More than 10km (6.2 miles) from where China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 crashed, a farmer has found what he suspects to be a piece of aircraft debris, indicating the vast expanse of hilly terrain the search team must cover as they look for answers t...

As food commodity prices surge at the fastest pace in a decade, experts are warning that policymakers in Asia and elsewhere will soon have to grapple with urgent questions about the use of biofuels.Countries around the world, from the United States, ...

Lin Jih-shou was brewing tea last month in his popular breakfast place when he heard the buzz of a plane – a rare sound on the remote Taiwanese-held island of Dongyin near the mainland Chinese coast.The island does not have an airport and Lin, 64, ...

Dyson Ltd. opened its new global headquarters in Singapore on Friday and announced plans to invest S$1.5 billion (US$1.1 billion) in expanding its research and engineering capabilities in the city state.The move is part of an expansive strategy annou...

Police are investigating whether a taxi driver was paid to deliver illegal drugs in Hong Kong’s upscale Mid-Levels neighbourhood after the 61-year-old man was arrested with HK$37,000 (US$4,729) worth of cocaine in his cab in the early hours of Frid...

Doctors have suggested the Hong Kong government allow private practitioners to prescribe new oral anti-Covid drugs, saying the move could help reduce the number of severe cases at the community level, especially among the elderly.Chief Executive Carr...

A nurse in Shanghai died of an asthma attack after Covid-19 restrictions at the hospital she worked for prevented her from getting timely treatment.Nurse Zhou Shengni, who worked at Shanghai East Hospital, suffered acute asthma on Wednesday and her f...

New Zealand may ask international visitors to pay more to access some of the nation’s natural attractions as the government seeks ways to limit the impact of tourism on the environment.Tourism Minister Stuart Nash told a University of Otago confere...

European Union officials agreed Thursday on a landmark provisional agreement aimed at clamping down on the biggest online companies, dubbed digital “gatekeepers”, by laying out a list of dos and don’ts.With those rules, the bloc is seeking to p...

The first day of kindergarten is a momentous occasion. For a young child, it represents a new stage in their life, outside home and away from mum and dad. For some, starting school is an exciting experience, full of new and wonderful possibilities. T...

Russians have rushed to stock up on antidepressants, sleeping pills and contraceptives among other products since the conflict in Ukraine began, data released on Thursday showed, with people buying a month’s worth of medicine in just two weeks.Alth...

Seven suspected triad members accused of involvement in the kidnapping of a Hong Kong cryptocurrency trader for a HK$30 million (US$3.8 million) ransom last year have been arrested in mainland China and sent back to the city.The seven men, believed t...

Australia and New Zealand expressed concerned on Friday about the impact of a military deal between China and the Solomon Islands on regional security after a draft document outlining proposed cooperation was leaked.The security treaty, if concluded,...

A young man in southwest China has refused to cut his hair for three years, and it has nothing to do with style.Tang Yazhu, 21, who lives in the municipality of Chongqing, had not visited a hairdresser since 2019 before this month after he read an on...

Kits containing rapid coronavirus tests and KN95 masks will be distributed to nearly 3 million households starting next month, Hong Kong’s leader has revealed, as authorities reported fewer than 200 deaths related to Covid-19 for the first time in ...

A fresh crisis is brewing on the Korean peninsula as North Korea on Friday confirmed it tested its newest and largest intercontinental ballistic missile, crossing what the South says was a “red line.”Thursday’s launch of the Hwasong-17, under t...

An Italian Parliament committee that deals with intelligence matters summoned former premier Giuseppe Conte over growing concerns that a Russian military and medical team sent to help Italy early in the Covid-19 pandemic was really on a spying missio...

Humid weather and Covid-19 prevention measures are complicating an extensive search for the second black box of a plane that crashed in a mountainous area in southern China on Monday.Orange debris believed to be from one of two black boxes on the Chi...

Ukrainian forces say they’ve blown up a Russian landing ship near Berdyansk, a port city in southeast Ukraine.A video circulating on social media shows large plumes of smoke and torrents of flames emanating from the ship, reportedly known as the Or...

A man turned up at a hospital in southern China with a bleeding penis after he performed a circumcision on himself at home.The man, in his 20s, said he had bought surgical equipment for the procedure online, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported.He c...

On March 18, US President Joe Biden held a video call with President Xi Jinping for nearly two hours, talking about bilateral relations and, most importantly, the Ukraine crisis. Both Biden and Xi agreed to promote peace in Ukraine but disagreed on t...

Funerals have been held for at least seven People’s Liberation Army pilots and crew who died when a warplane crashed in the South China Sea early this month, according to official reports.The Chinese military has not confirmed the crash, which is b...

