Greater reliance on paid fighters would be another sign that Russia’s military is under stress six months into its war in Ukraine.

Inhalation-based vaccine candidate elicits better antibody response than leading Chinese jab when used as a booster against BA.1, according to paper published without peer review.

A teenager in Hong Kong recently lodged a complaint with the city’s equality watchdog against a school policy prohibiting male students from having long hair.

In less than a month, the tunnel in Yunnan was reduced from a diameter of 12 metres to less than 3 metres as a result of shifting tectonic plates.

The 31-year-old patient – who travelled to countries with documented monkeypox cases – is ‘recovering well’ and is under home isolation. 10 close contacts have been identified, of which three are from the same household.

Court heard Student Politicism members made offensive statements at seven street booths between October 2020 and June 2021.

India declines to say if foreign ministers S. Jaishankar and Wang Yi will meet at Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tashkent.

Singapore tied with New York for the highest surge in rental prices this year, with an increase of 8.5 per cent. Hong Kong, the world’s most unaffordable property market saw rents decline by 1.3 per cent.

The Beijing-based on-demand delivery firm abruptly announced on Thursday that it had run out of cash, dismissing workers and leaving suppliers unpaid.

Local governments will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of housing projects, according to a Politburo statement, as China’s top leadership looks to contain the mortgage-payment crisis from spreading.

Culture is not static. With this understanding, it’s clear how arguments by prison and education authorities that long hair is not masculine work as a form of social control.

The two allies are increasingly feeling the need to address their economic vulnerabilities to ensure national security in the face of China ’s rise and Russia’s war on Ukraine. Officials are expected to discuss ways to enhance economic security, ...

Chinese government’s foreign ministry, the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office and Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong all hit back at UN report that expressed ‘grave concern’.

Fu pleads guilty to taking bribes worth almost US$15 million and hiding his brother’s alleged crimes.

New data showed that the US economy shrank for second consecutive quarter, a common definition of a recession.

With new estimates putting the cost of raising a child in Hong Kong at HK$6 million, it’s no wonder many couples cannot afford to start a family. But does raising a child have to be so expensive? In addition to existing measures like free schooling...

Standard Chartered’s pre-tax profit was US$1.32 billion in the second quarter, beating a consensus estimate of US$989 million.

One of two cables holding a giant screen above the stage had severed, causing the device to fall onto performers below in a horrific incident that has shocked the city.

Pope Francis has spent the week in Canada seeking to atone for the Catholic Church’s shameful treatment of indigenous children.

Conservative US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito decried what he called ‘hostility to religion’ in his first public remarks since the release of his opinion overturning the US constitutional right to abortion.

Oscar-winner Russell Crowe, Chris Hemsworth, Margot Robbie, Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia and Holly Valance are among the celebrities who started their careers on fictional Ramsay Street. Thursday the show signed off after 37 years.

The modern strain of the virus that causes cold sores has been traced back to around 5,000 years ago, with researchers suggesting its spread could have been propelled by the emergence of kissing

Southeast Asia has become a major offshoring destination for Chinese solar manufacturers looking to evade trade action from Western nations, who are trying to reduce reliance on solar imports from China.

Experts predict anaemic GDP growth of between 0.75 per cent and 1.5 per cent for the year.

Hong Kong-born Charles Ng was convicted in 1999 of killing six men, three women and two baby boys in horrific torture-slayings in California in 1984 and 1985.

While a Thai official says the ‘basic rights’ of Uygurs won’t be breached, an NGO has urged for rights workers to be allowed to visit the detainees and monitor their health.

Hospital Authority considers relaxing protocol for prescribing molnupiravir and Paxlovid, two Covid-19 antivirals available in Hong Kong.

A company in China is under fire for demanding an employee produce extensive documentary evidence proving her grandma is her actual blood-related grandmother just to apply for leave.

Since the July 2021 ban on for-profit private tutoring, parents are paying more than ever before to keep their kids in private classes while companies pivot to live streaming and hardware.

South Korea ’s biggest ever arms deal will make it a major supplier of weapons flooding into Europe since the Ukraine war began, with sales to Nato -member Poland. The first stage of the deal will involve 180 tanks and 48 howitzers, with the first ...

Analysts said the Indonesian president’s whistle-stop tour was ‘straight out of the non-aligned leaders’ playbook’, as Jakarta works to maintain its delicate US-China balancing act.

Marina Ovsyannikova had posted on social media that those responsible for Russia’s actions in Ukraine would find themselves before an international tribunal.

Achieving just a 1 per cent increase in China’s summer wheat harvest this year highlights how hard it is to increase grain output, while also showing that more measures must be taken.

The statement is another sign that the regulatory storm over China’s internet sector is over, as the government shifts its focus to boosting the economy.

The market regulator said it strictly prohibited ‘vicious, low-price competition’ and that the relevant delivery platforms needed to ensure food safety in accordance with the law.

The vessel will be patrolling and supervising hundreds of islands in the area where many countries have overlapping claims.

Rising in the desert near Phoenix is a US$12 billion semiconductor factory owned by Taiwan’s TSMC, with the company lured by US funding and tax credits.

President Joe Biden has said he will sign the bill, which as seen as essential in helping the US become more self-reliant as it competes with China.

Back from a bout of Covid, the US president is having an unusually good week, scoring key victories in Congress, even as he tries to keep recession talk at bay.

The royal is on his first trip to Europe since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which the US says was sanctioned by the prince.

The missile strike – which wounded 15, including 5 civilians – came as Ukraine announced a counteroffensive to take back the occupied Kherson region.

Office of the Government Chief Information Officer reiterates reliability and safety of government’s ‘Leave Home Safe’ Covid-19 risk-exposure app.

Hong Kong officials seize biggest haul of ivory since trade was banned late last year.

City leader John Lee orders investigation, expressing sympathy for those affected.

Tensions are rising, with China threatening ‘forceful measures’ if US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits the island next month

Mohammed bin Salman owns the 7,000sqm Chateau Louis XIV mansion which has a nightclub, a gold-leafed fountain and a cinema.

For years, the city lacked the reputation for art and culture enjoyed by other financial centres like London and New York. After much nurturing and investment, Hong Kong now boasts an array of platforms for artists and art lovers, drawing interest fr...

Victim’s relatives, colleagues and members of interest group hand over petition to delivery service provider.

Different sets of rules made it more difficult to receive green light for innovative products, according to Professor Samuel Au.

New hydrogel provides a simple and affordable way of water harvesting in dry areas, according to a member of the research team behind the hi-tech material.