Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor will return to work on Monday after fracturing her elbow in a fall at her official residence last week.Lam said in a post on her official Facebook page on Sunday that she would resume her duties as chief ex...

China is still on track to meet its 2025 goal of peak coal consumption even after missing emissions targets in the first half of 2021 and policy missteps that resulted in a severe power supply crunch, according to analysts.But the power crisis may in...

Hong Kong’s financial secretary warned on Sunday that the recovery in the jobs market was slowing as he called for a more people-centric focus on economic development to spread the benefits of growth across a wider cross-section of the population.P...

Mass-participation sporting events returned to Hong Kong after a hiatus of more than 18 months with the running of the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on Sunday, though the race was marred by injuries and accusations of political censorship.The...

The crew was setting up a difficult shot during filming on the New Mexico set of Rust, and the movie’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, wasn’t quite satisfied.She turned to Lane Luper, a member of the camera crew, who suggested some adjustments ...

Do you know the cost of love? True love’s cost may be immeasurable, but the cost of romance scams totalled at least US$304 million in 2020.And that is just the tip of the iceberg, says the Federal Trade Commission, because many victims of romance s...

A senior US diplomat on Sunday urged North Korea to refrain from additional missile tests and resume nuclear diplomacy between the countries, days after the North fired-off its first underwater-launched ballistic missile in two years.Sung Kim, the to...

A former WWF Singapore employee who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after allegedly being bullied by her old boss has spoken out against the global conservation body, which she says rejected her request for compensation to cover med...

China recorded 26 new community cases of Covid-19 across seven regions and provinces on Saturday, as infections linked to tourism across the north grew, testing the country’s health defences as winter approaches.New local cases were reported on Sat...

Indian celebrities from the world of Bollywood and cricket are increasingly launching digital memorabilia through non-fungible tokens (NFT), hoping to rake in thousands of dollars by cashing in on growing interest in such assets.NFTs are a type of di...

Some 100 men sporting beards and moustaches took part in a contest in Germany on Saturday to find out who had the best whiskers.The competitors came from the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Israel as well as Germany to compete in at the ...

Visitors to a retirees’ social club in a Kwun Tong public housing estate are greeted by Tung Zai, the voice-activated robot receptionist.They can ask a question in Cantonese about the day’s activities at the centre by pressing a button on its he...

“Lying flat” is a movement about doing nothing. And that makes it about everything.For months, the chatter surrounding lying flat, or tang ping, has permeated Chinese society, sowed discourse and become ubiquitous enough to finally warrant a publ...

A number of Chinese scientists have called for publication in Chinese of research from the Chang’e 5 mission after papers on lunar samples were published in English overseas.Lu Hongbo, a retired professor of geology with the China University of Pet...

Eleven Pablo Picasso paintings and other works that helped turn the US city of Las Vegas into an unlikely destination for art were sold at auction for more than US$100 million.The Sotheby’s auction was held at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas, where...

Days after finance ministers of the G20 nations agreed to push for smoother trade flows by not letting countries erect unnecessary trade barriers, India is already taking its first steps.New Delhi is setting up a series of free-trade deals in a new-f...

A leading environmental group is concerned that plans for a wetland conservation belt in Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis blueprint have potential downsides that might affect the habitat of migratory birds and protected areas that are privately owne...

COSCO Shipping occupies a prime waterfront location in Germany’s Hamburg. The Chinese marine transportation giant’s European headquarters sit between a historic red-brick warehouse complex and the glass and steel of the redeveloped harbour area. ...

Business traveller Jay* arrived in Hong Kong worrying about what he would eat during his 14-day quarantine, as he has epilepsy and is allergic to nuts.The Singaporean’s worst fears came true on October 4, two days after he checked into the Grand Ci...

Zhu Genghui is new to online shopping but she has taken to it like someone a third of her age.In between taking care of her grandchildren and square dancing in the park, the 67-year-old spends an average of three hours a day on her phone looking for ...

Tokyo is on the brink of agreeing that Australian troops convicted of serious crimes while in Japan for training will not face the death penalty, according to Japanese media reports. Such a decision would remove a final sticking point in negotiation...

Colombian security forces have captured the country’s most-wanted drug trafficker, a rural warlord who stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right.President Iván...

You are a soon-to-be parent in Hong Kong thinking of hiring a migrant domestic worker through an employment agency. But there are thousands of options and you need to decide how to go about it. This is the premise of “the Hiring Challenge”, an im...

British finance minister Rishi Sunak plans a £5 billion (US$6.9 billion) programme to fund health research and £3 billion (US$4.1 billion) of extra funding for further education in next week’s budget, finance ministry officials said late on Satur...

The PLA air force’s frequent flights towards Taiwan focus on the southwest of the self-ruled island’s air defence identification zone because of air control commitments and the geography of Taiwan’s central mountain range.A record number of PLA...

