The Czech Republic is donating 30,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Taiwan, the island’s president said on Tuesday, praising the central European country for taking a step that could irritate Beijing.“This manifests again that Taiwan and [the Cze...

Singapore’s schools will help students cope with stresses induced by the Covid-19 pandemic by lightening examination loads and restarting suspended co-curricular activities, the country’s education minister said on Tuesday, as he addressed last...

The chief of the Hong Kong Sports Institute has called on the government to inject more resources into the nurturing of young talent, with fencer Edgar Cheung Ka-long’s Olympic gold expected to inspire more people to become top-level athletes.Lam T...

The first person to stand trial under the national security law faces life in prison after three judges selected by Hong Kong’s leader found him guilty of secession and terrorism for ramming his motorcycle into a group of police officers while carr...

Two university academics in China have been accused of sexual harassment and abuse as the country’s #MeToo movement regained momentum amid superstar Kris Wu’s alleged teen date rape scandal.Zhou Xuanyi, an associate professor at Wuhan University ...

Researchers in China say their study of a coronavirus outbreak in the country’s south this year sheds light on why the Delta strain of the pathogen is quicker to make people sick.In a paper published on Virological.org earlier this month, the resea...

China and Pakistan’s declaration that they will closely cooperate in Afghanistan – as the last US and international troops withdraw, leaving a security vacuum being exploited by Taliban insurgents – has begun to worry Indian policymakers.New De...

Follow our live coverage of day four of the Tokyo Olympics here.Seven more people related to the Tokyo Olympic Games have tested positive for Covid-19, including two athletes from overseas, bringing the total since the start of this month to 155, org...

Hongkongers aged 70 or older can get vaccinated against Covid-19 without booking from Thursday, a move designed to encourage more of the city’s elderly – a demographic that has lagged behind other groups – to take the jabs.The government on Tue...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi blamed US President Joe Biden’s administration for continuing the “wrong China policies” of Donald Trump, warning that it risked “big disaster” if Washington did not take remedial action.Wang told US deputy ...

A subsidiary of Alibaba Group Holding has applied for a slew of trademarks for its now-defunct music streaming service, fanning speculation about whether the e-commerce giant will re-enter music streaming after Beijing forced Tencent Holdings to reli...

Hong Kong national security police are investigating whether a female journalist has any connection to the July 1 stabbing of an officer outside the Sogo department store in Causeway Bay, a source has said.The journalist, who was working for online o...

If anyone wants to turn a blind eye to climate change, they have no excuse to continue to do so after a series of events this month.Scientists and the world watched in disbelief when unprecedented flooding caused by two months’ worth of rainfall in...

China’s state media are on a mission to talk up the battered stock market and reassure rattled investors after a rout on Monday that erased more than US$570 billion from Chinese stocks listed at home and abroad.The panic sell-off provides an opport...

Russia is working on a new “Doomsday” plane, a military aircraft that can serve as a flying command and control centre in a disaster like nuclear-armed conflict, according to Russian state media.The work is under way in Voronezh, according to sta...

US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman has called on China to work with the US as a responsible global power on difficult issues including climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic.Speaking after her talks on Monday with senior Chinese officials, ...

New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, on Tuesday reported its biggest daily rise of locally acquired cases of Covid-19 for 16 months as total infections in the latest outbreak from the highly infectious Delta variant neared 2,400.A tota...

China’s new ambassador to the US Qin Gang is heading to Washington, ending speculation over who will be handed the difficult task of trying to ease fractious relations between the powers.Qin, currently foreign vice-minister, will leave for the US o...

By early March 2021, roughly 65 million people in the United States – or one out of every five people – had been infected by the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, a new analysis shows.The findings, described in the Proceedings of the National Aca...

Tunisia’s president said his suspension of parliament and firing of the prime minister were to restore order and retake the country from “thieves”, dismissing claims he orchestrated a coup in the Arab spring’s birthplace.Kais Saied’s commen...

South Korea and North Korea on Tuesday reopened a severed communication hotline and the two countries’ leaders agreed to rebuild trust and improve ties, Seoul’s presidential Blue House said.President Moon Jae-in and the North’s leader Kim Jong...

An adopted Chinese girl captured Canada’s first gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and it sparked outcry in China’s domestic media over its now-scrapped one-child policy.On Monday, Canada’s Maggie MacNeil – who was born in China – garner...

Beijing’s decisions on coal could have an important impact on two key issues that divided Group of 20 rich nations in talks last week, according to Chinese observers.G20 energy and environment ministers agreed to accelerate the transition to clean ...

A boat carrying African migrants capsized off Libya’s coast, leaving at least 57 people presumed dead, a United Nations migration official said. Monday’s disaster was the latest in the Mediterranean Sea involving migrants seeking a better life in...

Chinese companies listed on US stock exchanges must disclose the risks of the Chinese government interfering in their businesses as part of their regular reporting obligations, a top US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official said on Monday...

