In a first for China’s space programme, crews from two different missions meet in orbit as Shenzhou 15 team prepares to take over.

The senior officer at London’s Metropolitan police, said the threats were credible and their quantity and tenor would have left the duchess feeling ‘under threat all of the time’.

The blast targeted a police team preparing to escort polio vaccinators in the city of Quetta. A policeman, a woman and a child were killed.

A leader of South Korea’s ruling People Power Party came under fire for his post of Korea-made Ghana-brand chocolate promising to ‘crush’ the West African nation in a World Cup game.

Jiang, who led China into the WTO and scripted the Communist Party’s first peaceful power transfer, had not been seen in public since late 2019.

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Chris Tang says insists small demonstrations on campuses and streets were ‘highly organised’ and conducted ‘under the pretence’ of mourning fire victims.

Patrick Chow, 23, was found guilty of attempted robbery, obstructing a police officer and attempted escape from lawful custody.

Even though he’s been living in Tokyo for nearly half a year, the Alibaba founder has reportedly been keeping a low profile in the Japanese capital and socialises mainly within several private members’ clubs.

Belarus held a state funeral for its foreign minister who died suddenly at age 64, triggering speculation about possible foul play in his death after he leaned toward Western countries.

Hundreds of people gathered at Harvard University and near Chinese consulates in New York and Chicago to support Chinese citizens fed up with strict antivirus restrictions.

Both countries’ militaries reported two Chinese H-6 bombers nearing their airspace on Wednesday. South Korea said the bombers repeatedly entered its air defence zone, before re-entering hours later joined by six Russian aircraft.

A military court ruled that the two soldiers had committed ‘deviant sexual behaviour’ that was ‘very much against the law or any religious provisions’. Gay sex is legal in most of Indonesia, but not in the military.

State media calls on Chinese public to ‘build a barrier of epidemic prevention and control’ as security forces are urged to prevent and contain major accidents to protect lives and property.

French leader will be given a full ceremonial military welcome to the White House, an Oval Office meeting and a state banquet.

Officers uncover packaging and manufacturing equipment in raid on Kwai Chung flat.

Labelling Wagner a foreign terrorist organisation would allow the US to pursue criminal prosecution against the group and its members, as well as go after its assets around the globe.

Anwar Ibrahim is looking for a finance minister who can steer Malaysia’s fragile recovery amid concerns of a global slowdown. The job is widely seen as a training ground for future prime ministers – and there are numerous names in the mix.

The new policy would allow law enforcement robots to use deadly force in ‘extreme’ circumstances.

As the first direct casualty of FTX’s collapse, BlockFi sought to distance itself from that exchange by saying it did not face the same management issues.

Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei was arrested near Polytechnic University in Hung Hom, the site of one of the most violent episodes in the 2019 unrest.

City can adapt to change to ensure it continues as a connector between mainland China and the world, the privately funded think tank says

Most EU countries ‘don’t want to have to choose’ and ‘don’t want a world that is split into two camps’, says the bloc’s top diplomat.

Stockholm-based group said the number of ‘backsliding’ countries – those with the most severe democratic erosion – has never been so high and included Poland, Hungary and also the United States.

The repeal of Singapore’s colonial-era sodomy law was cheered as a symbolic victory for the gay community, but many worry LGBTQ families will continue to suffer under public policies that favour heterosexual marriages and families.

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, and another leader of the right-wing group, were found guilty of seditious conspiracy for the attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, an important win for the Justice Department.

Ambassador Nicholas Burns suggested that his missions inability to visit US prisoners in China violates consular agreement.

Canadian federal police are investigating widespread interference by China in Canadian affairs, the nation’s top police official has said in a letter to a parliamentary committee, but without detailing the allegations.

The Exchange Fund, the war chest used to defend the Hong Kong dollar from attacks by short-sellers, lost a record HK$265.5 billion (US$33.82 billion) from investments in the fist nine months.

Taipei said it has a ‘mechanism’ to deal with delays, after a report said the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic had impacted billions of dollars worth of US arms sales.

Engineering undergraduate Lui Sai-yu, 25, was jailed in April for advocating the city’s independence and resistance against Communist Party on social media.

The drills reflect strengthening defence ties between India and the US, who have ramped up their military relationship in recent years, driven by a convergence of interests to counter China.

China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 48 in November from 49.2 in October, while the non-manufacturing gauge fell to 46.7 last month, data released on Wednesday showed.

Forecast points to wider scope in changes to law than previously thought, as Chief Executive John Lee asks Beijing to interpret legislation.

Protests broke out around the country last weekend in the latest sign of growing discontent over the country’s strict controls

Former employee says AAX’s troubles have been partly caused by trading strategies and risk management practices at its market maker 10kM Trading.

Fans of K-pop sensation, Blackpink, are left disappointed after tickets for their concerts in Hong Kong, Malaysia and the wider region sell out in hours, opening the door to scalpers charging extortionate prices.

Consumers and retailers in Malaysia have complained there has been an inconsistent supply of price-controlled eggs, which public officials said was due to high demand after Covid-19 regulations eased.

Investment between Australia and Taiwan has grown in both directions this year, as both economies look to diversify trade from mainland China’s slowing economy.

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Family offices in Asia plan to invest more in private equity and property to diversify their portfolios, and are also investing in digital assets to offset huge losses in traditional markets, according to a report released on Wednesday.

The bipartisan vote came amid fears that a conservative-leaning Supreme Court could overturn a 2015 ruling that established the right to gay marriage.

‘We need our government and our economy to rely on chips made right here in America’, says Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York.

About one in three recorded crimes in the city this year are related to similar frauds, with some surging by 226 per cent.

The leaders’ talks paved the way for more in-person engagements and renewed efforts on shared challenges like climate change, according to a US deputy national security adviser.

China wants to reduce the collateral damage caused by its Covid-19 restrictions but is afraid of major surges in infections and deaths, and that dilemma is going to make this winter a tough one to navigate.

Kristi Noem alleged that data gathered on the Chinese-owned video platform is used to manipulate Americans

Melissa Highsmith was 22 months old when she was abducted by a babysitter in 1971; she found out only thanks to a DNA match on 23andMe.

Moscow’s forces are thought to be removing nuclear warheads from cruise weapons and replacing them with a ballast.

The Soviet idea of coexistence was to prevent military conflict, which was seen as a viable choice. But for the Chinese, coexistence underlines global interaction and trade. No country should be forced to accept a bifurcated world economy.