Employers who apply for wage subsidies but fail to hire enough workers will face harsher penalties.

KMB aims to run a fully electric fleet eventually, will stop buying diesel-powered buses from 2030.

Some 250 former loggers in Vietnam have traded destruction for conservation, retraining with an adventure tourism company to guide visitors through jungles and into some of the world’s largest cave systems.

Case centres on ‘ThunderGo’ strategy aimed at maximising chances of opposition hopefuls in 2016 Legco election.

Number represents three-quarters of public workforce, with civil service chief admitting there has been ‘gaps and delays’.

Australian PM Scott Morrison said a Chinese military base in the Solomon Islands would be a ‘red line’ for his government, after Tokyo earlier said Honiara’s pact with China ‘could affect the security of the entire Asia-Pacific’.

Firefighters used water and foam jets to fight the blaze, which was put out at 3.49am on Monday.

Wang Yi calls for end to unilateral sanctions that ‘constrain economic development of other nations’.

Creature had a fin protruding from water as it swam, prompting caller to tell officers it was a shark.

An official Ukrainian government Twitter account issued an apology after showing a picture of Japan’s wartime emperor alongside Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in a social media video about the defeat of fascism.

Many families are cooking one-pot dishes with local lentils, cutting down on expensive veggies and avoiding deep fried snacks to tide over the cost of living crisis.

Authorities in Nigeria intensified their search for two people suspected of being involved in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery that killed at least 110 people.

The discovery of an 11th victim from the sinking of the Kazu 1 off the coast of northern Hokkaido comes as questions intensify about why the vessel sailed in rough weather at a known hazardous location.

Social scientist Chung Kim-wah, who was last year questioned by police over his group’s involvement with an unofficial opposition primary, says there is ‘no room for sincere words’ in home city.

There was no end in sight to Shanghai’s 24-day lockdown on Monday morning, after the deaths of 138 people since the latest outbreak began in the mainland’s commercial capital on March 1.

Janez Jansa, the right-wing nationalist prime minister of Slovenia, has lost his bid for re-election to an upstart green-liberal opposition party led by political newcomer Robert Golob.

More than half of the 900 million Indians of legal working age – roughly the populations of the US and Russia combined – are leaving the labour force entirely because of a lack of suitable employment, according to new data.

Global military expenditure has surpassed US$2 trillion per year for the first time, and looks set to rise further as European countries beef up their armed forces in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

People with chronic conditions have been missing check-ups as hospitals switched to focusing on Covid-19 patients.

Government efforts to cool the housing market have had some effect. Price growth is slowing and sales were subdued in the first two months of this year. But analysts expect the curbs to be a short-term fix given underlying supply-demand issues.

Malaysian authorities support the selective conversion of forest reserves into plantations. But for indigenous communities in Kelantan state, the sense of loss runs deep and spans generations.

Analysts urge Lee, a former security minister, to be more proactive in reaching out to non-establishment pressure groups and disenchanted young people.

The Mail on Sunday said MPs ‘suggested that Ms Rayner likes to distract the PM … by deploying a fully clothed parliamentary equivalent of Sharon Stone’s infamous scene in the 1992 film Basic Instinct.

The miners were among 10 missing since an underground tremor and methane gas discharge at the Borynia-Zofiowka mine in southern Poland early on Saturday.

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The United States announced it would start sending diplomats back to Ukraine and provide more military aid as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin visited Kyiv.

Private companies are lining up in the West to fast and reliable LEO internet services for the defence sector.

The suspension puts further strain on Apple’s supply chain in mainland China, where a few other manufacturing partners also stopped production because of coronavirus restrictions.

has called his US$43 billion bid for the social media platform his best and final offer, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

The comments come after the Taliban administration blamed Pakistan for air strikes that officials say killed dozens in Kunar and Khost provinces.

America is in a bind as oil and gas prices shoot up but it cannot afford an energy U-turn or to consider deals with its adversaries in Opec. Its only real choice is to complete its move to renewable energy.

Biden affirmed ‘his unwavering support for Israel and its defence needs’ and the leaders also discussed ‘the threat posed by Iran,’ the White House said in a statement.

Marine Le Pen’s defeat prompted a wave of relief in Europe that the far-right had been kept out of power in France.

The world is on edge again after Putin’s threats about the possible use of nuclear weapons amid Ukraine’s strong resistance against Russia’s invasion. A pledge not to be the first to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against others would b...

Biden used the anniversary to lay down a set of principles for foreign policy as the United States and its allies arm Ukrainians and impose sanctions on Russia.

The broadcaster France Info reported the perpetrator had said upon his arrest that he had wanted to kill French President Emmanuel Macron on election day.

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Student leaders scaled the fence of the PM’s compound after police erected barricades on various roads around the capital to stop them from linking up with demonstrators elsewhere.

The blast, which destroyed a section of a nearby forest, came months after a blast at another illegal refinery in Rivers state killed at least 25.

While the deadlock remains about compliance with US regulations, Chinese companies face delisting from US markets.

The 77-year-old driver and his 68-year-old passenger sustained arm injuries but got out of sports car on their own.

Mainland authorities step up surveillance after some illegal arrivals tested positive for Covid-19.

Despite success in preventing serious illness and death, there’s growing pressure to develop vaccines better at fending off milder infections on top of aggressive variants.

Head of coronavirus expert panel says low vaccination among the elderly and a lack of medical care means the country can’t take a risk against Omicron.

Space official says scientists will look at near-Earth asteroids over the next few years and aim for the most threatening.

Tens of thousands of people and elected officials from local councils across the region assembled in Palli village near Jammu city for the speech, which was held amid tight security.

Astrophysicist asks whether Chinese people can really be confident if their textbooks are based on work from the West.

Paul Chan notes that despite the fifth wave of infections stabilising, many businesses and employees are still facing ‘economic pressure and blows’.

China’s economy grew by 4.8 per cent in the first quarter, but lockdowns in major cities such as Shanghai are taking an increasing toll on the economy.

Discovery of a plot to overthrow the government by the Islamic State of Indonesia (NII) came during ‘interrogation’ of suspects and seized documents.