Indoor grilling isn’t a new concept, but in the coronavirus pandemic era, it can make the difference between a restaurant surviving or closing its doors.Good ventilation is turning into a secret weapon for Japan’s yakiniku, or “grilled-meat” ...

Hong Kong’s subway operator MTR and its real estate partner Nan Fung Group scored a hat trick over the weekend when homebuyers snapped up the third batch of their LP10 flats in Tseung Kwan O, kicking off one of the city’s biggest property sales w...

Tens of thousands of Indian farmers have been protesting on the outskirts of New Delhi for more than three months, demanding the repeal of new agriculture laws they fear would leave them at mercy of corporations.While largely peaceful, the protests t...

A single Covid-19 infection in any residential building, whether untraceable or linked, will trigger mandatory testing for everyone in the premises, as authorities take tougher action to bring Hong Kong’s health crisis under control before Lunar Ne...

A second senior leader of a vast drug syndicate has been arrested, a Thai narcotics official said, as a transnational dragnet tightens on the Sam Gor group, which police say dominates the US$70 billion annual Asia-Pacific drug trade.The October arres...

Every week, Lisbon-based lawyer André Miranda receives queries from Hongkongers who are interested in exploring residency opportunities in Portugal.As political tensions rise in Hong Kong, some inhabitants of the city have been lured by Portugal’s...

Hong Kong’s police chief has rejected accusations of the force intimidating the city’s opposition camp through mass arrests under the national security law, insisting the action was based on evidence and not the political backgrounds of suspects....

A Chinese artist known for his anti-Western themes has released a new work depicting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the DC Comics supervillain Harley Quinn dressed in hot pants and fishnet stockings.The illustration by Wuheqilin marks the ...

In a tough new campaign to eliminate protests and instil patriotism, Hong Kong’s Education Bureau released sweeping guidelines on Thursday to bring the city’s schools in line with the national security law. They cover every aspect from management...

South Korea is relaxing its social distancing rules, allowing longer opening hours for some retail businesses, as the number of new Covid-19 infections declines.Restaurants, coffee shops and gyms outside the capital Seoul and surrounding Gyeonggi pro...

Hong Kong’s traditional Lunar New Year flower markets opened on Saturday for the festive period amid stringent crowd-control measures, as the city confirmed 19 new coronavirus cases.Sixteen of the latest infections were locally transmitted includin...

The organiser of Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil has closed its stall at a government-run Lunar New Year market for the first time in 32 years under orders by authorities, after it was accused of breaching lease conditions over materials unrelat...

The detention of a Protestant Christian teenage boy in Singapore who allegedly plotted terror attacks at two mosques has raised concerns of the danger of Western-style far-right extremism in Southeast Asia, where previously, attention had largely bee...

A popular talk show host once considered a star in the world of Taiwanese politics has rejoined the island’s main opposition party after almost 30 years away, in what observers say could signal the start of a run for the presidency in 2024.Jaw Shaw...

China’s smaller commercial banks in rural areas have come under increasing scrutiny by federal banking regulators. This is not only because of their vital importance in funding the rural economy, but also because their balance sheets have become we...

Anyone who’s left so much as a hat on a Chicago Transit Authority train knows that whatever leaves the station without its owner often is gone forever.Except, apparently, a US$22,000 gold and silver flute.Donald Rabin is once again holding – and ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi on Saturday that Washington will work with its allies to hold Beijing accountable for threatening regional stability, and stand up for human rights.According to a brief stat...

Chinese coastguard vessels on Saturday entered Japan’s territorial waters near the China-claimed Senkaku Islands for the first time since its new coastguard law took effect this month, officials said.The law, which became effective Monday, authoris...

President Joe Biden said on Friday that Donald Trump’s “erratic behaviour” should prevent him from receiving classified intelligence briefings, a courtesy that historically has been granted to outgoing presidents.Asked in an interview with CBS ...

Days after Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup, it appears all has returned to normal in Yangon, where offices remain open, the roads are bursting with traffic, and nearby bazaars are packed with customers shopping for groceries.A fruit selle...

