Offerings resembling mainland travel permits, passports and flight tickets among the most popular items.

News comes a day after city leader Carrie Lam announces she will not seek re-election.

‘Many complex factors’ will play into decision to try to take the island by force, according to Pacific Fleet commander.

Huawei enacted its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in 1987 at its establishment, and implemented it in 2003 two years after Shenzhen’s local authorities laid the rules for it.

British family of five, holidaying in Australia, were hiking at Wentworth Falls on Monday afternoon when four of them were hit by falling rocks, killing two.

Arrangement will be set up for those deemed close contacts of patients or who are infected and still choose to proceed with test.

Australia’s decision to accelerate rearming fighter jets and warships comes after the Solomon Islands announced a draft security pact with China, leading to speculation about a Chinese military base in the South Pacific.

Shanghai authorities are taking no chances with the highly transmissible Omicron variant, vowing to track down, quarantine and deal with every single case to achieve its “dynamic zero” Covid-19 policy.

China’s economy is expected to grow by 5.0 per cent this year, down from a previous estimate of 5.4 per cent, according to the World Bank.

Exco member says move by incumbent leader Carrie Lam not to seek re-election understandable after ‘heavy blow’ to reputation recently.

If Russia fails to make any of its upcoming bond payments or pays in roubles where dollars, euros or another currency is specified, it will constitute a default.

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, a former Sudanese militia leader is the first person to go on trial at the International Criminal Court for atrocities in Darfur. The UN says 300,000 people were killed and 2.5 million displaced in the 2003-04 conflict...

Trains affected by technical fault with overhead line equipment.

Dozens of countries that have close ties to both Moscow and the West have been hesitant to make their stand known.

Comments by Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister come amid tensions over the North’s accelerating weapons tests, including its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile since 2017.

More and more Chinese are taking to online to express their fear at socialising in the real world as social phobia grips China’s younger generations.

Restaurants and other eateries already hit hard by the pandemic and a months-long cooking-gas shortage are now being pushed to the brink by power outages lasting up to 13 hours a day.

Tuesday’s Security Council session will consider Ukrainian allegations of the murder of civilians by Russian soldiers in Bucha, following the discovery of hundreds of bodies, some bound and shot at close range.

No 2 John Lee receptive to pro-establishment views on public initiatives, but could also be tough on pushing through key policies for city, experts argue.

Boris Johnson promised an investigation into the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Wingtech subsidiary Nexperia, but parliament’s foreign affairs select committee says no review was started.

Defendant was hoping to make partner by helping firm arrange lucrative deals, even as he sought millions in kickbacks, prosecution says; defence says Ng is ‘basically the fall guy’.

Moscow may deploy thousands of soldiers to the region in hope that success there can help ‘mask’ earlier failures, Biden’s national security adviser says.

Medical teams called in from across the country, reflecting a political and social system whose advantages state media say Western democracies cannot match.

Lockdowns to curb an outbreak of Omicron in Shanghai will come at a high cost for the city, and its ‘failed experiment’ to bring infections to zero while minimising disruptions to daily life will send a signal to others.

Netflix movie Fast and Loose is said to have been shelved for now, while Bad Boys 4 has been put on pause despite already being in pre-production.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks with Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba for a second time since the Russian invasion, as outrage grows over possible Russian war crimes in Bucha.

The move was to stave off possible acquisition of Gazprom Germania by Russian entities, with energy ties between the countries in crisis over Moscow’s invasion.

In congratulatory call to his Hungarian counterpart, Chinese foreign minister stresses the importance of the nations’ relationship.

China’s refusal to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine should have minimal impact on its trade in Asia, analysts in the region say, despite US efforts to ‘tear up the relationship between China, Europe and Asean’.

Finance Minister Christian Lindner says Germany must end economic ties to Moscow and plan tough sanctions ‘but gas cannot be substituted in short term, would inflict more damage on ourselves than on them’.

Chinese scientists team up to test engineered circular RNA shot on animals.

UN health agency says 99 per cent of planet’s population breathes air exceeding air-quality limits, often rife with particles that penetrate lungs, enter veins and arteries and cause disease.

Herry Wirawan had been sentenced to life in prison, but prosecutors, who had requested the death penalty and chemical castration, filed an appeal.

Police in Guangzhou have handed the cases over to prosecutors.

Tesla’s Musk launched a Twitter poll recently, saying free speech is needed for democracy and asking ‘Does Twitter adhere to this principle?’ and ‘Is a new platform needed?’.

Lawmakers, close aides and others who worked closely with the chief executive describe her as dedicated and extremely hardworking, while noting she was faced with unprecedented challenges and the public simply became ‘fed up’ .

Chinese embassy sends out alert to its citizens after clashes between protesters and police in Colombo.

Transport and Housing Bureau submits host of initiatives to enhance quality of city’s taxis to meet residents’ demand for better services.

Judge Albert Wong agrees with findings by lower court but reduces Lau Sze-man’s sentence for her ‘relatively minor’ conduct.

During meeting of foreign ministers, China’s Wang Yi says it is crucial their relations are not damaged for the sake of stability in the South China Sea.

Even if the war had not happened, Singapore would still have had to raise energy prices due to its clean energy transition, finance minister says.

NGO joins claimants in calling for improvements in government’s treatment of homeless population.

Negative test supervised by government-approved provider needed before entering venues where you can dance; consumers, businesses feeling energised.

The move targeting wood and paper products comes as prices have been rising amid geopolitical tensions and supply-chain disruptions.

The missiles have been used against Russia’s armoured vehicles during the invasion of Ukraine, whose resistance has been studied by Taipei.

A bone analysis study of 13 neolithic fossils discovered in the Hong Kong island of Ma Wan found that the ancient residents there ate almost entirely seafood.

French and British envoys raise concerns about practice in Shanghai as city tries to stop spread of coronavirus.

US President Joe Biden calls Putin ‘brutal’ and demands ‘war crimes trial’ but doesn’t echo Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, who referred to ‘genocide’.

Supreme Court heard arguments around his calling early election, avoiding no-confidence vote; President Arif Alvi told Khan and opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif to agree on new interim prime minister but Sharif would not cooperate.

The Shenzhen-based car maker says it now only produces electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, as China works towards its long-term goal of reducing carbon emissions.