Both a report card and an action plan, the party Central Committee’s work report is the product of almost a year of laborious efforts to forge consensus and collect opinions.

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau also reveals four meetings have been held with mainland officials to progress ‘reverse quarantine’ plan.

The Hong Kong government is set to unveil a new policy statement to show its vision of developing the city into a global virtual asset centre.

Alabama death row inmate Alan Eugene Miller has described a harrowing lethal injection process that was supposed to kill him.

Police say driver, 55, stopped after hearing shouts outside his vehicle, finding victim trapped under truck.

Britain’s beleaguered finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng cut short his trip to Washington amid reports Prime Minister Liz Truss is considering reversing more of her government’s controversial ‘mini-budget’.

Preliminary investigation suggests it was a revenge act against the woman, source says.

Shanghai research team says its new propulsion system can deliver higher thrust while reducing noisy vibrations by more than 90 per cent.

The ‘white male juvenile’ suspect eluded police for hours before he was cornered in a home and arrested.

The deep-rooted opposition to US troop presence in the tourist-dependent prefecture is gradually fading due to security concerns and financial challenges.

The drills come as Russia steps up its missile attacks on Ukraine, nearly eight months into its invasion and as its troops struggle to make headway on the ground.

The cause of Philip Dybvig’s departure from his post at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics is not known, but may be down to Covid controls.

Dutch crown princess, 18-year-old Catharina-Amalia, has moved from her student digs in Amsterdam to the royal palace due to threats to her security, the royal family said.

Ji Min Sha, a 22-year-old Purdue University cybersecurity major from Seoul, faces one count of murder in the killing of roommate Varun Manish Chheda.

The party congress presidium presides over key functions of the event, and offers valuable clues about seniority and the power-sharing arrangement of China’s leadership.

Vote by Iraq’s parliament for a new president ended a year of deadlock after a national election in October last year.

About 500 properties were surrounded by floods and cut off from emergency services in the worst-hit state of Victoria.

While operators welcome the move, they call on government to do more, such as scrap the 2am closing time and limits on seating

Researchers are planning to have nearly 7 million hectares planted with the salt-tolerant rice in the next 8-10 years, enough to feed 80 million.

China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose to the highest level since April 2020 in September, data released on Friday showed, while producer prices eased for the 20th consecutive month.

The authorities in Suzhou in the southern province of Jiangsu snapped up 5,000 new units in September, while similar moves are being undertaken in Jinan and Xinjiang.

The Ministry of Trade and Industry said GDP was up 4.4 per cent in July-September on a year-on-year basis.

A new robotic chemist is using artificial intelligence to help scientists quickly formulate new materials, and could dramatically change the landscape of chemical science.

A viral video of a father in China helping his son count 10,000 grains of rice for a homework assignment has been criticised on social media, with many saying the exercise is pointless

PM Fumio Kishida backs central bank’s yen approach but faces host of other challenges that could make it difficult for him to survive next six months.

New infrastructure does not mean that technological innovation will automatically follow. We will need incentives to draw tech talent to live and work in the area, and policies that encourage research and collaboration.

American employees of chip-related businesses in China are rushing to comply with new regulations from the US Bureau of Industry and Security.

Seoul scrambled military aircraft, including F-35A fighters, in response to Pyongyang’s latest military provocations.

Government insiders say tax concessions will be available to non-locals who have owned property for three or more years.

Mainland China is competing for foreign talent with Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, all of which face a shrinking workforce due to low birth rates and ageing populations.

The justices denied the ex-president’s emergency bid to allow an independent arbiter to vet classified documents the FBI seized from his home.

The move could eventually result in the ex-president’s imprisonment if he does not comply.

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The EU foreign policy chief says the Russian leader ‘cannot afford’ to bluff, and that any such attack will bring a ‘powerful’ military answer from the West.

Thousands of kids have been taken from orphanages and basements in bombed out cities, including those whose parents were killed by Russian shelling.

After half a century of mutually beneficial Sino-German ties, Berlin and Beijing find themselves on opposite sides of the geopolitical divide. With Germany taking aim at China over Xinjiang and Taiwan, it appears to be choosing idealism over pragmati...

If approved, the move would ‘close the door’ in the US on using gear from the two Chinese telecoms firms now blacklisted on national-security grounds.

Government expresses ‘strong disapproval’ after UN says it was ‘alarmed’ over four minors sentenced to detention under national security law.

More than two decades of economic integration has laid the foundations for an Asian super-sovereign digital currency, which would lower the region’s reliance on the US dollar and help safeguard financial stability, experts say.

Nikolas Cruz will instead spend life in prison without parole for killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.

With Putin raising the prospect of using tactical nukes to turn around battleground setbacks in Ukraine, there’s fear that this normalisation of nuclear threats is emboldening Kim Jong-un.

Biden’s China approach is finally taking shape and it is an intimidating and aggressive, Nanjing University professor says.

80 people were killed and over 140 injured in the 2013 accident; driver and safety director are both on trial, with prosecutors seeking prison sentences.

Central Committee endorses ‘lenient’ punishment of senior official for wrongdoings that took place before Xi Jinping took power.

Russian president told his Turkish counterpart that Türkiye is the most reliable route to deliver gas to EU and proposed building a supply hub there.

The world’s most advanced chip fabrication company secured a one-year waiver to import chip-making equipment to its facility in Nanjing, avoiding immediate impact from new US export rules.

Liu Zhenli has been tipped to head China’s Joint Staff Department, according to a source close to the military and video clues from state broadcaster CCTV.

China is looking to shore up supply chains and maintain gains made under former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte with its proposal to set up ‘demonstration parks’ for trade and innovation, experts say.