KMT legislators hurl water-filled cups at proponents of retrospective amendment to accounting act.

Peter Dutton said “the issue of China under President Xi is the biggest issue our country will face in our lifetime” after being elected unopposed on Monday.

The 76-year-old, who is now being treated for cancer, apologised for hurting innocent after she was released from prison after serving a 20-year sentence, but many people in the country believe she got off lightly for her group’s reign of global te...

Financial regulator has ordered companies to honour valid policies after they were criticised for dismissing claims, cancelling policies and delaying payouts.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi is touring the South Pacific amid growing international concern about Beijing’s plans for the region.

Shreya Lenka, 18, was picked to join the K-pop girl band following months-long global auditions that began in 2021.

COL Digital Publishing Group, in which Tencent owns a 10 per cent stake, rolled out its first batch of ‘digital collectibles’ on Monday, and announced plans for several more to be issued later this week.

People from three companies detained in Beijing, accused of practices that led to inaccurate results.

While growth in Australian housing prices slowed in April, the underlying factors making property unaffordable are still in place. The policies proposed by the new Labor government are unlikely to touch the core factors or change the coddling of dome...

No official passenger manifest was kept, but authorities believe 42 people were on board when the ferry ran out of fuel and sank in bad weather on Thursday.

Industry says government needs to clarify ‘grey areas’ in restrictions.

“Few seem to realise that China is leading the world in renewable energy generation and electric vehicles,” he said in a post on China’s Twitter-like Weibo social-media platform on Monday. “Whatever you may think of China, this is simply a fa...

EU leaders are holding an extraordinary meeting in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, defence and energy.

City state relies on foreign workers, but their numbers fell by 235,700 between December 2019 and September 2021, so robots can help with the manpower shortage.

Chief executive-elect meets state officials in Beijing, as Chinese premier urges city government to improve economy and livelihoods.

Shanghai’s government will formally lift the citywide lockdown on June 1, part of a “gradual” and “phased” process that will eventually return every aspect of work, life and business operations in China’s commercial hub to full normality ...

Conjecture over the Russian leader’s health has emanated from a number of sources in the West.

Russia is struggling to replace frontline military equipment lost in its war in Ukraine. But China, its second-biggest arms buyer, has reduced dependency in recent years.

Residents in Pyongyang were allowed to leave their homes for the first time since May 12 and business were slowly opening according to media reports on Sunday.

Community and cultural organisations are working together to help revive Chinatowns across North America after a difficult couple of years.

By appointing cardinals in Singapore, Mongolia, India and East Timor, Francis appears to be seeking to increase the Church’s prestige and clout in Asia, as growth has been largely stagnant in much of Europe and North America.

May 31 vaccine pass deadline means only those with three jabs or suitable exemption will be allowed entry to most venues citywide.

China’s youth unemployment is almost at 20 per cent as record numbers of graduates enter the workforce, but while the wealthy can seek work abroad, poorer students must compete for limited local jobs.

Sri Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is hoping China, India and other creditors will help his bankrupt nation keep going until a potential IMF bailout in mid June.

On Sunday, the turboprop Twin Otter aircraft lost contact with the airport tower close to landing in an area of deep river gorges and mountaintops.

Two former mayors – a leftist and an independent outsider – will fight it out for the Colombian presidency on June 19 after coming out tops in a first voting round Sunday.

Consumer price index had soared close to 40 per cent in the past 12 years, according to Society for Community Organisation.

Source says souvenir pack will contain vacuum mug, pen and paper fan.

Russian troops entered the outskirts of Sievierodonetsk, an eastern Ukrainian city that has become a key objective for Moscow’s offensive in the Donbas.

Hong Kong has avoided the kind of lockdowns that have disrupted lives across the mainland and dealt a heavy blow to the economy. Given the mainland’s struggles, Hong Kong’s role as an intermediary between China and the West could be one of the be...

The British government has called on Uefa to launch a formal investigation into what went wrong with officials from the stadium and French authorities

China’s increasingly sophisticated hunt for the radioactive element uncovers deep Earth deposits ‘on par with Australia’.

Authorities said a 26-year-old man was in custody after a shooting at an outdoor festival in eastern Oklahoma, where witnesses described frantic people running for cover amid gunfire.

In the wake of the May 24 shooting in which 10 children and two teachers were killed, the behaviour of the police has come under severe scrutiny as accounts emerge of their slow reaction.

Volkswagen has been summoned to appear before a labour court in Brasilia on June 14, following a notification sent by the local judiciary on May 19.

Desperate pleas for a stop to the gun massacres plaguing the United States rang out during President Joe Biden’s visit to Uvalde, Texas.

A new study out of Hong Kong found that a group of ancient birds probably ate invertebrates, not fish as had been previously believed.

To assume China is driven solely by claims to resources is to ignore both the historical vulnerability of the region – particularly to Western colonial powers – and the current strategic struggle with the US. Beijing’s desire to control the wat...

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said governance will be broad-based through parliamentary committees where politicians, youth and experts will work together.

Police earlier fired stun grenades at Palestinians who pelted them with stones in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound as record numbers of Jews visited the holy site.

“King” Qin Fen gained online fame for his extravagant ways, after first grabbing attention for his calm reaction to crashing a limited-edition Ferrari.

Survivors of the Uvalde massacre have described playing dead while their classmates and teachers were shot dead around them.

Dialogue between Washington and Beijing has all but disappeared, while more ships, planes and submarines are crowding China’s periphery.

President Alexsandar Vucic says his nation will pay up to 10 times lower gas rates than most other buyers in Europe.

Chinese president tells Politburo that the country has long gone along a different path to other civilisations

Andrei Kelin does not expect his country to deploy such weapons in the war in Ukraine, he tells BBC; he also rejects idea of Putin attacking Britain with nuclear weapons if war expands.

Beijing says it held in-depth exchanges with Michelle Bachelet, offering a real experience of the region.

State-run People’s Education Press hit by claims of sexually and ideologically inappropriate pictures.

His office posted a video on Telegram of him wearing a bulletproof vest and being shown destroyed buildings in and around Kharkiv.

Labour minister Law Chi-kwong says reviewing minimum wage on yearly basis would lead to various stages in the two-year process becoming ‘greatly compressed’.