Police say 43-year-old man and his 16-year-old daughter suspected of involvement in delivery and storage of narcotics.

About half of the casualties occurred in Maguindanao in the Bangsamoro autonomous region.

Ukraine said Russia launched a massive wave of missile attacks across the country, after the Kremlin accused Kyiv of strikes against its Black Sea fleet and pulled out of a grain-export deal.

An unknown number of workers have fled the iPhone production plant run by Foxconn Technology Group in Zhengzhou as Covid-19 cases flare.

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The 23-tonne component is expected to dock with Tiangong’s core module within hours of lift-off before being relocated by robotic arm to finish station.

Daniel Edmund Duggan was arrested in Australia on October 21 at Washington’s request. An ex-Marine pilot who knows him well described Duggan as ‘well regarded’ and said he could not guess ‘what would have caused him this much trouble’.

After a summer marked by repeated heatwaves across much of the continent, Europe is experiencing exceptional temperatures even as it heads into the start of autumn – a sign of accelerating climate change.

In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at the 20th party congress in Beijing and ponder what it all means for the next five years (and maybe more) for China.

Ringleader of the car theft syndicate and three gang members were detained in Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong police said.

The Virgin Group founder said he had felt ‘compelled to speak out’ about executions in the city state, but declined the invitation to take part in a televised discussion on the subject as he felt it would turn ‘serious debate into spectacle’.

Hong Kong is the key to success in the Greater Bay Area (GBA), the place to do business, expand and invest in mainland China’s markets, industry leaders have said in the lead up to a major summit of senior bankers in the city.

FinTech Week is the first of a series of mega events Hong Kong is set to host to mark its return following almost three years of Covid-related isolation.

Beijing diplomat says relations need to return to normal, affirms major strategies like opening up unchanged.

With his third term secured, Xi Jinping must now address zero-Covid’s impact on the economy, jobs and social stability, some analysts believe.

Australia and New Zealand provided one-third of all aid to the Pacific region in 2020 while Chinese aid dropped to its lowest level since 2008, according to a new report by the Lowy Institute think tank.

Hong Kong’s drive to promote dim sum bonds and yuan-denominated shares will strengthen its role as the main offshore trading centre for the Chinese currency, according to bankers who will attend a key summit in the city this week.

Israel on Tuesday holds an unprecedented fifth election in less than four years with former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vying for a comeback.

China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 49.2 in October from 50.1 in September, while the non-manufacturing gauge fell to 48.7, data released on Monday showed.

Putting B-52s in Australia that could reach and potentially attack mainland China will serve as a warning to Beijing, a defence analyst said, as fears grow of a looming assault on Taiwan.

Pets are famously valuable for bringing love, joy and humour into the lives of their owners, and this week we highlight cute, adorable and heartwarming moments from man’s best friend.

Pressure is growing for the bloc to push the junta to fulfil a peace plan, but analysts say Asean is stymied by its norms on consensus and non-interference.

The home-grown hospitality brand plans to open 25 hotels in the next eight years, even as the risk of a global recession that would crimp travel spending rises, according to its CEO.

With 5,000 vacancies and a falling number of applicants, the force has not met recruitment targets.

Veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva beats far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro – who has yet to accept defeat.

On Saturday, Russia cancelled the agreement on the transport of Ukrainian grain from the ports in the Black Sea “indefinitely’ citing ‘terrorist attacks’ on its Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol.

Large-scale study shows positive effects of two drugs given early to patients still in the community.

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According to media reports on Saturday, Musk fired top executives in an effort to avoid large severance payouts, while lining up other lay-offs. ‘This is false,’ Musk tweeted on Sunday.

As he prepares for the next stage in his career, the former editor-in-chief reflects on a country, a city and a newsroom that have undergone major transformations.

Sergey Lavrov said he hoped Biden had the wisdom to deal with a confrontation similar to the 1962 crisis when the Soviet Union and the United States came close to nuclear war.

Le Parisien newspaper reported the suspect was wearing a Just Stop Oil T-shirt, as other activists have worn during similar attacks on artworks in recent weeks.

A news photographer at the scene said a man drove up and threw three petrol bombs at the facility before driving to a nearby filling station and killing himself.

Mussolini’s tomb is a pilgrimage site that regularly attracts visitors, but Sunday’s gathering differed from previous ones, with fascist sympathisers expressing support for Italy’s new PM Giorgia Meloni.

Authorities said nearly 500 people were on and around the bridge when cables supporting it snapped, bringing the structure down into the river. More than 130 people have been rescued.

Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk appeared to have deleted a tweet posted referencing an unfounded theory regarding the attack on the husband of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at their San Francisco home.

Airline tells passengers polar route safe to travel and a better option than longer Atlantic flight path used as stopgap.

Moscow on Sunday exited a UN-brokered grain deal after its Black Sea Fleet in Russian-annexed Crimea was targeted by a drone attack.

The envisioned upgrade will come at a time when Japan is ramping up its deterrence amid North Korean nuclear, missile threats and China’s military assertiveness.

Saudi-led move to cut oil production seen as a slap in the face for Washington as Beijing steps up engagement with Middle East countries.

Students, ignoring warnings by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that nationwide protests must end by Sunday, have faced tear gas, beatings and gunfire from riot police.

Nalgae has already wreaked havoc in the Philippines, killing at least 50 people.

Caritas Family Support Centre has recorded 25.5 scam cases a month on average recently, and says blaming the victims only makes matters worse.

A final poll before voting day from the Datafolha institute showed leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with 52 per cent of voter support, slightly above 48 per cent for Bolsonaro.

Chen replaces Politburo member Chen Wenqing, who moves on to higher office.

The World Bank estimates that by 2050, if nothing is done to prevent it, there will be 216 million people internally displaced by climate change, including 19.3 million in North Africa.

Move comes after city authorities sent task force over viral social media clips showing workers walking back to their hometowns.

Changes to Covid-19 management issues and Italy’s justice system could come as soon as Monday, when Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s cabinet meets to reverse course from the policies of her predecessor Mario Draghi.

Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority says an average of 28,500 default notices issued a month since April.

Vocational training centres known as Luban Workshops have been gradually set up around the world since 2016, but they have not garnered the same attention as China’s well-known Confucius Institutes.