The controversial TV episode is only the tip of the iceberg of the city’s failing of residents from ethnic minority communities. Hong Kong’s treatment of domestic workers, Chinese language learners and others shows talk of equality and reform rem...

Lee Hsien Loong says the timing of a general election that must be held by 2025 will be a key factor in determining when he will step down and hand power to Wong, who was backed by 15 out of 19 ‘stakeholders’ to become the next leader

Decline comes as health minister Sophia Chan says rapid testing could be implemented more widely, cites daily use among school students and care home residents.

Shanghai reported a record of 3,590 symptomatic cases on Saturday, as the city of 25 million people remains locked down.

The president said there was no count of civilian casualties, adding Russia had lost 19,000 to 20,000 soldiers.

Commercial surrogacy has been viewed as a win-win by couples struggling to conceive and women looking to escape poverty, even as exploitation was rife in the industry.

Hikers have been scaling down steep cliffside at drought-hit reservoir, scene of two recent mishaps.

Despite an alluring total size of US$46 billion in revenues in 2021, China’s video games market is no longer an easy game.

Moscow said in a diplomatic note such shipments were ‘adding fuel’ to the situation.

Further opening up will depend on a number of factors, such as the virus reproduction rate, daily caseloads, positive results from lockdown operations, experts add.

Uttar Pradesh has revived its controversial police squads supposedly aimed at stopping sexual harassment in the street – raising vigilantism concerns, and fears they will be used to target young Muslim men.

A group of volunteers is helping residents to cope mentally with the frustrations and tensions induced by the pandemic restrictions.

According to the LDP proposals, Tokyo will introduce a defence capability that will not only target missile bases but also disable the command and control systems.

The decentralised file-sharing protocol IPFS, called the ‘backbone’ of Web3, presents new challenges to Chinese censorship, and an illegal book-sharing platform illustrates why.

A senior Pentagon official said Ukrainian forces hit the flagship with two Neptune missiles.

The three crew members touched down in Inner Mongolia on Saturday morning.

With jobs and economic data at stake months ahead of a key Communist Party congress, the impact, if any, on the stringent rules remains to be seen.

A subsidiary of one of Hong Kong’s biggest fitness chains will meet creditors this month after shutting the venue at The Centrium in Central, its first yoga studio in the city, dating back to January 2002.

Shanghai’s lockdown woes show it’s high time China revived the wisdom of Deng Xiaoping and ‘seek truth from facts’, instead of seeing zero-Covid and living with the virus as a struggle between two opposing systems of governance.

From next year, the city state will allow single women aged 21 to 35 to freeze their eggs. But fertility is a complex matter, as South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand’s experience shows.

Experts note discussion on collaborative use of Western and Chinese medicines has already come under spotlight, with city set for a wider role in promoting sector.

Researchers in China say virus particles can land on the clothes of someone passing a seated infected person within four seconds.

Frank James, who is accused of shooting 10 people in one of the most violent attacks on the city’s transit system, was arrested after a 30-hour manhunt.

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Salah Abdeslam is believed to be the sole surviving member of the group of Islamist militants that killed 130 people in the French capital in 2015.

Michael Patrick Turland faces animal cruelty charges after bodies ranging from dogs and rabbits to turtles, lizards and snakes were found at his previous address.

Researchers scouring the ancient Bamboo Annals texts believe they have pinpointed the earliest known description of an aurora, or what we typically call the “northern lights” from the 10th century BC.

But Richard Bernard Moore’s lawyers argue officials are not trying hard enough to get lethal injection drugs, instead forcing prisoners to choose between two more barbaric options.

Despite frustration within the European Union (EU) over Beijing’s stance on the Ukraine war, trade ties are unlikely to be significantly affected by EU policymakers’ attempts to diversify supply chains, analysts say.

The floating command centre provided protection for Moscow’s entire Black Sea Fleet, but while its loss is a bitter blow, the Russian navy so far has not played a big role in the conflict.

A recent poll shows the Russian president continues to enjoy massive popular support. This may be less because Russians lack of access to genuine information, but due to the pervasiveness of an ‘expulsion of alien enemies’ narrative.

A ‘shareholder rights plan’ would kick in if the Tesla CEO’s 9 per cent stake grows to 15 per cent or more.

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Talks meant to ease speculation about China’s oil purchases, analyst says.

Leader of Catholic Church says people fleeing are divided into ‘first class, second class, by skin colour, developed country or non-developed one’; he also says he does not approve of buying of weapons.

Sporting event for active service personnel and ill, injured or wounded veterans opens on Saturday. Participants want to spread the word about reality of war as well as compete; 20 nations involved, Russia has never taken part.

Finland’s European Affairs Minister Tytti Tuppurainen says nation’s people seem to have ‘already made up their mind’, but no formal decision yet.

A second term for the French president could see him take a tougher approach to Beijing, but some business figures would welcome a pro-market winner.

Hong Kong will relax social-distancing measures for select businesses, with gyms, beauty salons, cinemas and places of worship among premises set to reopen.

Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu have completed most preparatory work for returning to Earth after six months in orbit.

President Xi Jinping has said an independent customs regime must be in place in Hainan by 2025, an important step towards transforming the island into the world’s largest free-trade port.

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, in charge of importing and distributing fuel, says diesel, petrol supplies are now limited with immediate effect.

Victim was said to be taking photos when he accidentally fell into the waters near Shek O.

Officials in the port city say ‘bodies are being dug up and no new burials allowed’; it’s thought Moscow may be trying to hide evidence of war crimes.

Inspired by a similar idea from France, three university students decided to show their fellow students the fun of youth and the pursuit of love by placing flowers around campus.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s guitar-shredding successor grew up in a public housing flat and went to non-elite schools – and is expected to favour ‘not rocking the boat’ when he takes over the top job.

Student body says it has been told to clear its office on the school premises by July 15, expresses ‘deep regret’ over the university’s decision.

ESF kindergartens forced to wait until May to resume in-person teaching as result of different registrations from other international counterparts.

Shanghai’s local authorities locked the entire city down on April 5, and confined most of the city’s 25 million residents – except emergency workers and medical staff – to their homes to contain a Covid-19 outbreak.

The head of the Russian Academy of Sciences told an international conference that Chinese researchers have ‘pressed pause’ with no explanation.