Fare increase application to government also asks permission to cease free travel for the elderly.

December 15 poll to determine 36 deputies who will represent city in National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee next term.

The national disaster agency reported 14 deaths, but a government official from Cianjur, told local media that 20 people had died and 300 more were injured.

China is trying to apply commercial rules to create a market for data, which is regarded by Beijing as a new production factor.

The American rapper who know goes by the name Ye was suspended from the platform last month following a series of anti-Semitic rants.

From around May 2016, 64-year-old Prema S Naraynasamy joined her daughter, Gaiyathiri Murugayan, in abusing Myanmar national Piang Ngaih Don, ultimately killing the 24-year-old. Gaiyathiri was sentenced to 30 years’ jail while Prema will be sentenc...

Pan Jianwei says researchers have to overcome problems with errors but they hope to do that in the next five years.

The US vice-president on her first visit to Manila since Ferdinand Marcos Jnr took power said she can’t ‘see a future for the Philippines that does not include the United States’.

The country’s Supreme Court said not allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination. Lawmakers will now decide if the voting age should be lowered from 18.

Some disappointed parents find that their children still have not been able to secure a place at elite school.

Shops in Britain have shifted to protecting unlikely items like butter, cheese and washing detergent as grocery price inflation hit a record 14.7 per cent. Shoplifting incidents are up 18 per cent.

In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we looks at how China’s zero-Covid policy recently claimed another victim as scenes from the world’s largest iPhone factory grabbed headlines around the world.

Pakatan Harapan’s Anwar Ibrahim is seeking to form a simple parliamentary majority with Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s Barisan Nasional.

Administrators picking over the wreckage of the FTX bankruptcy, found US$3.1 billion owed to top creditors. The scope of the money outstanding is stoking worries that more digital-asset outfits will topple.

The plan backed by more than 40 countries including Germany, Britain and New Zealand doesn’t sit well with pilots. It’s a hard sell for passengers, too.

Hong Kong’s flagship airline will double the number of flights to Bangkok to four a day in December, from the current two, Cathay chairman Patrick Healy says.

The actual number of victims is likely to be higher, authorities said. The toll includes more than 400 children. Over 11,000 people have been injured.

Half-hour meeting between Chinese and Australian leaders at the G20 summit in Bali achieved no breakthroughs on points of contention ranging from trade to human rights and national security concerns.

Chinese ships have blocked Philippine supply boats in the South China Sea before, but not seized objects in the possession of its military.

Ranil Wickremesinghe’s first budget as president had to meet conditions laid out by international body, but many believe he is not doing nearly enough to deal with economic crisis still affecting millions.

Pyongyang’s foreign minister accused Antonio Guterres of being ‘oblivious’ about UN principles, calling recent missile tests a ‘legitimate and just exercise of the right to self-defence’ against ‘provocative nuclear war rehearsals’.

Pathways Foundation is one of 15 charities supported by Operation Santa Claus.

Midland IC&I has slashed its forecast for industrial property, office and shop transactions by 15 per cent to about 4,700 this year, the lowest since 2020, amid a lingering recession.

In October, Malaysia’s leaders committed to a target of fielding 30 per cent women in the country’s general election. But come election day on Saturday, women will only account for 13.5 per cent of the 1,386 candidates on the ballot.

A group of university students in China have inspired a nationwide fitness craze of walking on all fours, sparking the interest of millions of people online.

Lee is being isolated in accordance with guidelines, government spokesman says.

Muhyiddin makes dramatic return after being forced to step down as prime minister in 2021, with Perikatan Nasional on brink of taking federal power.

Investors shouldn’t see China as ‘risky terrain’, and now is the time to make a long-term investment there, says the head of AllianzGI, one of Europe’s biggest asset managers.

The tiny nation, which gets a lot of help from Australia and China, is set to become 11th member of Southeast Asia bloc, amid existing group tensions and regional China-US rivalry.

The MTR has long been Hong Kong’s pride and joy, but a spate of mishaps and mishandlings have dented confidence in it. We cannot allow the standards of our city and its services to slip just as we are about to reopen to the world.

City is now No 3 after China and India among Australia’s main sources of high-quality immigrants.

The app is ‘an enormous threat,’ said Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Mark Warner. ‘All of that data … is being stored somewhere in Beijing.’

It is the first time a sitting president has turned 80 in the White House. A day earlier, the wedding of Biden’s granddaughter was held at the White House.

Nearly five years after mainland China introduced 31 measures that gave Taiwanese freer access to opportunities and benefits, the soft-power gambit for reunification is losing its lustre due to political tensions and a slowing economy.

Hengameh Ghaziani and Katayoun Riahi were detained after being summoned by prosecutors in an investigation into their ‘provocative’ social media posts and media activity, the state-run IRNA news agency said.

Exit polls gave Tokayev, who faced no real opposition, between 82.2 per cent and 85.5 per cent of the votes cast in the former Soviet republic. The runner-up to Tokayev had managed just 5.2 per cent of the vote, according to the polls.

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi have been at odds since the military’s 2013 ousting in Cairo of Islamist president Mohammed Mursi, personally backed by Erdogan.

The sanctions, which will freeze any assets the men may have in Canada, target former Haitian premiers Michel Martelly, Laurent Lamothe and Jean Henry Ceant as well as Martelly.

Videos circulated last week on Russian social media purporting to show the bodies of servicemen killed after surrendering to Ukrainian troops. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said Ukraine’s soldiers were defending themselves against Russians who feigned ...

If he becomes the next Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy said on Sunday that he would target Chinese-made fentanyl crossing America’s southern border, intellectual property theft and the origins of the coronavirus pandemic in China.

Geopolitical tensions are reshaping Asia’s security architecture, and Japan is angling for a greater role. But first, it must settle its domestic issues, from resistance to militarisation, to the Unification Church political crisis and structural e...

Vulcanologists said at Klyuchevskaya Sopka, as many as 10 explosions an hour were being recorded while lava flows and ash emissions also are coming from the Shiveluch volcano.

Chinese exports to the US were down by 12.6 per cent year on year in October, with mobile phones, clothing, toys and furniture shipments all declining last month.

‘Finally things are returning to normal and artists are coming back to Hong Kong,’ 25-year-old fan says at AsiaWorld-Expo event.

Officials said agreement a ‘win for developing world’ in honour of millions who suffer from climate catastrophe ‘they did not create and do not have resources to address’.

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin will both be in Cambodia for an Asean security meeting.

Lee says city has entered ‘new era’ despite retaining some coronavirus restrictions and reaction at Apec conference was encouraging.

The US fleet will decline in strength and power as older vessels are retired and new ones take time to go into service, reports warn.

Blasts have shaken the area, with some buildings and systems damaged; Rafael Grossi said ‘it must stop immediately’.

The former American vice-president reaffirms his commitment to the Trump White House’s tough line on Beijing.