‘Golden 72 hours for rescue’ following Friday’s tragedy closed on Monday afternoon.

Political heavyweight Tam Yiu-chung says civil service ‘fell short of public expectations’ during Covid-19 pandemic, with staff ‘very used to current culture’.

New Zealand reopened on Monday to about 60 visa-waiver countries, including Singapore, Malaysia and Japan. Most tourists from India, China and other non-waiver countries are still not allowed to enter.

Nuventura plans to transfer its technology to makers of medium voltage gas-insulated switchgear in China that lack capabilities to develop replacements for sulphur hexafluoride, the world’s most harmful greenhouse gas

Customs officers seized high-value electronic products, musical instrument accessories and audio equipment from vessel bound for Guangzhou on April 21; company proprietor, 69, arrested a day later.

China’s capital reported 41 Covid-19 cases on Monday, including five asymptomatic infections, after the third round of mass testing ended.

Government-backed data amassed from around the country’s coastline found some areas are already sinking three to four millimetres per year, speeding up a long-expected threat.

Widely circulated video shows moment morgue workers realise patient is still alive as they load body bag into van.

Jobless man suspected of killing girlfriend appears in Tuen Mun Court, alongside three flatmates who allegedly helped dispose of body.

The Pacific island country’s top diplomat to Australia said that China’s police presence under a new security pact was aimed at boosting capabilities. ‘We will try and do our best in terms of dealing with them,’ he said.

Russia may have averted default as it announced it had made several overdue payments in dollars on its overseas bonds, shifting the market’s focus to upcoming payments and whether it would stave off a historic default.

Millions of Indonesians rejoiced at the return of the tradition of homecoming after two years of subdued festivities, as Muslims in Malaysia filled bazaars and shopping malls.

The upcoming anniversary of Russia’s liberation at the end of World War II will have no bearing on Moscow’s military operations in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

First batch of 40 mid-range artillery systems due this year will not arrive at the island until 2026, defence ministry reveals.

Voters go to the polls in Britain on Thursday, in a midterm test for the Conservative government that could determine beleaguered Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s future.

As global food waste looks to exceed more than 2 billion tonnes by 2030, technology such as Nosh identifies food wasted at each stage of the supply chain to save still-good items from the bin.

Jim Fitton, a 66-year-old retired geologist who has lived in Malaysia, could face the death penalty under Iraqi law if convicted, his family has said.

Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan instructed local officials to double down on lockdown controls to identify and quarantine every single case even though the overall outbreak is showing signs of abating.

Hong Kong Observatory reports minimum temperature of 16.4 degrees Celsius on Monday morning, lowest figure recorded in May since 1917.

The ‘Ghost’ legend emerged after Russia invaded Ukraine, as social media users began to spread claims of an anonymous fighter pilot who had single-handedly taken down multiple Russian planes.

With energy, food and other living costs soaring, Japan’s famously thrifty consumers are tightening their belts – even as they sit on the remains of an estimated US$383 billion in pandemic savings.

Plans for a nationwide sex offender registry for schools and universities would be the biggest change to laws on sexual assault in China in almost two decades, but some have criticised the absence of penalties for offenders.

The Australian airline said its new ‘Project Sunrise’ long-haul flights, which were hit by pandemic delays, would offer ‘the final fix for the tyranny of distance’.

Shrinking deliveries at Nio, Li Auto and Xpeng are dragging on their attempts to catch up with the industry’s bellwether Tesla for supremacy in the world’s largest market for automobiles and smart EVs.

More than 90 per cent of owners have agreed to sell after authority cut premiums by more than HK$60 million and government gave each seller HK$1 million reduction in fees.

One in four of the 161 Taiwan-listed companies that suspended production amid ongoing Covid-19 lockdowns in Shanghai and in the neighbouring city of Kunshan in Jiangsu province are in electronics

It’s time to change the Japanese television industry’s long-standing tradition of using pain and humiliation to get laughs and views.

Hong Kong’s failure to contain the pandemic revealed a government tied up in its own red tape, unable to make the right decisions and mobilise resources. Reforming governance will be a challenge for the next chief executive, and ‘result-oriented�...

A military source confirms that the large phased array radar in Shandong has been in use for some time.

As of Sunday, visitors to Italy no longer have to fill out the EU passenger locator form, and Greece’s civil aviation authority announced that it was lifting all Covid-19 rules for international and domestic flights.

Canberra has sought new free-trade deals after its largest trading partner China placed restrictions on some Australian exports in 2020 amid spiralling tensions.

Opposition parties have accused Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of plans to give away all of Karabakh to Azerbaijan.

Iraq’s state news agency INA reported that five Iraqi provinces including Baghdad and Najaf were shrouded in dust storms on Sunday.

Moderna’s vaccine could be the first to win US approval for children under the age of six. Pfizer also expects to have its vaccine data for children under six ready by the June review.

Most protests across France were peaceful but violence broke out in Paris, where police had made 29 arrests, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter.

The European Commission, which draws up sanctions for the EU’s 27 countries, is preparing the text, which could be put to member states as early as Wednesday.

Airspace breaches came amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions between Moscow and Nato, where Denmark is a member.

Israel says it has foiled plans by Tehran to assassinate a US general in Germany, a journalist in France and an Israeli diplomat in Turkey.

Calls in Washington to jettison ‘strategic ambiguity’ – under which the US does not commit to defend Taiwan if China attacks – in favour of ‘strategic clarity’.

Surrounded by fighters, helicopters overhead, Hibatullah Akhundzada spoke to worshippers Sunday at a mosque in the southern city of Kandahar; bombings have soared in the nation recently.

Carrie Lam cites introduction of five-day statutory paternity leave for men and 14-week maternity leave for women as examples of her administration’s work.

Caterers in the Chinese capital will be limited to offering takeaways and deliveries over the five-day break.

While visiting wet market at Tin Shui Wai public housing estate, Lee says he will consider working towards universal suffrage when ‘society tells me all problems no longer exist’

City has ended entry ban on foreigners, but non-resident visitors and returning locals must spend seven days in compulsory quarantine.

Residents, trade unions took to the streets on Sunday for May 1 marches with protests planned across the continent; peace was an underlying theme with calls for an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Modern scientific analysis has ruled out a medical reason for the amputation and say the woman could be the oldest known victim of one of the five punishments of ancient China.

Pelosi, next in line to US presidency after vice-president, is highest ranking American official to visit Ukraine since invasion began; meanwhile, the UN says millions of tons of grain stuck in Ukrainian ports or on ships needs to ‘get out into wor...

Several Indonesian women living in Ukraine have refused to leave despite narrowly escaping bombings, as they stand by their Ukrainian husbands whom they proudly declared as “very good men”.

Police in Changsha say those detained include the owner of the property and 3 who were in charge of reconstruction work.

The takeaway here is that the change of Hong Kong’s leadership cannot be subject to direct or indirect factors concerning the US.