China’s navy has embarked on a series of military exercises in its waters this week, saying it is prepared for any kind of provocation during the Winter Olympics.Defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian said on Thursday that China would ensure the Games ...

Britain warned big business on Friday to bolster defences against possible Russian cyberattacks as Western fears deepened that President Vladimir Putin would order his troops to annex another part of Ukraine.The United States, the European Union and ...

Hong Kong’s economy grew 6.4 per cent last year but stringent social-distancing curbs amid the escalating fifth wave of the coronavirus posed a threat to the pace of recovery.The advance estimate by the Census and Statistics Department on Friday sh...

When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati closed its borders, ensuring the disease didn’t reach its shores for nearly two full years.Kiribati finally began reopening this month, allowing the C...

A health check of China’s economic and financial systems by a leading international organisation has revealed Beijing has admitted being concerned about external risks such as US monetary policy tightening and decoupling, but remains optimistic abo...

Claims that the WeChat account of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was hacked or shut down have been denied by the Chinese social media platform’s operator, which said the account’s ownership had been transferred.Australian lawmakers had ...

A single Chinese woman who had triplets using in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment has been heavily criticised – mainly by men – for “giving the children an incomplete family”.Li Xueke, a 33-year-old Shandong-based businesswoman in eastern ...

Hong Kong’s exam authorities will cancel the English-speaking assessment for the university entrance curriculum amid the Omicron outbreak, the Post has learned.The exam, part of the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), which determines entrance to...

One of Hong Kong’s best-known tour operators has decided to wind up after 50 years of business and amid the worsening Omicron outbreak, with an industry leader expecting the travel sector’s woes to continue for the rest of 2022 at least.Morning S...

President Xi Jinping has called for more efforts to develop “clean coal” technologies during a visit to Shanxi, China’s biggest coal-producing province, according to state media.“Our country is coal-rich but short on oil and gas. We should re...

Hongkongers may soon need to show proof of vaccination to enter crowded places such as shopping centres and use public transport as authorities weigh the policy to battle a fifth wave of coronavirus infections, with 115 new cases confirmed on Friday....

Cathay Pacific Airways will have hired back more than 180 local pilots by next month, with plans to bring on another “several hundred” over the coming year as resignations continue to sap the beleaguered carrier’s manpower.In a statement to the...

The Philippines will grant entry to visitors vaccinated against Covid-19 from February 10, its government said on Friday, in an effort to boost a tourism sector decimated by the pandemic.The archipelago nation of more than 7,000 islands had planned t...

A five-vehicle pile-up in Hong Kong’s northern New Territories left three people injured and one car reduced to scrap metal on Friday morning.The crash on Kam Tin Road in Pat Heung involved a motorbike, three cargo trucks and the car, which was cru...

The Lunar New Year is typically a festival of abundance and excess. But three years into the pandemic, food prices have risen across the globe thanks to a confluence of pandemic-induced supply chain constraints, bad weather that decimated crops and s...

Sweden’s health authority said that it would not recommend Covid-19 vaccinations for all children aged five to 11, the country again choosing a different coronavirus policy than much of Europe.The Scandinavian country, which controversially opted a...

Thousands of residents of a Hong Kong public housing block at Kwai Chung Estate breathed a sigh of relief on Friday morning as they finally emerged from an unprecedented seven-day lockdown marked by piles of rubbish, soaring coronavirus infections an...

A brief conversation between the US and Taiwanese vice-presidents at the inauguration of the new Honduran president is likely to add to Beijing’s tensions with Washington.US Vice-President Kamala Harris said she spoke to her Taiwanese counterpart W...

A 66-year-old man attacked three medical workers making a visit to his home near Tokyo on Thursday night, shooting at least one of them with what appeared to be a hunting gun and taking another of them hostage, police said, adding that the captive wa...

The United States and Germany warned Russia that a major gas pipeline was at stake if it invades Ukraine.A day after the United States and its allies formally responded to security demands issued by Russia, top officials in Moscow said their chief co...

China’s appetite for high-end foreign food is growing with imports of expensive pork cuts and other meats from Europe increasing last year and more multinational food companies investing in the world’s largest consumer market.In the first 10 mont...

Burkina Faso’s new military leader said he was going to bring security and order back to the conflict-ridden nation and unite the country, but warned that betrayal wouldn’t be tolerated by the new regime.Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Sandaogo Dam...

When the humble quick-service restaurant Swati Snacks in Mumbai recently began trending on Indian Twitter, the reason was simple: Asia’s second-richest man, Mukesh Ambani, had identified it as his favourite place to eat.The Indian billionaire, 64, ...

India is carrying out more warship patrols than ever before as concerns grow about the country’s ability to remain dominant in the Indian Ocean as China’s naval power quickly increases.The waters off India haven’t seen this many naval vessels t...

