Reopening the Hong Kong-mainland China border will require at least four to five months of talks between both sides, a Covid-19 adviser to the city government has said.The estimate was based on Macau’s experience of reviving travel with the mainlan...

During her many trips to China as German chancellor, Angela Merkel frequently took the time to meet liberals and hear voices critical of Beijing.He Weifang, a law professor at Peking University, was at one of those meetings, back in 2010.“She liste...

A century-old building originally used as a laundry by Chinese workers at Yosemite’s iconic Wawona Hotel has been restored and turned into a visitor’s attraction, recognising Chinese Americans’ contributions to the early history of the famed US...

With his claims of supernatural powers and an IQ of 430, abnormally white skin and a perfectly coiffured hairdo that belies his 71 years, Heo Kyung-young is a natural target for internet memes.Some of the most popular show him levitating (one of his ...

When Li Guangman, a little-known blogger in China, declared “a profound revolution” was under way against China’s big businesses, many in the country were reminded of the worst nightmares from the Mao Zedong era.Li used warlike language against...

Four people were wounded and police were shot at on Saturday in a new clash between prisoners at the Ecuadorean prison where 118 people were killed just days earlier in the country’s deadliest inmate riot.Police commander Tannya Varela said there w...

Mainland China sent a record number of warplanes into Taiwan’s air defence zone for two consecutive days, as the US reiterated its commitment to helping the island increase its capability to counter any invasion.A record 39 People’s Liberation Ar...

Hong Kong’s sole delegate to China’s top legislative body has urged the government to revive and complete a long-shelved piece of local legislation on safeguarding national security before its current term expires in June, even though the city’...

New Zealand’s Delta variant outbreak spread beyond the largest city of Auckland, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday to put additional regions into a snap lockdown.There were 32 new coronavirus cases on Sunday in Auckland, which has b...

Police in Bangladesh arrested three suspects believed to have links to an armed insurgent group among Rohingya refugees, as officials promised justice for the killers of a prominent Rohingya rights activist.“The killers will certainly be brought to...

The Chinese military was worried that the United States was trying to goad it into retaliating after a series of “provocations” in the final days of Donald Trump’s administration, a military source has said, before a senior American commander m...

When Indonesia was ravaged by a second wave of Covid-19 earlier this year, you would have expected the bulk of scrutiny to be on the Delta variant and its rapid spread across the country. However, public attention was divided between the collapsing h...

Elephants are keen to work with friends to get food until there is too little to share, according to a new study that highlighted some similarities with humans.The team, led by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that elephants deci...

Hong Kong’s exposure to the unfolding debt crisis at developer China Evergrande Group is “very minimal” – at 0.05 per cent, or HK$14 billion (US$1.79 billion), of local banking assets – and poses no threat to financial stability, according ...

When Manila mayor Isko Moreno announced on September 22 that he was running for president next year, he went out of his way to stress one thing: he did not belong to a political family.Moreno, 46, a former actor whose real name is Francisco Domagoso,...

China has revealed its first set of ethical guidelines governing artificial intelligence, placing emphasis on protecting user rights and preventing risks in ways that align with Beijing’s goals of reining in Big Tech’s influence and becoming the ...

Five years ago, Belal Hossain left his home in the low-lying region of Garuikhali, near the coastal mangroves of southern Bangladesh, to work as a builder in a construction company more than 2,000 miles (3,219km) away in Malaysia.The 29-year-old said...

Iran’s foreign minister said on Saturday that US officials tried to discuss restarting nuclear talks last month, but he insisted Washington must first release US$10 billion of Tehran’s frozen funds as a sign of good will.Iran has rejected direct ...

The world’s major economies must do more at the upcoming UN COP26 climate summit in Scotland to show they are serious about wanting to tackle global warming and heed the warnings of young activists, policymakers said on Saturday.COP26 President Alo...

Prospective Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida plans to dissolve the House of Representatives on October 14 and a general election is likely to be held November 7, government and ruling party sources said on Saturday.With the plan, campaigning for...

A Canadian jihadist who fought for Islamic State and narrated violent propaganda videos has been taken into custody by the United States and charged, the Justice Department said on Saturday.Mohammed Khalifa, 38 and born in Saudi Arabia, was captured ...

The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, the nearest planet to the Sun, the European Space Agency said on Saturday.The images were obtained almost three years after the unmanned mission vessel was launch...

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has issued a fresh warning to the road haulage industry that it cannot expect to rely on cheap immigrant labour in future.Speaking on the eve of the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Johnson said he...

Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets around the country on Saturday, once again calling for the ouster of unpopular President Jair Bolsonaro over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, among other issues.Large crowds gathered in Rio...

Georgians voted in municipal elections on Saturday, a day after the dramatic arrest of ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who called from custody for the country’s peaceful transition to a genuine democracy”.The detention on Friday of Georgia’s ...

