While long queues at shopping centres reflect a welcome return to business as usual in Shanghai, there is still a feeling trepidation because some Covid-19 control measures continue to be observed.

Japan lodged official protests through diplomatic channels on Monday and again on Tuesday after a South Korean survey vessel was detected in waters close to the rocky islets known as Dokdo by Seoul, and Takeshima by Tokyo.

Zhang Jinghua, a former deputy party chief of Jiangsu, was found to have ‘faked economic figures for personal promotion and meddled in market activities in violation of relevant rules’.

One analyst noted that India and China have been purchasing Russian oil at big discounts on global market prices.

Eastern Theatre Command statement accuses US of hypocrisy and betrayal of its alignment with the one-China policy.

Fall of the eastern industrial city of Sievierodonetsk would be an important milestone for Moscow and pro-Russian separatists.

The Skorpion vz. 61 Czechoslovak machine pistol was equipped with a sound suppressor, an extendable gunstock and a magazine.

Meanwhile, a potential meeting between US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe could occur on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue scheduled for June 10-12.

Of the 30 ministers appointed to the new government, nearly half are women, including the first female Muslim. Women also hold a record 10 spots out of 23 in core Cabinet roles.

Barge suddenly capsized in the early hours of Wednesday but no one was injured, according to company spokeswoman.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused Iran of stealing internal UN nuclear watchdog reports under a plan to prepare ways of staving off scrutiny of its nuclear programme.

The Chinese foreign minister denies Beijing is trying to deepen military engagement while in Tonga during marathon tour.

Neom, the brainchild of Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman, is planning to build twin skyscrapers about 500 metres tall that stretch horizontally for dozens of kilometres.

Scientists from the Air Force Early Warning Academy say the technology can calculate the course of weapons travelling at more than five times the speed of sound.

In addition to the latest easing, Japan also plans to start accepting foreign tourists in stages starting on June 10.

US officials said weaponry provided would include the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars), which have a range of up to 70km.

KK felt unwell while performing at a concert in Kolkata on Tuesday according to local media and was rushed to hospital from his hotel around 10:30pm local time, where doctors pronounced him dead.

Biden administration needs to balance short-term price reduction goals against the longer-term need to address unfair competition when considering whether to cut tariffs on Chinese good, says deputy US Treasury secretary Wally Adeyemo.

Caixin/Markit manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 48.1 in May from 46 in April, data released on Wednesday showed.

Myanmar’s military has likely used air strikes and artillery barrages as “collective punishment” against civilians opposing its coup, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, accusing the junta of war crimes.

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Bongbong Marcos’ remarks were welcomed by observers who have been critical of Manila’s less aggressive approach towards the dispute since Duterte’s pivot towards China.

The growing popularity of WeChat’s Channels could shake up the Chinese short video market, which has been led by Douyin, the sibling app of ByteDance’s TikTok.

The storm, the first hurricane of the Pacific season, was the strongest to make landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast in May since record keeping began in 1949, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said.

A dozen shopping malls owned by some of Hong Kong’s top developers join 2.6 million businesses in Shanghai in resuming normal operations from June 1.

Rule change from April 1 allowed only 15 applicants who would have been ineligible to qualify to join the force.

Recent shutdowns have seen a shift in how middle-class and educated Chinese view Beijing’s strategy.

The effects of the war in Ukraine on global food supplies have been compounded by crop losses in India and Pakistan. Countries must help farmers adapt to climate change with, for example, drought monitoring systems and climate-smart staple crops, whi...

Remarks by Vice-Premier Liu He suggest vaccine development remains on the agenda for China, with clinical trials of a home-grown Omicron jab having started in Zhejiang.

Johnny Depp is suing Amber Heard over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in 2018 in which she described herself as a ‘public figure representing domestic abuse.’

Zhang Gong takes over in the northern port city following the sudden death of his predecessor in late April.

New Zealand has raised concerns about China’s presence in the region after Beijing signed a security pact with the Solomon Islands.

While the megalodon may have been top of the food chain for millions of years, the great white shark’s arrival about 5.3 million years ago added another apex predator, scientists said.

Canada hopes the experiment will help stem a record number of overdose deaths by easing a fear of arrest by those who need help.

Ukrainian officials said that advancing Moscow forces now control most of Sievierodonetsk, a key goal for the Russian army.

South Korean K-pop sensations BTS didn’t sing a word but in a White House visit to meet US President Joe Biden the supergroup’s message against anti-Asian racism came loud and clear.

Johnson could face a no-confidence vote among his own MPs following numerous parties held in Downing Street, breaching coronavirus lockdown rules.

The disruption has plunged the southwestern province into digital isolation, making it difficult for journalists to authenticate events on the ground and for activists to share footage and organise protests.

Western leaders must understand Putin’s thinking and ensure they don’t give him reason to launch nuclear weapons. He would only really feel threatened if the main forces of the Russian army were wiped out and Ukrainian or Nato troops pushed into ...

Two teachers and 19 children were killed by gunman Salvador Ramos at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas on May 24,

The EU in March included the Russian oligarch on its list of individuals targeted with frozen assets and travel bans over their role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Tokyo has applied to the United Nations to extend the exclusive economic zone and limits of the continental shelf around Okinotori reef.

Victims of attacks are being forced to hand over extraordinary amounts of information about their lives from medical records to school reports, leading to distrust in the system with low prosecution and conviction rates.

The National Press and Publication Administration did not issue a new list of games approved for sale in mainland China in May after its list in April ended an eight-month licensing freeze.

About 10,000 people from the UK and Commonwealth will participate in a pageant on Sunday, expected to be seen by 1 billion people around the world; as the Caribbean pushes for formal break with monarchy after Windrush scandal.

Trade weapons in the works will tackle everything from market access to forced labour, but getting them through will be ‘the litmus test’, senior EU official says.

Hong Kong news editor Denise Tsang and senior China reporter Laura Zhou will study full-time at university.

Income from on-demand services provided by China’s internet companies dropped over 20 per cent between January and April, as Beijing’s tech crackdown and Covid-19 prevention measures hurt spending.

Author says previous studies detail rejuvenation process but not the essential mechanisms that explain how young blood triggers a response in aged cells.

Some buyers say they could not click into the purchase system on the Urbtix site while the webpage turned blank for others after they entered their particulars.