A Republican Oklahoma state senator is drawing criticism for referring to Asian-Americans as “yellow families” during a legislative committee meeting on racial inequity.Senator Dave Rader of Tulsa made the comment on Wednesday to Oklahoma Policy ...

Candlelight vigils have been planned this weekend for Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was shot and killed on Thursday, after actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot her with a prop gun that a crew member had assured him was safe.“Let’s gather to...

Former Italian interior minister Matteo Salvini appeared in court on Saturday in the Sicilian capital Palermo for the opening hearing in the trial over his 2019 role in preventing the Open Arms migrant rescue ship from docking at an Italian port.The ...

It would be a better world if nations tackled the potential devastation of climate change the way they averted nuclear war over half a century ago – as if their very existence depended on it.Back then, it was known as mutually assured destruction, ...

Chanting “shame” and “no one is illegal”, Polish mothers rallied near the border with Belarus on Saturday to protest against pushbacks of children and other migrants trying to cross into the European Union.“We can’t stand idly by when chi...

Ecuador’s SNAI prison authority has found the bodies of seven prisoners in the same jail where violence between gangs resulted in the deaths of 119 inmates last month, it said on Saturday.The seven bodies were found in the Penitenciaria del Litoral...

Bulgaria said on Saturday it was days away from sending coronavirus patients abroad as a vicious fourth wave overwhelms its health system and forces neighbouring Romania to ramp up restrictions.Health Minister Stoycho Katsarov told the Nova TV channe...

The US military said late on Friday it had killed a senior al-Qaeda member in an air strike in Syria.There were no indications of civilian casualties from the drone strike, the US military command centre CENTCOM said in a statement.An MQ-9 drone wa...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries including Germany and the United States who appealed for the release of a jailed civil society leader.The envoys issued a highly unu...

China is lobbying neighbours in Southeast Asia to reject a US-led three-way security pact that will allow Australia to field nuclear-powered submarines, but it may prove a tough task, regional observers said.During separate phone calls with counterpa...

Donald Trump’s sagging fortune is suddenly poised to get a massive boost from meme-stock mania. News earlier this week that the former US president’s nascent media enterprise, Trump Media & Technology Group, is planning to go public via a specia...

Two months after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan, Russia is bolstering its military positions in neighbouring Central Asia.But Moscow’s build-up in the region has also had ramifications for the United States and China, the two other great...

China’s legislature will enact a property tax in selected regions across the country, rolling out the pilot plan as part of a wider “common prosperity” programme to enhance housing affordability and tame runaway prices.The State Council, as the...

Hong Kong’s move to mandate the use of its Covid-19 contact-tracing app at government buildings amounts to differential treatment, the city’s equality watchdog chief has warned, urging staff to rely on “common sense” in certain circumstances....

A 30-year-old Hong Kong man who set off on a hike has been missing for four days, sparking a joint search operation in the Fanling countryside.Police confirmed on Saturday evening that a report was made earlier this week, centred on Yip Wan-fuk, who ...

Hong Kong’s Legislative Council election is barely two months away, but there are few signs of campaigning anywhere in the city.There has been little speculation over candidates or where they might contest and no banners, posters, or politicians wi...

China’s largest civilian patrol boat entered service on Saturday, with the state broadcaster CCTV reporting that it would be used to deliver strategic resources and help protect the country’s maritime claims.The Haixun 09, or “sea patrol”, wa...

Russia on Saturday reported a record 1,075 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours as the country of 146 million – only about one-third of whom are vaccinated – braces for nationwide curbs from next week.According to fresh government figures, the country als...

Senior Beijing officials have hailed Hong Kong’s leader as an example of “women’s strength and heroism” in how she handled the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2019 social unrest, but cited the gender gap in the local workforce as an area for improv...

China reported 38 new domestically transmitted Covid-19 cases for Friday, the highest daily total since the outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant last month.The latest infections, including one asymptomatic case, were mainly concentrated...

Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has rolled out a raft of new features as part of a digital revamp, upgrading its groceries price tracker to make it easier to compare products while adding real-time data to its app for motorists seeking cheaper fuel.T...

More than 20 major Shenzhen-based companies, including video gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings and telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co, on Friday vowed to bolster user data safeguards ahead of the roll-out of China�...

Hong Kong’s weekend home sales were mixed, with buyers piling in after new launches and the smallest flats that require less upfront payments, giving their collective cold shoulder to unsold projects left over from last year.Centralcon Properties s...

Singapore will require all workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or get tested regularly to enter the workplace starting next year, officials said on Saturday as they cited the risk posed by unvaccinated residents despite the country’s high ino...

A mix-and-match strategy for Covid-19 booster shots could help raise immunity in the vaccinated population, but state regulators would need more scientific data before they could approve such an approach, one of China’s top epidemiologists has said...