The suspects, six men and a woman, aged 20 to 38, were holders of bank accounts that were used to collect the proceeds of crime, police said.

The officer assaulted the 13-year-old girl who went to his police station in Uttar Pradesh to report she had been gang-raped by four boys.

This year’s Victory Day won’t just honour a conflict that ended 77 years ago. Many Russians will be thinking about the thousands of troops fighting in neighbouring Ukraine.

From Thursday, all those entering the city will be issued with a ‘provisional vaccine pass’ QR code together with a compulsory quarantine order at border checkpoints.

Some 23 per cent of European companies are considering shifting current or planned investments out of China due to Covid-19 controls, a new survey shows, while the Ukraine war is adding to supply chain woes.

Subway, bus and taxi services have been suspended in the business hub of Chaoyang district, complicating commutes.

Hikvision, which provides surveillance cameras used in China’s Xinjiang region, said it hopes to be ‘treated fairly’ if the US decides to add it to a new sanctions list that could impair its ability to do business globally.

English Schools Foundation tells parents in a letter that it will offer the grant to students, who can choose to accept it by May 16.

Russia has moved to obstruct the flow of Western weapons to Ukraine by bombarding rail stations and other supply-line targets across the country.

Although China has been strengthening its intellectual property laws, weak enforcement remains a concern, especially for foreign firms. A recent bill on reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters between Hong ...

Scammers posing as investment experts usually prey on targets through social media and sometimes deploy good-looking and sweet-talking con artists to lure victims.

A propaganda website criticised Yoon for stirring up confrontational madness trumpeting a ‘stronger South Korea-US alliance’.

‘Nickel King’ Vladimir Potanin has moved fast to take advantage of opportunities thrown up by hurried asset sales since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.

To mark its centennial and Youth Day, China’s Communist Youth League issued 54,000 NFTs for free, labelling them digital collectibles as is common practice in China where cryptocurrencies are banned.

Island was going to purchase 12 of the aircraft but defence minister says the price is too high.

Citing multiple senior US officials, The New York Times said that of the approximately dozen Russian generals killed by Ukrainian forces, ‘many’ had been targeted with the help of US intelligence.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, forcing him to postpone Thursday’s planned China policy speech.

The WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Gujarat has been a boost for New Delhi which is competing with Beijing to promote the use of ancient therapies worldwide.

Shanghai recorded 34 new Covid-19 cases in non-quarantined areas, prompting a health official to reiterate the importance of fighting this ‘enemy within’ and appearing to quash hopes that a broader manufacturing restart was imminent.

With America’s Supreme Court poised to roll back half a century of abortion rights, activists fear conservatives will set their sights on other constitutional freedoms.

Donald Trump Jnr is the latest member of the former US president’s family to be questioned about last year’s riot at the US Capitol.

Zhang Zuofeng, a professor at UCLA, wrote two articles criticising mass testing arguing they had lead to more cases in Shanghai.

10th survivor of disaster was able to guide rescuers as they pulled her to safety soon after midnight.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said Honiara is being ‘threatened with invasion’ after it signed a security agreement with Beijing.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s government has struggled to defend the US$1.05 billion deal for three Chinese submarines at a time of economic hardship.

Pro-Beijing paper’s focus on discrimination against ‘Chinese religions’ an ominous sign, say some church men, but others see no reason to worry.

Caixin/Markit services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 36.2 in April from 42 in March, data released on Thursday showed.

The US and China have been at odds for two decades over the mandate that grants access to all audit work papers for US-listed foreign companies.

To safeguard domestic supplies amid a heatwave-fuelled shortage, the government is considering limiting wheat exports.

Travel times are expected to be shorter, with journeys between Tai Wai and Admiralty on East Rail line taking only 17 minutes without need to change lines.

The mainland Chinese internet is debating why a husband who cooks every day for his wife went viral despite women often doing the same.

The US economy had not seen a 50-basis point rate increase since Alan Greenspan was Fed chairman, and “irrational exuberance” was the catchphrase that defined the easy money and mood of the Dotcom era.

Social-distancing measures further relax in Hong Kong as coronavirus situation continues to abate.

Post-handover, Beijing sought to understand, then win over, public opinion in Hong Kong; by 2005, a willingness to embrace Chinese identity had never been higher. Recently, however, there are signs that truth and fact are under siege with attacks by ...

Rather than introduce a new framework, US is urged to join Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the successor to the pact the US abandoned five years ago.

Faced with sky-high inflation and tough midterm elections for the Democrats, the US president wants to remind voters that Trump is lurking in the wings.

US Defence Secretary tells Senate Appropriations Committee said he hoped his engagement with China’s defence minister would be the first of many, with both sides keen to keep communication open.

The top US diplomat is experiencing mild symptoms; President Biden, whom he has not seen in person for days, is not considered a close contact.

In search of a hot campaign issue, aides explored ideas like letting Americans sue China in court, and sending the National Guard into cities amid social unrest, a new book says.

Washington’s targeting of Chinese enterprises it claims are controlled by Beijing has seen hundreds of companies banned on national security grounds. Yet the US often exerts significant influence over businesses to comply with its ‘requests’. A...

Voters caught in an economic crunch could propel the group – long linked to the paramilitary Irish Republican Army – to a landmark victory on Thursday.

Former leader Alpha Conde is among 27 ex-senior officials accused of assassination, torture, kidnapping and other crimes during his time in office.

While Europe debates whether it can survive Russia halting gas supplies, less has been said about preparing for shortages. Higher prices will not be sufficient and rationing should be a last resort, so governments must come up with initiatives that d...

An ‘Mi-17 helicopter’ was involved in the incident, which took place less than a month after an incursion by a Russian army transport aircraft in April.

China says its application to join the Pacific Rim trade pact is consistent with efforts to reform and open up the economy, but it is unclear whether the country can meet the deal’s high standards.

Shanghai-based academic Zhang Weiwei says the country’s much lower death rate shows the superiority of the Chinese governance model.

Sri Lanka faces its worst ever economic crisis in decades due to the lack of foreign reserves, resulting in severe shortages in food, fuel, medicine, and imported goods.

Agency says its website, internal system and newsletter delivery operations were attacked, but that information on donor list was not accessed.

Professor Jeffrey Timmermans says Arizona State University will take over Hong Kong press group’s event from 2023, ‘so we aren’t involved in this year’s awards’.