For many Malaysians, retirement is becoming a pipe dream as the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic pushes more into poverty, forcing many to deplete their savings while incomes remain stagnant.The Employees Provident Fund (EPF), introduced ...

It is highly unlikely Hong Kong’s chief executive race scheduled for May 8 will be postponed again given the city’s declining coronavirus infections, as any further delay would cause more uncertainties Beijing does not want to see, sources told t...

The US has imposed sanctions on a Chinese company for supplying Syria with equipment controlled by a chemical and biological weapons non-proliferation regime known as the Australia Group.The State Department said on Thursday that the sanctions on Zhe...

To grant sick leave or not? Many employers are wrestling with that question during the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and its massive number of Omicron variant infections. Large numbers of employees are not reporting for work, and there is a gre...

China abstained on Thursday as the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution that blamed Russia for the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and called for an immediate ceasefire. It also chose not to vote yes or no on a similar re...

Chinese consumers are buying more foreign goods online and at mainland duty-free stores as international travel restrictions stretch on, prompting global luxury brands to tailor their offerings to get a slice of the local market.Chen Hua, an immigrat...

French anti-terror prosecutors have opened a preliminary inquiry into torture and acts of barbarism allegedly committed by Emirati General Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi who in November became president of Interpol, judicial sources said.The probe follows a l...

Four Russian nationals who worked for the government committed cyberattacks against hundreds of companies in the energy sector worldwide, the US Justice Department announced Thursday as part of a sweeping pair of indictments aimed at curbing state-sp...

Russia’s defence minister was briefly shown by state media at a meeting of top officials on Thursday after dropping out of public view for days during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Sergei Shoigu, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, is overse...

Ethiopia’s government declared “an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately”, saying it hoped to help hasten delivery of emergency aid into the Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands face starvation.Since war broke out in norther...

Donald Trump on Thursday sued his rival in the 2016 US presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and several other Democrats, alleging that they tried to rig that election by tying his campaign to Russia.The lawsuit covers a long list of grievances the...

Boeing has long found itself entangled in the long running trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, but restoring confidence in its key Chinese market is still dependent on the return of the grounded 737 MAX, analysts said.China Eastern Airline...

A Vietnamese man who tried to row 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) from Thailand to India to see his wife was in custody Thursday after being rescued off the Thai coast, a senior navy official said.Ho Hoang Hung set off from the Thai holiday island of ...

The European Union must pursue closer ties with the United States and Japan to control technology transfers related to semiconductors and other hi-tech advances to China, according to a French think tank.The suggestion comes as the EU remains locked ...

The thin layer of dust on the surface of China’s Mars rover will not affect its exploration capacity, the country’s space authorities said, as newly released high-resolution photos showed evidence of dust storms on the red planet.Releasing the la...

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The US and the UK announced new sanctions against on Thursday, punishments designed to ramp up pressure on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.The measures announced on Thursday during summit meetings between President Joe Biden and Nato, as well as ...

South China Morning Post economy desk reporter Ji Siqi recently flew home to mainland China from Hong Kong having not seen her family in her hometown of Shenyang in the northeastern province of Liaoning for over a year due to coronavirus restrictions...

China says the UN Charter is the “bottom line” in terms of its cooperation with Russia, amid speculation that Beijing may provide military assistance for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.Qin Gang, China’s ambassador to the United States, said while th...

US President Joe Biden said he was “hopeful” China will not provide support for Russia’s war on Ukraine because of the depth of its economic ties with the West.Speaking at Nato headquarters in Brussels on Thursday evening, Biden said: “China ...

Madeleine Albright, who died on Wednesday at the age of 84, has been hailed as a trailblazer who arrived in the United States as a refugee from war-torn Europe and rose to become the first female secretary of state, but diplomatic observers have said...

Movie stars, directors and other celebrities are expected to pack a 3,600-seat auditorium in Kowloon to welcome Hong Kong’s leading film awards back to the stage this summer for the first time in two years after the ceremony was moved online due to...

The temperature in Colombo was an uncomfortable 31 degrees Celsius (88 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday, but it felt hotter for the Jayasinghe family because for six hours they’d had no electricity.Tavish Jayasinghe, an accountant, sat on the veranda...

The US is working with Nato to prepare for possible biological or nuclear attacks by Russia as the world’s leading developed nations plan to warn President Vladimir Putin against deploying such weapons.As Russia’s invasion remains stalled one mon...

Members of Hong Kong’s private sector have continued to support residents affected by the latest wave of the coronavirus epidemic through donations of medical supplies, daily necessities and services.Newly launched crowd-donation platform Share for...