In its heyday Madame Wu’s Garden was a welcoming beacon, bubbling with activity and packed with movie elite including Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor and Cary Grant.

The Asia Art Archives (AAA) is reopening its public library of over 120,000 art historical records after a year-long renovation that has transformed its 15-year-old Hong Kong premises.

As many as 197 Indian languages are endangered and vulnerable according to Unesco, due to various factors including, a lack of script and dependence on oral traditions and migration to large cities from rural areas.

Brazil votes on Sunday in a polarising presidential election, with all eyes on if front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva can win in a single round – and if incumbent Jair Bolsonaro will accept the result.

Education Bureau confirms raft of complaints filed against Hong Chi Pinehill No 2 School in Tai Po, run by the Hong Chi Association.

Hong Kong is being compared to Singapore, and official assurances of the city’s good qualities are not enough.

Beijing’s zero-Covid pursuit, regulatory crackdowns and tensions with the West have led to a US$5 trillion rout in Chinese stocks since early 2021. Indian stocks, meanwhile, have kept hitting record highs thanks to an unprecedented retail investing...

The home-grown marine technology start-up wants to commercialise and scale up its 3D-printed terracotta reef tiles to restore corals and save degraded marine ecosystems around the world.

Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce CEO George Leung says even if travel curbs fully eased, results and recovery will only come in first quarter of next year.

The capture on Saturday came just a day after Putin proclaimed the annexation of nearly a fifth of Ukraine – including Donetsk, where Lyman is located.

A US think tank says relations with Russia will shape China’s activities and influence in the Arctic, but could also create uncertainties.

Indonesia Lion Air crash families’ heartache over accountability continues, with Boeing settling and paying the US$200 million fine imposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Asian countries could either double down on clean energy or decide to not phase out fossil fuels immediately. How they choose to go ahead could have cascading consequences.

The bulk of the deaths confirmed in Florida were mostly from drowning in storm waters, but others were from Ian’s tragic aftereffects.

In Iran, India or France, women’s dress should be women’s choice.

Shrinking of the country’s largest freshwater lake could make wintering difficult for hundreds of thousands of migratory waterbirds.

Tokyo’s commitment to international standards on infrastructure financing and its support of good governance and democratic principles provides African nations with a tempting alternative to China’s deeper pockets, analysts said.

Protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s notorious morality police have been held nightly for more than two weeks, despite a bloody crackdown that a rights group says has claimed more than 80 lives.

The city’s property sector has to contend with a slowing economy, a stock market fall, rising inflation, higher interest rates and resident departures.

Authorities ‘still looking for suitable sites’ to build a new home for children under six years old

Defence ministers of the US, Australia and Japan agreed on Saturday to boost military cooperation in the face of China’s growing ambitions.

A long-awaited data protection law passed this month could pave the way for Indonesia to enjoy all that embracing a digital economy promises – if it’s implemented correctly.

A 5-year-old girl went viral on the Chinese internet after she gave a passionate speech to her father for being re-elected as class monitor.

Victims of clashes between supporters of two Indonesian teams in East Java province mostly trampled to death.

China is the ‘elephant in the room’ as Marcos Jnr, driven by national and personal interests, searches for a new strategy to rebalance ties post-Duterte, experts say.

First arrivals after pandemic rules changed on Monday make the most of ‘extra days’ to explore city.

The king had intended to deliver a speech at the November 6-18 climate summit in Egypt, the Sunday Times reported. However the plan has been axed after the prime minister reportedly opposed it last month.

Washington can no longer rely on conventional military superiority to prevent an attack on Taiwan, report says.

More than 100 of SpaceX’s large Starlight satellite receivers will be set up across Southwest Florida, said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, with SpaceX donating the installation cost.

Five of the seven freed Americans were executives of the Citgo oil corporation, detained in 2017 while on a business trip to Venezuela and accused of corruption.

Defence Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos said Türkiye’s ‘revisionist and destabilising behaviour’ undermines security in the wider eastern Mediterranean region.

The protests come as Iraq has been mired in political paralysis since elections in October last year that have failed to bring in a president, prime minister or government.

A short lane in a neighbourhood will be called ‘Vicha Ratanapakdee Way’ and celebrated at a gathering expected to attract hundreds of people. Antoine Watson, 20, is on trial for murder.

Police said they were investigating after an author looking into the notorious murders, carried out between 1963 and 1965, claimed to have found human remains.

The 23-nation alliance, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, is expected to meet on Wednesday.

Four labour unions have called three, 24-hour strikes over the next eight days, as consumers are also hit with a jump in their energy bills.

In article published in a party journal, Xi says the country has ‘never been closer’ to completing national rejuvenation, but major challenges remain

UN mission says there are at least 35 fatalities, with an additional 82 wounded; more than 20 of those killed were girls and women.

Ray Chui, chairman of catering group the Institute of Dining Art, says industry enjoying a more than 10 per cent bump in business.

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck about 40km northeast of Sibolga, a coastal city in North Sumatra province, US Geological Survey says.

PLA Daily says Washington’s plan to introduce UN resolution against ASAT testing ‘conceals evil intention’ and attempts to fix its advantage over rivals.

From mid-October, Taiwan will implement a seven-day testing regimen with strict isolation rules for those who test positive for the coronavirus – a mandate that analysts say remains a ‘deterrent to travel’.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data also hits out at Shangri-la Group for waiting several months to tell customers about the incident.

At least 28 out of around 3,000 penguins in the colony at Cape Town’s Boulders beach have died from the disease since mid-August, clinical veterinarian says.

Victim, 30, lives on Gough Street in Central and says money was her life savings.

Russian forces stopped Ihor Murashov’s car, blindfolded him and then took him to an undisclosed location, Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom says.

Damage to infrastructure appears deliberate and will affect consumers around the world, envoy to United Nations says.

As China’s mandatory life skills curriculum starts this month, a video of children preparing and cooking food at an outdoor kitchen built at one school has gone viral on social media.

Much-awaited services aim to provide seamless coverage, high data rate, less delay in internet connectivity and highly reliable communications.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Beijing to work together in addressing challenges in health, climate change, fighting narcotics and other areas of mutual interest.