The strategically important industrial hub has been the scene of weeks of street battles as the outgunned Ukrainians put up a fierce defence.

Former natural resources minister Lu Hao, 55, will head a think tank under the State Council, China’s cabinet.

A vicious attack in northern China highlights the gender-based violence that women face.

The death of an unnamed Chinese teen who dived into a river to save a “girl” that turned out to be someone’s pet dog has ignited internet debate.

Back-to-back summits over the next week will test Western resolve to support Ukraine as rising geopolitical tensions and economic pain cast an increasingly long shadow.

Angry Balkan leaders lashed out at the European Union over their stalled bids to join, as the EU’s decision to make Ukraine a candidate nation highlighted the region’s failure to make progress.

Officers seize HK$100 million worth of illegal drugs and illicit goods in operation Thunderbolt 2022.

No family or supporters were in court as prominent civil rights leader Ding Jiaxi went on trial in Shandong province on Friday.

In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview on Talking Post, incoming Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu talks about a strategy to reopen Hong Kong’s borders with mainland China and the rest of the world, how he plans to counter “fearmongering and ba...

China’s ambassador Xiao Qian said Australia had fired the ‘first shot’ in deteriorating trade relations but that there was an opportunity to improve bilateral ties.

Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, who turns 60 on Friday, joins the ranks of global billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffett who have committed large parts of their wealth for philanthropy.

Infection of mainland affairs minister Erick Tsang and incoming chief secretary Eric Chan sparks speculation on whether state leader such as Xi Jinping will attend ceremony.

The study is the first attempt to estimate the number of deaths prevented directly and indirectly as a result of Covid-19 vaccinations.

The defeats will undoubtedly renew calls for the embattled UK prime minister to stand down.

Should that deal come to fruition, it would be one of the largest sales in music history.

The spokeswoman’s comments come four days after owner Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises revealed the South China Sea incident.

US-led chambers among 15 international associations in combined push for regional trade agreements, but China group silent.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wrapped up a key meeting with top military officials, amid growing speculation that Pyongyang could conduct its first nuclear test in five years.

The city was rocked by the 2014 Occupy movement in this period, a precursor to greater unrest to come as brewing political sentiment bubbled to the forefront of society.

A woman asked to remove her clothes for an X-ray exam with a male radiologist says she felt violated and complained and then posted about the incident on social media.

Hong Kong can still create wider room for more stock offerings from global companies and start-ups in Greater Bay Area, according to John Lee, head of Greater China global banking at UBS.

Despite air quality in Jakarta often exceeding WHO guidelines, campaigners say the government is still not tackling pollution. It is even appealing against last year’s landmark court ruling which said air quality must be improved.

Questions about legal system’s future surface now and then, but have grown more pressing as Hong Kong nears halfway point of 50-year period of common law remaining in place.

While policy changes make it easier for LGBT youth to access gender affirmation surgery, many still struggle with getting their parents’ consent.

The oil-rich Persian Gulf nation on Thursday sold US$1.75 billion in 10-year bonds and US$1.25 billion in notes due in 2052.

These trying times call for a clear-eyed review of the governmental structures and procedures underlying one ‘country, two systems’. Hong Kong needs a bolder institutional reform agenda, one placing the people’s interests above bureaucracy and ...

Myanmar’s military government has confirmed that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to a prison compound in quarters separate from other detainees.

Japan’s shrinking population has long been an obsession, but its East Asian neighbours of South Korea and China are now facing the same problem as fertility rates, births and marriages fall, creating an economic headache for both Seoul and Beijing.

‘This package contains weapons and equipment, including new High Mobility Artillery Rocket systems,’ said White House spokesman John Kirby.

Vietnam’s first quarter exports reached US$88.58 billion, up by 12.9 per cent from the previous year, with Chinese state media comparing the shipments in the first three months of the year to China’s main export hub of Shenzhen.

A civil trial heard how the entertainer was said to have plied Judy Huth with alcohol and taken her to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion where he molested Huth, who was 16 at the time, in the 1970s.

Nike is making a full exit from Russia three months after suspending its operations there, as the pace of Western companies leaving the country accelerates.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the EU decision as ‘a unique and historic moment’.

Pacific island leaders have repeatedly expressed their reservations about being drawn into the power struggle between Beijing and Washington. With the US navy already having a foothold in the region, China needs much more than one base to gain milita...

The US Senate’s vote came as a boon for gun safety activists, hours after they were dismayed by a Supreme Court ruling that Americans have a fundamental right to carry a handgun in public.

Lead scientist of the project says it is ‘a disruptive technology’ and can be applied to intelligent driving, logistics and emergency rescue and disaster relief.

Travellers already faced lengthy delays and cancellations of hundreds of flights as airports struggle to cope with staff shortages and post-pandemic demand. Britain’s rail network is also being stifled by industrial action.

The 98-metre Madame Gu is moored next to US$200 million megayacht owned by the state’s ruler as Western pressure mounts for US Gulf Arab ally to apply sanctions.

Politicians, business leaders welcome interim measures suggested by incoming leader John Lee as part of city’s gradually border reopening

China’s naval nuclear reactor technology is not advanced enough to support an aircraft carrier, according to observers.

Beijing says it will continue to support Kathmandu’s ‘independent and non-aligned foreign policy’.

Global lawmakers have been vocal in demanding the social media service safeguard young people from adult content and invasions of their privacy.

Chinese Academy of Sciences expert Bao Yungang said the country could handle sanctions better than Russia by developing a ‘RISC-X’ chip architecture to be used by Belt and Road countries in the event of technological decoupling.

Subsidy scheme shows promise, with half of participating preschools enrolling an average of six more pupils from the demographic.

Programme allows one-year exchange of doctors, but only professionals from top three tiers of mainland hospitals are eligible.

Vice-commerce minister Wang Shouwen says a free-trade deal will help tap the economic potential of the five emerging nations, which together account for about one-fifth of global trade.

Beijing and Wuhan among cities already following relaxed rule, as China seeks to repair damage to travel and aviation sectors.

‘The president [Duterte] had spoken … oil and gas discussions are terminated completely. Nothing is pending; everything is over,’ Filipino minister said.