The agreement aims to improve accuracy and reliability of BeiDou and GLONASS systems, which compete with US-owned GPS.

People in the convoy planned to travel into Russian-occupied territory to pick up their relatives and then take them to safety.

The Communist Party is preparing for next month’s national congress, where Xi Jinping is expected to secure an unprecedented third term at the helm.

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Officials said two bodies were found with Chinese identity cards on a beach on Phu Quoc Island.

Up to six patrons will be allowed per table at bars, up from the current four, and banquet capacity will be increased from 120 to 240.

Taiwan’s navy has received an amphibious ship sporting big guns, that can be used to land troops and boost supply lines.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred in an area populated mostly by members of Afghanistan’s minority Shiite community.

China’s single-aisle C919 passenger jet, built to compete with Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’ A320, has seemingly received a ‘type certificate’ from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, although an official confirmation has yet to be made.

Walvax’s AWcorna gets the go-ahead for emergency use by Indonesian authorities, and is ‘intensively’ advancing with Chinese regulator.

Mil Mill head questions sincerity of government-backed landlord science park, saying a half-year grace period dangled isn’t new.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the country will scrap the mandatory five-day home isolation for confirmed cases from October 14.

Following years of delays and problems with its new technology, the USS Gerald R. Ford will deploy to train with other Nato countries at a time of increasing Russian aggression in Ukraine.

The city improved upon a 10th-place ranking in June after bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing’s main board saw 47 IPOs raise US$8.8 billion in the first nine months.

A government report detailed ‘predatory’ culture at the stations, including unwelcome requests for sex and display of pornography.

The secure Washington-Moscow communications line is primed to ring again as the two powers jostle over the Kremlin’s nuclear threats.

At 9,900 square metres each, the US$40 million facilities in Goesan and Haenam will be able to store 10,000 tonnes of cabbages.

Clement Lai, who earlier bought £30,000, says he wanted to cry as he watched the pound sink even lower this week.

China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 50.1 in September, while the non-manufacturing gauge fell to 50.6 last month, data released on Friday showed.

Devices of more than a dozen senior government officials and advisers were infected with surveillance software made by Israel’s NSO Group.

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Ban on films part of broader crackdown on activity deemed offensive to conservative sensibilities of Malay-Muslim majority, in sign polls could be called soon.

The James Webb and Hubble telescopes showed pictures from Nasa’s Dart mission to test Earth’s ability to defend itself against space rocks.

The effigy is the work of UK sculptor Martin Jennings and will first appear on a special £5 coin and a 50 pence coin commemorating the life of Queen Elizabeth.

Hurricane Ian has unleashed devastation in Florida, leaving a yet unknown number of dead in its wake.

A recent test using compressed air at energy storage site achieved record efficiency, putting China on the road to energy storage leadership.

From local subcontractors to multinational corporations, companies in China are struggling to make sense of a business environment that has been described as ‘challenged by frequent erratic policy shifts’.

Senate Banking Committee holds hearing with some members seeing unfettered US business ties to Chinese firms as a loophole in export controls and a national security risk.

Russia’s first public mobilisation since World War II attracted criticism even from the Kremlin’s official supporters and prompted thousands of men to flee abroad.

The US Treasury Department also targeted Iranian brokers and front companies in Hong Kong, India and the UAE.

Former major Jamie Lee Henry and Dr Anna Gabrielian allegedly tried to aid Putin’s government after the start of Moscow’s invasion.

The given cause of death could end speculation that the British monarch was suffering from a particular condition in the last year of her life.

Doreen Bogdan-Martin is the first woman to head the ITU, which sets standards for new technologies. She replaces China’s Zhao Houlin.

Senior Communist Party ideologist Han Baojiang says that a further emphasis is to be placed on the common prosperity initiative that calls for an even distribution of wealth during the 20th party congress next month.

Hong Kong Science Park says it will offer Mil Mill grace period until late June of next year, as company weighs its options.

The children, aged 9 to 16, were promised they could go home after accepting a free summer holiday, but parents now believe Russia won’t return them.

Analysts say that Chinese chip companies still lag far behind Nvidia, which has a near monopoly on GPUs used to train AI models.

Charity to raise number of daily inspections to six, and examine one hour of closed-circuit television footage each day.

Aid plan is unveiled during a two-day summit and includes funding initiatives already in the pipeline and a global infrastructure and investment scheme.

Hours after US Vice-President Kamala Harris flew home from a visit to S Korea, another 2 missiles were fired 9 minutes apart from an area near the city of Sunchon.

The country’s foreign ministry said it was not seeking a ‘quid pro quo’ to maintain its diplomatic relationship with Taipei

New PLA training videos show off China’s growing inventory of advanced military hardware ahead of 20th party congress.

This week’s event in Washington is expected to conclude with a partnership declaration that will open the way to US$860 million investment in the region.

An appointee of Britain’s new PM Liz Truss, the minister said that when China departs from international rules and aligns itself with aggressive countries, its status in the world is affected.

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam tells legal forum ‘to make good use of Hong Kong’s unique status under one country, two systems’.

Officials such as Singapore Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam among speakers at three-day business forum aimed at tackling global issues.

The three sites in Kai Tak, Stanley and Kennedy Town will yield around 2,500 flats, but analysts expect developers to be conservative in their bids amid a slowdown in the housing market.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang exchanged congratulatory letters with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, but they didn’t attend receptions in Beijing and Tokyo.

Agreements will be signed with the four territories that held referendums as Russia begins annexing 15 per cent of Ukraine.

Family members of deceased say they are considering filing civil lawsuit against the railway company.