Breakneck growth at the cost of safety and environmental regulations under the scanner.

The elite pupils were among 47,891 candidates who sat for the DSE paper between April 22 and May 14.

The Shanghai bourse will introduce market makers to deepen the market for tech stocks listed on its three-year old Star Market. That is good news for market liquidity and brokerage profits.

‘If we compare our economic indicators with Sri Lanka, it is clear our economy is far more stable,’ Zafrul Aziz said. Even so, a surge in government subsidies has put Malaysia at greater risk of default.

Measure said to be one of the first moves by new Hong Kong government to strengthen defences in vulnerable sectors amid fifth wave rebound.

Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia will prevail in Ukraine and will set the terms for a future peace deal with Kyiv.

90% of victims who were caught out by fake offers of employment this year fell for the ‘Boosting Sales’ con.

The former Japanese PM’s security detail left him exposed from behind as he spoke on a traffic island and failed to shield or remove him from the line of fire in the seconds between a missed first shot and the second round that killed him, new anal...

Philippine transport department told to secure loans after China Exim Bank didn’t act on earlier agreement, undersecretary for railways says.

Tam Yiu-chung, city’s sole delegate to country’s top legislative body, says HKMAO chief Xia Baolong was only telling people to guard against extremists.

Pelosi’s trip, the first visit by a US House Speaker to the self-ruled island in 25 years, is expected to draw the ire of Beijing.

Boris Johnson is facing allegations of having already checked out as British prime minister after he hosted an exclusive party and took a spin in a fighter jet.

The government report found not a single indicator of ecological well-being had improved since 2016 and warned that more species were headed for extinction as the continent’s unique wildlife is devastated by bush fires, drought, habitat loss and cl...

Donald Trump has been laying the groundwork for an extraordinarily early campaign launch, one that could freeze portions of the Republican Party’s presidential field and cast a shadow over November’s midterms.

The suspect, 19, was arrested in Sau Mau Ping last week and has been granted bail pending further investigation.

European Parliament vice-president Nicola Beer cites Ukraine and Hong Kong as she arrives on first ‘official’ visit to the island.

A gunman who killed three people in a shopping centre near Indianapolis would likely have taken many more lives if not for the actions of an armed bystander who shot the suspect dead, police said.

The two countries’ foreign ministers say they want to find a speedy resolution to one of their long-running disputes. Victims of wartime forced labour and their families are worried they’ll be fobbed off.

The US Defence Department announced two contracts worth US$1.3 billion for the fielding of satellites to better detect hypersonic missile threats posed by Russia and China.

PLA said to have used PCL191 to hit a target several kilometres away during recent test at a desert shooting range.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expanded the shake-up of his security services by dismissing 28 more officials after dismissing the previous spy chief who was also his childhood friend.

Synchron’s implants are now in the brains of four Australians and a patient in the United States who had lost the ability to move and speak. Musk’s Neuralink, meanwhile, hasn’t even got FDA approval yet.

A family dispute in China has started a public debate about surnames children should take after a grandfather who supports his daughter’s family demanded his 10-year-old granddaughter adopt his surname.

Guangzhou district apologises for breaking locks to enter 84 homes in search of close contacts of Covid-19 cases.

Defaults by Chinese issuers have exceeded US$20 billion so far this year, compared with about US$9 billion for all of last year, with property developers accounting for most of the defaults.

Jokowi has used the rising cost of living to justify increased social spending, hoping to boost Pranowo’s chances of winning the presidency.

DSE results out this week, but many applied for popular courses earlier as pound kept sliding.

Under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, Hong Kong can play a crucial role for yuan-related financial activities and boost the currency’s international use in the process, a top banker says.

The fugitive director is ‘ecstatic’ with the transcript that helps vindicate his reason to flee to Europe, says his lawyer in the legal saga that has spanned four decades.

As Hong Kong’s high street shop rents slump to the lowest point since early 1988, businesses are cashing in on the opportunity to set up in prime locations.

Continued implementation of quarantines and other strict coronavirus control measures has cast a shadow over how well China’s population can cope in the future.

President Xi Jinping has warned of the danger of strategic miscalculations.

Lu Ke, 26, allegedly filmed children singing insulting chants about themselves in Chinese, then selling the footage on social media.

The former British finance chief won the support of 115 Tory lawmakers in the latest round of voting to replace Boris Johnson.

South Korea’s alignment with the US-led economic bloc poses challenges for Seoul that experts say will necessitate strategy adjustments ‘in face of wider global competition’.

The slimmed down legislation, which seeks to boost the American chip industry and increase US competitiveness, is expected to include US$52 billion in subsidies.

Since the establishment of the highest civilian honour in the US, only 11 Asian-Americans have been chosen among almost 700 recipients. Addressing this underrepresentation would be a meaningful way for Biden to show he is sincere when he says he care...

Sherry Li and Lianbo Wang are accused of coming up with the scam as part of their plan to raise funds to build a ‘Chinese Disneyland’ theme park in the US.

The doctor has been the face of the US pandemic response, a role that put him in conflict with Trump and drew him and his family harassment and death threats.

Britain’s Brize Norton Air Force base and London Luton Airport halted flights on Monday as a dangerous heatwave hit the UK.

While the city council approved the development deal, many residents have raised security suspicions over its ‘China connection’.

The gap in economic output between China and the US will be magnified by high American inflation and a weaker yuan this year, says a prominent Chinese economist, and China should be ‘mentally prepared’ to deal with Western hype.

Chinese satnav system allows ground team to maintain contact with hypersonic vehicle during rapid evasion manoeuvres, says paper.

Chinese Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua pushes for more effective recruitment initiatives nationwide, and he says greater job creation should occur by any means possible, even as businesses struggle to survive amid zero-Covid.

Huang Runqiu met commerce secretary Gina Raimondo, EPA deputy administrator Janet McCabe and Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, on trip.

The investigation of Lu Jun, former chief executive at investment firm Sino IC Capital, was announced last Friday by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The trips would mark a return to China for Western European leaders following almost three years of a zero-Covid policy that has prevented in-person diplomacy.

Rescuers in blue helmets could be seen digging through debris and clearing rubble from the collapsed remains of a two-storey building in Toretsk that was struck by Russian artillery Kyiv said.

The Southeast Asian nation is a hub for wildlife trafficking, with animal parts shipped through the country to lucrative regional markets, including China.

Three hospitals report rise in infections; outbreak started when a patient at Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital tested positive and was transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.