Russia is seeking to seize a vast swathe of eastern Ukraine, the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting in Europe since World War II.

Former senior child carer Barbara Heung, 46, admitted before Kowloon City Court that she had twice assaulted a two-year-old boy last year.

The announcement comes after years of criticism by human rights groups that the US had refused to adopt an international treaty banning the deadly devices. Russia is among the countries that haven’t agreed to the ban on landmines.

Aim should be to present completed text for passage in 2024, American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan says in annual policy paper.

Horace Cheung reveals on social media he will not retain membership of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.

Ip, 71, is the first woman convenor of Executive Council, and first with political affiliation, since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule.

Shell plc said it would be taking action ‘to enhance preventive measures’ at its seawater intake areas. A sea turtle got stuck in the same intake bay in 2017.

Philadelphia’s mayor expressed shock and sorrow over the killing of John Albert Laylo at the weekend and is offering a US$20,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of the shooter.

Afghan officials say the death toll could rise further in the country’s remote, mountainous areas.

Housewife who lives in Tin Shui Estate described Tuesday night’s blackout as ‘total chaos’ and ‘terrifying’.

Ten travellers join seven-day trip organised by EGL Tours, which had previously pushed back the departure date from June 11 to June 15 and then to Wednesday.

Seven German self-propelled Howitzer 2000s have arrived in Ukraine, marking the first delivery of German heavy weaponry to reach the country since the Russian invasion began almost four months ago.

An ancient Buddhist city carved out of immense peaks near Kabul is in danger of disappearing forever, swallowed up by a Chinese consortium exploiting one of the world’s largest copper deposits.

Observers say the ship’s cutting-edge electromagnetic catapults and other systems will need months of tests.

Security experts say the daily example of Russia tearing apart non-nuclear Ukraine is pushing Asia’s non-nuclear states to consider getting their own weapons – or hosting US ones.

The US Senate took an initial step towards passing the country’s first major gun-control legislation in decades, galvanised by two recent mass shootings.

The large installation by Taring Padi, titled ‘People’s Justice’, showed a soldier with the face of a pig, wearing a neckerchief with a Star of David and a helmet inscribed with the word ‘Mossad’. Israel’s embassy in Berlin said it was â€...

The restaurant has been a landmark since its opening in 1976, with famous guests from around the world visiting.

The incoming chief executive should include the environment in his key performance indicators for measuring Hong Kong’s progress. Preserving natural habitats will boost people’s physical and mental well-being and make Hong Kong an example for the...

A bride-to-be who was abducted and sold as a child poses in her wedding dress to make heartfelt plea for help in finding her birth parents.

NPC Standing Committee’s interpretations ‘averted migrant crisis, improved Hongkongers’ understanding of Basic Law’.

Russia controls 95 per cent of the area, but pockets of resistance have stopped its forces from overrunning it completely.

He emphasised the need to ‘maintain stable and constructive relations’ between Tokyo and Beijing as the latter steps up military activity in the East China Sea.

A US jury awarded victim Judy Huth damages for emotional distress suffered years later when multiple allegations by other women against the comedian surfaced.

Women have borne the brunt of hardship two years after the pandemic, a new UN report shows.

The patient in Singapore is a British flight attendant who had flown in and out of the country this month. South Korea is seeking to confirm two suspected infections. Confirmed cases worldwide now exceed 2,500.

Comments precede controversial trip to China including Xinjiang, where the prime minister’s father seeks to retrace Marco Polo’s steps.

Research team says latest Sunway machine is on a par with the US Frontier, named as the world’s most powerful just weeks earlier.

At the fourth public Capitol riot hearing, US state lawmakers and poll workers described how their lives were upended by threats of violence as Donald Trump sought to overturn the 2020 US election.

Former Chinese officials say Beijing must ‘consider’ neighbouring nations who have signed onto Washington’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, despite growing rivalry with the United States.

Druids, pagans and other revellers greeted the 4.49am sunrise at the ancient stone circle in southern England, for the first time since the pandemic began.

The attack was the first such strike against offshore energy infrastructure in Crimea since the start of Moscow’s invasion in February.

The judges blocked Grenoble’s bid to allow all types of swimwear; a change to allow women to bathe topless was not challenged.

Sorties comprising 17 fighter jets, six bombers and supporting aircraft entered the air defence identification zone from the southwest, island’s defence ministry says.

China’s internet watchdog wants all social platforms to review all user comments before they are published, fanning concerns that freedom of speech will be further restricted.

Former acting deputy US trade representative Wendy Cutler believes Washington will soon unveil its plan for how to handle the US$350 billion of Trump-era trade tariffs that have been imposed on Chinese goods for almost four years.

Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, threatened retaliation after Lithuania banned the transit of sanctioned goods to the Baltic exclave.

Trams bearing the slogan ‘A New Era – Stability. Prosperity. Opportunity’ were the subject of public complaints and messaging was pulled 24 hours into campaign.

Parents of the former youth minister, who was sacked from PPBM for objecting to the party’s defection in 2020, say he is a ‘political victim’.

Politicians earlier urged government to reveal maritime assessment of vessel’s seaworthiness, sea routes and destination.

Cotton products, tomatoes and polysilicon, a material used in the solar panel industry, are among the ‘high priority’ sectors that will face scrutiny by US customs agents.

A deputy district commander is dismissed from his post with the others being investigated by the local disciplinary watchdog.

Three ships passed to the southeast of Chiba prefecture on Monday, defence ministry says. It comes days after seven Russian vessels went past the Izu Islands south of Tokyo.

Classes at 14 schools in Tin Shui Wai were suspended on Wednesday morning because of the power cut.

Analysts say findings were impacted by immigration wave as those who were not in favour of the Communist Party may have left.

North Korea is facing a potentially dire food situation this year, which has been exacerbated by disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In May, its monthly imports of Chinese soybeans surged.

Hunan authorities say women can negotiate with their employers to take up to a year off work after they give birth.

The Kremlin said Andy Huynh and Alexander Drueke were mercenaries not covered by the Geneva Conventions and could face the death penalty for their actions.

Centre for Food Safety halts sale of Häagen-Dazs’ pint-sized and bulk-sized vanilla ice cream after Taiwan’s food authorities found ethylene oxide in them.