Ancient treasure trove reveals deep connections between the mysterious Shu kingdom and other early Chinese settlements.

Senior customs investigator says suspect had allegedly laundered illegal proceeds in series of more than 1,500 transactions between November 2018 and October 2021.

City climbs two places to reclaim fifth spot over improved economic performance.

US President Joe Biden confirmed that he will visit Saudi Arabia next month for talks with its leaders, a dramatic change in his stance on the kingdom.

Across South Asia, the average person would live five years longer if levels of fine particulate matter met World Health Organization standards. PM2.5 pollution fell in China by almost 40 per cent between 2013 and 2020.

Working-level talks between security and military officials this week precede high-level talks next week in Washington and Annapolis, Maryland.

A video of a woman student pouring hot soup on the head of another student after a seating dispute went viral in China.

Duo uploaded porn to their OnlyFans account, but a subscriber downloaded the videos and posted them in private messaging groups where they went viral.

Russia said it would establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from a chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk as Ukrainian forces wage a desperate battle for control of the city.

Liu, who has led the newspaper for five and half years, fundamentally transformed one of Asia’s oldest newspapers into a 21st-century information product that reacted to news events and responded to readers’ preferences in real time.

New rules from the Cybersecurity Administration of China go into effect on August 1 and align with last year’s data security laws, as regulations and competition weigh on the developer community.

Visit may be linked to G20 summit in Indonesia. Putin, as well as Ukraine ’s President Volodymyr Zelensky have been invited to November’s event. Some G20 members have been trying to block Russia’s participation following its invasion of Ukraine...

Health officials report 971 local coronavirus infections, 76 imported cases, marking the first time the daily total has surpassed 1,000 since April 13.

Russia’s annual economic forum in St Petersburg will see little of the global financial elite this year with Moscow isolated by sanctions over its actions in Ukraine.

Freeport plant in Texas that shut down last week made up nearly a fifth of US LNG output in May, and supplies to Europe, South Korea, Japan. A prolonged disruption will global affect supplies.

Russia is scraping across the country to find manpower and weapons, including old tanks based in the Far East, according to senior European officials.

Satellite images of shell-blasted, trench-marked landscapes show why some experts and leaders have drawn parallels with World War I.

Australia, New Zealand, Japan and the US have voiced concerns Beijing could establish a military presence in the Pacific following the signing of a security pact with the Solomon Islands.

Lawmaker Nelson Lam says he is not sure how levy will help reduce traffic as all tunnels are already overused, or approaching capacity during rush hour.

Rahul Sahu was rushed to hospital after being rescued from a 24 metre well. The 10-year-old became trapped on Friday afternoon while playing in the backyard of his house in the central state of Chhattisgarh.

Hong Kong is the fourth most expensive city globally for luxury goods and services, a notch lower than last year, as a dearth of tourists crushed hotel room rates, Swiss private bank Julius Baer says.

Scrapping the requirement would bring New Zealand into line with a growing number of countries that have done away with Covid tests.

Analysts call for more policy easing to support the economy after industrial production rose by 0.7 per cent in May from a year earlier and retail sales dropped by 6.7 per cent, according to official data.

Economists have said that benign inflation at home, along with the return of capital inflows last month, warranted an interest-rate cut to support economic growth.

Andrew Li predicts debates about continuing court dress code could emerge as city moves closer to end of Beijing’s 50-year handover pledge.

Ukraine’s integration into the ambitious rail network linking China with Europe, by providing alternative routes bypassing Russia, would be acceptable to the EU and US. And Russia, too, could be open to China taking a lead on brokering a sustainabl...

Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi were both arrested after attending a meeting to discuss the development of civil society and charged with subverting state power

A Chinese rock star who punished his son by offering him the choice of sitting in an uncomfortable position for an hour or being physically beaten and then recorded the incident and posted it on social media is under fire for alleged child abuse.

India is seeking broad exemptions for its fishing industry, including a 25-year phase-in period. Fish stocks have plunged as countries spend billions of dollars supporting their fishing fleets around the world – with China spending the most accordi...

The Easter Sunday bombings and the pandemic lashed the sector from 2019-2021. Now, unrest arising from economic duress has further hurt tourism.

Unlike in the fictional series, the worst fate for losers is not death, but missing out on what Netflix claims is the largest lump sum prize in reality TV history.

City needs to be prepared should fewer non-permanent, overseas judges be available to serve in next 10 years, he says.

Evan Greenberg says a full-scale decoupling is ‘an economic impossibility’ that would undermine US global competitiveness.

The two sides agreed to split Hans Island, a tiny uninhabited outcrop, effectively creating the first land border between Canada and Europe.

The war in Ukraine has prompted a rejection of all things Russian in the US and Europe, with expats now primary targets. Such sentiment is sure to ring alarm bells among Chinese living overseas, for whom the racism endured during the pandemic remains...

Net zero target disclosure rules have gained significance as global fund managers have started to vote with their US$68 trillion of assets to persuade companies to embrace the climate change agenda.

This year, a record 10.76 million college students are set to graduate, adding pressure to a job market economists are calling the most challenging yet for young Chinese. Many are setting aside career dreams for stability.

Centre for Strategic and International Studies panellists from Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia discuss speeding pharmaceutical production and trade with US.

Britain’s plan to deport asylum seekers to the East African nation was put on pause on human rights grounds.

DepGraph Supernode, started as a training project at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, was nearly twice as fast as nearest competitor.

A launch pad is visible at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport, the site of Tehran’s recent failed attempts to put a satellite into orbit.

Alexei Navalny’s aides feared for the Russian opposition figure’s safety after he was reportedly taken a strict-regime penal colony.

A joint statement from 47 nations also calls for the release of a long-delayed report by UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.

Member RM says the band is ‘exhausted’ and the K-pop idol system doesn’t give singers ‘time to mature’.

The Nonhuman Rights Project say Happy is cognitively complex and worthy of same rights as a person. Bronx Zoo disagrees and says Happy is not illegally imprisoned but well-cared-for as a ‘magnificent creature’.

Tianda Institute selected from 18 applicants to revitalise King Yin Lei, with think tank to build new annex for tea studio and offer health-focused classes, seminars.

Analysis of soil brought back to Earth suggests part of the answer is in the moon’s interior.

Apple’s five million registered software developers in Greater China account for about a sixth of the company’s 30-million-strong developer community worldwide.

With many people reluctant to tap into their hard-earned savings, even as restrictions are eased in virus-hit areas, consumption vouchers and tax breaks may be failing to stimulate the economy as authorities had hoped.

‘Russia has deliberately cut off its gas supplies … in retaliation for our support to Ukraine,’ EU chief said. Talks are ongoing to establish a framework for Israeli gas exports to Europe via Egypt.