Judge Alex Lee says he does not see how media blackout serves to protect prosecution witnesses in Chow Hang-tung’s case.

Sales for June totalled HK$27.7 billion, provisional figures released by Census and Statistics Department show.

Armed forces ordered to be combat ready to deal with any cross-strait threats from the Chinese PLA, Taiwan media reports.

China’s military drills in the South China Sea and Bohai Sea this week are viewed as PLA efforts to deter Pelosi from visiting self-ruled island.

Pakistan’s Election Commission ruled former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party received funds from abroad, which is illegal in Pakistan, and could result in the former cricket star and the party being banned from politics.

The National Press and Publication Administration has approved 241 titles this year, far behind previous years, while Tencent and NetEase rely on games approved before China’s licensing freeze.

PLA conducts military drills and sends warplanes near Taiwan Strait median line ahead of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s anticipated arrival on Tuesday.

Taipei has more than 4,600 designated shelters in underground spaces like car parks and shopping centres for people to use if Beijing attacks.

Russia has stationed troops at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, preventing Ukrainian forces from returning fire and risking a terrible nuclear accident.

The country’s agriculture minister said he had ‘no sympathy for people who choose to disobey Australia’s strict biosecurity measures’, adding: ‘this will be the most expensive Maccas meal this passenger ever has’.

Hong Kong becomes the first city in Asia to give approval for vaccinating children as young as six months against Covid-19.

On Sunday, two US Hellfire missiles ended Ayman al-Zawahiri’s decade-long reign as the leader of al-Qaeda. The seeds of the audacious operation had been planted over many months.

New oversight bureau has sparked criticism that the political neutrality of the country’s 130,000-strong police force will be undermined, with officers expressing strong opposition to the move.

A group of top climate scientists says the world needs to think about the ultimate climate catastrophe.

Rahm Emanuel has focused on ‘commercial diplomacy’ since arriving as US ambassador this year, as he said China had used its economic strength to pressure other countries.

Conjoined twins born in Brazil with a fused head and brain have been separated in what doctors described as the most complex surgery of its kind.

Military experts warn that Pelosi’s trip could risk actual armed conflict as Beijing’s defence ministry views it as a move to ‘support Taiwan independence’.

They are primarily located in China and Russia, according to the US. Cybersecurity researchers said the intelligence they collect could give Pyongyang an edge in how to launder cryptocurrency and avoid sanctions.

Potential visit comes at a politically sensitive time, and President Xi Jinping will ‘want to appear in control’ of what is seen as a provocation, observer says.

Apparent lack of explosion in Ayman al-Zawahiri’s killing point to possible use of warhead-less Hellfire R9X missile with razor-like blades that slice through its target.

The three countries are pressuring the European Commission for legislation that would force Big Tech firms to partly finance telecoms infrastructure.

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An argument about air conditioning between a husband and wife who had been married for two days sparked a debate in China about divorce in the country.

Ramos, who died on Sunday at the age of 94, started a programme to modernise his country’s armed forces to better protect territories in disputed region while pursuing one-China policy.

China’s state-run chip investment fund has become engulfed in anti-corruption probes, with at least three of its executives under investigation.

The millionaire investor stabbed to death Auckland business partner Elizabeth Zhong amid a heated court battle over control of their failing company.

Studies show that reinfection in recovered patients may increase the risk of death, admission to hospital, and complications in different organs.

The package will ‘include more ammunition for the high mobility advanced rocket systems otherwise known as HIMARS, said Security Council spokesman John Kirby.

US$668 million tollway linking capital to country’s main airport built by public-private partnership reflects Beijing’s wariness.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan’s capital, an operation US President Joe Biden hailed as delivering ‘justice’.

The GDP target is just a number, but it is the government’s thinking behind China’s economic growth that matters to citizens and businesses.

Proponents of the bill worry that waiting could cause support to dwindle as opponents ramp up pressure on fellow Republicans to oppose it.

More than a half year into the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, trade experts say the world’s biggest trade pact serves more to ‘tidy up’ bilateral one-to-one agreements.

The Guardian reported that the trip is planned for November or early December this year, following a deteriorating relationship between China and Britain.

The Brazilian government confirmed last week that China had opened its market to soybean meal produced in the South American country. Brazilian companies also hope to start selling corn to China.

The sanctions block any assets the entities own under US jurisdiction and ban US persons or entities from doing business with them, effectively constricting their access to the global financial system.

The alleged rapes occurred when a music video crew filming at an abandoned mine in Krugersdorp was attacked by armed men on Thursday, police said.

‘There is no reason for Beijing to turn a potential visit consistent with long-standing US policy into some sort of crisis,’ says White House national security spokesman.

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Force’s National Security Department says unrelated pair suspected of publishing seditious messages on social media to promote violence, enmity within society.

Guterres gave the dire warning to ministers, officials and diplomats attending a month-long conference in New York to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

US semiconductor equipment suppliers Lam Research and KLA Corp confirmed that the US has been pushing for stricter export regulations.

‘We stand ready to fight’, social media post by PLA theatre command overseeing Taiwan says.

Caritas Chai Wan Marden Foundation Secondary School will no longer operate Form One class from next academic year, close doors in 2026.

Francis has criticised Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Patriarch Kirill’s support for the war, telling an Italian newspaper in May that the patriarch shouldn’t become “Putin’s altar boy.”

Japan’s main ruling party informed the opposition of its intention of postponing a parliamentary speech to mourn slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe until this fall, dropping its earlier plan for this week due to criticism.

Plan offered by seven dealers of 17 car brands, such as BMW and Toyota, is likely to be approved by Competition Commission.

US House speaker could make informal stopover to the island, but observers expect her to receive treatment reserved for foreign dignitaries, regardless of the status of her visit.

Suspects include alleged syndicate members who are accused of conspiring to obtain HK$6 million bank loan under government pandemic relief scheme.

Bilateral lenders also agreed to give debt relief, showing the ‘potential of the G20 Common Framework for debt treatment’, says IMF.