Schools are finding it hard to recruit teachers for subjects such as English Language and Home Economics, says Secretary for Education Christine Choi, who vows to liaise with institutions to adjust training quotas.

The Hong Kong government will station a new officer in Brussels to encourage European family offices to invest in the city and use it as a gateway to the Greater Bay Area.

Researchers from Tsinghua University and Nanjing Agricultural University report their innovation may pave the way for cultured meat to be industrialised.

Home Operation, inspired by China’s 2015 evacuation of Chinese and other foreign citizens from the Yemen war, is being shot in Hajar al-Aswad.

Online state media and web users slam ‘cultural appropriation’ as luxury brand’s ‘hallmark silhouette’ resembles Chinese horse-face skirt.

The president’s meeting with Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah came under sharp criticism, with many seeing it as undermining rights pledges he made in the past.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says applicants can use documents such as salary payment slips, rental tenancies as proof of residency, and those without can state reasons in their appeals.

The New Straits Times said the fugitive financier, through his representatives, met with several government agencies for the settlement earlier this year.

Mass protests forced the country’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee and analysts warn that other countries may face greater unrest in the coming months.

Many Malaysians, including hijab-wearing women, turned up in kimono to revel in the carnivallike atmosphere at a stadium in Shah Alam.

Mainland China has increased its military drills around the island and is preparing to ‘pre-emptively strike a potential adversary’, according to one defence expert.

A popular Islamic preacher recently claimed that the 19th century anti-colonial hero wasn’t Christian, as Indonesians are taught in school, but a Muslim cleric called Ahmad Lussy. And it isn’t the only conspiracy theory doing the rounds.

But re-centralisation isn’t necessarily the answer. Academic partnerships could provide the technical expertise and understanding of local conditions that are needed to find a way out of the crisis, writes Virgilio A. Tiongson.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the relief should be extended to the curbs placed on some of other Australian exports as well.

Hong Kong has a duty to its young people. We need education reform to better recognise non-academic talent, more resources for schools and teachers, better community support and help for families, plus improved job and training opportunities.

Thousands of elderly people do not own a smartphone or are clueless about coping with pandemic digital checks.

At the top of the agenda is a proposed anti-party hopping bill, which was mooted last year following a political coup that triggered a crisis that persists today.

A girl in China who shot to fame after being photographed crossing a treacherous river using a metal cable to get to school, says she wants to give back to her community after becoming the first person there to go to university.

Subject to cabinet approval, foreign nationals will be permitted to own up to 0.16 hectares from September, providing they can invest US$1.09 million.

Known for having a wicked sense of humour, she has softened her husband’s stuffy image and made the heir to the throne seem less remote and more accessible.

Observers say recent visits from top Chinese diplomats aim to resolve hotspot issues and respond to the West’s challenge to the Belt and Road Initiative.

President Biden’s fist bump with Prince Mohammed will serve as the defining image of the trip – but he failed to secure a pledge by Saudi to boost oil output, or support for a regional security axis that would include Israel.

The Super-transmissible BA.5 subvariant of Omicron is fuelling a fresh increase in infections, with cases climbing across the UK, the continent and the US.

Four months ago champion high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh took a harrowing journey out of her country, now she is at the World Athletics Championships in the US, tipped for the top medal.

Call by US lawmakers to punish the justice secretary and 15 prosecutors for their work on national security and protest-related cases is a shocking violation of international norms and an affront to criminal justice.

At least 360 people have died in Spain’s scorching heat, while in neighbouring Portugal, 238 more deaths were recorded from July 7-13 than in previous years – the high temperatures have been blamed on climate change.

As questions grow over the body’s effectiveness, host nation Indonesia said most topics were agreed by all members, except for some related to the war.

The authorities believe the weather was the cause; ‘it was just a surge of wind that kind of appeared out of nowhere’.

Beijing-backed centre founded by Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers set to hold courses for ‘teachers and students of primary and secondary schools’.

Suspect, 34, posed as relative of resort executive to win trust of victims and carried out a few legitimate transactions to build trust, police say.

Heirs – Philippine nationals – are said to be successors to Sultan of Sulu, who entered a colonial deal in 1878 with a British firm to exploit resources; lawyers say many Malaysian government-owned assets in 169 nations are eligible in order to e...

Wang Yi told his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad that Beijing believes the people of the region should follow their own path.

The US is using a meeting of Arab nations to lay out its Middle East strategy, with Biden saying Washington would remain engaged in the region and not cede influence to other world powers.

Although vaccine makers are updating their products to counter Omicron’s subvariants, existing vaccines still cut the risk of death or serious illness.

Putin’s rockets and missiles killed at least 16 more civilians on Saturday, the latest fatalities in a series of fatal bombardments on urban areas.

Hands-off approach allows Chinese projects to weather instability as well as negative public perception in region, explain analysts.

Police said incident occurred on Saturday morning in a remote highland area in an attack believed to be carried out by armed separatists.

Meanwhile the country’s zero-Covid policy means millions of people must queue for PCR tests in the middle of a heatwave that has seen temperatures top 40C.

Extension of anti-epidemic curbs in casino hub comes as week-long lockdown was set to expire on Sunday.

Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak says appointment system for district councillors would not necessarily produce lack of public representation.

Firefighters battled blazes in France, Portugal and Spain while Britain issued its first ever ‘red’ warning for exceptional heat.

Liu Tsz-man and Cheng Tsz-ho handed sentence on Saturday, a day after they were sent to prison for jumping bail in asylum bid with 10 others in August 2020.

Police in China use DNA taken from dead mosquitoes that bit a burglar who stayed the night after a break-in to identify and catch the culprit.

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau acknowledges suggestions from HKU experts, two of whom are government advisers, but warns ‘policymaking doesn’t depend on a certain theory’.

Companies’ owner hopes bringing the operations together will reduce overlapping routes and cut costs.

Proposed sale will help sustain recipient’s vehicles, small arms, combat weapon systems and logistical support items, Pentagon says.

Thousands of Indians were taken to Fiji by British colonialists to be sugar cane workers; their descendants are now under threat, as they own little land, there’s far less sugar production, and Chinese businesses are arriving.

The postmortem also found Walker had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop in June.

London-based, anti-China group admits members had personally provided support for Tsang Chi-kin, 21, who survived being shot in the chest during a violent protest in 2019.

The opposition leader also acknowledged that he faces a tough task in securing the parliamentary support needed to succeed in the July 20 election.