Tropical Cyclone Nesat will come closer to Pearl River Estuary than previously expected, says Observatory.

Individuals with mainland China connections involved in companies being investigated, Post finds.

Globally, countries that rely on food imports are grappling with a destructive combination of high interest rates, a soaring dollar and elevated commodity prices, eroding their power to pay for goods that are typically priced in the US dollar.

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In crisis talks on Sunday at the prime minister’s country retreat, Hunt and Truss were set to thrash out a new budget plan that he is due to deliver on October 31.

Recent measures in Singapore aim to slow pace of price increase for resale HDB flats, while Hong Kong has stuck to its policies despite home prices being in the midst of a five-year low.

Archaeologists in Taiwan proved the existence of an ancient “pygmy” population that had been a feature of island legends for centuries.

Xi Jinping pledges support for greater integration of Hong Kong, Macau into national development plans in opening speech for Communist Party’s 20th congress.

Crisis comes after Australia’s eastern states were hit by severe flooding in early 2022 as the country endures a third consecutive La Nina weather event, bringing heavy rains.

At least 133 lawyers have been killed in the Philippines since the 1980s in work-related attacks – nearly half during former President Rodrigo Duterte’s turbulent term, a prominent group of lawyers said on Saturday.

Sidecar, which Lama co-runs, is currently 26th on the list of World’s 50 Best Bars 2022.

Government wants citizenship, economics and society introduced to all Form One students from 2024.

President Joe Biden called embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss’ abandoned tax cut plan a ‘mistake’, and said he is worried other nations’ fiscal policies may hurt the US amid ‘worldwide inflation.’

Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivers a report summarising the party’s achievements of the past five years at a gathering expected to produce sweeping changes.

Sources said the government could issue a dissolution order under the religious corporations law to the Unification Church which is often labelled by critics as a cult.

No single political bloc has commanded even a simple majority in Malaysia’s parliament since 2020. Until 2008, leaders had always governed with a two-thirds majority.

A pet goat in China has become an online star after a video of him following his owner around, chasing the family cat and dog, and trying to eat everything he sees, goes viral.

Wesley Brownlee, 43, was arrested, in Stockton, California in connection to a series of homicides in which six men were fatally shot and one woman was injured.

Former presidents Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao among those chosen to oversee procedure of five-yearly gathering.

Hardship from the pandemic has expanded the client pool for online loan sharks who charge illegal interest rates of up to 80 per cent a month, and demand nude photos.

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Russia said two gunmen from an ex-Soviet state on Saturday attacked a military training ground, killing 11 people who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine.

Anxious tourism leaders want government to give clear idea of plans to fully reopen to visitors as Covid-19 curbs ease.

Rob Bauer, chair of Nato’s Military Committee, confronted He Rulong, China’s ambassador to Iceland, over China’s failure to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Option of reunification by force targets separatists and external actors, not ‘compatriots in Taiwan’, party spokesman says in Beijing.

‘Troubles and clashes took place on Saturday night’ in the prison and ‘rioters’ started a fire, the IRNA news agency said, citing a senior security official. ‘The situation is currently completely under control,’ the source said.

The announcement came one day after the tech billionaire suggested he could not keep funding the satellite internet project in war-torn Ukraine.

Two women were charged in relation to the soup-throwing protest on Friday, while a third was charged over paint sprayed at the Metropolitan Police’s headquarters. They all pleaded not guilty.

The attack meant the websites of the president, the government, key ministries and the Constitutional Court in Bulgaria were all rendered inaccessible or were only able to run slowly, if at all, officials said.

he incident occurred on Friday, according to the Greek Citizen Protection Ministry Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis accused Ankara of sending the people across the border.

Sheila Keen Warren is accused of dressing up as clown in 1990 and fatally shooting Marlene Warren, the wife of a man she later married.

The 21-year-old England international is due to appear at Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court on Monday facing three counts relating to the same woman.

The man’s car had been swept away by raging waters in the town of Agia Pelagia. State-run Athens News Agency said a woman who was reportedly in the same vehicle is missing.

Common interests between the two countries outweigh their differences, party spokesman says.

The former PSV, Barcelona, Inter and Real Madrid superstar has been in therapy for depression for two and a half years.

He also highlighted the importance of not overlooking concerns of smaller EU states, as he addressed a conference of European social democrats.

The concert in Busan is to promote South Korea’s second-biggest city as a candidate to host the 2030 World Expo and drew tens of thousands of fans from all over the world.

Couriers to go on strike from 6pm on Saturday until midnight on Sunday.

Testing orders uncovered on average 29 infections for every 100 blocks during first four waves and 46 in fifth one, University of Hong Kong team finds, calling strategy inefficient.

US President Joe Biden had described Pakistan as “one of the most dangerous nations in the world” and questioned its nuclear weapons safety protocols, in apparently off-the-cuff remarks at a private Democratic Party fundraiser in California.

Demonstrators filled the streets of Iran on Saturday over Mahsa Amini despite internet outages, in the fifth week of the biggest protests and violence that Iran has seen in years.

The export aims to encourage India to reduce its reliance on Russia for military equipment and boost Japan-India defence ties in light of China’s military rise, government sources said.

While two former presidents are listed among the members of the committee that will oversee the party’s national congress, there is no guarantee all those on list will attend opening ceremony.

Punk-pop princess ‘heartbroken’ by decision not to go ahead with concerts in Hong Kong and Manila.

New Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt acknowledged mistakes made by his predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng and warned that public spending budgets would likely be squeezed further.

Scientists, including some from China, analysing an ancient ancestor of the “penis worm” believe they found solid evidence of fossilised brains, an important breakthrough in palaeontology.

Teen answers online advert, poses as prospective buyer but then allegedly drives off with car.

Grid operator Ukrenergo said on Facebook that Russia has struck ‘critical’ energy infrastructure in the Kyiv region causing ‘severe destruction’. It warned of potential emergency shutdowns and urged consumers to use power sparingly.

A methane blast, one of Türkiye’s deadliest industrial accidents in years, occurred in the coal mining town of Amasra on Türkiye’s Black Sea coast while 110 people were working underground.

The crucial political meeting is to run for a week from Sunday, with the new leadership line-up expected to be revealed a day later.