China’s controversial zero-Covid policy claims unexpected victims, with one private zoo in the country’s east turning to live streams and animal adoptions to stay afloat.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley says PLA likely ‘evaluating’ and ‘recalculating’ plans to take the island as amphibious attack would be difficult.

Growing demand in the US, Asia and Europe is contributing to the decline of turtle and tortoise species; poaching is ‘getting ruthless’, wildlife experts say.

Health undersecretary cites stable situation at city’s public hospitals as driving force behind latest easing of entry restrictions.

Iran says its new weapon targets anti-missile defence systems and represents a ‘major generational leap’.

He was the top aide to leader Zhao Ziyang and played a key role in pushing political reform in the 1980s but was brought down in a purge of student sympathisers in 1989.

Syndicate members used 300 SIM cards to send more than 1 million phishing messages to residents, directing them to bogus website to pay ‘handling fee’.

Hong Kong officials must learn from Communist Party’s boldness in tackling tough issues, pro-Beijing lawmaker Junius Ho says.

Young Chinese are less keen on Western fashion brands, but local ones still lack international prestige and influence.

A woman claiming to be the man’s daughter said his appeals for help at quarantine facility went unanswered until it was too late.

Hun Sen said 25 watches featuring sophisticated tourbillon mechanism have been ‘prepared and assembled by pure Cambodian technicians’.

The top climate envoys of China and the US have held informal talks on climate cooperation, in a sign that tentative steps are being taken to pave the way for negotiations by the top leaders of the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters later ...

Beijing got preferences in financing the construction of a railway in Kenya eight years ago, a project that is part of its Belt and Road Initiative.

Beijing says it will approach leaders in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations bloc this week about upgrading the Asean-China Free Trade Area, a move that could help counterbalance US economic threats.

Paula Leung, 42, waved colonial flag at APM mall during screening of star fencer Edgar Cheung’s gold medal ceremony.

Hiring firms said exchange rates partly to blame for decline in applicants after Tokyo’s ultra-loose monetary policy sent the yen to its lowest levels in decades.

National Health Commission Vice-Minister Cao Xuetao gives assurance at flagship healthcare summit in city, warns outbreaks still occurring across country.

The health insurer, which has refused to pay the ransom, said hackers had accessed information belonging to 9.7 million clients, including Prime Minister Albanese.

WHO official says the coronavirus outbreak is ‘still a pandemic, and it’s still circulating quite rampantly around the world’.

Charity’s Operation Santa Claus project will enable special-needs children aged 18 or below to learn sign language.

About 36,000 defence personnel from both countries will take part in exercise ‘Keen Sword’ amid concerns about Beijing’s maritime assertiveness in Indo-Pacific.

Likely four-quark particle spotted by Beijing Electron Positron Collider has never been seen before.

A new mother in China is at the centre of controversy after the hospital she gave birth at revealed the lengths she went to to conceive after suffering 26 miscarriages.

Unionists want the law changed soon, but construction sector bosses feel targeted unfairly.

Tokyo and Beijing are celebrating 50 years of normalising diplomatic relations this year, but a face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the two nations has not been held since 2019.

There is reason to celebrate as 70 per cent of Asia-Pacific countries showed improvement in opportunities for girls and young women to lead. Despite this progress, girls and women continue to be undervalued and underestimated throughout the region, e...

On Taiwan, American leader declines to comment on whether he would confirm to his counterpart defending self-ruled island if Beijing attacked.

Areas highlighted for continued discussion include anticorruption efforts, digital trade, state-owned enterprises and non-market policies and practices.

Officials say they are pressing for Manila to ratify UN treaties that allow people to seek compensation for damage or injury from space launches.

Whether on economic ‘decoupling’ from Beijing or bolstering support for Taiwan, American lawmakers’ approaches expected to span pragmatic to sabre-rattling.

About 180 local and overseas healthcare start-ups to showcase innovations at Asia Summit on Global Health.

Vice-Premier Liu He, 70, has been instrumental in the development of China’s economy over the past decade, but drastic policy shifts could affect his legacy.

Despite an expected ‘red wave’ failing to materialise, the ex-president called the election results a ‘very big victory’, asking: ‘Who has ever done better than that?’

A study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that the High Himalaya frog has evolved to protect itself from UV radiation compared with other species.

Missing the event would allow the Russian president to avoid a potential confrontation with Biden or being shunned by EU leaders.

Intensifying US-South Korea military exercises provokes Pyongyang, raises tensions and risks a breakdown of the 2018 inter-Korean border agreement, when an environment for diplomacy and dialogue should be created instead.

An ‘official’ label added to government and media accounts was scrapped almost immediately after launch, as Musk says the company will do ‘lots of dumb things’ in coming months.

Melanie Joly teased parts of a new Indo-Pacific strategy, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to attend a trio of major summits in the region; she also warned Canadian firms to be ‘clear-eyed’ about doing business in China.

Russia’s announced pullback from the strategic southern Ukrainian city came as America’s top general estimated there had been 100,000 casualties on each side of the war.

After years of tense relations with key Southeast Asian states such as Vietnam and the Philippines, China’s ‘peripheral diplomacy’ could do with a reset. Xi Jinping’s consolidated political power, a better approach to South China Sea disputes...

Republicans seen as likely to narrowly win the House of Representatives, while Democrats may hold onto the Senate.

Bidding for 175 wet goods stalls begins, with three-by-four-metre stall attracting highest bid of HK$56,000.

Hong Kong to invest in creation of aviation industrial park and international air cargo business in Greater Bay Area city.

Although the caseload is small by international standards, doubts are growing about whether the current approach can stop Omicron variants from spreading.

Macron unveiled the summit while laying out his strategic defence priorities for France and Europe in the coming years, not least in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a growing international assertiveness of China.

Smart cities collaboration is on hold pending federal government’s new China policy and against background of ‘current relations’ between Beijing and Russia, spokesman for mayor’s office says.

The king and queen consort appeared to be targeted with three eggs that landed near them during a walkabout in York.

Joe Biden will visit Cambodia this weekend to meet with Asean leaders in an effort to convey Washington’s message that the US commitment to the region remains unchanged.

As authorities impose a widening lockdown in a Guangzhou textile district, desperate local workers find ways to keep goods moving.

Police say 4,350 high risks found among 74,000 inquiries in October alone; 7,450 rated as lower risks.