She says in her final social media posts that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s expected visit and speech will set a direction for Hong Kong.

Divers are unhappy with a decision to ban swimming and diving around Hon Mun island, a popular spot off Nha Trang, while officials evaluate damage to the area’s coral reefs and associated ecosystem.

Anthony Albanese said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had brought democratic nations together and ‘shown attempts to impose change by force on a sovereign country meet resistance’.

According to clinical trial data those who have received two and three first-generation jabs should receive an extra dose of the second-generation booster.

It marks the biggest changes to the rules since the country closed its borders in March 2020.

Chinese police are seeking a mystery woman filmed dancing provocatively in a train carriage in front of a small boy after the video went viral on social media and prompted a public outcry.

Other measures include multiple patrol posts lining perimeter of railway station, high-rise observation spots nearby and restricted area at Victoria Harbour.

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Thailand’s tourism ministry voiced hopes that Chinese holidaymakers – who made up nearly 30 per cent of the country’s 40 million foreign tourists pre-pandemic – may return before the end of the year.

South African authorities were still seeking answers after 21 underage teenagers partying after the end of school exams died in a mysterious incident at a bar.

The embattled developer received a winding-up petition from a creditor reportedly owned by a member of Hong Kong’s leadership election committee, for failing to pay US$109.91 million.

Canberra also plans to double funding for aerial surveillance in the Pacific region to recoup US$150 million lost each year to illegal fishing, a government minister said.

Left out in the cold, activists are uncertain about the future, with colleagues behind bars or in exile.

3 PLA planes fly near Okinawa while carrying powerful cruise missiles after Japanese defence minister expresses concern over warship activity.

New York City man Glenn Hirsch was granted US$500,000 bail after he was accused of fatally shooting a Chinese food delivery worker over a bizarre feud with local restaurant.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said companies will look to other countries if funding bill for the semiconductor industry is not passed by September.

The discovery appears to mark one of the deadliest migrant-smuggling incidents in recent US history.

Prosecutors said the man committed his crimes over the span of 16 years, including from 2005 to 2018 when he worked as a part-time tutor to ‘gain access to a ready pool of children’ – many of whom were disabled.

A chlorine gas explosion killed 12 people and injured more than 250 when a tank that fell from a crane released a poisonous yellow cloud at Jordan’s Aqaba port.

Twenty-five years after the handover, home ownership in Hong Kong is further out of reach than ever for first-time buyers, some of whom are finding value in Dongguan and other cities in the Pearl River Delta.

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Month-long effort sets the stage for Communist Party’s national congress, Xi says.

China’s plan to establish a yuan liquidity reserve pool with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) could help boost international use of the currency, while highlighting attempts to loosen US dollar hegemony.

Police in China are investigating the death of a two-year-girl who seemingly fell from an eighth-floor window after she was accidentally left behind in a lift and taken to that floor.

Years of lethargy have set Hong Kong on its way to an entrenched housing crisis, with homes growing smaller but more expensive.

A report by Indonesian NGOs on Malaysia’s allegedly gross mistreatment of immigration detainees found that some had died due to a lack of basic care.

John Eastman, who aided the ex-US president in his bid to undo the results of the 2020 election, has become a central figure in the ongoing Capitol riot hearings.

Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association, says some carriers have ‘abandoned plans to regain their Hong Kong network for the moment’.

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Two sides expect to sign agreements covering broad spectrum of trade areas spanning regulatory practices, digital trade and state-owned enterprises.

The train was carrying 243 passengers and 12 crew members at the time, and it was not immediately clear how many of them were injured.

A US navy commander suggests that laying mines in the Yellow Sea and Pearl River Delta could help bring Beijing to the negotiating table.

The US president’s new national security memorandum comes as Washington seeks to counter Beijing’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.

South Korea joined the US-led Minerals Security Partnership earlier this month alongside the likes of Germany, France, Britain, Australia and Japan in a move designed to reduce its dependency on China for key resources, including rare earths.

The gunman argued with two female staff before opening fire, killing one and injuring the other; the wounded woman’s 5-year-old son was at the restaurant at the time.

‘The last thing we should do is turn our backs to China the way we are turning our backs to Russia,’ Alexander de Croo says.

Beijing’s non-market economic practices, approach to debt and human rights actions set to be addressed in communique issued from meeting in Germany.

Recent overtures by Chinese diplomats in Singapore, Hong Kong and Sydney, as well as displays of America’s friendlier side by its new ambassador to China, can’t help but inspire some optimism.

Firefighters and soldiers searched for survivors in the rubble of a shopping centre in central Ukraine after a missile attack blamed on Russia.

Washington’s revived partnership is an effort to ‘smear Beijing’ and its infrastructure initiative, foreign ministry says.

Liu has sold Nasdaq-listed JD.com stock and Hong Kong-listed JD Health shares worth a combined US$988 million since April, according to filings.

After Brexit and the pandemic, the nation is succumbing to intractable problems marked by plodding growth, surging inflation and a series of damaging strikes.

Executives from China’s Blockchain-based Service Network say Web3 games and cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin and ethereum, are investment frauds.

The military alliance will increase the size by nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops, coupled with other measures including the deployment of forces to defend specific allies, chief Jens Stoltenberg says.

Government report shows greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 equivalent to 33.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, about 16 per cent lower than in 2019.

Senior Superintendent Tony Ho says six suspects include alleged driver, passenger, one of the owners of three vehicles ambushed by rival gang on June 10.

Jokowi is likely to address immediate issues like food prices that could weigh on his legacy when he leaves office in 2024.

The aviation industry has been in crisis since the West imposed sanctions banning airlines from countries such as Europe and the US, while foreign plane makers have stopped delivering new aircraft and spare parts.

Taiwan’s top trade negotiator John Deng and deputy US trade representative Sarah Bianchi will meet virtually after Deng tested positive for Covid-19.

China’s gross domestic product (GDP) may grow by about 1 per cent in the second quarter, making it ‘arguably difficult’ to reach Beijing’s full-year target, according to a central bank adviser.