Exclusion from Central Committee line-up means Wang Yang’s days on the political stage will end before he reaches retirement age.

Ponniyin Selvan 1, based on a 1950s novel series with a cult following, has become the second highest-grossing Tamil film globally of all time, after Rajinikanth’s 2.0.

District Court judge handpicked by the city’s leader to adjudicate national security proceedings on Saturday imposed penalties on the quartet from Student Politicism.

Prime ministers Kishida and Albanese signed the accord that would allow the two countries’ military forces to train together in Northern Australia.

Chief executive says Health Bureau will study court judgment along with justice secretary to decide on way forward.

The sale of a Shang dynasty marble frog at Sotheby’s highlighted the scarcity of marble in the ancient Chinese society.

Court earlier heard they were among crowds that gathered near PolyU in November that year in a bid to free protesters trapped on campus by diverting police’s attention.

Communist veterans Li and Wang among those left off the list of the party’s Central Committee.

The two-time leader says he is standing for election because of the people’s will and desire to block former protégé Najib Razak from retaking power.

A woman from Algeria with a history of psychiatric disorders has been charged with the rape and murder of 12-year-old ‘Lola’.

Education Bureau offers new sites, doubles relocation grant to HK$3 million as 20 preschools close.

Zimbabwean president welcomes investment from China, saying it offers his country ‘milestones towards industrialisation’.

Komuro, who works at a New York law firm, passed the state bar exam in July.

The Facebook owner says it has developed an artificial intelligence system for translation between spoken English and Hokkien.

President Xi Jinping outlined how China will keep ‘income distribution and the means of accumulating wealth well-regulated’ at the 20th party congress, triggering fresh worries among the wealthy and upper middle-class.

Singapore’s ex-foreign minister George Yeo is hopeful that China will ‘have the wisdom and the statecraft to avoid entering’ the Ukraine war as it would put the world ‘in jeopardy’.

Suh Wook and Kim Hong-hee are accused of falsifying documents related to the 2020 killing of fisheries official Lee Dae-jun near the rivals’ sea border

China must do more to redirect resources towards renewable energy projects, even if it has contributed to the world’s efforts to fight climate change by cancelling new coal power projects overseas, say analysts.

The first lady, viewed as having significant say over whether Biden will seek another four years in the White House, said she would support a 2024 run.

A mother in China was surprised when picking up her 2-year-old son from preschool to find he had made a special new friend he wanted to introduce to her and who also called her ‘mum’.

Norway says it will take the time it needs to consider ‘issues at stake and how to safeguard interests’ while negotiating a trade deal with China, a possible sign of intensifying European scrutiny of Beijing.

Many doctors in city state are worried about complacency, saying some residents are too laid-back, so ‘exercise extra precautions. You do your part; society does its part’.

Observers say move as set out in city leader’s recent policy address is long overdue and seen as following in Singapore’s well-trodden path.

US imports from China of IT hardware and consumer electronics have slumped 62 per cent since the start of the trade war in 2018, whereas imports from the rest of the world are 60 per cent higher, a new study shows.

The move by the Security Council includes an asset freeze on gang boss Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed ‘Barbecue’, whose group has seized control of the country’s main port.

Lowy Institute report claims China’s trade policies against Australia have ‘so far failed’ to meet their objectives and that Canberra should cement its role as an ‘indispensable’ exporter in the face of Beijing’s ongoing ‘coercion’.

Seized classified documents in question ‘among the most sensitive’ retrieved to date by agents in ongoing investigation, say sources.

Lawmakers probing the January 6 insurrection say the ex-president ‘personally orchestrated and oversaw’ the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

An ally says the disgraced leader will be back from his Caribbean holiday on Saturday to join the race to replace Liz Truss.

Kenyan President William Ruto said during his campaign he would not go ‘anywhere near restructuring debt’, but his transport secretary nominee says current terms are not favourable and the country is ‘choked by loans’.

Volcanic eruptions may explain 2-billion-year-old lava rocks retrieved from the lunar surface during China’s Chang’e 5 mission.

With no exit strategy from the war, backfiring sanctions and rising risks of a nuclear escalation, Europe has effectively ceded decisions to the US even as economic loser Germany’s decision to rearm awakens old fears.

Her anti-immigration Brothers of Italy party won the September polls but needs outside support to form a government.

Four samples of soil taken from Sham Shui Po building site found to have traces of bacterium that causes melioidosis.

The judge allowed Bannon to stay free pending appeal and also imposed a fine of US$6,500. He was convicted in July of two counts of contempt of Congress: refusing to sit for a deposition and refusing to provide documents.

‘It is very important for Ukraine to have a predictable and stable flow of income,’ EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on the 240th day of Russia’s war on its neighbour.

Cabinet member Penny Mordaunt became the first to formally declare her candidacy, after the UK’s ruling party was forced into its second leadership contest in weeks.

YMTC says it is a ‘commercial entity that follows global, market-based and compliant concepts’ in response to latest US restrictions, signalling a spirit of compliance.

Transport chief says the Hong Kong government will explore different funding options to support major projects unveiled in leader’s policy address.

The former British PM was ready to forge ahead with her China threat plan before her resignation.

Researchers working on the HL-2M reactor in Sichuan say they have generated enough power to meet two key requirements for a working reactor.

Health chief Lo Chung-mau says measures are meant to highlight importance of vaccination against respiratory diseases, especially Covid-19 and flu.

An independent report said Chris Matheson made ‘unwanted and unwelcome sexual advances’ towards a young woman who was his junior member of staff.

Judge says persons supervising vast estate must be ‘fit and proper’ for task, stressing charitable purposes took precedence and foundation is merely conduit.

Ahead of a meeting to discuss China policy, EU leaders urged a unified approach as the German chancellor prepares for a visit to Beijing in November.

Stars from the 1960s to 1990s to be showcased in festival designed to attract legions of fans and inspire young performers

Russia’s war on Ukraine, China’s strict zero-Covid policy and many borders still shut down are having an effect on the number of travellers arriving in the Indonesian tourist destination.

Huawei’s Zoom-like Link Now platform, launched mid-pandemic, stopped new user registrations on October 16 and will end service on December 16.

Mainland China recorded more than US$220 billion in total cryptocurrency transactions between June 2021 and July 2022, surpassing those of South Korea and Japan in the same period.

Event organisers clarify previous decision, say Batman film was pulled because movie’s violent scenes were unsuitable for outdoor screening.