Around 1,500 evacuated as Chongqing districts report wildfires, but municipal government says the flames have been suppressed with no casualties.

Last week the election commissioner declared Deputy President William Ruto won the election by a slim margin, but four of seven election commissioners dissented, saying tallying of results had not been transparent.

Victim, 74, was sorting out used cardboard when one suspect snatched her valuables and his accomplice covered her mouth with his hand from behind, source says.

Lai, 74, charged alongside six former employees of tabloid-style paper with conspiracy to collude with foreign forces.

The shipment from Canada was the largest ever detected by Australian police. Forensic officers found 11.2kg of pure fentanyl, equivalent to about 5.5 million potential lethal doses, and some 30kg of methamphetamine.

MGM China will inject US$594 million into a subsidiary to meet the bidding requirements for a new Macau gaming license.

It will be the third major storm experienced by city in a month.

A boy in China caught stealing money from his grandma is forced by his mother to collect rubbish to earn enough to repay what he stole, renewing debate about tough parenting.

Artillery shells rained down on Nikopol, a city near Zaporizhzhia – Europe’s largest nuclear plant, while missiles struck near the Black Sea port of Odesa.

The company said the new product came in response to consumer demand for dairy-free food alternatives in the third-fastest growing market in the world for plant-based foods.

The charges relate to a speech Khan gave on Saturday in which he vowed to sue police officers and a female judge and alleged that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest.

Man, 29, detained on Monday on suspicion to defraud a day after five others were picked up.

Australia’s national airline cancelled 8.1 per cent of scheduled domestic services in June, making it the country’s least reliable carrier. Its chief executive released an apology video on Monday promising to improve.

Landlocked Zambia’s vital link to Tanzanian seaport was backed with money and lives by China in the 1970s.

Gennady Gatilov, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva told the Financial Times warned the longer the war goes on the more difficult it will be to find a diplomatic solution.

The drills known as Ulchi Freedom Shield are expected to involve thousands of military personnel and will run for two weeks. An angry response is almost certain from North Korea, which for decades has assailed joint exercises as a prelude to invasion...

Labour minister Chris Sun says he is concerned that some digital economy workers are treated as ‘self-employed’ with insufficient labour rights.

Former vice-chairman of now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China was jailed in May 2021 over previous offence.

Small and medium-sized enterprises that apply for a loan under the scheme will receive HK$1,000 for each new member of staff they hire, up to a maximum of 10, during a defined period.

Former protesters, who were angry over the mismanaged economy and major shortages, are divided on what to do next; some are keen to continue what they started while others want to give their new leader – in power a month – a chance.

Ajmal Samuel, who has been nominated for a Spirit of Hong Kong Award, has taken businesses to task for not providing wheelchair-friendly or accessible facilities.

While China’s economic hubs are heeding Beijing’s order to turn away from coal, experts found that these regions are shifting to fossil gas instead.

China cut its two key benchmark lending rates on Monday, with a larger cut to the mortgage reference gauge signalling a particular concern for the nations housing market.

The tiny Himalayan nation is grappling with the effects of soaring oil and grain prices, and a strict zero-Covid policy that has barred foreign tourists for the past two years. Its foreign exchange reserves have dwindled to less than US$970 million.

There were only 18 asylum applications from January to March, half the number compared with same time last year.

An art teacher in China wins US$6,100 in compensation from company that fired her after students saw her cat on camera during a remote class online and someone complained.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman accused the United States of “procrastinating” in indirect talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal and said a prisoner swap with Washington was not linked to the negotiations.

This week marks a year since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan following the chaotic withdrawal of US troops after nearly 20 years in the country.

Operators of subsidised care homes in Hong Kong could be allowed to run new ones in Greater Bay Area, welfare minister Chris Sun says.

Volodymyr Zelensky cited media reports that Russia was planning to put Ukrainian fighters on a public trial to coincide with the independence anniversary on Wednesday.

Hong Kong officials have turned their attention to the city’s rat and housing problems, or are at least seen to be doing so. But when are they going to check on homeless people, whose numbers have grown alarmingly during the pandemic?

A report by NBC News did not specify whom ex-NBA star Rodman received permission from, though he only needs a visa to travel to Russia.

Europe may not be able to sit on the sidelines forever, as fears grow of supply chain turmoil related to microchips and a Taiwan blockade.

The two women, who had ‘gas embargo now’ daubed across their chests, were calling for an embargo on Germany’s import of Russian gas during the Ukraine war.

In a social media post on Sunday, Tyson wrote: ‘This needs to stop asap. UK government needs to bring higher sentencing for knife crime.’

The accusation came after Pakistan’s electronic media regulator late on Saturday announced a ban on the live broadcast of Khan’s speeches because of what it called his ‘hate speech’ against state institutions.

The gun and bomb attack on Mogadishu’s Hayat hotel caused parts of the building to collapse, with many people feared trapped inside since the assault began on Friday evening.

The accident left 16 dead including 14 Kyrgyz citizens and two Russians, according to rescue services quoted by Russia’s TASS news agency.

The defence ministry said two of its soldiers had been injured while detaining a man from Russia who had entered the grounds of the Gramsh military factory. Two others, a Russian and Ukrainian, were arrested nearby.

A civil defence spokesman said rescuers had recovered the bodies of two women, a man and a child, and were working to free the corpse of the fifth victim after a hill collapsed on the Qattarat al-Imam Ali shrine.

Genetic analyses show the infections are all ‘vaccine-derived’, meaning they are mutated versions of a virus that originated in the oral vaccine.

The 59-year-old man was among a group of 12 who started a hike from Tung Chung to Pui O on Sunday morning.

Almost 2,000 workers at the Port of Felixstowe walk out in a dispute over pay, saying the company and its parent firm prioritised profits over staff welfare.

China’s two most influential diplomats, both above retirement age, are set to leave important vacancies to fill.

The eastern city of Yiwu is the biggest global supplier of festive decorations but production had ground to a halt during the peak production season.

It will provide ‘some relief to gay Singaporeans’ while also retaining ‘the basic family structure of marriage between a man and a woman’, PM Lee said.

Quinn Moon is expected to be released from a Guangzhou prison on Monday morning.

Russia remained China’s biggest crude supplier for the third month in a row, as coal imports from the country hit a monthly record.

Lam visited mainland China, a source says, and like most others who stepped down, prefers keeping a low profile.

Authorities in the province, a major hydro power producer, warn it is facing a ‘grave situation’ as a result of scorching heat and a prolonged drought.