Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Koerner had sought to calm employees and the markets over the weekend after the stock touched a record low and credit-default swaps climbed last week.

Delegation head tells Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen the German parliament will support Taipei in the face of military pressure from Beijing.

Taiwan needs to be able to combat what Beijing says about the island and put the Taiwanese viewpoint out, culture minister says.

More than 2,500 US and Philippine marines joined combat exercises on Monday to be able to respond to any sudden crisis in a region long on tenterhooks over South China Sea territorial disputes and increasing tensions over Taiwan.

During WWII, 130,00 people were employed and US$23 billion spent in the race to build an atomic bomb. We should be pouring at least as many resources into slowing down the break-up of glaciers and rise in sea levels, but we can’t seem to garner the...

Half of the newly mobilised personnel in Russia’s Khabarovsk region were sent home as they did not meet the draft criteria, in the latest setback to Vladimir Putin’s chaotic conscription of 300,000 servicemen.

The government of British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced into a humiliating U-turn after a debt-driven budget sparked turmoil on markets and fierce criticism during a cost-of-living crisis.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin tells CNN he sees ‘no imminent threat’ of invasion but increased military activity in Taiwan Strait shows Beijing seeks to establish ‘a new normal’.

Medical experts call for four-person cap on public gatherings to be removed.

A number of other issuers have expressed support for a plan, presented to Legco on Monday, for offering yuan shares on the Hong Kong exchange, according to the financial-services secretary.

Malaysia is expected to deliver a slightly expansionary budget for the next year in a bid to boost voter support ahead of a general election that could be called any day amid rising prices and fears of a global recession.

China’s economy remains irreplaceable in the short term, but growing ‘reservations’ among foreign firms are pushing many to look at alternatives, says the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China.

Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong says central authorities are extending drive to city in acknowledgment of its progress and growth in field.

‘More common interests than differences’ between the Asian neighbours, Chinese military strategist tells King’s College seminar.

The city aims to launch yuan-denominated stock trading under the Stock Connect scheme, via a market-maker system exempting brokers from stamp duty, a minister told lawmakers on Monday.

For the banks, it’s vital to get clients while they’re young, and building rapport with the wealthiest clans is key to keeping the account for when the children take over or become independently wealthy.

Manzilat Fatima is leading a food journey reviving the authentic cuisine of Awadh, creating awareness about popular Muslim food from present day Uttar Pradesh that is now a part of the culinary heritage of Kolkata.

Web3 security firms are offering tools like browser extensions and blockchain blacklists to help users in China protect themselves when the law does not.

Fast-tracking projects will give India an advantage, especially with China still largely closed to the world and companies increasingly adopting a China-plus-one policy to diversify their businesses and supply chains.

The hope is that the mega project called PM Gati Shakti – Hindi for strength of speed – will fast-track projects to give India an advantage, especially with China still largely closed to the outside world.

Over 84 per cent of 55.51 billion rupees seized in India was a royalty payment to US chip giant Qualcomm, the company said.

Customers in 11-month trial don’t have to clean food boxes before returning them to collection points in CBD areas.

The island nation has become the first in the socialist world to allow same-sex marriage.

An 18-month-old girl went viral on the Chinese internet after she was recorded imitating the dance moves of her professional dancer mother.

Indonesian police have came under mounting criticism on Sunday after 125 people died in a stampede at a football stadium where officers fired tear gas on angry fans invading the pitch.

Decades after Suharto repressed Chinese culture, lion dance troupes today are mostly multiracial and include participants across religions.

New statutory body will have its own funds and power to make decisions independently, source says

Brazil’s bitterly divisive presidential election will go to a run-off on October 30, as incumbent Jair Bolsonaro beat expectations to finish a relatively close second to front-runner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The popular app has been inaccessible to its tens of millions of users across mainland China since Saturday.

Attention to shift to goal of returning country to the forefront of global powers by 2049.

Haiti’s government reported cholera deaths for first time in three years, amid shortage of clean drinking water.

Bolstered by its vocal opposition of the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Arturs Krisjanis Karins’ New Unity won 19 per cent of the vote.

EU Special Representative Toivo Klaar called for clarification following the publication of a video allegedly showing the execution of Armenian prisoners of war.

Burkina Faso’s junta leader agreed to step down, two days after army officers announced his ouster in a coup that sparked internal unrest and international condemnation.

US national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s chief adviser Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul on Sunday.

The group, HaMoked, which gathers figures from Israeli prison authorities, said 798 Palestinians are currently being held in so-called administrative detention.

The petition has well over the 100,000 signatures needed for it to be considered for debate in parliament and is racking up about 4,000 new signatories every hour.

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Kurdish Iranian Amini, 22, died on September 16 after she was arrested for allegedly breaching rules requiring women to wear head coverings.

Nine European Nato countries, including Poland and Lithuania, fearful Russia could target them next if it is not stopped in Ukraine, called for a response to Moscow’s seizure of four regions there.

Most civil servants recruited by the central government are now women, but they face a tortuous path if they hope to make it to the top.

China’s space agency to open up recruitment in the city for country’s manned missions.

Pope Francis begged the Russian president to stop what he started in Ukraine, ‘even out of love for his own people’.

Most of the victims were women and children, officials said.

A survey of businesses operating in the EU highlighted concerns about the ‘wall’ put up around the bloc’s hi-tech and telecoms sector.

Scammer posing as police officer convinced student she was helping him with a ‘mission’.

Society for Community Organisation urges government to abolish an age-based points system for single non-elderly public housing applicants.

Local homebuyers are taking a wait-and-see approach ahead of major policy announcements in Hong Kong and the mainland, and a further rise in interest rates.

As the pound’s value crashes against global currencies, including the yuan, Chinese nationals in Britain are finding living costs much more bearable.

Retail sector hit by heightened geopolitical tensions, supply-chain disruptions and pandemic.