Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan says testing booths will be within easy reach for all residents in the country’s major cities.

US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell told a forum that illegal fishing was ‘one of the biggest challenges’ in the Pacific, and hinted at a ‘major set of capabilities’ to be announced in the coming weeks.

Wei Dongyi, famous for his ability to solve problems quickly, helped a team of six doctorates build a mathematical model by solving a complicated equation in one night.

Spokesman from Beijing’s liaison office says the two blocs should not interfere in city’s affairs, accusing them of ‘smearing’ the poll.

Regional weather authorities convene meeting to discuss heavy precipitation and warning systems.

Authorities fighting against black-market cigarette smugglers attempting to ‘stash their haul in the city while finding overseas buyers’.

‘It was totally a sweatshop’: Lee Ming-che described his imprisonment, including stale food and social isolation, after being found guilty of subversion by a Chinese court in 2017.

Thousands of anti-government protesters stormed Mahinda Rajapaksa’s official residence on Tuesday after he had resigned. Outside Colombo, police said a lawmaker shot two people then killed himself. Over 200 people were also wounded in the violence.

President Yoon Suk-yeol says the new plan will vastly boost North Korea’s economy and improve the quality of life for its people.

The Shenzhen government is giving cash grants to local firms that provide services to the cross-border e-commerce sector, as part of a plan to boost sales of Chinese products to overseas consumers.

Two years into the pandemic, health officials are questioning the merits of repeated, mass testing when it comes to containing infections, particularly considering the billions it costs.

The box-office hit has been praised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his right-wing Hindu nationalist followers, but critics say it is loose with facts and fans anti-Muslim sentiment.

Tianzhou 4 was sent into space atop a Long March 7 Y5 rocket from Wenchang Launch Base around 2am.

City leader says incoming chief executive John Lee will need to revisit conditions for reopening the border with mainland China.

At least part of the carmaker’s giant Giga Shanghai plant halted work on Monday, according to a source, with the company confirming that logistics problems caused a delay in component delivery.

North Korea has fired missiles 15 times so far this year, including its first test since 2017 of an ICBM and an apparent demonstration on Saturday of a submarine-launched ballistic missile system. The US wants to respond with more sanctions.

Making the return mandatory, as some international companies have done, could be self-defeating; some firms have had to be creative to get the team to return to office.

Last month, Russia cut Poland and Bulgaria off from its gas, raising fears it could take similar action against Germany.

With the Earth’s population expected to rise by 3 billion by end of the century, expert says next step after discussing food security is ‘nutrition security’, a need aquaculture can meet.

Ukraine’s president said that trade at the country’s ports was at a standstill and urged the international community to take immediate steps to end a Russian blockade.

‘China’s most handsome man’ is suing people online who have been using his name as a reference joke to anyone considered untalented but physically attractive.

Researchers discovered that objects dropped into water from different heights can have different submersion depths.

The official mascot of the 2025 Osaka World Expo has five eyes and a face that’s ‘appropriate for a nuclear accident’, social media users said after being asked to name the ‘monstrosity’.

Elon Musk appeared to joke that he could ‘die under mysterious circumstances’ following a statement he said Roscosmos Space Chief Dmitry Rogozin made to Russian state media.

Disability groups protesting on Seoul’s underground during peak morning commutes are continuing the struggle for recognition; early death, abuse and lack of access to essential services are some of the issues they face.

Incumbent chief executive says she hopes go-ahead from her successor will give officials enough time to fight for Legco support.

A bizarre drama that riveted America ended in tragedy as a female prison guard arrested with a fugitive ex-con she allegedly helped to escape died after shooting herself as police moved in to nab them.

The vacancy rate at Russell Street rose from zero in Q1 2019, before Covid-19 and social unrest, to 7.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2022, according to JLL.

‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is one in a series of portraits Andy Warhol made of the actress following her death in 1962 and has since become one of pop art’s best-known pieces.

Eleven months before she was stabbed over 20 times and stuffed into the boot of her own Land Rover, the Chinese woman reported her former business partner’s threats to New Zealand police: ‘It’s not me. It’s the Hong Kong guys. They will be al...

Prices have slumped further since January as more families leave Hong Kong, consultant says.

The riot was the latest incident of violence in Ecuadorean prisons, which the government attributes to fights between gangs over control of territory and drug trafficking routes.

The All-China Environment Federation has released a guideline that introduces 40 green and low-carbon behaviours, to support national carbon neutrality goal.

The city state has been levying more duties on the wealthy to allay concerns of inequality. In February, the government announced higher taxes on some incomes, property and luxury cars.

Property windfall for unlucky in love son sparks debate in China about parents obsessed with marrying off their children no matter the cost amid a huge gender imbalance in the country.

Compulsory hotel quarantine the main disincentive, sudden airline route bans ‘a nightmare’.

Pro-democracy politician Chadchart Sittipunt leads the race of over a dozen candidates, including Prayuth’s handpicked incumbent, in an election dominated by economic concerns and a longrunning city battle with street food vendors.

The scheme involved the theft of information on drink can coatings that cost major chemical and coating companies nearly US$120 million to develop.

Chinese and German leaders discuss war in Ukraine and other issues during video call on Monday.

Hikvision, DJI and Xiaomi have had to confront a barrage of negative headlines over the past few weeks that could impact the overseas business of other Chinese tech companies.

At least seven members of the press, including three from Ukraine, have been killed since Moscow launched its invasion in February.

An ‘unprecedented’ alignment with Europe and growing engagement with Asian countries will help remedy past American mistakes in the region, says White House’s Indo-Pacific policy director.

Among the consequences of Russia’s invasion, analysts say, is a possibly serious erosion in China’s influence and footprint in central and eastern Europe.

The country’s defence ministry said its 93rd Mechanised Brigade ‘ruined the holiday’ for Russian occupiers with a display of trophy armoured vehicles.

The US president’s plan to increase domestic manufacturing was a rare moment of cross-party cooperation which is likely to be fleeting. With Republicans set to reclaim control of Congress, expect less action on issues important to voters and more n...

The 96-year-old monarch’s son Prince Charles will take her place at the pomp-filled event on Tuesday; Prince William will also attend.

Demonstrators shouted ‘fascists’, ‘murderers’, as ambassador Sergey Andreev visited a Warsaw cemetery to pay respects to fallen Soviet soldiers on Victory Day.

Digital trade is the top selling point of the framework, which the US is set to discuss at the Asean special summit this week. But first, both sides have to tackle a big sticking point: intellectual property protection.

AI-powered eye in the sky could identify a wide range of tactical or strategic targets, developers say.

The chance of twice-vaccinated adults infected with Omicron BA.1 strain having long Covid 4 to 8 weeks later was 50 per cent lower than those who had Delta.