The first ever Miss Sri Lanka New York, held to raise funds for Sri Lanka’s national cancer hospital, saw guests raining blows on one another at the after-party.

Loyal and cautious, Ding Xuexiang has President Xi Jinping’s full trust, according to analysts.

Footage posted online shows the car trying to cut into a bus lane on a busy highway, but was hit by a double-decker coming from behind.

An Africa CDC director’s allegation he was ‘mistreated’ by German immigration officials has highlighted perceived racial profiling at border checkpoints and reignited debate about hosting for international meetings.

Seven airguns, several knives and other weapons were seized along with stolen items including six motorcycles in a warehouse in Pat Heung.

The discounts, the first by Tesla in mainland China this year, came hot on the heels of the carmaker’s 30 per cent expansion of its Giga Shanghai assembly at the Lingang Free-Trade Area to 1 million vehicles a year.

Authorities will launch a public consultation exercise in two months before getting a better idea of estimated budgets and project timelines.

Visa scheme will allow those eligible to live in the country for five to 10 years.

The terrifying close call prompted a public apology from Korean Air’s president and a vow from one of Asia’s most prominent airlines to take steps to prevent a recurrence.

In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at the events of the last week in Beijing during the 20th party congress.

For the first time in decades, no woman has been selected for the Politburo, and just 11 of the 205 Central Committee seats went to women.

Chinese University spokeswoman confirms switch back to previous version but does not explain the reasons for the move.

The group attempted to bring sex dolls into the towering, gold-plated Shwedagon pagoda in Yangon to carry out ‘ritual incantations’, state media reported.

Former rising political star who was expected to secure a Standing Committee seat now poised to lose vice-premier position in eyebrow-raising demotion.

Australia’s prisons, youth detention centres and immigration compounds have been plagued by persistent allegations of human rights abuses, particularly against Aboriginal communities.

Even 25 years after China regained sovereignty over Hong Kong, local culture has not progressed to a point at which condemning colonialism is natural or common.

China’s exports grew by 5.7 per cent in September compared with a year earlier, while imports grew by 0.3 per cent last month, data released on Monday showed.

China’s economy grew by 3.9 per cent in the third quarter, compared with a year earlier, up from the 0.4 per cent growth seen in the second quarter, data released on Monday showed.

The narrative is changing in China as the nuclear programme is increasingly tied to national rejuvenation, and in South Korea where there is overwhelming support for a nuclear defence against the North.

Report marks first-ever confirmation by state media of Xi Jinping’s direct involvement in selection of Central Committee.

A little girl in China went viral after she expressed shock and amusement when she stumbled upon a model in an advertisement who looked shockingly similar.

North Korea said its artillery launches on Monday were in response to the South firing at a merchant ship that had violated the sea boundary between the two rivals.

Medical profession’s pandemic burnout, falling birth rate, fewer young people working, and longer lives has brought intense pressure.

Hong Kong’s Labour and Welfare Bureau will also work on boosting city’s competitiveness.

Lee’s list of more than 100 KPIs looks impressive, but not all hold up under scrutiny. Some are superficial measures that don’t fully address structural problems, while others come with a ‘pandemic permitting’ get-out clause.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Ukraine could escalate by using a ‘dirty bomb’ – conventional explosives laced with radioactive material.

Rishi Sunak will be named leader of the Conservative Party and become prime minister on Monday unless candidate Penny Mordaunt reaches the threshold of 100 backers to force a run-off vote by party members.

In a study of drivers in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, surge pricing benefited cherry-picking part-time gig drivers who were motivated to work more – but discouraged full-timers and hurt their earnings.

Since the beginning of the conflict in February, French President Emmanuel Macron has differed from other Western leaders in pushing to keep talks open with his Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Rescue efforts continued on Sunday after two bodies were recovered. The small plane crashed in the Caribbean on Friday.

The agreement sets a border between Lebanese and Israeli waters for the first time and also establishes a mechanism for both countries to get royalties from an offshore gas field that straddles the boundary.

Biden, who turns 80 on November 20, said he is physically and mentally capable of serving a potential second term in the White House.

Two pilots were killed after a Russian jet conducting a test flight crashed on Sunday into a two-storey house in the city of Irkutsk in southern Siberia, the regional governor said.

Eco-activists splashed mashed potatoes on a Claude Monet painting in a German museum, days after Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ in London was hit by tomato soup.

Author’s wounds are ‘profound’, with injuries to his neck, chest and torso, and one hand incapacitated, said Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wylie.

Russia fires missiles and drones into Ukrainian-held Mykolayiv, destroying a block of flats, as Russian minister warns Ukraine may use a ‘dirty bomb’.

Four younger leaders have been promoted to the Politburo Standing Committee but there are no obvious successors among them.

Rainbow Families in Hong Kong among groups behind city’s largest annual event celebrating LGBTQ community.

More scientists added to the top ranks of the party and military command.

Storm hit the central Nayarit state around 5.30am local time, packing estimated maximum sustained winds of 195kph.

Anonymous hacking group claims responsibility, demanding Tehran release political prisoners arrested in the recent nationwide protests.

Victim awoke to see a Sumatran tiger just 2 metres away and yelled to alert his colleagues, whereby the tiger lunged forward at him.

Li has extensive experience in regional economic management and has worked with the Chinese president before.

New Central Military Commission line-up gives clues on the People’s Liberation Army’s priorities in the next five years.

Who sits on the seven-member body that runs the People’s Liberation Army?

The members of the new Politburo Standing Committee are unlikely to replace Xi, who some observers believe wants to remain in power for some time to come.

Virtue classes in major Chinese cities to make men better partners and fathers in a push-back against previous female obedience training.

What significant changes have been made to the Politburo and its Standing Committee?

Talks will focus on implementation of five-point peace ‘consensus’ agreed with Myanmar’s military rulers last year to try to end conflict in the country.

Chief Executive John Lee says building homes on edges of country parks not currently under consideration, calling it ‘controversial’ and more difficult to develop.