Kibaki, who died last week aged 90, stepped up the country’s efforts to attract investment from Asian countries rather than the West.

The 64-year-old yoga guru visited the Hollywood star at his home during his 2020 US tour, but was not in India to receive him when Smith arrived.

The resignations may reignite concerns about the financial transparency and accountability of China’s highly leveraged property developers, with US$33 billion of debt maturing offshore, according to Fitch Ratings.

Labour chief Law Chi-kwong predicts April’s unemployment rate to be worse than that of January, but says situation will improve as long as health crisis remains under control.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison echoed comments of the Home Affairs Minister that Beijing’s recent unveiling of a security deal with the Solomon Islands was timed to influence an election.

Fans of Keung To, 23, a member of popular boy band Mirror, had splurged to sponsor free tram rides on Saturday for all, answering their idol’s call to do charitable work.

Condensed campaign period to blame, some say, and being vague allows Lee ‘flexibility with policies’

People are increasingly gathering to recite Islamic verses across Indonesia, sparking a debate on whether these gatherings bode well for inclusion and harmony.

Singapore’s Changi Airport handled 1.14 million passengers in March, the first time the figure climbed above 1 million since the start of the pandemic.

A group of parents accidentally received a suspicious food order from their children’s kindergarten and discovered their kids are being fed expired and smelly food.

Construction is restarting after more than a month of delays caused by China’s worst Covid-19 outbreak since the pandemic started.

More employers offering support, aware that pandemic has taken a toll on employees’ mental health.

Professor Wallace Lau, convenor of an advisory panel on Covid-19 vaccines, urges residents to get their jabs and not hold out for second-generation vaccines.

Kim Jong-un made the statement as he praised his top military officials over the staging of a massive military parade according to state media on Saturday.

The Pentagon said the defence chiefs will discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine and ways to strengthen the bilateral alliance amid China’s growing assertiveness.

China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 47.4 in April, down from 49.5 in March, while the official non-manufacturing PMI dropped to 41.9 from 48.4 last month, data released on Saturday showed.

As the city state relaxes its pandemic rules, there has been a flurry of reopening in the F&B sector and operators are on a hiring drive, creating stiff competition for talent.

China’s most popular online platforms have all implemented the location display functions, covering well over a billion internet users.

The US has been attempting to force Russia to use its foreign currency reserves, or revenue from oil and gas sales, to deplete the country’s financial resources.

Although Shanghai’s new Covid-19 cases hit a near-month low on Saturday, city government officials indicated they are not yet ready to ease restrictions in mainland China’s financial capital.

The island’s health authority said 99.7 per cent of cases recorded this year were asymptomatic or showed mild symptoms.

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The calm that greeted the halt of branches prompted banks to double down on their digitalisation, raising the question whether outlets that typically cost HK$1 million a month each to run still makes commercial sense.

If the CCP wants to continue enjoying a high degree of faith by Chinese nationals, officials need to lock up their paranoia amid the Omicron wave of Covid-19.

As part of his plea deal, Alexanda Kotey is expected to spend 15 years in jail in the US and then may be sent to the UK to serve the remainder of his sentence.

A woman in China dressed as an old woman with old-age makeup so her grandfather would recognise her in the afterlife because her grandparents are “the closest people in the world to me”.

While three Chinese were killed in the attack, observers say Beijing and its belt and road projects in Pakistan are a collateral damage of Balochistan’s separatist bid.

Japanese coastguard says 12 of the 26 people aboard are unaccounted for, and will search inside the boat in belief that some of the missing were trapped.

Pro-Beijing politicians, business leaders laud Lee’s ‘great speech’, but critics say it lacks specific policy details.

Battery-powered double-decker bus from Bravo Transport can accommodate 113 passengers and could be ready for service by midyear.

Across China’s commercial capital, residents suddenly did not know where their next meal was coming from when they were plunged into lockdown.

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The judge did, however, reject guilty verdicts reached on two counts, reducing the maximum possible jail term by 10 years to 55 years behind bars.

The Fuerabamba and Huancuire groups earlier set up camp inside the mine, saying that previous commitments to them had not been honoured.

A planned evacuation from Mariupol, which remains under heavy attack by Moscow’s forces, did not appear to have been carried out.

Videos showed passengers screaming and running for cover after an American family showed up with an artillery munition they found in Golan Heights.

Hopes the US-China relationship will improve ignore the many underlying factors driving the two sides apart. Domestic politics, slowing growth and increasing nationalism are not conducive to normalising relations and will only further erode ties.

Conservative MP Neil Parish is under investigation over claims he had viewed pornography on his mobile phone in the House of Commons chamber.

The three-time Wimbledon champion was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for concealing hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of assets after he was declared bankrupt in 2017.

Chief executive candidate to tackle housing crisis by establishing two new task forces to speed up construction, develop private land.

Revival of grass roots democracy an attempt to activate the old ‘red genes’ of the Red Army, say experts.

Dozens of worshippers were also injured in the explosion that tore through the Khalifa Sahib Mosque during prayers.

Former No 2 official John Lee says in the unveiling of his manifesto on Friday that he will set up two new bodies dedicated to public housing and land supply.

The bloc said the Chinese national has been in detention since September 2021, while a French newspaper reports he has been accused of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’

The sole chief executive candidate plans to set up care teams with a network of volunteers in all of the city’s 18 districts

Fund to cover nine nations in the region but not details offered in foreign ministers meeting.

The difficulty and expense of arranging flights and quarantine mean many overseas Chinese have been unable to see their families for more than two years

China’s food supply will be confronted with multiple challenges over the next decade, from rising incomes that will drive up demand to demographic changes and geopolitical disruption.

Gao Zengsong and his fellow pilots were on mission to intercept a foreign vessel in Chinese territorial waters.

Trade minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said some male politicians believed that their election to high office made them ‘God’s gift to women’.