Chinese equities are seen making up lost ground as the extreme pessimism toward its economy recedes.

Ngaiming Mok was honoured for his work on complex differential geometry in the awards, which were modelled on the Nobel Prize.

New monthly job postings across all industries with ‘metaverse’ in the title declined 81 per cent between April and June, researchers found.

Darya Dugina, daughter of prominent ideologue Alexander Dugin – believed to be an ally of President Vladimir Putin – was killed after a suspected explosive device detonated on an SUV outside Moscow.

Observers say Beijing is warning the US and Japan to stay out of a potential clash over the island, but it will exercise caution to avoid full-blown conflict.

Big data has the potential to upend what we know about the past, but first, archaeologists must learn to share the information they so painstakingly unearthed.

Prasadam (temple food) offered to deities before being fed to worshippers and temple volunteers is supposed to be imbued with spiritual energy.

In addition to 14-year-old girl, police say those injured included four men and seven women.

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau renews calls for parents to vaccinate children amid recent surge in serious cases among those aged six months to three years.

The arms, launched by ships or aircraft, would be stationed mainly around the southern Nansei islands and capable of reaching the coastal areas of North Korea and China according to the Yomiuri newspaper.

Visitors to some of the country’s most popular destinations have found themselves stranded at short notice – often because of a small handful of cases.

A doctor in central China has been suspended by the hospital where he works as it investigates claims that he purposely gave false diagnoses to prescribe them expensive treatments.

Police say number of residents who had been held captive in Southeast Asia has risen to 36, with 22 still in need of rescue.

Tory leadership favourite Liz Truss argued the UK should create the economic conditions to produce “the next Google or the next Facebook”, and a recession is not inevitable.

Lawyers say Holcim, the world’s biggest cement firm, doesn’t work in Pari Island but ‘accounts for 0.4% of global carbon emissions in 100 years’.

Mega projects like the Northern Metropolis and proposals to build on the fringes of country parks and utilise brownfield sites show land can be found. The city needs to show boldness and determination to change ideas around land use and planning to f...

Drone-guided boat uses water pressure to burst air pockets that give cyanobacteria their buoyancy, making them sink and eventually perish.

Housewife exhausted from caring for sick husband among 494 helped by Hong Kong Family Welfare Society.

Last week, Australia’s former prime minister Scott Morrison revealed he was secretly sworn in to five key ministries during the pandemic, which represented an unprecedented assumption of powers.

Coming summit in Uzbekistan could indicate how Beijing will seek to protect economic, security interests in Central Asia as region struggles with unrest.

A boy in China who hatched a plot to ditch homework in a supermarket ice cream section was caught after unwitting staffer viewed CCTV footage to find the owner of the ‘lost’ homework.

Warning from Ukraine’s leader comes as his country prepares for the 31st anniversary of independence from Soviet rule on August 24, which also marks six months since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Stanley Wong, chairman of Advisory Council on the Environment, says members on Friday could only agree that questions remained over methodologies used for report.

Tensions at the disputed China-India border and New Delhi’s opposition to a flagship belt and road project in Pakistan are driving its ambiguity on Taiwan, observers said.

Duped by traffickers offering lucrative jobs, dozens of Cambodian women and girls are taken to China each year, where they are forced to marry local men. Only the lucky ones manage to escape.

ByteDance-owned platform wraps up an “8.8 Sale” campaign in Singapore amid renewed scrutiny of its data privacy policies in the West.

Stringent coronavirus controls, falling revenue from land sales and Covid-related tax cuts are putting pressure on public services offered by China’s cash-strapped local governments.

In London, as well as other cities in the country and across the world, Afghan kite-flying, music, poetry and dance were showcased to show solidarity with the country’s people.

China should shore up its supply chains in essential resources as the US seeks to cut dependence, experts suggest.

Dos Santos, who ruled the oil-rich African nation with an iron first from 1979 to 2017, died in Barcelona on July 8 at the age of 79 after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Busey, 78, was charged on Friday with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment, police said.

The group, calling itself Al-Waretheen, put out an online statement claiming that on August 12 it targeted Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base. ‘No such attack occurred,’ the US Air Force said.

Misuzulu Zulu, 47, is set to succeed his father, Goodwill Zwelithini, who died in March last year after 50 years in charge. However, a succession dispute looms.

A passenger bus in southern Türkiye collided with emergency workers who had been dealing with an earlier accident; firefighters, paramedics and journalists were among the dead.

But Lee stresses at public talk on his upcoming policy address that any increase must be gradual.

Africa’s biggest carrier Ethiopian Airlines said it has ‘removed from operation’ two pilots who reportedly fell asleep and missed original landing slot; aviation analyst says pilot fatigue is not new and is significant threat internationally.

Police receive report from friend of teenager at 5.51pm saying he was believed to have drowned at Lower Cheung Sha Beach.

The 27-year-old tested positive with mild symptoms and is under home isolation, officials said; he had travelled abroad.

Company’s non-Chinese bus drivers were invited to share experiences with jobseekers at Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre.

World Food Programme boss David Beasley said while visiting Africa that US will buy 150,000 tons of grain for upcoming shipment of food aid; ‘we get diddly-squat from China’ or very little, he added.

Zhong has long been an advocate for TCM but he told a conference that currently no drug has been proven to prevent people becoming infected by the virus.

Sevastopol city governor, Russia’s Mikhail Razvojaev, blamed drone on Ukraine and said it fell on HQ roof and caught fire.

Loose terms of employment leave entertainment industry’s freelancers on their own if injured at work

Dozens of women gathered at a square in northern China recently to wash the feet of their mothers-in-law, sparking debate about whether publicly practising filial piety does more harm than good.

At least 13 civilians have been killed and dozens wounded since militants from the al-Qaeda affiliate unleashed a gun and bomb attack on the Hayat Hotel on Friday.

About 4.5 million sq km, or half of China’s total area, is in the grip of extreme high temperatures.

Experts believe that the actual number of hikikomori in Japan is higher than surveyed, as many did not respond to the survey.

The referendums, originally set for next month, may be held in December or January because Russian military advances in southern and eastern Ukraine have stalled.

Secondary student Wan Chung-wai, who was 15 at the time of her arrest, is among four teens admitting call for ‘armed revolution’.

Nightclubs bear the brunt of soaring energy bills, while runaway inflation has prompted many people to cut out their non-essential spending.