Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration Warner Cheuk says authorities are working with university to better assess rodent infestation.

Drills come as the US holds largest Super Garuda Shield exercises in Indonesia with Australia, Japan and Singapore also taking part.

Charity Bloody Good Period said it distributed 150 per cent more packs of period products in May and June than a year earlier.

Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, who was beaten by President Jokowi in the last two elections, will run for the top job in 2024.

Health chief Lo Chung-mau says government has been fine-tuning Covid-19 measures to smoothen immigration process and minimise inconvenience.

Cholera outbreaks, malnutrition and poverty have driven the country’s humanitarian crisis to desperate new levels since the Islamists seized power a year ago.

Indian authorities display less ‘urgency’ to address cyberbullying, compared to US, UK, Canada that are quicker to take action especially when children are involved.

The facility in Xinijiang will use renewable energy to break down water into oxygen and hydrogen, the latter of which can then be liquefied and used as fuel.

A man in China went viral after he decided to take a motorised pink toy car for a drive along a moderately busy road.

The Cyberspace Administration of China has published a list of 30 apps, whose operators submitted details of their recommendation algorithms.

Yasutoshi Nishimura is the first minister known to have visited the shrine since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government was inaugurated last October.

Police receive report about infant falling unconscious at flat in Tai Kok Tsui at 1.54am on Saturday.

Oscar Wong, 17, is one of two students known to have complained to Hong Kong’s equality watchdog, saying schools’ hair rules for boys amounts to sex discrimination.

Lan Weiguang’s nanomembrane systems are used in a range of essential services, from improving waste water to protecting nuclear power plant

Cheng is among the many numismatists who revel in Hong Kong’s treasure trove of collectible coins and currency notes, contributed by the territory’s rich colonial-era history and the variety of currency issuers.

Najib’s lawyers have asked for more time to prepare just days before August 15 trial, sparking criticism move is attempt at ‘extorting the Federal Court’ for postponement.

The UN health body is allowing people to submit ideas through an online portal.

The look of Hong Kong’s post-1997 coins and notes was shrouded in secrecy and the top agenda item in the Sino-British Confidential Financial Dialogue from 1987 to 1997.

Negligible attention has been paid to the future of Taiwan’s people, companies or economy – all media focus is on the Sino-US geopolitical struggle. Beijing has long hoped Hong Kong’s ‘one country, two systems’ would provide a model for reu...

Your Hungry Ghost Festival survival guide: picking up an unclaimed umbrella, standing under a bus shelter at night and tapping someone on the shoulder are among the many things to avoid from now till August 26.

Recommendation by previous task force to use part of course to build flats is being questioned by political elites, setting up possibility of a government U-turn on a housing solution that seemed like a done deal.

Chinese social media is stunned by local media reports about a father who spent US$300,000 on his son’s Ultraman card collection, with many sceptical that the cards were really for the boy.

Analysts warn growing instability under the Taliban could again turn Afghanistan into a terrorists’ haven, as the group’s anti-Pakistan affiliate gathers strength in a region filled with belt and road projects.

The industry veteran said his decision to join a mainland company tarnished his reputation in Taiwan, despite receiving the blessings of TSMC’s founder.

Longwan district in Wenzhou has announced plans to give families a childcare allowance for toddlers, the latest attempt by Chinese authorities to encourage births as the country’s population rapidly ages.

One by one, these little shops are going. Local culture is eroded a little more, as is the social network and a communal lifestyle. The failure to save these small shops, as opposed to historic buildings, will leave us with only a skeleton of cultura...

Heche is best known for 1990s films Donnie Brasco and Six Days, Seven Nights, as well as a high-profile relationship with Ellen DeGeneres.

People’s Liberation Army wants to recruit more university students majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Nancy Pelosi confirms that her son, Paul Pelosi Jnr, was her escort on trip, but that he had not conducted any business: ‘Of course he did not’

The legal analyst was fired from the magazine after the incident, but only suspended at CNN, where he was allowed back on air after 8 months.

South Korea is seen as a key part of the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and Chip 4 alliance, but Beijing has protested that both are plans to contain China and exclude it from various supply chains.

‘We will ensure that our presence, posture and exercise account for China’s more provocative and destabilising behaviour’, says Indo-Pacific adviser amid simmering bilateral tensions.

Following the US’ withdrawal, the Taliban government has significantly limited women’s ability to earn a living, access education and escape violence. The international community must act, rather than merely condemn the erosion of Afghan women’...

Agents seized over 30 items, including classified documents, a pardon for Roger Stone and information about the ‘President of France’.

The discovery is a sign that the disease, which had not been seen in the US in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials say.

The UK writer is likely to lose an eye, and suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver, his agent said, adding that Rushdie is on a ventilator.

Lab tests confirm metal fatigue caused cable to snap and sent giant TV screen plunging onto stage at Mirror concert, injuring two dancers.

Multi-billionaire’s company emerges as a contender to plug a gap alongside Japan and India, but talks remain at an exploratory phase, ‘It’s not like jumping on a bus’, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher said.

Western countries called for Moscow to withdraw troops from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, while shelling and air attacks on scores of towns and military bases persisted.

Policymakers from both countries were meant to meet next month but gathering cancelled by Beijing after Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.

The legislation, which awaits Biden’s signature to become law, attempts to localise EV manufacturing, but the industry remains heavily reliant on China-linked components.

Senior government information officer says several users have reported delays receiving correct health code, with some barred from venues requiring vaccine pass.

New method could conserve laboratory resources and speed up research in technology for long-distance, attack-proof communications.

The overhaul leaves SMIC’s board with no foreign nationals, and many of the current board members have close ties with the government.

Time spent in queue down from 6.1 years, but remains higher than the 5.4 years registered three years ago.

The Forbes report states that ByteDance currently employs 300 people who have previously worked at state media outlets, raising propaganda fears.

Beijing says visit undermined China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Shanghai’s health code, or Suishenma, is a programme of QR code developed by the Shanghai Big Data Centre.

Renewal will help the island’s military monitor and improve the system’s performance over the next few years.

The decision by Latvia and Estonia to follow Lithuania in leaving the former 17 + 1 grouping probably came as little surprise to Beijing.