A Chinese mother of two in desperate need of a kidney transplant has received a fast-tracked new organ thanks to her late husband, whose major organs were donated to medical science following his sudden death three years ago.

It would be the UAE’s first such deal with a European country, and talks will likely centre on expanding trade in the services sector and on food security.

Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE began to boycott Qatar in 2017 over Qatar’s support of Islamists in power following the 2011 Arab spring.

Feng Zijian, former deputy director of China’s CDC, recommends rapid antigen kits instead of PCR tests and says growing outbreaks could overwhelm makeshift hospitals.

‘Consumption voucher scheme boosts economy, but it is expensive,’ minister says.

District Court also fines Jason Tam, 24, for smashing glass window at Tseung Kwan O Police Station amid anti-government protests in 2019.

Om Madan Garg made the 10-day journey to the camp, at an altitude of 5,364 metres, with his parents – despite a stormy delay at the start and a brief health scare.

Hong Kong Airlines’ debt restructuring plan has been approved by creditors, the Post has learned, removing a key hurdle for the carrier to tackle US$6.2 billion of liabilities.

Sunday’s march was a show of support for demonstrations in China calling for an end to severe antivirus controls and for political change.

Rafizi Ramli, Malaysia’s newly appointed economy minister, said he hoped PM Anwar Ibrahim also being finance minister ‘will be an exception, not the norm’ moving forward.

The InvisDefense coat allows the wearer to be seen but not detected as human, with implications for anti-drone tech and the battlefield.

Russia has been pounding Ukraine’s power infrastructure since early October, causing blackouts and leaving millions without heating as temperatures plummet.

The YamatoQ group has been waging a campaign against Covid-19 inoculations in Japan, claiming ‘vaccination is an act of murder’ and that the coronavirus doesn’t exist.

In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we looks at the changes to Beijing’s zero-Covid policy three years since the first known coronavirus case in China.

A woman in China has a coughing fit from spicy food and breaks her ribs, radish thieves caught preparing to eat the produce and a bank’s free tissue offer ends messily.

Firefighters called to King George V Memorial Park in Sai Ying Pun after passer-by spots flames in toilets.

Russia said it would continue to find buyers, despite what it said was a ‘dangerous’ attempt by the West to introduce a price cap on its oil exports.

China’s onshore yuan finished the domestic trading session on Monday at its strongest level since mid-September, bolstered by Beijing easing some coronavirus curbs and expectations of slower US interest rate increases.

Latest in string of mistakes, 2019 protest song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ played instead of Chinese national anthem at Asian Classic Powerlifting Championship in Dubai.

Riyadh is interested in becoming an observer and Tehran is on its way to becoming a member of the China-led group.

The doctor, who subscribes to a range of debunked conspiracies about Covid vaccines, was investigated after sending an antivax text message to hundreds of his patients.

Businesses have benefited from an energy bill relief scheme but face uncertainty when the scheme finishes at the end of March, which could mean pubs and brewers could be paying an extra 20 per cent for power.

China’s sluggish economy and strict zero-Covid policy have hit low-income earners hard, leaving them vulnerable to slipping back into poverty while undermining Beijing’s pledge to reduce income inequality.

China’s Caixin services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 46.7 in November from 48.4 in October, data released on Monday showed.

Passengers walk along the tracks guided by an MTR employee towards Tseung Kwan O station.

City’s top golf club holds 2022 Cup of Kindness tournament to support local charities, with 230 players joining the action.

Singapore was ‘bound to have more infections’, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said – especially as China opens up more – but it will not be something ‘we’ve never seen before’.

Netanyahu is expected within days to return to power in Israel after sealing a coalition deal with extreme-right movements including Religious Zionism, which is set for a post in charge of settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Quirky kids in China: a viral video of a baby standing on an adult’s hand causes anger, adorable 3-year-old boy hawks fresh fish on the street and boy told to dismantle toy before boarding a plane breaks down.

Veteran HSBC banker believes the Greater Bay Area is key to the future of Hong Kong’s youth as he urged the local business community to provide more job opportunities to help them cope with an increasingly uncertain economic climate.

Asean chair Indonesia’s ‘strategic heft’ in Asean is unlikely to result in breakthroughs in the Myanmar political crisis or the code of conduct in the South China Sea, say analysts.

Drug helps one in 10 patients achieve ‘functional cure’ and they can stop taking medicines for life.

From transitional figure to transformative leader, the late president led Hong Kong and China into a new era. Now as our city begins another chapter, we could use more of Jiang’s underdog spirit.

Earlier, more than 200 people had gathered around the building in the centre of the Sweida, chanting slogans calling for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.

China’s local-level zero-Covid enforcers in white hazmat suits are the first targets when things go wrong, which is the way the system is designed, analyst says.

‘Attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation and should be universally condemned,’ said a White House statement.

Herzog’s trip is the first visit by an Israeli head of state to the Gulf state since the countries forged ties two years ago.

A spokesman for the Caspian Environmental Protection Centre said the seals probably died a couple of weeks ago and there was no sign they were killed by poachers.

Madrid-based human rights group Safeguard Defenders first revealed the existence of 54 such stations in September and said it had now found evidence of 48 more.

Chow Hang-tung, Albert Ho and Lee Cheuk-yan have been charged with subversion of state power, and pleaded not guilty.

Most of Xinjiang’s 25 million residents, along with many tourists and migrant workers, found themselves subjected to partial lockdowns in recent months that aimed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The Japanese government is likely to forgo a specific tax increase when it compiles the budget for fiscal 2023 at the end of December, according to a government source.

Opec+ maintained its oil policy amid Group of Seven nations’ price cap on Russian oil and a slowing Chinese economy.

Iran’s attorney general was quoted in local media saying that the nation’s morality police ‘have been abolished’.

Astronauts end their six-month mission on Tiangong with a landmark handover on the orbiter.

Curbs to start on Monday and encompass the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.

As strikes continue across various sectors in Britain, the government is looking at bringing in the military to keep public services running if key workers strike, said Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi.

The Chill Residence development from Poly Property and L’Avenue International sold just 10 of 128 flats by Sunday afternoon.

TSMC’s US$12 billion Arizona plant and US$7 billion Sony joint venture in Kyushu have triggered talk of hollowing out Taiwan’s semiconductors industry.

A jobless mother has posted a video online in which she is seen complaining there is nothing she can do as her mother-in-law feeds her baby fried flour instead of infant formula to save money.