Incident has shocked China, with one rights observer citing a culture of impunity for gender-based violence.

Richard Marles says Canberra values its trade ties with Beijing, but has concerns over the lack of transparency in its military build-up.

WHO evidence suggests 10-20 per cent of people experience a variety of mid and long-term effects after they recover from initial Covid-19 illness.

Defence Minister Anita Anand said China showed ‘unprofessional’ behaviour while harassing its patrol aircraft near North Korea.

A team of scientists found the first known evidence of a dinosaur belly button in a well-preserved 130-million-year-old fossil from northwest China.

Anger has engulfed the Islamic world since last week, when a member of the ruling BJP commented on the relationship between the prophet and his youngest wife.

US consumer inflation accelerated in May as petrol prices hit a record high and the cost of food soared.

Aged between 50 and 80, their posts are about their lives, interests and hobbies. Most of them have compelling stories that attract and retain large groups of followers.

A Foxconn executive says poaching of employees ‘shouldn’t be condoned’.

Hong Kong’s Covid caseload rises 27 per cent over previous day, passing the 700 mark for the first time since mid-April.

The violin belonged to virtuoso Toscha Seidel, who not only used it on the score for the Hollywood film, but also likely while teaching his famous student Albert Einstein.

Shanghai’s residents may be free but life is still not easy when it comes to having the right health code.

Wu, 31, was detained after being accused of rape by teenage beauty influencer Du Meizhu last year.

City leader doubles down on decision to push contentious, now-shelved legislation that sparked months of social unrest in city.

Biden said the US had enough ‘data’ about an impending attack, but he understood why Zelensky and others thought it seemed far-fetched.

Toddlers born in 2020 are eligible to apply for pre-nursery classes as part of pilot scheme by English Schools Foundation, with lessons to cost HK$11,500 per month.

Under current pandemic control measures, China’s unemployment situation could get as bad as 2020 when as much as 12 per cent of the working population was jobless, academics warn.

PM Anthony Albanese said the French firm had agreed to a ‘fair and an equitable settlement’ for ending the multibillion-dollar contract.

The President-elect said cooperation with others, including ‘good friend’ China, would hasten his country’s economic recovery.

An increasing number of Western internet firms are calling it quits in the world’s second largest economy, but analysts say local competition may be more to blame than the pandemic and increased regulations.

Choe Son-hui, a close aide to leader Kim Jong-un, has long handled nuclear weapons issues and North Korea’s negotiations with the US.

US defence chief also says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has ‘galvanised’ the world in speech at regional security summit in Singapore.

Shouting slogans and patronising preaching will not fix what ails Hong Kong after years of international isolation. The city needs to reopen to the world, address concerns about the erosion of institutional and legal freedoms and reclaim its place as...

China could be on the brink of a soil-based ecological crisis amid the burgeoning sale and use of electric-shock gadgets to harvest earthworms.

As growth falters and unemployment rises, China’s current leadership could learn much from Mao Zedong’s theory of ‘walking on two legs’ to avert an economic crisis – and issue vouchers to boost consumer spending.

Prices for private and public homes have increased, but high-profile buyers aren’t to blame, observers say, as demand exceeds supply and construction costs rise.

Freedom of Information request to British government shows 541,873 BN(O) passports were approved for issue between 2019 and 2022, with 58 per cent granted in 2020.

The digitisation of war reporting is turning conflicts into a ‘gamified’ social media performance. Censorship is as strong as ever, as is sensationalism, but civilian journalists can contribute to the ‘denaturing’ of war.

The discovery may be the biggest break in the case of missing journalist Dom Phillips his travel companion, indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.

Information so far suggests the pathogen spread from animals to humans in a natural setting but lab leak a possibility, it says

The pop star says having Ramsay Hunt Syndrome means he can’t blink with one eye or smile on one side. The condition has led him to cancel upcoming shows in his Justice World Tour.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing two likely by-election losses, a committee inquiry over lockdown parties, a cost-of-living crisis and a Tory conference after narrowly surviving a no-confidence vote.

The city of Mariupol, reduced to ruins by Russian forces, is now battling deadly diseases as its sanitation systems break down and corpses rot in the streets.

Japanese leader’s remark during keynote address at annual defence summit in Singapore elicits denial by head of Chinese delegation.

The move marks a major step in the country’s gradual lifting of pandemic restrictions, just over a month after it crossed the threshold of 1 million deaths.

Russia and Ukraine account for nearly a third of global wheat supplies, while Russia is also a key fertiliser exporter and Ukraine a major supplier of corn and sunflower oil.

Collaboration between the Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Framework and Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative is at risk of ‘secondary sanctions’ following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, analysts say.

Heatwaves and flooding threaten the lives of millions, yet rich countries fall short on funding. Locally-led projects are just starting to attract donors, such as the US$26.2 million for the Pacific island state of Vanuatu.

Hong Kong health officials say three-tiered approach aims to reduce both “morbidity and mortality” rates as a result of monkeypox.

Education Bureau says teachers employed on non-civil service terms should sign a declaration pledging to uphold Hong Kong’s mini-constitution just as government staff do.

Excessive workloads and an executive’s comment about maternity leave have reportedly angered TikTok’s London employees and sparked a staff exodus, but some ByteDance employees in Beijing say demanding deadlines are just part of the routine.

The first planeload of migrants is set to be deported to the African country next week, as part of a plan to deter dangerous Channel boat crossings.

Dozens of researchers spent a decade compiling data from lunar missions to create a high-resolution picture of the surface.

Zoonoses are more common due to deforestation, mass livestock cultivation, climate change and other human-induced upheavals of the animal world. About 60 per cent of all known human infections are zoonotic.

Defence chief General Wei Fenghe is leading group of active senior military officers, retired officials and diplomats at the regional security summit.

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Dhaka and around India chanting slogans and urging nations to cut ties with the country. One official has been suspended and one expelled after insults of religious figures.

In contrast with many industries, the semiconductor sector is facing a significant – and growing – talent gap, which means qualified graduates are getting multiple offers and lucrative pay packages.

The unnamed USV ‘meets expectations’ in 3-hour testing offshore of Zhoushan in Zhejiang province.

Case data seen to be in line with expert assessment of pandemic situation.

The plant, owned by US start-up Eat Just and backed by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, shows how cultivated meat is making the jump from the lab to the factory. Singapore was the first government to allow the sale of cultured meat.