Two others were injured in the shooting in a small county in Sichuan, and the suspect was a policeman who was decorated for bravery last year though it’s unclear if he was still a serving officer.

The rebidding takes place amid Macau’s worst outbreak of Covid-19, which led to a 12-day closure of casinos in July and there is no business as restrictions are only being lifted slowly.

Shimao, China’s 22nd biggest developer by sales in the first half, was once considered one of the country’s stronger developers, but had been trading at distressed levels in the dollar bond market for months now.

Raymond Li sentenced to seven months in prison for disturbing public order at a protest against the national security law.

State company tested how artificial intelligence could minimise electricity disruptions and now looks to expand the technology.

Casino proposal comes amid Thailand’s broader move toward a more-liberal legal landscape. Last month, it became the first country in Asia to decriminalise cannabis and first in Southeast Asia to move toward legalising same-sex unions.

Observatory statistics show more than 80 per cent of days this month had ‘hot nights’, meaning temperatures reached 28 degrees Celsius or above.

Shipping companies are not rushing to export millions of tonnes of grain trapped in Ukraine, despite a breakthrough deal to provide safe corridors through the Black Sea.

Interest rate increases in the US and other major markets globally will have an impact on Hong Kong’s economy and exports, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said on Thursday. But the second phase of the city’s Consumption Voucher Scheme will he...

Sector representative says most private facilities not equipped to handle Covid-19, pointing out that they need an engineer’s review to remodel.

Michel, 49, indicted last year along with fugitive financier Jho Low, is accused of illegally lobbying the Trump administration to drop an investigation tied to the 1MDB global bribery scandal and remove a Chinese dissident from the US.

Apple has hired Luigi Taraborrelli, a 20-year veteran of the Italian carmaker, in another sign the iPhone maker remains committed to producing a car after years of setbacks.

As monkeypox cases surge globally, the World Health Organization called on the group currently most affected by the virus – men who have sex with men – to limit their sexual partners.

Queue forms early on Thursday morning after shop announced a day before that it had failed to renew lease.

The US-led partnership known as Chip 4 includes South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, and is seen by Beijing as Washington’s plot to exclude China from semiconductor supply chains.

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The announcement of Nasa’s planned date comes as China aims to to be the first nation to deliver Martian samples to Earth by 2031.

Kim’s speech to war veterans on the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean war was apparently meant to boost internal unity in the impoverished country suffering pandemic-related economic difficulties.

US President Joe Biden hailed a breakthrough in getting a major chunk of his seemingly doomed healthcare and climate crisis agenda through Congress after Senate Democrats overcame divisions.

Education Bureau down plays the impact, but schools feel the absence of a record number of teachers who have quit since 2019 social unrest.

Investors should hold on to cash or reduce their stock holdings in the event commercial banks in Hong Kong start raising their prime rates for the first time in almost four years, if history is any guide.

A school in China that bans students from using the internet unless doing homework, spies on them online and demands access to phone records, is at the centre of a debate on invasive rules.

Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel Romualdez said Manila could face possible sanctions under a US federal law called the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act if the helicopter deal went through.

Analysts say that despite keeping a low profile, the ETIM, which is aligned with al-Qaeda, is a ‘ticking time bomb for China’.

Alibaba will shut down operations of Tmall Hong Kong on October 31, as the local market continues to be dominated by online shopping platform HKTVmall.

He may be down and almost out, but the UK’s outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson seems determined to show he is not yet ready to ride off into the sunset.

A Ukrainian counteroffensive has virtually cut off the Russian-occupied southern city of Kherson and left thousands of Russian troops near the Dnipro River ‘highly vulnerable’, according to British defence and intelligence officials.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has raised the city’s base rate by 75 basis points to a three-year high of 2.75 per cent, effective immediately.

The new Forward party hopes to appeal to voters unhappy with America’s two-party system.

A White House spokesman says President Joe Biden will push Xi Jinping on ‘coercive and aggressive behaviour’ in South China Sea, but gave no specifics when asked about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reported plans to visit Taiwan.

We must not allow tunnel vision and outdated notions of success to funnel top students into only pursuing careers in medicine. Our brightest young minds should look to other fields in science and technology while seeking opportunities in the Greater ...

Tanner Fox, 21, and Jose Lopez, 23, were arrested over the apparently targeted shooting of businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik in the Vancouver area.

China and South Korea signed a free-trade agreement that went into effect in 2015, but discussions over the second phase to further open their service sectors had stalled until a meeting earlier this month.

Washington has offered Moscow a deal to release basketball star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan detained in Russia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

The central bank’s decision to raise its benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a point follows a jump in inflation to 9.1 per cent, the fastest annual rate in 41 years.

Approved 64 to 33 in a display of bipartisan support, the legislation, framed as essential to the US competition with China, moves to the House of Representatives for a vote.

Those profits have come as the weapons were used in mass shootings that horrified the nation, including one that saw 19 children killed in Texas.

Happy Cake Shop leaves fans miserable after it announces it will close its Wan Chai operation at the start of next month.

Given the continuing international freeze on Afghanistan’s economic assets and meagre financial support from erstwhile donors, an increase in the production and sale of illegal drugs is likely. A Taliban boost for the opium trade, combined with its...

A report by UN Human Rights Committee expresses ‘grave concern’ about ‘overly broad interpretation’ and ‘arbitrary application’ of Hong Kong’s national security law.

The White House doctor said the president, who is fever-free, will wear a mask for 10 full days when he is around others.

Scorching summer temperatures have driven up electricity demand to record levels in parts of China, but the government says it is committed to the renewable energy transition and peaking carbon emissions before 2030.

President addresses key officials during study session, saying major policies will be discussed in ‘scientific manner’ at upcoming party congress.

Medical researcher Tricia Larose posted on Twitter that she would ‘happily’ take part in a mission following the launch of the Wentian laboratory module

The M/S Victoria, which has facilities like restaurants and shops, will provide 1,700 refugees with accommodation until next January.

CLP Power says vouchers, to be disbursed in September, are ‘to show care and express gratitude for the affected customers’ understanding’.

Hang Lung Group chairman Ronnie Chan says city must not underestimate ‘madness with which the US wants to destroy mainland China’, and Hong Kong.

Huawei has announced the launch of its updated operating system and introduced Petal Chuxing, a ride-hailing platform running on HarmonyOS 3.

Hong Kong butcher’s stall may be prosecuted after banned sulphur dioxide found on sample of beef.

Overseas-based Hongkongers hope body will unite growing diaspora and lobby foreign governments.