Japanese PM Fumio Kishida’s move comes apparently out of concern it would be viewed poorly by voters ahead of a local election.

Flight arrived from Taipei on Monday around 3pm with smoke coming from the aircraft cabin

Formerly China’s gateway to the outside world, it now faces stiffer competition from dynamic mainland cities.

Pyongyang also blamed US hostility for forcing North Korea to develop stronger defences, following recent joint exercises with South Korea and Japan.

Source says outgoing leader Carrie Lam has planned banquet at Government House for the president on June 30.

National People’s Congress Standing Committee passes revision to the Law on Physical Culture and Sports, but there are no details on what constitutes an infringement of rights or dignity.

Nato leaders meeting in Madrid this week face the unprecedented challenge of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Elected leaders across the US political divide rallied for a long fight ahead on abortion – state by state and in Congress – with total bans in force or expected soon in half of the vast country.

The Japanese PM told G7 leaders that attempts to change the status quo by force were ‘continuing and increasing in the Indo-Pacific’, in an apparent reference to China.

Student Chan Yin-ting, 18, and jobless man Kelvin Lau, 19, initially stood accused of murdering Luo Changqing who was hit on the forehead by a flying brick during a clash.

We talk to Hong Kong’s international schoolteachers about how education is changing, from lessons learned during the pandemic, to how improved tech needs to be balanced against more human factors

Louise Araneta-Marcos is widely believed to have been the architect of husband Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jnr’s campaign for the top job.

Lockdowns and unpredictable restrictions have led to soaring mental health problems in numbers which may exceed global averages.

The Kremlin has accused the West of trying to drive Russia into an ‘artificial default’ after sanctions shut down payment routes to overseas creditors.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed the launch as the start of a ‘new era’ for the country’s space industry.

With Hong Kong at the midway point of Beijing’s pledge to preserve ‘one country, two systems’, can residents reframe how they view the dynamic?

British institutions Harrow, Rugby School and Malvern College are betting that scions of wealthy Chinese families will be lured by Japan’s proximity, low Covid-19 rates and fewer restrictions on education.

A months-long anti-government movement that brought the city to its knees was followed by the emergence of a crippling pandemic. These are Hong Kong’s years of hard knocks, but a new chapter beckons that may offer renewal.

Hong Kong’s flagship carrier keen to add thousands to its roster by the end of next year, but finds many reluctant to return.

A school in China, concerned by the health impacts of students sleeping with heads on desks, tried something different — now its ‘sleep lying down project’ is winning praise nationally.

Talks between the government and an alliance of legal and civil liberties groups to discuss the new draft criminal code have stumbled.

To those who assert that Hong Kong is dead, that it’s high time to leave, I say: this is my home and I’m not going anywhere.

Beijing has become increasingly worried that the country’s heavy dependence on Western-dominated open source technologies could eventually backfire.

In its annual World Drug Report, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said legalisation appears to have accelerated the upwards trends in reported daily use of the drug.

Patrick Bergstedt, US company’s senior vice-president of commercial vaccines, says discussions with city government at advanced stage, but no green light given yet.

Cross-strait tensions are rising several notches as military threat escalates. Goldman has downgraded Taiwan market, worrying about a spillover of risk from related stocks to the broader market.

New uniforms for Airport Security Unit, Counter Terrorism Response Unit and Railway Response Team designed to allow for greater mobility, provide more comfort.

Second-largest oil producer in Sub-Saharan Africa ramping up repayments well ahead of scheduled end of three-year debt moratorium.

Türkiye’s largest city has banned the march since 2015, but large crowds nonetheless gather every year to mark the end of Pride Month. Organisers called the ban unlawful.

The suspect, described as a 42-year-old Norwegian citizen originally from Iran, was arrested after the shooting in Oslo’s nightlife district early on Saturday

It was a sun-drenched love affair between Diana Ross and revellers at Glastonbury when the US singer played in the ‘legends’ slot on the final day of the festival.

Glenn Hirsch was arrested on June 2 on charges of shooting dead Chinese food delivery man Zhiwen Yan. Hirsch allegedly stalked staff at New York’s Great Wall restaurant over his demand for more duck sauce.

Clean energy, secure communications technology and health systems among focus areas for programme funded by grants, federal financing and private sector.

Launch draws a rebuke from Washington ahead of the expected resumption of stalled talks over Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers.

Rather than ruining Hong Kong, the national security law has bolstered the status quo and returned stability to the streets. Beijing could have shown this rebellious city what abandonment looked like, but it kept faith with Hong Kong and the facts sp...

Authorities in South Africa said most of the victims were minors as young as 13 years old.

Hong Kong Journalists Association says it received letter from Registry of Trade Unions demanding explanation of group’s operations.

Jumbo was insured by a type of policy that covered third-party losses instead of losses to the company, statement by Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises says.

Major General Peng Jingtang makes promise ahead of President Xi Jinping’s attendance at events celebrating 25th anniversary of city’s handover.

Debates in Japan over raising defence spending and potentially developing nuclear-powered submarines will be viewed with concern in Beijing.

British royal’s office said the money, from a former prime minister of Qatar, was for the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund – it was handed over in a suitcase and in shopping bags from London’s Fortnum & Mason store.

Society for Community Organisation appeals to government to put caps on rent levels to ease the problem.

Paul Chan says in weekly blog post safeguarding national security and city’s constitutional order is a ‘core infrastructure project’.

Twelve national flags hung at Lam Shek House in Kwun Tong found to have been stained, while black marks on yellow stars of some flags were spotted.

The marches come 2 days after a conservative justice said the Supreme Court should reconsider the right to same-sex marriage and laws criminalising gay sex.

From business owners to office workers, rising debt and falling incomes are becoming a reality for many Chinese, as the economy faces mounting domestic and external headwinds.

A German think tank sifted through joint communiques issued by Beijing and Moscow over decades and found they increasingly opposed the West-dominated status quo.

Perfumes by top luxury brands, such as Christian Dior, Estee Lauder and Chanel, will be affected by commodities prices that soared after Russia invaded Ukraine, and heatwave that damaged roses and their oil – a vital ingredient.

New public security minister Wang Xiahong promises 100-day ‘hard-fist’ campaign to target criminals in run-up to year’s biggest political event

There is a desperate need for clean water – cholera outbreaks in the aftermath are of particular and serious concern – after at least 1,000 people were killed, 2,000 injured and 10,000 homes destroyed in the devastating earthquake.