An attempted coup in Sudan “failed” early Tuesday, state media reported, without identifying the plotters.“There has been a failed coup attempt, the people should confront it,” state media reported, without elaborating.A top government source...

The Beizhong International Travel Agency in the eastern city of Tianjin has had only one customer since coronavirus outbreaks that began in July prompted Chinese leaders to renew city lockdowns and travel controls.Most of China is virus-free but the ...

Hong Kong’s leader said on Tuesday she was sorry for the “serious” delays to vote counting in the city’s first poll since Beijing overhauled the electoral system, and pledged to prevent the same problems from afflicting the Legislative Counci...

Gathering momentum for a meeting of Hong Kong and mainland Chinese medical experts represents a “very good sign” for the eventual reopening of quarantine-free travel across the border, the city’s leader has said.Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng...

The Philippines is backing a new defence partnership between the United States, Britain and Australia, hoping it can maintain the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region, a view that contrasts sharply with some of its neighbours.Known as Aukus, t...

Hundreds of Hongkongers queued in sweltering temperatures on Tuesday to be among the first to try out the city’s new water park, which officially opened to the public after a four-year delay.Wearing swimsuits and flip-flops, about 100 people were w...

For people who love dinosaurs, one of the most fun facts to tell ourselves is that the beautiful beasts that once roamed earth never completely went away; we just call them birds.While that statement lacks any degree of subtlety, it is supported by a...

In the faces of Afghans desperate to leave their country after US forces withdrew, Thuy Do sees her own family, decades earlier and thousands of miles away.A 39-year-old doctor in Seattle, Washington, Do remembers hearing from her parents how they so...

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing denied a Reuters report that its co-founder and president Jean Liu was on her way out and threatened legal action to fight the “malicious” spreading of rumours.Reuters reported on Monday that Liu told close...

Hong Kong’s leader has said developers have been more cooperative with the government lately in trying to boost housing supply, but steered clear of directly commenting on a report claiming Beijing was piling pressure on the city’s property tycoo...

Weeks before the World Bank scrapped its flagship Doing Business rankings following a damning independent probe, a group of external advisers recommended an overhaul of the rankings to limit countries’ efforts to “manipulate their scores”.An 84...

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore are tackling food waste by turning discarded durian husks into antibacterial gel bandages.The process extracts cellulose powder from the husks after they are sliced and freeze-dried, then mi...

As a train whizzed through a residential building at Liziba Metro Station in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing last week, local tour guide Xiong was there to live-stream the awe-inspiring engineering feat as part of a virtual tour on Douyin,...

Russia’s internet regulator is poised to significantly raise the fines it has slapped on US technology companies such as Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc as the Kremlin escalates its push to curb access to information online. Companies that refuse to...

Three of Hong Kong’s government-backed borrowing schemes will be extended by six months in a bid to ease the continuing burden on individuals and companies created by the Covid-19 pandemic, the city’s leader has revealed.Chief Executive Carrie La...

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will form a new government after securing the most seats in Monday’s election, but he failed in his gamble that his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic would see him rewarded with a coveted majority.Instead, T...

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Yap Lay Hong, who last year made world headlines as one of oldest coronavirus survivors anywhere, has died at the age of 103, her Singapore nursing home said.“It is with mixed emotions to share that someone who inspired us all has passed on,” the...

[Sponsored Article] First-year undergraduates arriving at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have already heard about the state-of-the-art facilities, high academic standards and vibrant on-campus community.  But as they se...

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a series of deadly roadside bombs targeting Taliban fighters in eastern Afghanistan, raising the spectre of wider conflict between the country’s new Taliban rulers and their long-time rivals.A string of ...

Hopes that China’s Fujian province had turned the corner of its Covid-19 outbreak were put on hold on Tuesday, with a surge of 42 new cases in the midst of Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations, bringing the total to 408, including three asymptomatic ca...

US President Joe Biden’s administration is warning of a “economic catastrophe” if the US Congress fails to increase the nation’s borrowing limit.But Republicans have vowed to withhold support for raising the debt ceiling – forcing Democrats...

China appealed a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute ruling that rejected the nation’s claims against the United States relating to safeguard measures that the Trump administration imposed on solar panels imported from Chinese manufacturers.Earl...

China’s ageing population problem continues to cause concern, with new census figures revealing 14 per cent of the population in 149 cities are aged 65 and over.This month state media outlet China Business News released data it had compiled from th...

Hong Kong’s property tycoon Joseph Lau Luen-hung is one of the closest business allies of the Chinese real estate magnate Hui Ka-yan, in a friendship and alliance forged through weekly card games going back more than a decade.Lau and his family-con...

All candidates at Hong Kong’s Election Committee poll on Sunday had to be vetted to ensure they were “patriots” before they could run, but to voters, there appeared to be some deemed more patriotic than others.The criterion, followed by a relia...

