The wife of Henry Cheng Kar-shun, Hong Kong’s third-richest man, has bought a flat on The Peak for HK$450 million (US$57.7 million), as the city’s most well-heeled residents continue to channel their capital into bricks and mortar to protect thei...

British police are investigating a video that is circulating on social media, purportedly of a man who is now in custody and being treated for mental health issues.The 19-year-old was arrested for trying to break into Windsor Castle where Queen Eliza...

Indonesian authorities said on Wednesday they will push a boat containing 120 Rohingya Muslims back to international waters despite calls from the United Nations refugee agency to allow the passengers to disembark after being adrift for days off the ...

China will set up buffer zones in border cities as part of its latest moves to battle imported cases of Covid-19 while protecting the economy.The policy comes as China works to snuff out sporadic outbreaks in different parts of the country. Clusters ...

Mainland China will take “drastic measures” if Taiwan makes moves towards independence, a Beijing official warned on Wednesday, adding that Taiwan’s provocations and outside meddling could intensify next year.Beijing claims democratically gover...

Foxconn Technology Group pledged to revamp its management and operations in India after a labour protest forced the shutdown of a key smartphone plant in southern India.Foxconn, which makes phones for the likes of Apple Inc. and Xiaomi Corp., apologi...

Hong Kong’s reputation as a global air freight hub is at risk after a recent tightening of cargo aircrew quarantine requirements, logistics industry leaders have warned, while a government coronavirus adviser has insisted they do not go far enough....

In February, with the images of the violent insurrection in Washington still fresh in the minds of Americans, newly confirmed Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin took the unprecedented step of signing a memo directing commanding officers across the milita...

South Korean presidential hopeful Yoon Seok-youl on Tuesday blamed the government’s “pro-China” policies for fuelling negative sentiment among younger Koreans towards their East Asian neighbour.Yoon, a former prosecutor who has launched corrupt...

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Large chip-making facilities belonging to South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics have been affected in the Chinese city of Xian amid rigid local lockdown measures instituted to combat a fresh bout of Covid-19, as the government continues i...

Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat who rose from humble beginnings to lead the upper chamber during the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, has died aged 82.“I am heartbroken to announce the passing of my hu...

Hospitalisations from coronavirus in Australia’s most-populous state have reached the highest level since mid-October, as a surge in Omicron cases throughout most of the nation puts pressure on its health system – prompting Prime Minister Scott M...

Ceylon tea, biscuits, wine and other Sri Lankan products adorned a booth at the Chinese International Import Expo in November, as Palitha Kohona did his best to sell his country’s exports to more than 300,000 viewers on his live-streaming debut.The...

The risk posed by the Omicron variant is still “very high”, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, after Covid-19 case numbers shot up by 11 per cent globally last week – though lower rates of hospitalisation associated with the highl...

Swedish furniture giant Ikea, which is helping create better homes for underprivileged Hongkongers through an annual charity drive for the third straight year, has added another good cause to its plate: recycling used items to reduce waste.Last year,...

Hugh Jackman has Covid-19, he announced on social media. The actor was fully vaccinated and got his booster shot at the beginning of December.“I just wanted you to hear from me that I tested positive this morning for Covid,” said the star of Broa...

Malaysian elder statesman Mahathir Mohamad’s rivalry with his protégé-turned-enemy Najib Razak might have some legs yet in 2022, going by revelations in his recently released book about the country’s past two years of political turmoil.Mahathir...

A man in China who was severely injured while attempting to stop a violent rampage at the end of May has yet to recover fully and must wear a fecal bag to manage his uncontrollable bowel movements.Qiu Shaochun was dubbed an “everyday hero” for hi...

Hong Kong online news platform Stand News dismissed all its staff and shut down on Wednesday after national security police arrested seven people for publishing seditious material and froze HK$61 million (US$7.8 million) of its assets.The outlet is t...

What does 2022 hold in store for Asia? Seven commentators give their take on everything from the ongoing great power rivalry between the United States and China, to climate concerns, inflation worries and, inevitably, the pandemic.Rinse and repeat?20...

Hongkongers’ already lengthy wait for the resumption of quarantine-free cross-border travel is set to get a little longer, a source has said, with Beijing reluctant to give the green light amid Covid-19 outbreaks at home and the spread of the highl...

On the three-year anniversary of Paul Whelan’s detention in Russia, US politicians and relatives of the Novi resident reiterated their pleas for his freedom.The 51-year-old former security executive has been in custody in Russia since his arrest at...

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo won’t face criminal charges stemming from allegations from two women – including a state trooper – that he planted unwanted kisses on their cheeks, a suburban prosecutor said on Tuesday. It is the latest in...

A total of 116 cities in the northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia were in a state of emergency because of flooding on Tuesday due to heavy rains that have been pounding the region since the end of November.Cities in at least five other states in Bra...

