Argument that Chinese shots are less effective than others isn’t strong – they’ve still been shown to reduce the death toll. But the country needs a healthcare system that can cope.

iPhone exports from India in the April to September period surpassed US$1 billion and could reach US$2.5 billion in the year through March 2023.

Fight-or-flight response triggered by radical change in environment, crowd density among key factors for disasters, experts say.

Education Bureau guidelines state that restraints used on students cannot affect their breathing.

Under the bill, regulators can order social media platforms to block ‘egregious content’ including posts advocating violence and terrorism or depictions of child sexual exploitation.

Relaxed anti-epidemic curbs for Cathay aircrew take effect on Tuesday, but flight personnel told to avoid mask-off activities, crowded places during layovers.

Southern China’s Sanya orders travellers to take PCR test or risk a yellow health code restricting their mobility, causing many to flee during weeklong public holiday.

In the decade since China’s president laid out his vision for prosperity, life has been good for the residents of Shangdi but expectations are changing, with potentially profound implications for the future.

Tactical nuclear arms would take time to prepare for use, giving the Kremlin a tool for signalling.

New generation of navy officers aboard PLA’s first aircraft carrier more confident in using the foreign language to warn off planes and vessels.

The grouping comes as the countries seek to preserve their ‘strategic autonomy’ amid the US-China rivalry, and follows Australia’s snub of French submarines in favour of the Aukus deal.

The Singapore expansion will allow Ontario Teachers’ to invest in a wider range of assets as it builds on its C$20 billion exposure to the region.

Remarks by foreign minister Jeremiah Manele marked first time Solomons publicly acknowledged concerns about the deal and why it had a change of heart.

Liz Truss will struggle to drive through key parts of the economic revolution she’s planning for the UK because her standing in the ruling party is already so damaged, members of her Cabinet said.

In a three-part series on food safety, the Post enlists the help of an independent laboratory to assess the levels of harmful substances in a variety of items the Consumer Council tested in the past 10 years, explores the results in greater detail, a...

A growing number of young Chinese are looking for more flexible working arrangements, partly because of bleak job prospects in a weakening economy, but also because they want more freedom.

Samsung has set the aggressive target as it seeks to triple its revenue from 2021 to 2027 amid rising competition with TSMC and Intel.

18 others were being investigated for responsibility in the firing of tear gas inside a soccer stadium that set off a stampede, killing at least 125 people, officials said.

Russia’s retreat from a key Ukrainian city over the weekend elicited outcry from an unlikely crowd – state-run media outlets that typically cast Moscow’s war in glowing terms.

A prolonged cooling of China’s smartphone market is sending shivers across supply chains as factories face cutbacks in production orders.

Critics said the trip by the Philippine president was an insult to workers grappling with hyperinflation and low wages and victims of a recent powerful typhoon.

‘Lying flat’ emerged a few years ago to refer to Chinese people who do just enough to get by, but now a new buzz phrase ‘letting it rot’ takes the phenomenon to new heights.

Tourism Expo Japan, which was cancelled in 2021, returned this year with 122,000 visitors, a far cry from a peak of over 200,000 in its 2018 edition. But low visitor numbers did not keep exhibitors from eagerly promoting destinations to Japanese trav...

Interest in carcinogens has been growing in recent years as people in Hong Kong become more health-conscious.

Ballistic missile launch prompted Tokyo to activate its missile alert system and issue a rare warning for people to take shelter.

The royal, who is facing a US lawsuit over the journalist’s killing in 2018, was appointed prime minister by his father, the king, last week.

Xi wants to avoid seeing a wall of Western opposition against China develop in the way it has against Russia, according to the former US secretary of state.

Young women are turning their backs on marriage and children while elderly numbers boom and negative population growth is forecast by 2025.

The ex-US president’s lawyers say the news network has tried to taint him with labels like ‘racist’, ‘Russian lacky’, ‘insurrectionist’ and ‘Hitler’.

The Tesla CEO’s proposal, which included ceding Crimea for good, drew profanity from 1 diplomat and responses from President Zelensky and others.

For years, nuclear weapons have served only as a deterrent to conflict, but Putin has upped the ante as he pursues his expansionist agenda. The risk now is that other nuclear powers may seek to replicate the Russian formula, while countries without s...

Historical thriller Emancipation will be in theatres in December, Apple announced, ending uncertainty about the release date after Smith struck comedian Chris Rock on stage.

Researchers document direct relationship between changes in coal mining and agriculture with rises and falls in levels of the greenhouse gas.

‘The Czech Republic became the first country where ordinary people bought a tank,’ Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Perebyinis said on Twitter.

Hundreds turned out on the streets of Dunfermline in Scotland, hoping to get a glimpse of the new monarch and his wife, Camilla, the Queen Consort.

A column in a Communist Party mouthpiece outlining a ‘new world view’ signals Beijing’s growing confidence to challenge Washington as ‘anti-democratic’, analysts say.

‘Nepotism in the army will lead to no good,’ Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said. ‘You rock, man!’ Yevgeny Prigozhi, powerful leader of mercenaries, said in support.

Airline says threat was fabricated to ‘disrupt security and peace of mind’.

Sweden has sent a submarine rescue ship to the site of the leaks but it was unclear when anyone or anything would be able to go down to the pipelines.

Mainland students worried by tension between Beijing and US, UK choose to avoid Western universities

A combination of Vodafone and Three UK has been speculated for years, and Vodafone has teamed up with CK Hutchison in other markets including Australia.

Secretary for Education Christine Choi says bureau has received two complaints involving suspected abuse against students at Hong Chi Pinehill No 2 School.

Developer says technical difficulties have been overcome in first prototype of YF-79 engine.

More than 90 per cent in survey hold wrong belief that miscarriages are caused by long-term stress.

With the 20th party congress less than two weeks away, Premier Li Keqiang’s latest economy-boosting directives to local authorities ‘will have some effect, but don’t expect too much’, researcher says.

In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we look at how China’s technological progress has been stalled, especially after US President Joe Biden signed the Chips and Science Act into law

The ousted former premier sent a written apology stemming from his outburst against a female judge that was seen as a threat, court officials and a defence lawyer said.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years.

Fractious relationship between football clubs and fans highlighted after pitch invasion at Arema v Persebaya match left at least 125 people dead.

Police to submit video evidence and call around a dozen witnesses to testify; inquiry might also involve a jury.