A disbarred lawyer from Arkansas has sued a Texas doctor under the state’s new law prohibiting most abortions, saying he wants to test the constitutionality of the sweeping ban – and collect US$10,000 allowed under the law.Dr Alan Braid, a long-t...

The White House on Monday criticised the use of horse reins to threaten Haitian migrants after images circulated of a US border guard on horseback charging at the migrants near a riverside camp in Texas.The mostly Haitian migrants have in recent days...

Since the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines, a crucial but largely unspoken question has loomed large for countries looking towards returning to pre-pandemic life: how much sickness and death will occur even after nearly everybody has been jabbed?Possible...

Since China approved its first two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use slightly over a year ago, it has quickly scaled up its production to become the world’s largest exporter of vaccine doses against the disease.In addition to fully vaccinating mo...

Lenovo Group, the world’s top personal computer maker, is trying to remake itself by venturing into software and services as margins on hardware have become razor thin, the head of the group’s Solutions & Services Group (SSG) said.Ken Wong, presi...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ate pizza on the pavement in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly, likely because he does not meet the city’s Covid-19 vaccine requirements for indoor dining.The Big Apple currently requires anyone wanting to...

In a speech to the United Nations on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden will emphasise that America is focused on issues that signal its return to the global stage and that effectively counter China, senior officials say, now that it can shift gears aft...

FBI agents and police on Monday swarmed the home of the boyfriend wanted for questioning in the disappearance of 22-year-old Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, whose body was apparently discovered over the weekend at a Wyoming national park months after t...

Stocks on Wall Street closed sharply lower on Monday, mirroring losses overseas and handing the S&P 500 index its biggest drop in four months.Worries about debt-engorged Chinese property developers – and the damage they could do to investors worldw...

Pfizer Inc. and partner BioNTech SE said their Covid-19 vaccine was safe and produced strong antibody responses in children ages five to 11 in a large-scale trial, findings that could pave the way to begin vaccinating grade-school kids within months....

The Chinese state leader overseeing Hong Kong affairs and the creation of the Greater Bay Area has urged closer cooperation between the city and neighbouring Shenzhen in developing legal services, Xinhua has reported.Vice-Premier Han Zheng made the r...

It wasn’t exactly the screaming audience BTS is accustomed to, but the South Korean pop sensations had another sort of world stage on Monday as they addressed the United Nations.The seven-member boy band, clad in subdued dark suits, said they hoped...

Guangzhou R&F Properties’ services unit has decided to sell three assets that form that core of a potential Hong Kong stock offer to a competitor for cash, seeking a bailout as the Chinese central bank’s crackdown on debt ceilings since August 20...

From document delivery and cross-checking of ballots to paper jams in vote-counting machines – whatever could go wrong in Hong Kong’s first poll under the Beijing-decreed electoral overhaul went wrong, leading to a 14-hour wait for the results.It...

China is considering buying three dozen Russian naval attack helicopters, a purchase that would “give wings” to the Chinese military’s new generation of amphibious assault ships.Military analysts said the deal for the Russian Ka-52Ks would be t...

China is unlikely to be accepted into a Pacific Rim trade deal in the short term, but its application seeks to position it as embracing cooperation and opening up, analysts said.Beijing’s attempt to join the 11-country Comprehensive and Progressive...

The United States in November will reopen to air travellers from China, India, Britain and many other European countries who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the White House said on Monday, rolling back tough pandemic-related travel restriction...

More than 106 million travellers to Thailand had their personal details exposed online in August, a cybersecurity research firm that discovered the data said on Monday, but the leak was quickly plugged by authorities.The Southeast Asian nation is a p...

Malaysia has welcomed China’s bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) free-trade pact, which groups Malaysia and 10 other countries, the official news agency Bernama has reported.The Malaysian Ministry of Int...

First-year students at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University (PolyU) will learn about the Beijing-imposed national security law and the history of the “humiliation” of China as part of a compulsory course on leadership qualities, according to seni...

Hong Kong’s first election under a Beijing-decreed political overhaul may have ensured only “patriots” will hold office, but that does not mean certain “lazy” pro-establishment winners have done enough to engage with the public when it come...

Britain’s Princess Beatrice, Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter, has given birth to a baby girl, her first child with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Buckingham Palace announced on Monday.The baby, who weighed 2.78 kilograms (6 pounds and 2 ounces), ...

Australia’s acquisition of at least eight nuclear-powered submarines as part of a new, trilateral defence pact with the United States and Britain has prompted soul-searching in New Delhi about how India should react.New Delhi has not officially res...

Paul Rusesabagina, the “Hotel Rwanda” hero who became a fierce government critic, was found guilty on Monday on terror charges after what his supporters say was a politically motivated show trial.He was convicted of backing a rebel group blamed f...