From November 3, guests will also be allowed to remove masks while taking photos at event and catering premises

Huawei Technologies Co said its revenue from January to September dropped 2 per cent from the same period last year.

Decoration worker among white-clad mob that night had assaulted three people in three minutes, instructing accomplices to go after targets.

Hong Kong’s secondary home prices fell 2.1 per cent in September, taking the year-to-date slump to 8.1 per cent. Analysts now expect prices for the full year to drop around 10 per cent.

Facial masks soaked with liquid methamphetamine and cannabis buds disguised as Chinese tea among the haul.

Former civil servant Kwok Cheuk-kin files latest bid after government amends law to target exemptions at centre of doctors’ arrests.

Li Shulei, 58, will enforce Xi Jinping’s vision on ideology, films, internet and media and is expected to spearhead Beijing’s drive to shape global narrative on China.

The National People’s Congress (NPC) standing committee, which convened a meeting from Wednesday to Sunday, may have begun top political appointments, including vice-premier postings that are critical to China’s economy.

Guangzhou seals up streets and neighbourhoods while Wuhan orders over 800,000 people to stay home as new cases exceed 1,000 nationwide for a third straight day.

La Andy Hien Duc, who also faces charge of voluntarily causing hurt, could be jailed up to three years if convicted in the case.

The financial secretary will remain in Saudi Arabia for now, and tells Post he has a fever and sore throat but is getting better under medication.

The footwear maker ‘has no intention of working with West’, who has made anti-Semitic outbursts in interviews and social media.

Chinese e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com are struggling to connect with high-quality consumers amid stagnant sales growth during world’s largest shopping festival.

The mobilisation of a vigilante-style ‘army’ of poll watchers has made the midterms, just two weeks away, the biggest test of the US democratic system since the 2020 presidential election.

The US Justice Department launched the probe last year as a result of Tesla statements suggesting its cars are fully automated, but the electric car maker has also told drivers to keep their hands on the wheel.

At least 15 people were killed in a Wednesday evening attack on a shrine in Iran’s southern city of Shiraz, which state media described as a terrorist act.

Pope Francis encouraged fellow Catholics to delete pornographic material from their phones so they ‘won’t have the temptation in hand’.

Defence Minister Richard Marles said soldiers will join a UK-led international training exercise but will not enter the war zone in Ukraine.

The owner of a corgi in China who allows the dog to roam near an offal eatery was shocked by its ballooning weight and is taking drastic measures to tighten the canine’s belt – attaching a threatening Post-it note to its coat.

Opening up and market reforms will continue in China, assuring Hong Kong’s position as an open and independent international financial centre, Laura Cha Shih May-lung said on Wednesday.

The two nations should be ‘natural allies’ with their shared challenges in Northeast Asia, and potential mutual benefits in trade, cultural and education, but historical issues are a thorn in the side for the relationship.

The 54-year-old went to collect rubber on a plantation in Jambi province last Sunday and her family reported her missing when she did not return home.

Some lawmakers and political commentators argue decision to empower city’s health chief to void documents could be seen as riding roughshod over due legal process.

Taipei’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party seeks to focus on security ahead of elections in November, but remarks might trigger unintentional incidents that could undermine cross-strait peace, analysts say.

Indonesia, the worlds largest palm oil producer, is testing to see if vehicles can run effectively on diesel blended with 40 per cent cooking oil.

US says party congress will not change approach to China, while the EU sees a deepening of ‘assertive’ China’s global ambitions.

Protesters massed to mark 40 days since the death of the young woman after her arrest by morality police for allegedly breaching the Islamic dress code.

A Beijing-based expert on China-US relations says ties with Beijing could be severed if Washington pushes for closer relations with Taiwan.

The billionaire posted a video of him walking into the office carrying a sink, just days before the deadline to close his US$44 billion buy-out of the platform.

President Joe Biden chose Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as ambassador to New Delhi last year, but two Republican senators have put a hold on the nomination.

The US Secretary of State accuses Beijing of undermining the status quo over the island, and using coercion to exert pressure for reunification.

Russian investigators raided the home of Ksenia Sobchak, a media figure and the daughter of Vladimir Putin’s mentor, in a move that has sent shock waves through the country’s political scene.

‘At least two offices’ operating as ‘overseas service stations’ for Chinese-Dutch citizens to renew driving licenses serve as fronts, say local media.

The exercise, which included multiple missile launches, simulated a ‘massive nuclear strike’ by Russia in retaliation for a nuclear attack on the country.

The Chinese telecoms giant is banned from receiving US exports and certain foreign-made items without government approval.

Spokesman Ned Price accuses Hong Kong authorities of using national security law to muffle its press corps and shut down critical speech.

Some analysts say Europe’s energy crisis and a grimmer economic outlook may leave it with no choice but to increase reliance on China, a leader in renewable energy and the world’s top manufacturing hub.

President Biden signed the US$430 billion anti-inflation bill in August, which includes aid for certain industries, but EU says the legislation, which makes tax breaks conditional on US-manufactured content, puts European companies and ‘green econo...

TPS is a kind of humanitarian relief granted to countries devastated by natural disasters or war and allows beneficiaries to work legally in the US. Litigation followed actions by the Trump administration to end TPS for citizens of several countries.

Slightly more than 70 per cent of survey respondents feel that having a fake news law could threaten freedom of speech in Hong Kong.

Compromise decision by Olaf Scholz cabinet follows controversy at home exposing divisions on China policy and EU warnings on strong Beijing ties.

Health chief’s move to annul more than 20,000 vaccination exemptions has become a legal row.

Top state planner sets out proposal to stabilise and further increase foreign investment into China amid increasing concerns by overseas investors over the mounting challenges of operating in the world’s second-largest economy.

The IMF envisaged Ukraine’s external financing at about US$3-4 billion a month next year but sees that rising to US$5 billion after Russia stepped up attacks on infrastructure causing nationwide blackouts and forcing the country to ration energy us...

Authorities in Shanghai have started administering an oral version of the Covid-19 vaccine in a bid to get more booster doses into people.

The bill from Congressman Rufus Rodriguez designates special sea lanes and air routes and prescribes rules that foreign ships and aircraft must follow.

Study and propaganda for grass-roots members on the political meeting’s ‘spirit’ is now ‘primary task’ for party and country.

Haizhu district, a textile and garment industry centre, emerges as hotspot in latest outbreak as city faces ‘very critical period’.

Ambassador Xing Haiming accused the US of being the “biggest external challenge” to Seoul-Beijing relations, while also claiming Hu Jintao’s dramatic exit at the Communist Party congress was due to age.

Liquor exports from China to North Korea roared back in the third quarter after coronavirus controls were lifted by Pyongyang, with most of the goods likely to end up on the tables of the country’s elite.