New findings from South Africa suggest that the Omicron coronavirus variant could muscle out its highly transmissible predecessor Delta for good, according to researchers studying how the body’s immune system responds to the two variants.Their data...

Britain’s Prince Andrew says a US lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault may need to be thrown out because the alleged victim probably lives in Australia.In a filing on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court in New York, Andrew said a finding that Virg...

China will set up a research base on the moon by around 2027, eight years earlier than previously scheduled.That is according to Chinese space authorities, who told state media about the new completion target for the unmanned lunar station, which is ...

The judge presiding over Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial warned the courtroom on Tuesday that the swell of coronavirus cases in New York could end up disrupting the trial.“We are seeing an astronomical spike in the number of Covid-positive cases in New...

Video released on Monday showed Los Angeles police firing at a man suspected of assaulting customers last week at a clothing shop, a shooting that also killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a dressing room who was struck by a bullet that went through a...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned the Myanmar military’s killing of dozens of civilians on Christmas Eve, calling for an end to arms sales to the country’s ruling junta and urging a global response to its “atrocities”.The Fri...

Britain reported a record 129,471 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not bring in new restrictions this year to limit the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.Johnson sa...

Researchers have used digital technology to take the first accurate look inside the mummy of King Amenhotep I which has remained unwrapped in modern times, according to a study published on Tuesday.The scans revealed details about the appearance and ...

The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown and his ex-wife have agree to settle a lawsuit in which she alleged he led a secret life during their marriage that included several affairs.The couple agreed to voluntary dismiss the lawsuit and “any and all clai...

The body of South Africa’s revered anti-apartheid fighter Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on December 26 aged 90, will lie in state for two days ahead of his funeral on New Year’s Day, his foundations said on Tuesday.The lying in state was init...

The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol has agreed to defer its request for hundreds of pages of records from the Donald Trump administration, bending to the wishes of the Joe Biden White House.The deferral is in r...

An Israeli fast-food restaurant is serving up a veggie steak made and cooked by a robot that tailors ingredients and cooking time to customer tastes.“It’s the first time that a machine is making a personalised hamburger by itself,” said Racheli...

A pro-Beijing group in Hong Kong will convert a vacant school into a national education centre to showcase teaching models based on patriotism and train students in flag-raising etiquette.Wong Kam-leung, chairman of the 37,000-strong Hong Kong Federa...

Russia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that one of the country’s oldest and most prominent human rights organisations should be shut down, a move that stirred up public outrage and is the latest step in a months-long crackdown on rights activist...

Weeks after a summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin yielded 28 agreements including military deals, Russia and India have exchanged a white paper on ways to step up their defence cooperation in Central Asia.The docu...

A long-established child protection group in Hong Kong under which at least 18 children were believed to have been abused has suspended four more staff members suspected to be involved in the case.The Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children,...

Infection with the Omicron coronavirus variant can also strengthen immunity against the earlier Delta strain, reducing the risk of severe disease, according to a paper released by South African scientists.While Omicron has been shown to be highly tra...

Tencent Holdings is giving short video content a more prominent position in its super app WeChat, as the Chinese social media and video gaming giant escalates its battle against TikTok owner ByteDance.In a fresh tweak, WeChat now displays short video...

China’s foreign ministry has urged the United States to prevent its satellites approaching the Chinese space station Tiangong again, following two close encounters.“The United States should take immediate measures to prevent the recurrence of suc...

Wang Lingyun, mother of exiled Tiananmen Square student leader Wang Dan, has died in Beijing aged 86.In an obituary posted on “Wang Dan’s Page” on Facebook on Tuesday, the veteran dissident recalled how his mother was locked up for over 50 days...

More than a week before Hong Kong’s Legislative Council election under a Beijing-imposed overhaul was held on December 19, the State Council’s white paper on the city’s democratic development was completed and ready to be released at any time. ...

New Year’s Eve revellers entering Hong Kong’s arts hub in West Kowloon could be barred from the district if crowds without tickets grow too large outside the Mirror-headlined countdown concert, organisers said.About 3,000 people selected in a luc...

Hong Kong customs on Tuesday arrested a pair of siblings accused of laundering HK$384 million (US$49.2 million) through various means, including by using cryptocurrency pegged to the US dollar.The sister-and-brother duo, aged 28 and 21 respectively, ...

Xinjiang’s new Communist Party secretary Ma Xingrui called for efforts to modernise the region’s supply chains and improve the international business environment, as he made his first tour of the capital, Urumqi, on Monday.His remarks came after ...

Mergers and acquisitions activity involving Hong Kong companies hit the highest level in four years as deal-making received a boost from start-ups going public by merging with blank-cheque companies.Some 1,529 deals worth a combined US$182.79 billion...