The property company is offering the world’s first US dollar-denominated bond featuring both social and green tranches, betting that a heightened appetite for sustainability and social issues will continue past the global pandemic.

The Japanese government is instructing people to cut back on their electricity use as the country faces a looming energy crisis that was never rectified following the Fukushima disaster.

Thailand is the first nation in Asia to decriminalise marijuana for medical and industrial use, but people caught smoking in public could still face a potential 3-month sentence and US$780 fine.

Authorities withdraw civic honours for Benny Tai, former Democratic Party chairman Yeung Sum and ex-lawmaker Sin Chung-kai.

Quirky China: student loses ID just before university entrance exam makes it just in time, school builds fish pond to teach kids water safety and good luck banner made by prison sparks local controversy.

The House committee tasked with investigating the causes of the January 6 insurrection held its first public hearing Thursday, after spending nearly a year conducting an investigation behind closed doors.

Critics say Malaysia needs to abolish all executions so that clemency calls for citizens on death row in Singapore and elsewhere will be taken seriously.

The country’s Covid task force is likely to consider a proposal to scrap the so-called Thailand Pass requirement at a meeting on June 17. Foreign nationals are currently required to upload details of vaccinations and proof of medical insurance.

Tencent shut down the Penguin Esports game streaming site on June 7 after six years. It came as regulators excluded the company from the new batch of 60 gaming licences.

Celebrities love chicken tikka masala, samosas and idlis, along with modern creations that are not as spicy as traditional morsels, which many spice-averse diners found too hot to handle.

More than three months into the conflict, Ukraine’s Soviet and Russian-designed weaponry has been used up or destroyed in battle, US military sources said.

CityU chemists develop a strategy for highly efficient and stable perovskite solar cells

In a meeting with the Sri Lankan envoy to Beijing, the foreign ministry’s head of Asian affairs points to the developed world’s fiscal policies and sanctions.

Xie Feng, formerly Beijing’s top envoy in Hong Kong, says city should follow Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s thoughts on diplomacy and rule of law.

Drawing more than half-a-billion viewers, the annual IPL tournament trails only English soccer and the National Football League in popularity globally.

The two presidents sat in armchairs set slightly apart, and appeared to avoid eye contact while listening to each other.

Cambodia’s security concerns and naval ambitions of primary importance to Beijing, Chinese observers explain.

A holistic learning environment is proven to help young learners begin to develop a sense of self, and learn to build authentic, trustworthy and respectful relationships

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it is upgrading its Tesla probe to an engineering analysis, with documents suggesting telling drivers to pay attention is not enough.

The swag bag dished out by the American Chamber of Commerce to promote US industry at an international summit isn’t quite on message.

Labour expert notes new protections will not bring much benefit to older workers, while business owners complain of extra financial burden.

The first of six planned congressional hearings into the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters made a prime-time television debut on Thursday.

Dutch lawyers for a suspect accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said prosecutors failed to prove a Russian-made missile brought down the jetliner. Plane was shot down while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014 killing a...

Three people were injured, with one shot in the back, another hit by a car and the third with knife wounds on head.

False test results from RAT kits force a change in policy.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister said China’s presence in the region was not new, but Beijing’s recent propositions showed island nations should stick together to advance regional interests. Last month, China reportedly sought a regional deal with ...

China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.1 per cent in May from a year earlier, while the producer price index (PPI) rose by 6.4 per cent last month, data released on Friday showed.

International tourists will soon be returning to Myanmar’s landmarks like the famous Shwedagon Pagoda – at least that is what the country’s military junta hopes, even as its brutal crackdown and killings continue.

Ancient rocks on relatively young ocean floor could upend long-held ideas about Earth’s mantle, lead author of recent study notes.

A catfish scammer went to extraordinary lengths to con a man ‘she’ met online who believed they were dating, including dressing up as a woman to meet the victim’s parents.

American rhetoric about the threat of China and attempts to counter its power are both bewildering and frustrating for ordinary Chinese people. A population that once looked up to the US now looks on aghast at the violence perpetuated both within and...

Analysts say Fumio Kishida will use his keynote speech at the Singapore security forum to draw parallels between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s increasingly assertive behaviour in Asia.

Five Asean states retain capital punishment, so speaking out against the junta’s plan to hang pro-democracy activists might jeopardise their own right to impose the death penalty.

The gunman fled after opening fire at a manufacturing business, then engaged in a firefight with state troopers before he was shot and wounded.

Shenzhen-listed gaming developer Perfect World said it is not asking graduates to ‘pay to work’ after a job posting for a training programme costing US$2,661 raised eyebrows online.

The departure of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant would be a sad continuation of the trend of post-World-War-II local history disappearing. This is about an outdated antiquities assessment process, preserving Hong Kong’s collective memory and establis...

Fans of the hot sauce lamented the ‘worst news of the year’ and ‘the end of days’, with some planning to buy in bulk in case stores run out.

China has reiterated it is taking steps to address multinationals’ concerns, but experts warn they must move quickly if they want to rebuild confidence undermined by zero-Covid controls.

The US space agency is launching a project that will recruit top scientists to examine unidentified aerial phenomena.

Witnesses tell the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission that US and China remain interdependent in many sectors and hard to decouple.

Senior defence official tells top government panel on China policy that gap between open positions and available workers estimated to stand at 2.1 million by 2030.

The impact of Western sanctions has been offset by surging global energy prices and increased sales to countries like China and India.

Foreign direct investment into China increased by 26.1 per cent in US dollar terms in the first four months of 2022, but questions have been raised over whether it will remain a preferred destination due to its zero-Covid policy.

Holly Marie Clouse was last seen by her family in 1980, shortly before her father and mother were killed.

On the 350th anniversary of the tsar’s birth, the Russian president drew a parallel between what he portrayed as their twin quests to win back territory.

US foreign policy goals are often self-serving, and its designs for a rules-based international order primarily reflect the interests of its business and policy elites. What is good for America may not be good for the world, and the sooner it recogni...

A new report marks a sharp reversal of the UN health agency’s initial assessment, which concluded the source was ‘extremely unlikely’ to be a lab accident.

Risk rose to about 6 per cent among babies who were exposed to coronavirus in the womb, study showed – the lags were seen in behaviour such as rolling over, reaching for objects or babbling.

Defendant, 46, admits she ‘wilfully assaulted and ill-treated’ a two-year-old boy last year, including pushing his head against a wall and grabbing his hair.