Employees say they told regular customers in advance to update their vaccine pass status, but some elderly diners were turned away for failing to meet new requirement.

At a cemetery in a hard-to-find corner of South Korea’s Jeju island, there are 13 tombstones bearing the Ko family name – Kim’s relatives through his mother, Ko Yong Hui.

Russian gas will no longer flow to the Netherlands after Gazprom cut off ties to another country that has refused to pay for its gas in roubles.

Couple getting married this year among trio rounded up over offence near New Town Plaza in Sha Tin.

Syndicates change tactics in attempt to evade enhanced patrols and enforcement.

The island’s leader made the comments during a meeting with visiting US Senator Tammy Duckworth, but did not provide details.

Nepali soldiers and rescuers had retrieved 21 bodies from the wreckage, strewn across a steep slope on Monday. They recovered the last body on Tuesday morning,

ID check at housing estate leads to raid on crack cocaine laboratory.

Labor believes it has won 76 of the 151 lower house seats Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, which means it can form government without the support of independents or minor parties.

Chief executive says responsibility lies on shoulders of venue owners.

Aircraft crashes in Kaohsiung minutes after take-off in in fourth AT-3 failure in 10 years.

India is the world’s second-biggest producer of wheat and recently imposed an export ban on the staple following a heatwave that affected crop yields, but an Indian government source said the country is open to specific requests for grain from fore...

Moscow has been pouring its military resources into eastern Ukraine for weeks and, despite heavy resistance from Ukrainian forces, has been slowly gaining ground.

One analyst says South Korea’s repeated demand that the North should abandon nuclear programmes first before being rewarded is part of the reason there has been no progress in talks between the neighbours.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index has fallen 9.3 per cent this year, a slump that deterred companies from raising capital through IPOs, driving the city to sixth place among global IPO destinations in the first quarter.

The proposed freeze on handgun ownership in Canada would effectively ban their importation and sale, following recent mass shootings in the United States.

Valentin Yumashev’s departure removes one of the last links inside Putin’s administration to Yeltsin’s rule, a period of liberal reforms and Russia’s opening up towards the West.

Almost 22.5 million people, or 90 per cent of Shanghai’s population, currently live in low-risk “precautionary zones,” can leave their compounds and ride on public transport which has been mostly restored.

Military insider says it will take place on Friday and the warship ‘needs to go into sea trials as soon as possible’.

A woman in China claimed she was fired from a teaching position because she said she had contracted Covid-19 in February when she lived in Ukraine.

People are slowly starting to return to the streets of the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, pummelled by weeks of shelling from Russian forces and now fully under Russian control.

City leader Carrie Lam cites recent bar clusters in nightlife district, says holding back on lifting of restrictions in this area will not affect society much.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing increasing hostility from his own MPs, with Conservative Party whips said to be discussing how to fight back if rebels trigger an all-important confidence vote in his leadership.

Struggling to find enough clients, banks have been swapping bills with each other just so they can meet regulatory requirements for corporate lending.

Her comments come as China on Monday fell short on a bold plan to have 10 Pacific nations endorse a sweeping new agreement covering everything from security to fisheries, with some in the region expressing deep concerns.

A 36-year-old man was arrested and placed in psychiatric care after the bizarre incident at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 49.6 in May, while the official non-manufacturing PMI rose to 47.8, data released on Tuesday showed.

India, the world’s largest rice exporter accounts for about 40 per cent of global supply, and sells the commodity at a cheaper price than Vietnam and Thailand.

Canberra has been unflinching in its support for US policy in the Indo-Pacific, but Biden’s vow to defend Taiwan should have its ally worried. If Australia wants to avoid following the US into a war, the new Labor government must find a way out of ...

[Sponsored Article]    The big day is fast approaching for a 16-strong team of students taking the MBA programme at City University of Hong Kong’s College of Business.  On May 30 from 7-9pm, after close to eight months planning and prepar...

British Chamber of Commerce in China calls for ‘predicable and proportionate’ measures to be applied under the zero-Covid policy in the latest call for Beijing to tweak its highly restrictive virus controls.

In this week’s Quirky China, a lion goes viral for his fabulous fringe, Mao-tai wants to launch an ice cream product and a police officer designs a box to dampen square-dancing noise

Anwar Ibrahim’s PKR has stuttered at multiple by-elections and been by defections since the party and the Pakatan Harapan coalition it is part of lost power in 2020. Now, the upset victory of maverick Rafizi Ramli in a party election suggests membe...

The impact of climate change on Hong Kong becoming increasingly obvious, according to local and international scientists.

Despite the steep price that Shanghai has paid, the city has failed to find a new way for China to deal with the Omicron variant.

EU leaders have backed a ban on most Russian oil imports, after a compromise deal with Hungary to punish Moscow for the war in Ukraine.

US president faces an uphill battle for weapons reform given the Democrats’ narrow congressional majority.

Washington unconvinced by Beijing’s denials of plans to expand its presence on the continent, but the move would align with global power aspirations.

The returned items were taken mostly between the 1860s and the early 1890s, a Museum Association of Namibia spokeswoman said. Hundreds of other objects remain in Germany.

There have been 17 illnesses and 12 hospitalisations reported in the US, the FDA said. Ten cases and four hospitalisations have been reported in Canada.

‘The comprehensive review will examine decision-making, responsibility and behaviours of all entities involved in the final,’ Uefa said in a statement.

The biocompatible ink is safe for use in toys that change colour or even food decorations, though it’s not yet edible, according to Chinese team.

Kozo Okamoto, 74, served 12 years in an Israeli prison for a 1972 attack on the international airport outside Tel Aviv that killed 26 people.

It is time for you to be not separate, not fragments, but one whole,’ Zelensky said, calling for new sanctions against Russia, including a ban on Russian oil

The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading.

The government is moving to make funds available to municipalities that have declared a state of emergency, a government spokesman said.

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the UK football club in March after being sanctioned by the UK government over his links to Vladimir Putin.

Ward Memorial Methodist Church in Yau Ma Tei organises event on Monday night for members, involving singing of hymns and sharing of messages and prayer.

Saudi economic minister Faisal al-Ibrahim says the Gulf state is committed to being a reliable energy supplier for China and the world, as rising oil prices contribute to concerns about stagflation.

Carrie Lam says government will not ‘force through an unfeasible proposal’ just because attraction was raised in policy address.