As China’s central bank moves to tighten fintech regulations in recent years, some operators are giving up their third-party payments licences, which were once worth billions of yuan.

China’s leader will also travel to Uzbekistan, where he is expected to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a regional security summit.

As Typhoon Muifa barrels toward Shanghai, airports, train stations, schools and major ports have closed, as the region braces for heavy rain and strong winds.

Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of new rounds of shelling as hostilities reignited between the two long-time adversaries.

US Navy Pacific fleet commander Admiral Samuel J. Paparo’s remarks to New Zealand media came as representatives of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have been quietly meeting in the country’s South Island.

During his election campaign, William Ruto blamed China’s lending for his nation’s debt troubles but has now flagged an expansion in Kenya-China relations.

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China has asked the country’s gig economy platforms to ‘protect labour interests’ at a time when Beijing’s strict dynamic zero Covid-19 policy is making life difficult for casual workers.

Authorities launch air-and-sea search for two men after intercepting their boat in city’s southeastern waters, but another vessel managed to flee scene.

Peng Xianjue unveils plans for combined fusion-fission reactor that could make China world’s first to achieve the elusive viable energy source.

PwC Hong Kong and KPMG China are the first two audit firms picked by the US audit regulator to carry out soon-to-start historic inspections in Hong Kong, according to two sources.

China’s central bank is set to keep the interest rate on its one-year medium-term lending facility (MLF) unchanged on Thursday with the yuan having fallen more than 3 per cent against the US dollar since mid-August.

Moscow’s retaliation came after it was forced to pull back troops from swathes of Ukraine’s northeast, particularly in the Kharkiv region, following Kyiv’s lightning assault to wrest back terrain.

A 59-year-old clerk at the Royal Thai Army War College in the Thai capital shot three of his comrades on Wednesday morning before trying to flee the scene. He later surrendered himself to the authorities.

Eight bus passengers and driver of one of the trucks in Tuen Mun crash hurt, all with mostly minor injuries.

British authorities are preparing for millions of people to travel to central London to pay their respects to the late monarch, who died last week.

The speedy big cats are expected to arrive in India from Namibia on Saturday, and be personally welcomed by the prime minister as part of an ambitious project to reintroduce them to the country.

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Paris will start switching off the ornamental lights that grace city monuments hours earlier than usual, plunging the Eiffel Tower and other landmarks in the dark to cope with surging electricity costs.

The proposed legislation ignited fresh debate on a fraught issue weeks before the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.

Unlike Singapore’s focus on attracting talent to fill gaps in the top layer of the labour market and drive innovation, Thailand is looking to boost economic activity with its visa programme by making it easier for high-net-worth individuals to live...

Beijing announced it would waive 23 interest-free loans maturing by late 2021 for Africa but did not give details of countries or the amount waived.

Japan’s maritime exercises with India come after the two sides held ‘two-plus-two’ security talks in Tokyo last week. Separate aerial drills were held with the US on Friday, Japan’s Air Self-Defence Force said.

Health authorities log 7,579 new infections on Wednesday, including 161 imported cases, a slight increase from the 7,218 reported one day earlier.

Surging property prices pose a challenge for the ruling People’s Action Party, whose achievements include the highest public housing rate in the world, with over 80 per cent of the country’s 4 million residents living in government-built homes.

A boy feigning an allergy to the smell of school books tells his mother it didn’t show up for the first five years of his education because it took that long to ‘incubate’ in a video on social media.

Tokyo has hinted it may further ease travel curbs, with Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Kihara saying the country hopes to reopen in time for autumn and winter activities.

Experts say it’s difficult to work out how much money Mo Li would need to support himself if he could never work again.

One activist says he was warned by a police officer after holding up a blank piece of paper opposite the UK parliament.

A severe drought has parched Jiangxi province and other major rice-growing areas in the Yangtze River Basin. Farmers in the region are growing increasingly fearful about the coming autumn harvest.

Alliance representing 30 countries to lay out action plan to ‘defend human rights and hold the Chinese Communist Party accountable for its violations’.

Hong Kong slipped four places to 12th in a list compiled by migration consultancy Henley as the number of high net-worth individuals fell by 14 per cent to 125,100.

Researchers use magnetic propulsion to raise a sedan 35mm above a track.

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China focuses its hearing on religious freedom for first time since 2018.

The probe into the then US president’s affair with a White House intern led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998.

In a rare act of dissent, a group of local politicians had sought treason charges against the president for his Ukraine invasion, citing the country’s military losses and damaged economy.

Taipei is lobbying the EU to do the same, as military tensions escalate in the region, insiders say.

It was received by King Charles and other senior royals, after a slow drive through London, where people lined the streets to watch.

Economy minister says Berlin won’t keep silent on rights violations under threat of losing business; new measures to reduce dependence on Chinese materials, batteries, chips.

Years between 2025 and 2030 to be critical, and the US must take action on three fronts or lose, first Special Competitive Studies Project report says

The firm’s ex-head of security Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko says the FBI had told company that there was at least 1 Chinese agent working there.

Marcos, son of Ferdinand Marcos Snr who was overthrown in a 1986 popular uprising, said his father declared martial law not to stay in power but because the government was simultaneously fighting communist and separatist rebellions.

The patient was severely immunocompromised and had been hospitalised, but officials did not disclose any other information for privacy purposes. 18 people have died globally from the virus.

Party congress expected to celebrate last year’s declared success in lifting lowest incomes and turn focus to 2049 goal.

The Dutch firm continues to acknowledge mainland China’s important position in the global semiconductor industry, despite rising tensions between Beijing and Washington.

The world has changed significantly since China’s president last travelled overseas, and his trip will be closely watched for signals about China’s next moves.

Heads appeal to city leader John Lee for government survey to help find way to stem teacher losses from classrooms.

Chief executive and other experts remain cautious saying effects from increased social mixing and decreased testing would take time to emerge.

Ivan Pechorin’s body was found washed up around 160 kms from Vladivostok in Russia’s far east, on Monday after a two-day search, local media reported.

Mahathir, 97, said the queen was ‘a good example of a constitutional monarch’ and he ‘did not expect’ her death.