Prices of the commodity have hit all-time highs on exchanges in the US and Europe. But at Asia’s largest grain market in Khanna values went the other way.

The election result, with the pivotal role climate change played, represents a remarkable shift for Australia, one of the world’s biggest per capita carbon emitters and top coal and gas exporters.

China upended the global waste recycling industry in 2018 when it banned such imports. Four years later, it appears to have successfully reduced export volume but has shifted waste to other Asian countries.

Britain’s top diplomat made the remarks after the US speaker of the house warned the UK its ‘deeply concerning’ post-Brexit plans for Northern Ireland imperilled a free-trade agreement.

Betty Yuen, new chairwoman of Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, says clear road map on travel resumption with mainland China, other places needed.

Military coups and a jihadist insurgency have fuelled the illegal logging and export of the protected timber, according to EIA report.

The clan that has dominated politics for some two decades has fallen from grace, with Mahinda replaced as PM and his president brother facing calls to resign.

Instead of being filled with air, a web of spokes gives the tyres a see-through look. The ride is smooth but the grip is not as good as on conventional tyres – and they are noisier.

With coronavirus cases falling to a two-month low on Sunday and no new community infections for a second day, Shanghai’s return to normalcy gains traction.

The US president showcased a US$10 billion investment pledge from carmaker Hyundai before visiting troops monitoring the rapidly evolving threat from Pyongyang.

Staff reduction is happening at various departments in Tencent and Alibaba, according to sources interviewed by the Post and local media reports.

Taiwanese authorities have started easing restrictions to live with the virus while the mainland is sticking to its zero-Covid playbook

Compared to some of its neighbours, Bangladesh is in good economic shape and the country is increasingly being viewed as an emerging middle power, observers say.

Bus driver, 43, was travelling along Lai Po Road in Cheung Sha Wan towards container terminals when vehicle crashed into stationary tour bus.

In May, China and Japan engaged in an implicit tussle in the Western Pacific and four US naval vessels were also present in the region.

The annual policy address should include concrete targets instead of pledges to review systems and formulate proposals, while senior civil service officers’ pay could be linked to performance. Key performance indicators for the civil service must c...

A woman in China has been reprimanded by a court after she took to social media to blast a photo studio she claimed made her look ‘like a fatty’ in her pre-wedding pictures.

In her latest and most personal work, Marga T ‘cleanses’ her soul as she opens up on her traumatic childhood, her mother’s death, and dealing with abuse.

Interest in Canada shot up after news that those who study there can stay on, apply for permanent residency.

The Covid wave fuelled concerns over a lack of vaccines, inadequate medical infrastructure and a potential food crisis in the country of 25 million.

A flight from Switzerland will arrive in Indianapolis on Sunday with132 pallets of Nestlé baby formula; the first load is expected to provide as many as 1.5 million bottles.

Satellite images confirm reports shipyards are rushing to complete aircraft carrier and other warships delayed by pandemic.

Anthony Albanese, raised by a single mother on a disability pension, says his domestic policies will draw on lessons learned from disadvantaged childhood; will also focus on climate change and Chinese competition.

‘We don’t get a whole lot of tornadoes … more are downstate than they are up to the north. It’s pretty unusual,’ science and operations officer said.

The list also includes Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg as well as President Joe Biden, government officials and lawmakers; also banned are 26 more Canadians, including Sophie Trudeau, the wife of the Canadian Prime Minister.

Solutions to the national shortage are being sought on the internet, but medical experts say home-made versions come with serious health risks; Facebook, TikTok and YouTube have been inconsistent in dealing with the issue.

Biden administration officials have been warning for weeks that the US has spent nearly all the US$1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan dedicated to coronavirus response; ‘I think we would see … loss of life,’ doctor said.

Erdogan has objected to the two Nordic nations becoming members of Nato over their failure to address Turkey’s terror-related concerns.

Many parts of Bangladesh are prone to flooding, and experts say that climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events around the world.

The lukewarm response was in stark contrast to Friday’s bumper sale at Grand Mayfair in Yuen Long, where more than 90 per cent of 428 flats on offer were snapped up.

The funding is intended to support Ukraine through September, and it dwarfs an earlier emergency measure that provided US$13.6 billion in assistance.

The Labor Party, led by career politician Anthony Albanese, is on track to beat the coalition although its ability to form a majority government remains uncertain.

Min Aung Hlaing’s meetings with the leaders of the ethnic armed Organisations are their first face-to-face peace talks since the military seized power in February last year from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Ukrainian forces who made a determined last stand in a Mariupol steel mill against Russian troops were a mix of seasoned soldiers, border guards, a controversial national guard regiment and volunteers who took up arms in the weeks before Russia’s i...

Outdoor Wildlife Learning Hong Kong says 18-month study has resulted in extensive list of arthropods hidden in city’s nooks and crannies, including a few surprises.

Beijing has repeatedly said that China would ‘maintain normal trade relations’ with Russia, but the situation on the ground paints a different picture, with a massive drop-off in Russia-bound goods.

Residents of Haidian district told to not go out unless necessary, mirroring restrictions in other areas.

Clip shows about half-dozen officers surrounding suspect outside game centre in Jordan, with one brandishing pistol-shaped object

Executive councillor Regina Ip says residents will find proposal hard to accept as more than 200,000 people had lost their jobs or were underemployed.

Russia has chosen a path ‘long forsaken by human civilisation’, Gong Fangbin wrote in article no longer available online.

A restoration project has reinstated an architecturally important building constructed more than 100 years ago by a British merchant in southwestern China.

Rolling Stone reported that Trump has been telling allies that the issue of abortion could turn “suburban women” against him, hurting his chances of winning re-election should he run again in 2024.

A joint statement from Biden and South Korea’s Yoon Suk-yeol, said they were committed to promoting stability across the Taiwan Strait, but did not mention China.

India’s prisons teach inmates skills in agriculture, cooking, packaging and management to supply their communities, so they can pick up skills that will enable their return and rehabilitation within society after their sentences.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has further strained the global food market, which was already reeling from the pandemic and climate change.

Ministers from Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand walked out of the trade ministers’ meeting in Bangkok as a Russian representative was speaking, officials said.

A witness in the trial of a former campaign lawyer charged with lying to the FBI said Clinton had personally signed off on the plan to pitch to the media the now-discredited theory about secret communications with a Russian bank.

Revamp of housing, development and transport portfolios may streamline processes, according to observers.

China’s aviation regulator said in December that the 737 MAX was airworthy again, paving the way for commercial flights in the country to restart.

A man has spent US$51,000 on a mini mansion for his pet dogs with air conditioners, a TV set, a water dispenser, an elevator and a disco.