A city in southeast China is in the grip of a ‘gold’ rush as amateur treasure hunters flock to dried-up riverbeds to unearth ‘illegal’ ancient booty.

Bureau of Corrections chief, Gerald Bantag, is accused of masterminding the October 3 fatal shooting of radio commentator Percival Mabasa.

Greg Hands says trading boost with the island is part of Britain’s post-Brexit tilt towards the Indo-Pacific.

Defence team says prosecution broke court rules by failure to disclose 6 boxes of evidence.

Danushka Gunathilaka was arrested on Sunday at his Sydney hotel and was charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent. He had travelled to Australia as part of Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup team.

China’s foreign exchange reserves rose by US$23.47 billion to US$3.052 trillion last month from US$3.029 trillion in September, official data showed on Monday.

Southern metropolis reports nearly 2,000 coronavirus infections on Monday in new outbreak driven by Omicron BA.5.2 variant.

Switch to throat swabs only could reduce sample collection time by two-thirds and will not pose risk to local pandemic situation, says adjunct associate professor.

The white Pungsan dogs are legally categorised as state property, but the former president took them to his personal residence after his term ended in May under an agreement his office said fell apart due to his successor’s ‘unexplained oppositio...

South Korea’s Halloween tragedy reveals women may be more vulnerable in crowd disasters.

The mayor of Ukraine’s Kyiv urged residents to consider preparing to leave temporarily if the capital lost water and power supplies.

Dr Pang Fei-chau, a clinical associate professor at the University of Hong Kong’s faculty of medicine, took up the role on Monday.

The city state’s national airline, which reported record revenue in the second quarter despite flying only 68 per cent as much passenger capacity as it did in 2019, sees passenger yields declining in 2023 as rivals bring back planes idled during th...

China’s top climate diplomat called on wealthy nations to offer more support for developing countries that have the most to lose from climate change on the opening day of the environmental summit in Egypt.

Foxconn is offering workers who fled its Zhengzhou compound a subsidy of US$70 to return to work as the world’s largest iPhone factory tries to limit fallout from a Covid-19 lockdown.

Liu Guangyuan tells legal forum in Hong Kong there have been changes globally ‘like never before’.

A crowded election field involving the three main coalitions, tens of parties and a record 108 independent candidates will add to the challenges posed by the influx of millions of young voters who are voting for the first time, according to local pol...

Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have been pulling out the stops to draw voters to the polls in Tuesday’s midterms contest.

Are eight billion humans too many for planet Earth? As we reach this milestone on November 15, most experts say the bigger problem is the overconsumption of resources by the wealthiest residents

Last week’s flurry of launches were a rehearsal for assaults on its rivals’ airbases, warplanes and operation command systems, North Korea’s military said on Monday, adding that they showed Pyongyang’s resolve to counter US-South Korean drill...

Pictures released by officials showed Taliban leaders gathered around a simple white brick tomb, enclosed in a green metal cage.

Developers say system combines missile technology and AI to ward of unmanned flying vehicles.

Apple has broken its silence on the Covid-19 chaos at the Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, saying production and holiday shipments of the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max lines will be affected.

China’s exports declined for the first time since May 2020 in October, while imports also fell last month, data released on Monday showed, with analysts expecting further weakness in the coming months.

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton is the first big-name Republican to step aside as Donald Trump readies a third White House campaign.

Seized cargo also includes 30 tonnes of waste comprising old batteries, circuit boards and ground plastic items.

The electric car giant drew large crowds at the China International Import Expo on Sunday, indicating soured relations between Beijing and Washington have not undermined demand in the mainland.

The South Korean president apologised on Monday for last month’s tragedy in Seoul, which killed more than 150 people. He sharply rebuked the police and swore to carry out a thorough investigation to bring those responsible for failings to account.

Women who lost their jobs or are underemployed because of Covid-19 will be paid to declutter quadriplegics’ homes, says association.

Bao Choy, 39, was fined HK$6,000 last year for knowingly making false statements to the Transport Department over her use of its car registration database.

Quirky China: kitten gives a woman a fish as a present, a couple hold a birthday on a roadside after an accident and a boy gives a bunch of grapes personality.

Myanmar expected to top agenda at Asean Summit as bloc faces growing calls to quickly address growing violence in country.

The overseas executives attending Hong Kong’s financial summit enjoyed a mostly Covid rule-free visit as John Lee declared the city back in business. Good for them, but residents are still anxiously waiting to be given the same green light.

Taking oral medication within five days of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection linked to 26 per cent lower risk of lingering postviral complications.

HKUST president Nancy Ip says access to mainland Chinese data of 10 million Alzheimer’s disease patients a big boost for research.

Hua Hong, already listed in Hong Kong, is aiming to raise 18 billion yuan on the Shanghai exchange’s Star Market while US restrictions cloud the company’s future.

The Chinese developer said its Hong Kong asset was sold by receivers, resulting in a potential loss of US$770 million versus the price it paid Henderson Land in 2019 and conversion premium in 2021.

Faced with bans in the US and Europe, Huawei is focusing on Africa, which in turn is putting its own interests first, analyst says.

Ships carrying hundreds of migrants rescued at sea were ordered by Italy’s far-right government not to release all passengers upon arrival.

Damaging civilian vessels would prevent Ukrainian forces from using them if they decide to cross the river in the event of a Russian withdrawal.

Democracies in action might be so dysfunctional that it is conceivable that some other forms of government might not be worse after all. China’s model of economic and political management, often criticised in the West, has undeniably brought substa...

Manston detention centre in southeast of England has been at the centre of the UK’s immigration crisis after it became dangerously overcrowded.

Russian jets bombed camps near Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib, in a flare-up of attacks on the last opposition-help bastion, witnesses and rescuers said.

Asian-American communities have emerged as a critical constituency, particularly in key battlegrounds like Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District – one of the most expensive congressional races in the country.

Where Beijing sees grey-zone activity and psychological warfare as peaceful means to push unification with Taiwan, for the US, coercion is clearly stipulated in the Taiwan Relations Act as something it opposes and must act against.

Flight PW494, carrying 43 people, ‘crash-landed’ into the lake as it was approaching the lakeside city of Bukoba.

Chief Executive John Lee calls the tournament ‘one of the most popular sporting events in Asia’ and ‘living proof’ Hong Kong has returned to the world.

New building will feature medical centre, language classes, bigger kitchen and library after five-year revamp.

With both sides striking a conciliatory tone, hopes are growing for a meeting between the two leaders but experts warn not to expect too much.

IT army, estimated to number around 215,000, is an anonymous group predominantly made up of volunteers, says Ukraine’s deputy minister of digital transformation.