a high price.

This is the first time the US president has referred to Moscow’s invasion this way – he previously said there were ‘war crimes’ committed.

State Department annual report on global human rights also maintains condemnation of actions in Xinjiang, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying Beijing ‘continues to commit genocide’ there.

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China has multiple ground-based laser systems and may field higher powered ones as early as the middle of the decade, says a report by a US defence agency.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star, however, says allegations that he abused his former wife are untrue and hurt his career; he is is seeking US$50 million in damages over a column she wrote.

French prosecutors say Nicolas Zepeda murdered Narumi Kurosaki, a scholarship student, because he was unable to deal with their break-up.

Researchers say textile can produce power for a device or keep people cool.

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Police say 21,613 fixed-penalty notices amounting to HK$89.98 million in fines were issued between April 1, 2021 and February 28, 2022.

Ukraine says it prevented the group known as Sandworm from damaging high-voltage electrical substations, computers and networking equipment.

‘Nothing will be coming to Hong Kong and we don’t want to see that happen,’ says transport sector legislator Frankie Yick, as Guangdong steps up Covid-19 curbs.

Electoral Affairs Commission recorded more than 30,000 invalid votes from December election.

An EU investment deal and a trip by the UN human rights chief are part of the equation, analysts say.

China’s first quarter economic growth data is expected to reflect pressure from widespread Covid-19 restrictions, with some experts saying a jolt of stimulus is needed to offset more challenges in the second half of the year.

Tik Chi-yuen, sole non-establishment member on the powerful Election Committee, says he wants to know what former No 2 official stands for.

Days of pounding rain flooded areas and shut roads across the city of Durban, while landslips suspended train services across KwaZulu-Natal province.

An Omicron outbreak has caused widespread interruptions to tech manufacturing activities in the Yangtze River Delta.

Tour guides and staff must have received three vaccine shots while those joining the tour have to take rapid antigen tests in advance.

Proposed industrial site in Hyderabad could employee 560,000 people and help India cut into China’s dominance of the US$236.7 billion global active pharmaceutical ingredients market.

Ten people were hit directly by gunfire, with five victims in critical condition; police are still searching for the gunman.

India wants to stay neutral on Russia, but it is not neutral on the US strategy to contain China, observer notes.

Some allegedly offered cash in exchange for vouchers, albeit at a lower price to pocket the difference.

Analysts says those hoping for a return to times past will likely be disappointed with a tough new regulatory environment now in place.

Hundreds of Chinese arms makers showcase their equipment at PLA event highlighted on state television.

India’s balancing act between the US and Russia has not impacted its tilt towards Washington in the great power rivalry.