With medical resources under pressure, gig jobs help meet surging demand for tests

A total of 20 financial giants, which also include JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, have offered to support the development of fintech talent in the region.

Thirty per cent jump in complaints about Hong Kong food delivery services as customers complain of potentially ‘misleading’ practices.

Five arrested, drugs seized after police raid Hong Kong flat and stop car in separate operations.

London is predicted to be hotter than the Caribbean, the Western Sahara and popular holiday destinations in Europe as temperatures soar to record-breaking highs early this week.

Pacific island leaders hope the move will introduce a heightened level of legal jeopardy for high carbon-emitting countries and spur climate action.

Covid patient who tested positive on Saturday says she has neither received her electronic wristband nor been told about the related arrangements.

The sanction-hit Chinese telecoms giant says it plans to launch this month an updated version of its self-developed operating system, first introduced nearly three years ago.

Xia Baolong, director of State Council’s Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, addresses seminar in Beijing on President Xi Jinping’s July 1 speech in city.

The World Health Organization has cast doubts on North Korea’s claim of ‘anti-epidemic stability’ as other Asian countries grapple with a new wave of infections.

Emergency personnel were called in after Lexus sedan driven by 27-year-old man crashed on Cheong Wing Road in Tsuen Wan shortly before 8.45am.

Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev issues warning after a Ukrainian official suggested that Crimea could be a target for US-made HIMARS missiles.

Cybersecurity researchers said in a new report that NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware was most likely used by the Thai government as part of ‘efforts to suppress Thai calls for democratic reforms’.

Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog reveals 70 per cent of 50 cooking oil samples were found to contain 3-MCPD, potentially carcinogenic chemical.

Ahead of this year’s 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, this three-part series takes a look at how the country is responding to three potential traps highlighted by President Xi Jinping in the past decade.

While pandemic and political factors have taken some of the shine off the city, international schools are now looking to underline its benefits and to approach younger teachers and those without families

Conjecture over Vladimir Putin’s health has emanated from a number of sources after he sent troops to Ukraine on February 24.

Backed by China’s strategic push into electric cars, CATL is riding a boom in demand for EVs as countries work to reduce carbon emissions and consumers embrace cleaner cars.

Opposition lawmakers say allowing in more immigrants would help stem rising inflation, as banks warn of price pressures ‘boiling over in every corner of the economy’.

Commentary says the country will need two for each of its existing three fleets with possibly another for future operations in the Indian Ocean.

A total of 376 law enforcement officers were at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas when a gunman was at large for over an hour, leaving 21 people dead.

An absence of offerings from Chinese developers and rising US interest rates sank bond issuances in the first half of the year to the lowest level since 2018, with little to no recovery in sight.

Reports of his ‘arrogant’ behaviour, policy missteps and financial irregularities involving his wife call his suitability for office into question, analysts say.

The havoc wreaked by China’s most indebted developers is spreading from creditors, offshore bondholders and high-yield debt investors into the real economy, with lanweilou strewn all over the country.

Physiotherapists and doctors clash over allowing patients to decide on treatment without referrals.

Scientists in northern China announced last week they discovered over 4,300 fossils from four different types of dinosaurs, including one they think was previously undiscovered.

According to an annual cost of living survey by a US consulting firm, Asian cities occupy four of the top 10 most expensive places for international employees.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had fired the top officials because it had come to light that many members of their agencies had collaborated with Russia.

A new government usually enjoys a honeymoon period as top officials ease into the job, but the pandemic and the civil servants’ pay dispute mean the Lee administration has been thrown in at the deep end.

Russian media worker Marina Ovsyannikova was briefly detained in Moscow after holding a placard criticising Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin.

Whether Western countries can offer a credible alternative to China’s presence in the region remains to be seen, analysts say.

Zurich newspaper NZZ, published an article about how viral images play a part in discussion of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Aged 28, Smith is the first Australian in almost three decades to win the Open since Greg Norman in 1993 – the world number six showed nerves of steel.

US citizen Asim Ghafoor was a close friend of Jamal Khashoggi – the dissident journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

Supervisory board expressed ‘profound dismay’ about ‘clearly anti-Semitic’ content in work by Indonesian art group Taring Padi.

Residents and workers are growing impatient with being confined at home and losing out on salary, with rare displays of protest emerging.

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe, despised by protesters as an ally of the Rajapaksas, is the next target as the country’s crisis continues.

Chan wins two biggest awards of night, receiving both the best director and best film for his final feature Raging Fire.

Thousands have been evacuated across France, while heat-related deaths in Spain rose significantly on the week.

Just 128 out of 168 flats at Villa Garda’s phase two development were sold on Sunday as recent interest rate hikes and stock market volatility take a toll.

Authorities in Beijing have had some success in managing their domestic image, but credibility on the international stage is a different story

Washington has pledged more financial and diplomatic engagement while China tried to pursue a trade and security agreement with some Pacific nations during the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji.

Large parts of the country are experiencing temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius, prompting a surge of interest in trips to cooler places.

The singer and actor said he would not take up the post, which carries a range of benefits, after a backlash over the fairness of his recruitment.

The Russian military have declared their goal cut off Ukraine’s entire Black Sea coast all the way to the Romanian border, which would deal a further blow to Ukraine’s trade and economy.

The Ukrainian-operated plane was carrying some 11 tonnes of weapons, including mines, to Bangladesh when it crashed Saturday night.

Douyin is supporting restaurants willing to deliver their own food to users, differentiating the service from market leaders Meituan and Alibaba and their armies of delivery personnel.

Their virtual summit in April ended unsuccessfully after the EU failed to gain assurances from China that it wouldn’t support Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Chinese complex puzzle locks require users to solve complicated tasks to open the prize, and a new study took a deep dive into analysing the ancient technique.

Justice minister Paul Lam says stricter bail standards will not only apply to Beijing’s national security law but also those charged under future locally drafted legislation.