Two separate reports suggest Chinese trawlers have been involved in illegal fishing in the Indian Ocean.

Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce says pay trend survey does not reflect current economic climate, warns of possible ripple effect on private-sector salaries.

Yu Luming’s removal as director of the city’s health commission appears to be linked to a corruption probe rather than the current wave of cases.

In 2019, a court in the city state jailed the director of a Singaporean trading firm for nearly three years for supplying US$4.4 million worth of luxury goods, including alcohol and perfume, to North Korea.

Improved bilateral relations expected to continue under incoming Philippines administration, but maritime differences remain.

The US government, while claiming its one-China policy has not changed, has been hollowing it out with actions that will only embolden separatists. China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Taiwan question must be respected.

The platform called Vault by 500px uses the Ethereum blockchain to issue NFTs that can be bought using cryptocurrency, which is banned in mainland China.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky savaged suggestions that Kyiv give up territory and make concessions to end the war with Russia, saying the idea smacked of attempts to appease Nazi Germany in 1938.

Li Keqiang instructs more than 100,000 officials from across China to use whatever resources they have to stabilise the economy as zero-Covid policy remains in effect.

As the move to electric vehicles redraws manufacturing maps, the UK is endangered by scarce supply of raw materials, expensive energy, meager government incentives and potential Brexit-related tariffs.

Liu Guangyuan, commissioner of China’s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong, hits out at ‘countries that pursue unilateralism in the name of multilateralism’.

Three months into Russia’s invasion of the neighbouring country, Putin visited a military hospital in Moscow on Wednesday and met with some soldiers wounded in Ukraine,

Malaysia’s economy gained speed in the first quarter of this year, as the country dropped most virus restrictions. That allowed the central bank room to raise borrowing costs to preemptively fight inflation.

But there has been a significant increase in people using e-cigarettes.

The positive turn gave the city’s Commissar Li Qiang enough confidence to begin loosening some of the government’s stranglehold on movements, work and daily lives in the city of 25 million residents.

The burden to contain prices in Europe and the United States has mostly been carried by monetary policy, with the US, UK and Canadian central banks now engaged in aggressive interest rate hike cycles.

Prolonged Covid-19 restrictions have damaged China’s economic prospects and prompted banks including UBS Group and Goldman Sachs Group to slash their growth forecasts for this year.

Alexandria Aniyah Rubio, a fourth grader at Robb Elementary, was beaming on Tuesday in a family photo posted on Facebook. Hours later a gunman killed her and 18 other children and two teachers.

Khan, a former cricket star turned Islamist politician, was prime minister for over three and half years until he was ousted last month by a no-confidence vote in Parliament. Since then, he has held rallies across the country, saying his removal from...

Source says Japan is looking to place Hong Kong on its ‘blue’ list, which will grant travel exemptions to tourists from the city.

This week in ‘love and courage in China’, we highlight stories that celebrate the human spirit, featuring a near-blind father who cycled 2,500km to visit his son, a man who saved his grandson from a car and a village organises a wedding.

In the face of rising tension with the West, Beijing will continue military cooperation with Russia, sharing Moscow’s concern over Nato expansion.

Kuala Lumpur’s decision to stop exporting the birds at the end of the month is being questioned by many.

Cathay Pacific spokeswoman says company reviewing staffing requirements and planning for recovery in Hong Kong and global aviation.

US romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy shot her partner twice through the heart, then claimed she was at the scene looking for writerly inspiration.

The successful trip – 2½ years after a botched first attempt – boosts Nasa’s efforts to reduce reliance on Russia for rides to the International Space Station.

A record 10.76 million graduates are set to enter the job market in China this year, but the number of openings has fallen amid high unemployment in the 16- 24 age group.

With the country’s two biggest parties suffering major losses, the new Labor government will need the support of independent MPs to pass legislation. The independents who have taken the election by storm are mostly women with a strong focus on gree...

The US Treasury says the group raised hundreds of millions for Iran’s Quds Force and Lebanese allies Hezbollah, and helped support proxy militant groups.

Nearly half picked Beijing, which moved ahead of Tokyo in the ranking for the first time since the Japanese survey was conducted in the current format.

Remarks, which come after US President Joe Biden returns from a trip to both nations, reflect White House drive to fortify US alliances throughout the Asia-Pacific.

Treasury Wine Estates aims to avoid China’s punitive trade tariffs by speeding up production of a made-in-China version of the Penfolds brand, as Canberra pushes Beijing to lift trade tariffs ‘as soon as possible’.

Salvador Ramos posted his intentions online before barricading himself inside a fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary School, where all the fatalities and injuries occurred.

A mosque in Kabul and three minibuses in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif were targeted, with some attacks claimed by Islamic State.

Assessment of US$79 million acquisition of Britain’s biggest semiconductor maker comes under new powers conferred by National Security and Investment Act and follows criticism of apparent government inaction.

The team at Tsinghua University say the tiny robotic device can wiggle into tiny spaces and be equipped with a camera.

The diagnostic tools could help researchers track the virus as it spreads outside countries where it is usually found.

If Russia is not bluffing about its willingness to use nuclear weapons, ignoring its legitimate security concerns could doom the world. With no prospect of a ceasefire, the challenge is how to reduce tensions.

‘The simplified system will allow all of us to clearly see that Russia is here not just for a long time but forever,’ Moscow-appointed leader of Kherson said; but Kyiv called the plan ‘criminal’ behaviour.

The crisis – especially for countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East that rely on affordable wheat, barley and sunflower oil blocked in Ukraine – has been a key topic. IMF chief says it’s going to be a ‘tough year’.

Foreign vice-minister could take top job at the National Radio and Television Administration, sources say.

Officials say the public spaces are available for sports on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square incident, but not for ‘other purposes’.

An opinion piece on the People’s Daily called on the country to use more locally developed software, in a sign that the government may want to accelerate the replacement of imported computer systems with Chinese ones.

The foreign ministry in Beijing summons a Japanese embassy official for a late-night dressing down over comments made during the US president’s visit.

‘Things are changing [but] it is not enough. We’re just starting,’ chief Tedros Ghebreyesus about making far-reaching changes following horrifying revelations of widespread abuse by humanitarian workers in 2020.

The Executive Council will consider various factors before deciding whether to approve recommendations, says convenor of the city’s de facto cabinet.

In a video call, the Chinese leader says human rights should not be used as a ‘pretext to interference’ in countries’ internal affairs.

Analysts say the database could offer cultural protection by managing and storing cultural resources from all levels of government.

Landslide election triumph comes 36 years after dictator father was ousted in pro-democracy uprising after accusations of human rights violations and plunder; Vice-President running mate, Sara Duterte, also won by a wide margin.

Haikou jumped 19 places to top the list, according to the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities China 2021: The Nation’s Most Successful Economies report.