A Taiwanese air force jet crashed into waters off the island’s east coast during a routine flight on Monday, the second crash of its kind in three months.Taiwan’s defence ministry said the pilot of the Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet ejected to safety ...

Russia’s finance ministry on Monday accused foreign countries of wanting to force Russia into an “artificial default” through unprecedented sanctions over Ukraine and said it would meet its debt obligations.“The freezing of foreign currency a...

Australia said it has begun joint legal action with the Netherlands against Russia at the International Civil Aviation Organisation over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 eight years ago.Russia was responsible under international law for t...

Police were called to a Hong Kong beach after a discarded sex doll wrapped in a plastic bag was mistaken for a human body on Monday.Officers from the patrol subunit of Chai Wan Police Station were sent to a refuse collection depot on Big Wave Bay Roa...

As thousands of would-be fighters from outside the country volunteer to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia’s invasion, some may also face legal consequences in their home countries.Citizens of Canada, Georgia, India, Japan, the United Kingdo...

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said he won’t be rushed into calling an early general election despite pressure from his own party following its resounding victory during local elections on Saturday.The United Malays National Organisat...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Nato that its member states would soon be attacked by Russian forces after an air strike hit a Ukrainian military base 25km (15 miles) from the Polish border.While western Ukraine has largely been spared ...

Thousands of city residents were jolted awake in the wee hours of Monday morning by a 4.1 magnitude earthquake that occurred near the coast of southeastern China, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.According to the Observatory’s preliminary ana...

The northeastern province Jilin has become the epicentre of the latest Covid-19 outbreak in mainland China, with the National Health Commission reporting 895 new local infections in the province, adding to the 1,412 cases a day earlier.The NHC said o...

Australian authorities on Monday warned the slow roll-out of Covid-19 vaccine booster shots could unleash a new wave of infections amid the threat from the highly contagious BA. 2 subvariant of the Omicron strain.Australia battled record cases and ho...

Hong Kong confirmed more than 26,900 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, while health experts warned they did not expect infections to decline any time soon.A total of 14,868 infections were logged through a new online government portal by residents using ...

Apple supplier Foxconn has suspended operations at factories in Shenzhen, without a specific timeline for resumption, after the city announced a lockdown to battle a surge of Omicron cases.The lockdown in Shenzhen, China’s tech hub, is the latest e...

Seventy-five medical workers from mainland China are slated to arrive in Hong Kong on Monday to begin lending a hand in the city’s battle against its fifth wave of coronavirus infections, with another 300 due to arrive later this week.City leader C...

Some Asian and Oceanian nations are ramping up weapons purchases as they become increasingly wary of China’s growing regional ambition, a report published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute showed on Monday.The report compared ...

Afghan embassies around the world that have refused to recognise the new Taliban regime are struggling to stay afloat and facing increasing pressure from Kabul to accept loyalist replacements.None of the country’s 60 or so ambassadors, consuls or h...

Hong Kong’s home prices could drop 10 per cent in the first half, as the city’s worsening Covid-19 outbreak caused the first three months to be a washout for property sales, forcing analysts to reverse their forecasts.Home prices may fall by 5 pe...

Europe saw the world’s biggest rise in arms imports in the past five years, a trend set to accelerate following recent rearmament commitments amid the threat posed by Russia, researchers said on Monday.While arms exports declined globally by 4.6 pe...

China will further cut interest rates to stabilise the economy, as shrinking China-US yield spreads will not change Beijing’s monetary policy loosening bias, the China Securities Journal reported on Monday, citing former central bank adviser Yu Yon...

The CEO of mining giant China Molybdenum was back in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last week to meet senior officials.Sun Ruiwen’s second trip to Kinshasa in less than three months came as China Moly’s copper and cobalt operation in ...

Louise “Liza” Araneta-Marcos, 62, has been at the receiving end of unexpected gifts ever since her husband, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jnr filed his presidential bid in October.“People are giving me outfits and shoes and we haven’t even ...

Atlassian Corp. co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes and iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest have committed more cash to a A$30 billion (US$21.9 billion) project to export solar power from Australia’s Northern Territory to Singapore via an undersea cable.Sun...

Doctors from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have developed a new procedure for early diagnosis of lung cancer, bringing new hope in the fight against the most common form of the killer disease in the city.The robotic-assisted bronchoscopy...

Like many global traders, Indian tea growers association boss M. P. Cherian is closely watching the humanitarian and economic fallout from Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine.Members of his United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI) a...

Protesters in the northern Corsican town of Bastia attacked public buildings and threw projectiles at police on Sunday in the latest demonstration over an attack on a jailed nationalist at a mainland French prison.A protest that gathered 7,000 people...

The South China Morning Post, a news organisation founded in Hong Kong in 1903, is releasing its first collection of non-fungible tokens (NFT), featuring newspaper archives from 1997, one of the most consequential years in the city’s history.The co...