China’s crude oil imports could rebound by 6-7 per cent this year, reversing 2021’s rare decline as buyers step up purchases for new refining units and to replenish low inventories, analysts and oil company officials said.Robust demand from China...

As the Omicron variant of Covid-19 spreads across the globe, Hong Kong has joined many other regions and countries in imposing tough restrictions. In addition to containing local transmissions, the Hong Kong government has taken measures since the be...

North Korea conducted tests of an upgraded long-range cruise missile and a warhead of a tactical guided missile this week, as leader Kim Jong-un visited a munitions factory producing a “major weapon system,” state media KCNA said on Friday.Tensio...

As the Chinese government continues its crackdown on the gaming industry, hotels designed to facilitate esports have emerged as a burgeoning industry to help gamers scratch their itch.Dubbed “internet cafes with beds”, the hotels navigate a legal...

A Chinese state-run energy company says it has developed a technology that allows it to add ammonia to its coal-fired power units to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.China Energy Investment Corporation on Monday said it had for the first time burned 3...

Educators have warned that prolonged suspensions of in-person kindergarten classes due to the coronavirus pandemic over the past two years have undermined the development and self-care abilities of Hong Kong’s pupils, with some only learning basic ...

Wang Jianing never cares about the price tag when it comes to spending on her cat – a Russian blue named Doudou – and two dogs – a toy poodle and Maltese named Yomi and Neinei, respectively. Whether it is food, clothing, Italian-made shampoo, o...

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers wrote to President Joe Biden on Thursday, asking for details about how he will protect American athletes heading to the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics from possible punishment or arrest.Citing Chinese autho...

Stormy Daniels took her star turn in the witness box on Thursday at California lawyer Michael Avenatti’s trial, telling a jury she was “very, very angry” and felt “betrayed and stupid” when she was told that the lawyer she had teamed up wit...

Who would have thought two years ago that most of us would be familiar with the Greek alphabet? It seems not too long ago that Delta was the variant of concern in Covid-19 cases.Globally, Omicron has spread like wildfire, with the US reporting a reco...

Xiomara Castro was sworn in as Honduras’ first woman president in front of a cheering crowd including US Vice-President Kamala Harris, as her government faces tests over a sharply divided Congress, rising debt and relations with China.Castro’s in...

On the eve of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, an increasingly powerful China is drawing on hard-won lessons from hosting the 2008 Summer Games as it grapples with human rights protesters, diplomatic boycotts and pandemic challenges that threaten to...

Emerging reports show that two little-known drugs are making lethal new contributions to America’s drug overdose crisis.Para-fluorofentanyl and metonitazene are being seen more often by medical examiners looking into overdose deaths, according to a...

China’s new ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian may have extended an olive branch by expressing a willingness to repair strained relations between his country and Australia, but the jury is out on whether his appointment will be enough to turn things...

China’s economic planner intends to relax restrictions in Shenzhen’s aviation sector – a move that would help integrate the Greater Bay Area’s transport network, according to experts.As part of its latest series of reforms for the southern me...

Russia had no problem getting past Ukraine’s military forces when it orchestrated a bloodless takeover of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014.Russian President Vladimir Putin even boasted that not a single shot was fired during the assault.But Russian tr...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s tightening grip on power over the last decade has created a new form of corruption in his country’s government as officials compete to show their loyalty to him above all else, a congressional advisory body on US-China...

Chinese scientists say they have proved that a hypersonic weapon could use 6G technology for communication and target detection, solving some of the blackout problems that occur at five times the speed of sound or faster.The breakthrough has implicat...

The top US senators on the committee that oversees trade urged the Biden administration to fight back against nations including China and Russia after a new report found that their censorship actions hurt internet users and hinder American companies ...

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday voted to revoke the authorisation for China Unicom’s US unit to operate in the United States, citing national security concerns.The 4-0 vote to revoke the authority that had been granted in...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged closer ties and security cooperation with five Central Asian nations as he hosted their leaders at a virtual summit days after neighbour and rival China hosted a similar meeting.“Stronger cooperation betw...

Press freedom in Hong Kong is not an absolute right as national security obligations and public safety have to be taken into account, the police chief has warned.Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee’s remarks on Thursday came as he reviewed ...

The container shipping industry is bracing for further disruptions to global supply chains ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday and Beijing Winter Olympics, which are expected to lead to factory closures for an extended period in China.According to a ...

Calls are mounting for a scandal-hit children’s home in Hong Kong to be temporarily taken over by a third party, after an interim review into alleged abuse there found rough handling of toddlers had become “habitual”.Police have arrested and ch...

An aircraft from a company specialising in recoveries from oil spills arrived Thursday from Malaysia to join an urgent effort to clean up an oil slick before it could hit beaches in eastern Thailand, officials said.The C-130 joined other planes, ship...