A major fire on a tiny Honduran resort island burned out of control on Saturday, consuming homes and businesses and forcing hundreds of people to evacuate.“We cannot stop it. It is uncontrollable,” said Mireya Guillen, the deputy mayor of the isl...

Wearing pink hats and T-shirts and shouting “Hands off my body,” tens of thousands of women took to the streets across the United States on Saturday in protests aimed at countering a conservative drive to restrict access to abortions.In Washingto...

Authorities advised people to limit time outdoors in parts of La Palma on Saturday as the erupting volcano on the Spanish island spewed red-hot lava and thick clouds of black smoke.However emergency services lifted a stay-home order that had been in ...

Bitcoin has unleashed a wave of speculation in El Salvador since its adoption as legal tender last month. Uber drivers, waiters and shop owners are day-trading the cryptocurrency on their phones, buying dips and selling rallies with a government app...

A top official in the United Arab Emirates has sounded the alarm about escalating tensions between China and the United States, delivering one of the starkest regional warnings yet about competition between the two powers.“We’re all worried, very...

The European Union has pushed for a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping to ease the tension in their relationship, according to European diplomats. It could happen as early as this month, with Xi expected to speak to European Council President Ch...

China’s CanSino hopes to start distributing its Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil after signing a deal with a local company, although the country’s government has turned away from another widely used Chinese vaccine.Biomm, a listed Brazilian biopharm co...

The Chinese authorities have urged companies to better manage their foreign exchange exposure and adopt hedging tools amid concerns that cross-border capital flows and the yuan’s exchange rate could be tested as Washington prepares for monetary tig...

The People’s Liberation Army sent two waves of fighter jets into Taiwan’s air defence zone on Friday, in what analysts described as a possible test of its ability to wear down the island’s air force and send a clear warning to President Tsai In...

Hong Kong is in the process of securing the world’s first Covid-19 pill, which the manufacturers claim can cut hospitalisations and deaths by half.Sources told the Post that health authorities planned to buy hundreds of courses of the antiviral med...

Hong Kong’s cruises to nowhere have cast a lifeline to tourism and service industry workers who lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.Genting Cruise Lines, which runs the Genting Dream ship from the city, has about a dozen Hongkongers amo...

Fears are growing in Islamabad that the United States is targeting its plans to expand the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghanistan, as punishment for enabling the Taliban’s return to power in August.Pakistan’s efforts to “reset...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte yesterday said he was retiring from politics, a surprise move that fuelled speculation he was clearing the way for his daughter to run to ­succeed him, despite her filing for re-election as mayor.He made the anno...

Hong Kong should feel ashamed of the low Covid-19 vaccination rate among its elderly, a former public health controller has said in backing a new jabs scheme for care home residents, a programme another expert has argued will help ease their isolatio...

China’s new ambassador to the United States has called for further communication and dialogue to shorten what he called the “breaking-in period” between the two powers amid the sustained acrimony of the past few years.More efforts needed to be ...

Actor Daniel Craig will be honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, it has been announced.The James Bond star, 53, will be the latest entertainment figure to be immortalised on the Los Angeles tourist attraction.Craig's star – the 2,704t...

Taiwan’s new Kuomintang (KMT) leader Eric Chu Li-luan will have just one year to prove whether he has the ability to help steer the main opposition party back to power in 2024, analysts said.The 60-year-old former vice-premier and mayor beat his to...

Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée on Friday questioned US President Joe Biden’s commitment to hold the kingdom accountable three years after the writer’s brutal murder.Marking the anniversary, Hatice Cengiz travelled to Washington for ...

Hong Kong and China Gas (Towngas) will begin producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in small batches by the end of this year in a step towards meeting growing demand from airlines keen to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.Production will be done at ...

Hong Kong’s security chief has said authorities are determining whether members of the city’s disciplined services suspended last week for mocking the death of an inspector may also have broken criminal laws.Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping...

Buoyed by increasing public willingness to call out ‘chikan’, the gropers who prey on women on the nation’s famously crowded public transport system, Japanese police have launched a crackdown on another variety of sex pest – the growing numbe...

As Beijing’s Universal Studios opened to sell-out crowds last week, another global theme park franchise was preparing to make its China debut. Following in the footsteps of Universal and Shanghai Disney Resort, Legoland – in the southeastern tec...

Former Chinese justice minister Fu Zhenghua has been detained for an investigation into “serious violations” of party discipline, the Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog announced on Saturday.State media did not give details of the reaso...

The new security partnership to help Australia acquire its first fleet of nuclear-powered submarines will add risks of military conflicts in waters close to China including the disputed South China Sea, an expert warned.Australia will bolster its nav...

Former US president Donald Trump asked a federal judge to force Twitter to temporarily reinstate his account while he sues to permanently return to the social media network.Trump’s request for a preliminary injunction against Twitter was filed late...