Franchised cross-harbour buses have lost 20,000 passengers a day since opening of MTR extension, says Assistant Commissioner for Transport Honson Yuen.

One of the Philippine Navy’s two guided-missile frigates was deployed at the new Subic Bay base on Tuesday, about 30 years after the US Navy withdrew from the strategic area about 80 kilometres west of the capital Manila.

India is the world’s no. 1 rice exporter, and any move to limit the commodity could threaten to plunge millions more into hunger and boost inflation risks, at a time when crops like wheat and corn are soaring.

Resolution would have cut amount of oil Pyongyang could legally import for civilian purposes from 4 million barrels a year to 3 million.

Relatively low vaccine take-ups among the most vulnerable age groups are a key weakness in the country’s ‘dynamic zero-Covid’ strategy.

Radio Free Asia spoke to one North Korean resident who claimed the vaccines were imported from China, but they did not specify the type of vaccine.

Rudd’s comments come as Western nations criticise the Solomon Islands-China security deal that they believe will lead to Beijing bolstering its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Pacific island nations are not anyone’s ‘backyard’ as he kick-started 10-day tour, watched closely by Australia and US.

Couple were trying to recover HK$100,000 debt.

Profits at China’s industrial firms fell by 8.5 per cent in April from a year earlier, swinging from a 12.2 per cent gain in March, data released on Friday showed.

In the Asia-Pacific, some women have the legal right to take time off work to recover from painful periods.

Users based in China should make their own arrangements for their assets, the game developer announced on Twitter, because service to mainland users will stop on July 15.

One law professor believes that Japan’s worsening economic situation has led to an increase in “opportunistic” crime with unprotected temples and shrines being “easy targets” for criminals.

It will be John Lee’s first meeting with top leaders since he was returned uncontested in chief executive election on May 8.

Cessation services to be more accessible and medical staff urged to prescribe medication in certain cases.

Shen Chunyao, chairman of Legislative Affairs Commission of National People’s Congress Standing Committee, makes the pledge at a forum on the Basic Law.

The US has not put explicit geographic restrictions on the use of weapons supplied to Ukrainian forces.

Local authorities are not letting up their vigilance, with the district government of Pudong ordering all 5.7 million residents within their jurisdiction to be tested for Covid-19 on Friday.

Geetanjali Shree’s book tells the story of an octogenarian widow who dares to cast off convention and confront the ghosts of her experiences during the subcontinent’s tumultuous 1947 partition into India and Pakistan.

Moscow is ready to make a ‘significant contribution’ to averting a looming food crisis if the West lifts sanctions over Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said.

North Korea only admitted its first coronavirus case on May 12 after more than two years of being cut off from the rest of the world, with the total reaching 3.06 million since late April.

The coastguard is continuing to search for the 12 missing people using patrol vessels and aircraft. Deepwater divers ended a two-day search inside the boat last week after finding no trace of them.

Customers have to register their personal details, including real name, when buying tickets and concert staff will verify ticket holder’s identity at the show.

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A man has been arrested and confessed to installing spycams in make-up mirrors and then encouraging women to use them while naked which he refers to as ‘nude beauty’.

Myanmar is planning the construction of a pipeline to receive Russian energy exports through India or China following the exit of Malaysia’s Petronas, Thailand’s PTTEP as well as Chevron and TotalEnergies.

Smokers say they will quit if the median price for a pack of cigarettes hits HK$100, according to local research.

The two nurses who escaped were not able to save the newborns in their incubators from the blaze caused by a short circuit.

Premier Li Keqiang’s address to Chinese officials shows Beijing is ramping up efforts to prevent a recession, analysts say, but there will be no immediate change to the zero-Covid policy that has hammered business.

The incident comes soon after a deadly mass shooting at a Texas school, and prompted five nearby schools to be placed under precautionary lockdowns.

After decades as China’s chief research partner into the tiny particles, the United States is working on its own project, but Juno will be ready first.

Joe Garcia, whose spouse Irma Garcia was killed protecting her students during the deadly shooting, had an apparent heart attack soon after.

A tactical team breached the classroom that shooter Salvador Ramos was in only an hour later, while desperate parents begged police to storm the building.

Witnesses before Foreign Relations subcommittee also call for improving health sector and bridging digital divide in run-up to next month’s Summit of the Americas in Miami.

A new generation of young Americans are still interested in working in the world’s No 2 economy, despite deteriorating relations between China and the United States.

A counterproposal by Moscow, which made no mention of its own role in the region’s health crisis, was rejected; China supported Russia in both votes.

The actor was best known for roles like mobster Henry Hill and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson.

The alleged incidents involving three male victims took place in London between 2005 and 2008, and in western England in 2013.

The president will meet the group at the White House to talk about issues like inclusion and discrimination, amid a rise in attacks on Asian-Americans.

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Prayuth Chan-ocha said a new US-backed trade pact is further proof of how important and relevant Asia is today. He stressed the need to increase growth by keeping markets open as world faces disruptions.

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Rinat Akhmetov owns the Azovstal steelworks and The Illich Steel and Iron Works, which suffered heavy damage from Russian bombing; he said he will ‘demand proper compensation for all losses and lost business’.

Some 123,400 Hongkongers have applied for pathway to British citizenship since January 31 last year, with 92 per cent of them successful.

Jiangsu province is set to host an online seminar to entice foreign semiconductor firms to partner up with local counterparts, as the US moves to isolate China in global supply chains.

Talks came as Japan and the US adopt a more confrontational stance toward China, represented by a summit of the Quad group involving Australia and India.

Meeting of global elites ended with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calling for cooperation on climate change, hunger and war, as activists swarmed the streets; he also ratcheted up criticism of Russia’s onslaught in Ukraine.

Education authorities reveal 89 per cent of pupils received one of their top three primary school choices during this year’s two-stage allocation process