The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) four-day 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) starts on Sunday in Geneva having been already postponed twice due to the coronavirus.

The low-lying Pacific islands are some of the most vulnerable countries to extreme weather events caused by climate change. Nations also became focus of regional tensions after China signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands in April.

Sievierodonetsk has become epicentre of the battle in eastern Ukraine for control over the industrialised Donbas region, made up of the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces.

Online scammers failed in a bid to empty a woman’s bank account of her life savings thanks to an anti-crime app that Chinese police say prevented US$48 billion being stolen in 2021.

City leader Carrie Lam says next administration must not be afraid of ‘political struggles’ with foreign critics attempting to smear mainland China by using Hong Kong.

Beijing bar cluster has spread to all but two districts, as cases keep rising in locked down Inner Mongolian border city.

With India’s meat consumption expected to grow exponentially, plant-based options are being regarded as a sustainable solution to supplement the demand. Seeing it as a “sunrise sector”, the industry is attracting burgeoning numbers of investors...

In his prepared speech, Lee Jong-sup underscored Seoul’s belief that Pyongyang is preparing to conduct a seventh nuclear test. The US has also made a similar assessment.

Force says four men jointly charged with one count of attempted wounding with intent, suspects each facing one count of possessing offensive weapons.

One Ukrainian official said Biden’s words were “not quite true”, while another stated that the phrase “did not want to hear” probably needs “clarification”.

Boutique hotel was formerly a police station built in 1902 to guard against pirates.

President Xi Jinping on May 31 hailed bilateral ties in phone call with counterpart Hakainde Hichilema, who is banking on Chinese help for debt relief.

Polls see new left-wing alliance making gains. If it receives a majority, Macron would be forced to appoint a prime minister and a government from this camp.

Sri Lanka, amid an unprecedented economic crisis desperately needs fuel, and is currently trying to get oil and coal from traditional Middle East suppliers.

A proposal to raise Borobudur’s entry fees for local visitors by 1,500% highlights Indonesia’s challenge in growing its travel sector while preventing overtourism.

Move builds on Canada’s mandate to include graphic photo warnings on tobacco products’ packaging – a policy that started an international trend when it was introduced two decades ago.

Almost all of mainland China’s provincial-level administrative divisions, except Tibet, have introduced policies to develop hydrogen industries, after the clean fuel gained prominence in China’s latest five-year plan and other national policies d...

‘Taiwan independence is a dead end,’ General Wei Fenghe tells Shangri-La Dialogue, as he asserts Beijing’s peaceful aims and slams US ‘threats against China’.

A woman in eastern China who could not figure out why she was suddenly gaining weight found out she had an 11kg tumour after visiting a doctor to get the problem checked out.

Russian bombers have likely been launching heavy 1960s-era anti-ship missiles in Ukraine, the UK Defence Ministry said. The Kh-22 missiles were primarily designed to destroy aircraft carriers using a nuclear warhead.

Pro-establishment heavyweight also suggests central government find ways to achieve ultimate goal of universal suffrage for city.

Wellington’s muted response to the recent Pacific tour of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stood in stark contrast to Australia’s. But can ‘strategic ambiguity’ towards Beijing be maintained?

Scholars argue that recipient countries are not hapless victims but actively shape outcomes. It is incumbent on them to maximise the benefits of China-backed projects while minimising any potential drawbacks.

As more officers from the disciplined services take up key leadership posts, there’s talk the Administrative Service – a legacy of British rule – may fade in importance. The opposite is true: administrative officers’ expertise in various fiel...

Attorney General John O’Connor said the federal court’s stays of execution are no longer in place and that there are no longer legal impediments to executing the inmates.

Observers cite China’s need for stability on its Western borders so it can focus on US in the Indo-Pacific.

Making a surprise visit to Kyiv, Ursula von der Leyen said talks she held with Volodymyr Zelensky ‘will enable us to finalise our assessment by the end of next week’.

A document detailing the proposals was unveiled by the CEE Episcopal Conference that groups Spain’s leading bishops at a 600-strong gathering in Madrid.

New Mexico residents are enraged that federal officials allowed planned burns to spread out of control, leading to the largest blaze in recorded state history.

The dinosaur remains found on England’s Isle of Wight could be those of the largest land predator that ever roamed Europe, scientists say.

The March for Our Lives protest was the highest-profile of countrywide demonstrations on Saturday marking a renewed push for gun control after recent mass shootings.

The signing ceremony was overseen by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro and took place in north Tehran on Saturday.

Former model Kathryn Mayorga has lost her bid to force international football star Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the US$375,000 in hush money she received after claiming he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.

The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has authorised Russian troops to carry out law enforcement duties.

The seven people, including four Turkish and two Lebanese businessmen, died when their helicopter crashed in a mountainous area in north-central Italy during a storm.

Keith Richburg also said he called Chinese foreign ministry’s office before announcing suspension of awards, according to a recording of a closed-door meeting.

Incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee’s cabinet has been finalised, sources suggest.

One in five workers unaware they should be paid on statutory holidays while 39 per cent did not know they could receive a lump sum at the end of their contracts.

Paul Chan files police report over suspected scam involving adverts with pictures of him to lure victims to cryptocurrency trading platform.

Saifuddin Abdullah said Asean needed to find new ways to de-escalate Myanmar’s violence or risk the junta writing off the bloc’s resolve to take firm action.

Playing the Taiwan card is dangerous move, Chinese general says at Shangri-La Dialogue in response to a speech by US defence secretary.

Andrew Cheung says institution goes back centuries under common law, as five barristers ‘took silk’.

Asked about the potential for conflict across the Taiwan Strait, Zelensky offered a carefully worded response about the futility of sanctions and diplomacy once a full-blown conflict begins, and avoided mentioning China or its leaders by name.

Change would make substance illegal; those who buy or consume such goods could face maximum of seven years in jail.

The sell-out launch marked the second bumper weekend for SHKP, which sold all 170 flats last weekend, a successful campaign that gave the developer the confidence to raise the average price by 0.9 per cent.

Health authorities say rebound to nearly 80,000 cases partly the result of an administrative error

Caused by global warming and atmospheric circulation changes, it could lead to disputes between nations downstream of the Third Pole.

A wedding guest who turned up early on the day of the ceremony at the groom’s home and stole 25,000 yuan (US$3,700) intended as a gift for the couple has been jailed for 2 years in China.

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.