American actor William Hurt, known for much-loved films such as The Big Chill and A History of Violence, has died at age 71.Hurt’s son, Will, said in a statement: “It is with great sadness that the Hurt family mourns the passing of William Hurt, ...

When Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke to his French and German counterparts to discuss Ukraine on Tuesday, the outcome was muted but at least it was positive.According to a Chinese statement about the call, Xi offered to continue to coordinate on t...

Dark Western The Power of the Dog scooped the top two honours at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, winning best film and director for Jane Campion, while sci-fi epic Dune picked up the most awards.New Zealand filmmaker Campion wrapped up a s...

Barack Obama has tested positive for a mild case of Covid-19, the former US president said on his Twitter account on Sunday.“I’ve had a scratchy throat for a couple days, but am feeling fine otherwise,” Obama tweeted, adding that his wife, form...

An initial analysis from the Hong Kong Observatory indicated that an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred at 2:29am on Monday near the coast of Southeastern China. The epicentre was located about 92 kilometres east-northeast of Hong Kong (22.51N, 115...

British actor Benedict Cumberbatch said on Sunday he hoped to take part in a government scheme to offer Ukrainian refugees somewhere to live.The new “Homes for Ukraine” scheme will allow members of the public, charities, businesses and community ...

Iran claimed responsibility for missile strikes Sunday on the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, saying they targeted an Israeli “strategic centre” and warning of more attacks.Kurdish authorities insisted the Jewish state has no sites in or near Arbil...

China and the United States announced Sunday that senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan would meet Monday in Rome to discuss the crisis in Ukraine.In separate statements released simultaneously Sunday morning...

Electricity supply has been restored at Ukraine’s retired Chernobyl nuclear power plant that was seized by Russian forces in the first days of the invasion, energy officials in Kyiv said on Sunday.“Today, thanks to the incredible efforts of (Ukra...

Bermuda says it is suspending certification of Russian planes licensed in the British overseas territory due to sanctions on Moscow, likely impacting hundreds of Russian commercial aircraft around the world.The move could have critical effects includ...

A military drone that apparently flew all the way from the Ukrainian war zone over three European Nato member states before crashing in an urban zone of the Croatian capital was armed with an explosive device, Croatia’s defence minister said on Sun...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis agreed in talks on Sunday to improve ties, despite the long-running disagreements between the two Nato members, Ankara said.Both countries have important roles to pla...

An American journalist and filmmaker was shot and killed Sunday covering the war in Ukraine in what may be the first foreign journalist killed in the conflict, according to multiple media and government reports.Brent Renaud, 50, an award-winning film...

Mumbai announced detailed plans to zero out carbon emissions by 2050, a target that puts it two decades ahead of India’s national goal and makes it the first city in South Asia to set such a timeline.In the plan announced Sunday, India’s financia...

More than 40 per cent of Hong Kong secondary school graduates have expressed a “willingness” or “keen interest” in pursuing higher education in mainland China, with 70 per cent of those pupils also eyeing universities in the Greater Bay Area,...

Pope Francis issued his toughest condemnation yet of the invasion of Ukraine, saying on Sunday the “unacceptable armed aggression” must stop.Speaking to thousands of people in St Peter’s Square for his Sunday blessing, the pontiff also said tha...

One summer afternoon in 2020, Beijing resident Chen Daming spotted a bat outside his flat. It seemed to be flying round and round the hallway, looking for a way to get out.He would have tried to catch it himself and set it free out of the window, but...

Tens of thousands of people were expected to gather Sunday in cities across Europe to protest against the ongoing war in Ukraine, with small rallies taking place in Russia as well despite a crackdown by authorities against such demonstrations.Trade u...

China’s medical products watchdog has warned that it will be on the lookout for unauthorised at-home coronavirus tests as the country grapples with its worst Covid-19 outbreak in nearly two years.A day after health authorities approved rapid antige...

A research team southwestern China says they have built a powerful microwave device with ultra-high output in a frequency increasingly used by business and the military.The researchers in Mianyang, Sichuan province, said the device could generate a s...

Some optimistic signs but little substantial progress emerged from the latest round of border talks between China and India, according to analysts.The two countries held another round of commander-level talks on Friday, the 15th such meeting since bl...

Hong Kong’s labour minister has urged lawmakers to “quickly” pass an amendment to a law that would allow workers to take sick leave for quarantine and employers to sack staff who fail to fulfil vaccine pass requirements.Secretary for Labour and...

Thousands of members of China’s political elite converge in Beijing each year for the “two sessions”, the country’s biggest annual political meetings. In the third in a series of stories on this year’s major talking points, Mimi Lau looks a...

Australia was able to stop an “incursion” by Beijing into the Pacific islands by talking with leaders there weekly and offering vaccine aid, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday.Concern over China’s military ambitions for the region, af...

Covid-19 vaccination teams will visit all care facilities in Hong Kong by Friday in a bid to push inoculation among the elderly, while at-home jabs will also be offered to residents with mobility issues, the city’s civil service chief has said.Secr...