Health experts call for the Covid-19 antiviral distribution rate among those aged 60 or above to be increased from about 37 per cent to more than 80 per cent

Suspect became emotional and allegedly ran towards police, an officer drew his gun to guard as others subdued him, force says.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and other senior diplomats and military leaders will visit the islands’ capital Honiara next month.

Yinjiangbuhan tunnel, connecting to a 1,400km open canal, is expected to take 10 years to build and cost US$8.9 billion and is part of a broader plan to boost food production by over 540 million tonnes.

The virus is not expected to cause a large-scale epidemic in the country, according to Wu Zunyou of the Chinese CDC.

The banking giants could face weaker results as market uncertainty hit global deal making and China’s economic slowdown could prompt additional provisions for their onshore commercial property portfolios, according to analysts.

Rider suffered head injuries and was taken unconscious to hospital, police spokesman says.

The poster of Thai film Love Destiny showed the stars surrounded by lamduan flowers, which Cambodians said was a misappropriation of their national flower.

More than 41,000 Hong Kong pupils have been allocated their first choice of secondary school by centralised system.

Alibaba said all top executives of its fintech affiliate Ant Group are no longer members of its partnership structure, as the latter awaits Beijing’s approval to transform into a financial holding group.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appoints new special operations commander in eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions following major territorial losses to Russia.

For as little as 73 US cents, Japanese commuters can now get a day’s coverage of medical costs caused by the heat and sun – so long as they buy before 9am.

Australia’s wine exports to China, including Hong Kong and Macau, fell by 74 per cent in value after Beijing imposed duties on containers of up to two litres in March last year, although this was “not unexpected”, according to a report.

Conservationists are concerned about the non-native cheetahs’ survivability in India, and that project could end up as a ‘waste of taxpayers’ money’.

In an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan discusses the city’s annual growth forecast, the currency peg to the US dollar, interest rate hikes, and more.

British researchers reported a breakthrough in mysterious hepatitis cases affecting young children, finding the serious liver condition was linked to co-infection of two common viruses, but not the coronavirus.

The US$290 billion state-owned investment empire’s holdings span everything from an Indonesian fish food start-up to an Israeli irrigation firm.

Archaeologists at Sanxingdui ruins in Sichuan province are still looking for answers about the culture’s written history, bronze objects and royal tombs.

Investors are evaluating bids for Shein stakes at a 30 per cent discount from US$100 billion valuation in April, sources told Bloomberg.

Some US jets neared the Chinese mainland last month, prompting Beijing to scramble its fighters in response, Japanese government sources said.

Peg is aligned with national strategy and fortifies city’s standing as international financial centre, Paul Chan tells Post in exclusive interview.

A video of a 7-year-old girl in China who worries her father works too much and bursts into tears when seeing him on a video call has gone viral, with more than 6.5 million views.

Researchers call on popular brands to make a ‘responsible exit’, as abuse against garment workers in Myanmar has risen since the military takeover last year.

Exports and investments remain sluggish despite rise in consumption, and strict quarantine rules have been ‘most critical constraint,’ Financial Secretary Paul Chan says.

Higher costs driven by a surge in materials prices are likely to make property developers more restrained when they are bidding for land, according to analysts.

The meetings will be convened by China’s top economic planner, in a sign that their focus will be on tech development rather than crackdown.

President Xi Jinping emphasised Hong Kong’s international status in an important speech on July 1. With more knowledge now of Covid-19, leading cities around the world have reopened. Hong Kong must catch up, and quickly.

Conservative Party members will vote later this summer to choose either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as their new leader, with the winner expected to become prime minister when Parliament returns on September 5.

Events will be held across 12 countries including China and Venezuela amid heightened tensions between Moscow and the West.

‘Arguably no country has the potential to influence the trajectory of Burma’s next steps more so than the PRC’, says State Department.

Ukrainian prosecutors have registered more than 20,100 potential war crimes, and police in the Kyiv region have exhumed more than 1,300 bodies.

China unofficially blocked Australian coal in late 2020 amid escalating tensions, but officials in Beijing are reportedly proposing that senior leaders end the restrictions amid concerns that the global supply may tighten.

David Trimble won the Nobel Peace Prize for playing a key role in helping end Northern Ireland’s decades of violence.

Ukraine won this year’s contest in Italy, while Britain’s entry came second. Ukraine had insisted it could host next year’s contest despite the Russian invasion.

Scientists say they believe the 560-million-year-old fossil, named Auroralumina attenboroughii, is the earliest creature known to have a skeleton

Pope Francis is making the week-long apology tour of Canada to fulfil a promise he made to indigenous delegations that visited him earlier this year at the Vatican.

The supplies from the Portovaya compressor station will be slashed from 7am Moscow time on Wednesday, the company said. The German government said there was no justification for the announcement.

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Bus brakes may have failed, causing it to fall into valley 40 metres below after veering of bridge in central Kenya.

A gunman who roamed for hours through a sleeping Vancouver suburb shot four people, two of them fatally, as he opened fire at a casino, a centre for the homeless and other locations before being killed by police.

Data on screening rates for birth defects indicates the number of newborns fell in Henan, the country’s third-most-populous province, in the first six months of the year, underlining China’s growing demographic crisis.

Recruitment agents reported fewer people applying for jobs at Foxconn compared to the same time last year because of the Covid-19 situation.

Foreign minister says China has ‘courage to fight a great struggle’ during session on President Xi Jinping’s diplomatic directives.

A Turkish news website reported the cabin member was on board a flight from Ankara to Düsseldorf when they found the reptile’s body part.

The rise in cases of deception pushes crimes recorded in Hong Kong in the first half of 2022 up 1.8 per cent from same period last year.

Beijing is growing increasingly concerned about losing critical materials and equipment supplies in the semiconductor industry.

Lab for science and biology experiments docked with Tianhe core module 13 hours after lift-off from southern China.

His first State of the Nation address was focused on economic plans and did not mention any other country by name, or the South China Sea conflict.

Health authorities in southern technology hub step up testing and monitoring, saying measures ‘cannot be relaxed’.

The venue on the exclusive Avenue Montaigne apologised to the three women who shared their experience on TikTok.