Team carried out a genetic analysis of nearly 1,000 species of microbes – many never seen before – found in snow and ice samples.

The book delves into Onghokham’s struggle to come to terms with his sexuality, his advocacy of Chinese assimilation in Indonesia, and his love for Javanese culture.

The burger is made with soy, mushrooms, and wheat protein as well as ‘plant-based fats and a mysterious spice mix’, the company said.

Case to be mentioned at Kowloon City Magistrates’ Courts on Monday morning.

Most new patients reported in Anhui province where two counties are in lockdown.

Chief executive says in pre-recorded interview aired on Sunday that city must not ‘export health risks’ to mainland.

Long-accepted rules of justice have been turned on their head by decisions affecting abortion rights, gun control, voting rights, greenhouse gas emissions and religion in schools.

Commentators complain that ‘Ticket to Paradise’ was filmed in Australia, and criticise casting of mixed-race actor amid accusations of ‘perpetuating colonial gaze’.

Enthusiasts were in the queue from 8am, with museum opening its doors from 9am after a one-day delay caused by typhoon.

During the Sars epidemic, the government organised a series of events to announce to the world that Hong Kong was open to the world. The current proposal to hold the city’s flagship rugby event in closed-loop mode due to Covid-19 sends the wrong me...

Pandemic has hit fortunes of Tsim Sha Tsui shopping row, once a magnet for mainland Chinese visitors.

Researchers estimate expatriate population has declined from over 300,000 to less than 20,000 under new government.

Quirky China: boy in China filmed plucking hairs off a stranger on a train, a mother who punished her son by forcing him to stay on her car roof while driving fined and a man with fear of heights gets stuck on an expressway.

The expansion of the anti-meat campaign could set the stage for India’s general election in 2024 as the BJP, under repeated backlash for politicising food, seeks to retain power.

Scientific studies are increasingly detecting microplastics in organs including the lungs, spleen, kidneys, and even the placenta – with uncertain implications.

The e-commerce giant’s new business unit will provide ‘data-intelligence-as-a-service’ to help enterprises across different industries in decision-making and operational efficiency.

Johnson’s vigorous, drawn-out handshake left observers on either side of the globe wondering what it was all about – and praising Ardern’s diplomacy.

Search still on for 27 members of a 30-strong crew after engineering vessel snapped in two on Saturday amid foul weather.

The Legend of Confucius, to be performed in Mandarin, ‘can be a window to understanding China’.

The disappearance of Austin Li Jiaqi and Viya, once formidable sellers on Alibaba’s Taobao Live platform, has shaken up the industry, but it might also open the door for new players.

PM’s Umno party’s president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has sacked Tajuddin Abdul Rahman from its powerful supreme council; opponents of Ahmad Zahid, close to former PM Najib, say he’s keen to return to power and quash the corruption accusations they fa...

Analysts say even a marginal acceleration of Chinese demand could cushion the growth drag on Asia from slower shipments from the US. But China’s economy faces numerous headwinds that threaten to throw it off course.

Minister Alice Mak says her policies will focus on improving education, employment, entrepreneurship and home-buying opportunities for young people.

The Ukrainian president said it would require ‘colossal investments, billions, new technologies, best practices, new institutions’ to rebuild the country.

One year on, there has been no official update from Chinese authorities about the progress of Didi Chuxing’s cybersecurity review, which remains shrouded in secrecy.

A new study found that Su Shi, a poet who died in 1101, has remained famous enough in China to impact local tourism industries.

EU member Bulgaria has insisted that North Macedonia recognise that its language has Bulgarian roots and acknowledge in its constitution a Bulgarian minority.

Tesla’s sales drop may be a harbinger of weaker second-quarter earnings for the US company, which is the world’s top-seller of battery-powered vehicles.

According to a cleric who attended the three-day meeting in Kabul, a statement urges the international community to recognise a Taliban-led Afghanistan and remove all sanctions.

The Israeli military said its forces had intercepted ‘three hostile UAVs which approached the airspace over Israel’s economic waters’.

The overnight strikes hit civilian areas where there are no military facilities, Sloviansk Mayor Vadim Lyakh wrote on messaging service Telegram.

Following the overturning of Roe vs Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas said the court should also ‘reconsider’ rulings that protect contraception access, same-sex relationships and same-sex marriage.

The 66-year-old former model sought unspecified spousal support and lawyers’ fees from 91-year-old media mogul Murdoch, in a California court filing.

More than 600 LGBT groups danced, sang and rode floats along a similar route to the original 1972 protest, in the first Pride since the coronavirus pandemic.

Quakes, including two of 6.0 magnitude, happened in early hours; shocked residents fled or tried to recover items from what was left of their homes.

Britain’s Alex Holder told the BBC he has armed guards who follow him ‘everywhere’, with ‘all sorts of conspiracies and threats coming through’.

Beijing focused on improving China’s strategic defences rather than building up nuclear arsenal, researcher says.

Hong Kong airport’s new third runway takes step closer to operational status

New faces among row of tycoons meeting president during a photo session with business and political leaders during his trip caught attention of many.

The visit will start in Myanmar, which Wang will be the highest-ranking Chinese official to visit since last year’s coup.

Mahathir said in 2004 that Australia could not join an East Asian diplomatic group because ‘they are Europeans, they cannot be Asians’; now, soon after Australian FM Penny Wong visited Malaysia, where she was born, he said all nations will be mul...

Chinese cyber watchdog says software found on hundreds of information systems used by academic institutes.

A notice from the Chinese embassy in the US says travellers can now get health codes needed to board flights when travelling to China via third countries.

Small bots developed by researchers at Sichuan University absorbed plastic pollutants in tests in shallow water.

For thousands of gangpiao, or mainland ‘drifters’ who first arrived to work or study, Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area are the future.

The company, which is heavily involved in missile development, has provided few details about the new facility in Beijing

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Nato both on a fast track to add members, but similarities end there, observers say.

A farmer in China has been asked how she got her three children into the country’s most elite academic institutions and said it’s hard work and a good moral upbringing.

Millions of the insects, which pollinate crops across the country, poured out of the boxes they were travelling in after truck crashed and tipped over.

The Cyberspace Administration of China said it has removed 42,000 counterfeit financial services apps since the start of this year.