Offshore investors, stunned by the extent of China’s punitive regulatory onslaught, are fleeing the mainland markets at their fastest clip in a year. There was also no song and dance for a technology gauge on its first anniversary in Hong Kong.They...

Canada has succeeded at the second time of asking to establish a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel to look into China’s restrictions placed on its canola seed exports, which have been in effect for over two years.China suspended imports of canol...

Hong Kong’s High Court will hand down a verdict in the city’s first trial over national security law offences on Tuesday afternoon, shedding light on how the judicial system will handle prosecutions under the controversial legislation.But the ext...

A Chinese Olympic athlete who did not make the air-rifle final was abused online before Chinese censors intervened and suspended 33 accounts. The woman air-rifle contestant, Wang Luyao, placed 16th in the 10-metre air-rifle qualifying round, a disap...

When fully vaccinated Cambodian boxing star Eh Phouthong came down with Covid-19 two weeks ago, he needed a continuous supply of oxygen and used a new tank almost every hour for the first 24 hours, according to his wife, Taing Somaly.But the 46-year-...

Mary Simon, who on Monday became the first indigenous person to be named governor general of Canada, has fought to preserve her people’s way of life, opposing oil drilling in the Arctic, supporting seal hunting and defending Inuit culture.As Canada...

This is the second in a series of stories on China’s job market, looking at its history, the role of migrant workers, inequality and the future for its graduates entering the workforce.As former executive Tony Dong Bin started his first job in 1997...

Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to US$2 billion in Nasa costs if the US space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the ...

The United States on Monday voiced alarm over the Tunisian president’s sacking of the government and urged the birthplace of the Arab spring not to give up its nascent democracy.“Tunisia must not squander its democratic gains. The United States w...

About 1,000 Hungarians protested on Monday over allegations that the government used Israeli-made Pegasus spyware for illegal surveillance of public figures in Hungary, drawing comparisons with the country’s communist past.Protesters gathered at th...

A media spotlight has been trained on Meng Wanzhou’s fight in Vancouver to avoid a US trial for more than two years, but another international extradition battle involving a once high-profile business figure has been quietly playing out in the same...

China is developing a unique laser device for hypersonic military aircraft and missiles to fly faster and further, according to scientists involved in the project.When travelling at hypersonic speed – five times the speed of sound, or beyond – pl...

US President Joe Biden declared US relations with Iraq would enter a new phase with American troops exiting combat operations in the country by year-end as he held talks with Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.Amid the threat of an Islamic State (Isis...

Former US President Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Thomas Barrack pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of illegal lobbying for the United Arab Emirates, putting the case on course for a possible trial.Barrack entered his plea to seven criminal ...

The United Nations has decided to let world leaders attend their annual gathering at the UN General Assembly in September in person – or deliver pre-recorded speeches if Covid-19 restrictions prevent them from travelling.General Assembly President ...

The quintessential French pate delicacy of foie gras cannot be called as such if it is grown in a laboratory, an association said on Monday, after a start-up launched a high-profile bid to grow the food from duck cells.Gourmey, a Paris-based venture,...

Britain and France on Monday signed a new security deal aimed at protecting the public in the event of a terror attack in the Channel against a large vessel such as a passenger ferry, the British government said.The UK-France Maritime Security Treaty...

In rare high-level talks on Monday, Chinese and American officials laid out each of their grievances in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin but agreed on the need to keep talking.US deputy secretary of state Wendy Sherman’s much-anticipated visit ...

Chinese merchants locked out of selling on Amazon are weighing their legal options and looking to Beijing for help after the world’s largest e-commerce platform shut down more than 50,000 stores from the country over banned practices such as commis...

Top Hong Kong scientists have urged the city to work closer with Shenzhen in biotechnological research and train more talent so as to develop the two major metropolises into a high-technology hub.Professor Tsui Lap-chee and Professor John Kao Weiyuan...

China has issued an emergency order telling local officials to better prepare for disasters in extreme weather. The move follows last week’s catastrophic floods in Henan province which killed at least 69 people.The National Development and Reform C...

Iraq has recorded 12,180 Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday, the highest number detected in a single day so far in the pandemic.More than 1.5 million people have now tested positive and 18,347 have official...

China reported 76 new coronavirus cases on Monday, the highest daily rise since January, including 40 domestic transmissions prompting authorities to test millions in eastern Jiangsu province.Beijing has a zero-risk approach to the virus, which was f...

Hong Kong trade rebounded sharply over the first half of 2021 to record a new high, fuelled by business with mainland China, but the global surge of Covid-19 infections involving mutant strains threatens to stall the recovery with other markets.Total...

China has urged domestic businesses to boost overseas investment in emerging sectors like artificial intelligence and 5G, while slashing restrictions on imported technology as it seeks to gain an advantage in its tech war with the United States.Beiji...