Agreement required Kenya’s port authority to guarantee cargo traffic on Standard Gauge Railway from Mombasa to Nairobi.

Officials overseeing venue set to be grilled on unresolved issues arising from report, Post has learned.

Alibaba said its Singles’ Day gross merchandise volume was in line with last year, while rival JD.com said its promotion this year achieved ‘record-breaking’ results.

Deep political divisions will be set aside across the country as fans will cheer for players that ‘represent the Pakistan flag and not a party flag’ during Sunday’s T20 Final vs England.

Authorities in New South Wales rated the outbreak’s risk level at ‘Tier 3’, indicating a high level of transmission.

New Delhi can benefit from Taiwanese expertise and send Beijing a ‘political message’ by forging closer economic ties, analysts said. But divergent expectations – and Beijing’s wrath – may yet stand in the way.

A teenage girl in China has had spinal surgery to have bones removed by doctors trying to cure her of a deformity that caused thick dark hair to grow across her lower back.

The 392km-long (244 miles) Lao Cai-Hanoi–Haiphong standard gauge railway will eventually link the capital of China’s southwestern Yunnan province to one of Vietnam’s busiest seaports as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

International monitors, who inspected the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, said many of the lab’s facilities are probably damaged beyond repair.

The case centred on the health of patriarch Srichand Hinduja and the legitimacy of a lasting power of attorney given to the 86-year-old’s wife and daughters.

About 3,000 graduates have applied since Australia introduced scheme tailor-made for Hongkongers.

Chinese military’s top aviators ‘able to write papers and study reports like aircraft designers’, observer says.

In its bankruptcy filing, FTX listed more than 130 affiliated companies and assets valued between US$10 billion to US$50 billion, with a similar estimate for its liabilities, as well as more than 100,000 creditors.

As world leaders at COP27 discuss climate and biodiversity emergency, illegal buying and selling of protected, rare species thrive in Laos, China and Vietnam — key markets for the likes of ‘exotic’ pets and pangolin, rhino, tiger parts.

A video went viral on social media showing scientists pulling the alligator from the stomach of the 5.4m snake caught in the Everglades National Park.

Ng accused Leissner of repeatedly lying to steal his investments in two companies.

China’s semiconductor industry was once galvanised into action by US sanctions, but tighter restrictions on top of an industry downturn could push some chip-related firms into bankruptcy.

The quick thinking of a 4-year-old who kept her nerve when a fire started while she and her baby sister were home by themselves impresses mainland China after emergency call audio is released.

The two-dish-rice box, beloved by Hong Kong residents and, lately, diplomats alike, is an icon of the city – it should be declared part of our intangible cultural heritage.

Umno’s corruption-tainted Barisan Nasional coalition promises ‘stability’. But internal strife and growing support for Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan could yet deny them a return to power – as could the ‘unprecedented amount’ of undeci...

Xi’s appointees to China’s top military decision-making and command body boast combat experience and Taiwan expertise. While this doesn’t necessarily portend a confrontation in the Taiwan Strait, it does point to a more military-focused approac...

Beijing’s new policy allows inbound travellers to serve five days of hotel quarantine – down from a week – and three in home isolation.

Washington looking to cut reliance on countries that ‘present geopolitical and security risks’, says American treasury secretary in swipe at Beijing.

While down on pre-pandemic years, Singles’ Day sales in Taiwan look better in 2022 than last year, according to analysts and some e-commerce sites, as Covid curbs ease and wages hold up.

The settlement for Sherry Chen, formerly a National Weather Service hydrologist, ends a decade-long odyssey that began when she was charged with spying for Beijing.

Minister says Dublin will follow tighter EU rules on foreign investment – imposed amid growing concerns about ties with Beijing – but China ‘can’t be ignored’.

The ex-president called Ron DeSantis, his main threat in the party, ‘DeSanctimonious’, and said another potential rival’s name ‘sounds Chinese’.

The president says special units are already inside the city, as Kyiv retakes the first and only major urban hub to fall to Moscow’s forces in the war.

The platform was flooded with impostors after new owner Elon Musk made the famed blue tick – meant to prevent impersonation – available to anyone who paid US$8.

The president said ‘with confidence’ that the US would meet its emissions targets by 2030.

Suspect arrested in a Glasgow hospital where he was being treated for Covid-19, claims he is an Irish orphan who has never been to the US and accuses authorities of having him tattooed while in a coma to resemble the wanted man.

Although the authorities have stressed the zero-Covid policy remains, observers said Friday’s changes marked the first signs of a gradual shift.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has increased reservations among governments in Central Asia, presenting China with an opening to further grow its footprint in the region, according to an Atlantic Council panel discussion this week.

Officers from city’s Buildings Department examine the Grand Mayfair I site near Yuen Long to investigate if contractor violated any regulations.

The new-generation warplane, tipped to double the PLA’s strike range, is expected to be launched soon, military insider tells the Post.

The time spent in quarantine on arrival has been cut to 5 days, but those arriving from overseas must still comply with a further set of rules.

The commission says high energy prices, a rising cost of living, higher interest rates and slowing global trade ‘expected to tip the EU, the euro area and most member states into recession in the last quarter of the year’.

The spectacular meltdown of cryptocurrency exchange FTX offers a cautionary tale for Hong Kong’s ambition to build a digital-assets industry.

Education Bureau also says final comments from inspectors on overall performance of schools to be made public.

Melting glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau are threatening water quality for 2 billion people, and Chinese researchers say more research is urgent.

China’s top economic planner unveils a three-year plan for the economically vital region that includes Shanghai, but a restrictive zero-Covid policy continues to loom large.

Anhui is the third Type 075 to join the fleet and was shown in a video posted on the PLA Navy’s Weibo account.

Covid-19 and being stuck at home in quarantine helped boost the popularity of items like facial spa machines and carpet cleaners during this year’s Singles’ Day festival.

Asean’s so-called five-point consensus peace plan with Myanmar calls for the immediate cessation of violence and establishment of constructive dialogue of all parties, but there is growing criticism the junta was dismissive of the plan.

China’s decision to ease coronavirus containment measures has been welcomed by foreign business groups, but many say the positive impact will be limited and have urged further relaxation.

Engaging disillusioned overseas voters since the fall of the Pakatan Harapan government in 2020 has been difficult, but the ‘success’ in overthrowing ex-prime minister Najib Razak – now in jail – could reignite enthusiasm.

Report by interdepartmental task force says Mirror concert organisers failed to certify stage was safe.

Unmanned Tianzhou 5 cargo spacecraft will deliver tonnes of supplies for a new team of three astronauts who are expected to arrive within weeks.

Clashes erupted on the island province of Basilan, underscoring the fragility of law and order in a region faced with a surfeit of firearms, private armies, crushing poverty and a long history of violence.

Workers who fled from Foxconn’s gated factory compound in Zhengzhou over the past weeks said they have received recruitment calls from village cadres.