NCSIST anti-drone system aims to detect and jam small UAVs for the protection and monitoring of essential facilities and the coast.

Liu Yuxi, the former head of mission of China to the African Union, succeeds Xu Jinghu, who had been in the post since 2016.

Sprouts on the Tiangong’s lab module could provide ‘theoretical guidance’ for space grain production, scientist says.

Three suspects were students when they opened 64 bank accounts and one cryptocurrency e-wallet.

Rosmah Mansor, who was accused of soliciting bribes linked to a US$279m government contract, said she was framed but a High Court judge rejected her defence as a ‘bad denial’.

Foreign minister Penny Wong said she discussed with East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta ways to revive the stalled Greater Sunrise project

Hong Kong civil service chief Ingrid Yeung, who is in charge of the city’s vaccination drive, says the ‘relevant department is considering the measure’.

Most hospital groups said there would be a knock-on effect as they expected bills to at least double after price hikes kicked in.

The defence ministry in Taipei said the unidentified drone had been shot down over Shiyu after it failed to heed warnings to leave the restricted area.

The K-pop titans are putting on a free concert in Busan, South Korea, to promote its bid to host the 2030 World Expo, but the choice of venue, a former factory site, has fans worried.

Thursday’s daily coronavirus figure marks first time Hong Kong has reached five-digit range since March 25.

The report is ‘based on presumption of guilt, uses disinformation and lies fabricated by anti-China forces as its main sources’, says Chinese spokesman at the UN.

Lawmakers want to replace the centuries-old equine-driven rides around Central Park with e-vehicles, citing ‘terrible’ working conditions.

The government has set the target of attracting one million wealthy or top professionals to the country over the next five years.

Secondary schools can hold full-day in-person classes only if at least 90 per cent of students have had three Covid-19 shots.

President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan is looking to ‘build more secure and more resilient supply chains’ to ‘safeguard the interests of our democratic partners’.

The naval officers would train on the newly commissioned HMS Anson Astute-class nuclear submarine.

An intelligence finding said Moscow could soon recruit convicted criminals to enlist ‘in exchange for pardons and financial compensation.’

Trump’s legal team made the argument in a court filing as he seeks a third party to review the materials seized by the FBI from his Florida home in August.

In addition to taking daily Covid-19 test on Thursday, pupils and teachers were told to provide results from Tuesday and Wednesday.

China’s Caixin/Markit manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) slid to 49.5 in August from 50.4 in July, data released on Thursday showed.

Professor nominated in innovation category of Hong Kong Spirit Awards for making a difference in the healthcare system.

With another school year starting and no sign of a let-up in Covid-19 restrictions, young people’s mental health and social development continue to suffer. The rise in suicides and those needing help show the damage that has already been done, and ...

Politburo statement announcing date of the key political event suggests it will be ‘primarily dominated by Xi Jinping’s agenda’.

A prestigious Chinese music institution unveils its new star student — an artificial intelligence (AI) bot singer called Luya whose music has already won over her fellow students.

Hong Kong is set to host a landmark meeting for auditing officials from the US and China this month to resolve a long-standing accounting dispute, but the historic summit is unlikely to resolve all issues.

County residents and activists have staged all-day sit-ins since May 2021 to block access to the construction site, and will continue to do so as the administration proceeds with the environmental assessment.

Doctors initially treated many patients hurt in floods but are now seeing more people with diarrhoea, skin infections and other waterborne ailments.

Travel agents say a slight relaxation in Japanese travel restrictions will not lead to big increase in visitors from the city.

As details emerge about over 100 classified files found at Mar-a-Lago, the investigation is posing a test of loyalty for lawmakers from the ex-president’s party.

Descriptions of detentions in region’s vocational education and training centres between 2017 and 2019 ‘marked by patterns of torture’.

The petition is a rare allegation of sexual assault in a country where just 4 per cent of rape victims report the crime, government data show.

Police youth anti-crime drive to highlight online job scams, illegal debt collection, serious drugs offences, online dating traps and nude chat blackmail

The move could cripple Chinese firm’s ability to carry out work like image recognition, and signals a major escalation in the US-China tech war.

Hong Kong’s legislation is hardly unique. Jurisdictions such as the UK, New Zealand and Greece allow non-jury trials where necessary. Even the European Court of Human Rights holds that there is no right to a jury trial, though it is focused on the ...

Vice-Premier Liu He is the president’s right-hand man for economic affairs, but some analysts say China’s economic tsar will have to navigate rougher waters as Xi Jinping grips the helm tight.

China’s backing for new telecoms towers in the Solomon Islands, followed by Honiara’s ban on foreign naval visits, is likely to reignite Western fears about Beijing’s influence in the South Pacific.

Industry observers surprised by leap in reported shipments for July, as many believed number would plummet to near zero after June launch of law

Almost half of those surveyed think the prime minister did a poor job in Downing Street, putting him below predecessors Theresa May and David Cameron.

Kyiv has been asking allies to impose blanket restrictions on Russian visitors in wake of Moscow’s invasion.

Mercatus Centre, which concludes any attack would have enormous global costs, draws on information from a Chinese database that includes thousands of possible strategic targets.

Until now, Covid-19 vaccines have targeted the original coronavirus strain, even as wildly different mutants emerged. The new US boosters are combination, or “bivalent” shots.

The National Bureau of Statistics says the country spent a record US$441.3 billion on R&D last year, ranking it second in the world.

A toxic culture of abuse and cover-ups at the California prison – known to many as the “rape club” – had enabled James Highhouse’s conduct.

But the collapse of the USSR was a wake-up call for the Chinese communist leadership, according to analysts.

The 2.5 metre long tusk emerged from an excavation site in southern Israel, offering what archaeologists said was a rare insight into the life of early inhabitants of the area.

If commissioned, the survey results will be one of many factors that determine if BTS members are exempted from military service.

Residents near a training area in Pohang on the east coast filed a petition demanding relocation or closure of a firing range there.

Oppo’s renewed push comes amid surging interest in internet-of-things (IoT) devices and slowing smartphone sales in China.

The island’s joint intelligence system gleaned insight about missiles fired by mainland China earlier this month, defence officials say.