Eight-year-old Jacob Yeung Chun-hei used to be shy and withdrawn, and going to school would make him cry.But the Primary Three pupil at the STFA Lee Kam Primary School in Tuen Mun says now he loves going to school, where he can play with his classmat...

Daniel Wong* holds a British National (Overseas) passport, but is not taking up Britain’s offer of a pathway to citizenship for Hong Kong residents eager to leave.Instead, the 37-year-old is planning to move to Canada with his wife, a 33-year-old c...

A clash of stubborn personalities. A constant competition for authority. Such descriptions of the relationship between Myanmar’s military and its civilian government reflect just how tenuous ties have been during the Southeast Asian nation’s deca...

One of the most remote and unwelcoming parts of the planet is trying its luck as a tourist destination.A one-of-a-kind visitor centre dedicated to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, dubbed the “doomsday” vault, is being built on Norway’s Spitsberg...

The foreign ministers of Germany, France, Britain and the United States on Friday said they wanted “to revive” the transatlantic relationship, following their first in-depth talks since President Joe Biden took office.“The foreign ministers agr...

Hong Kong’s plan to introduce more foreign-trained doctors would not need approval from the medical watchdog, sources and a government adviser said, despite opposition from some local practitioners.But the government was considering adding another ...

The United States and its allies should seize on China’s three main military weaknesses and divert the PLA to spread its resources to immediate land, near-sea and offshore disputes to stop it from going global, a US think tank suggested.Given that ...

The International Criminal Court said on Friday that its jurisdiction extends to territories occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war, clearing the way for its chief prosecutor to open a war crimes probe into Israeli military actions.The decisi...

After their first phone call, US President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in emphasised a unified stance on nuclear-armed North Korea.The two leaders would develop a “comprehensive” joint strategy to work toward denuclearisat...

The World Health Organization chief on Friday called on vaccine makers to share technologies to help dramatically boost production, warning that without more access to the jabs, progress against the pandemic could be lost.Director general Tedros Adha...

Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film The Sound of Music and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award acting winner in history, has died. He was 91.Plummer died Friday morning at his home in Connec...

The US trade deficit with China has dropped sharply since former president Donald Trump launched a tariff war against Beijing in 2018, even as the gap rose overall, as the country sped up purchases of American soybeans and other agricultural goods.Th...

It fits on a human fingertip, but this chameleon could make a big splash.Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say a newly discovered species of chameleon is a contender for the title of world’s smallest reptile.Frank Glaw, who was part of the int...

Thousands of people took to the streets of Yangon on Saturday to denounce this week’s coup and demand the release of Myanmar’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in the first such demonstration since the generals seized power.“Military dictator, ...

China’s maiden space exploration mission to Mars has captured its first image of the red planet, the space agency said on Friday, some six months after the probe left Earth.The uncrewed Tianwen-1 took the picture at a distance of around 2.2 million...

China on Friday protested against a United States destroyer entering into disputed South China Sea waters.The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain on Friday carried out a freedom of navigation operation in the vicinity of t...

Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday said it was expelling diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany for attending rallies in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.The diplomats were being declared “persona non grata” after they were alleg...

Hong Kong’s cash-strapped examination authority on Friday said it would explore new revenue streams in the Greater Bay Area to help sustain its operations after reporting that its surplus for the last financial year had dropped by 23 per cent compa...

Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong says he is becoming more confident in the city amid sweeping changes following the political turmoil of 2019, and has given a public assurance that it will continue to be governed under the “one country, two sy...

Mutations that are part of the fast-spreading coronavirus strain found in Britain emerged months earlier than the variant was identified, underscoring the need for faster monitoring of the virus’s changes, according to a study led by BioNTech SE’...

A global plan for fair Covid-19 vaccine distribution is on track to deliver 2 billion doses or more this year, but the huge task is facing a number of challenges, including emerging virus variants and getting production and local roll-outs up to spee...

A hit-and-run motorist surrendered to police on Friday afternoon after she was captured in a viral video speeding away with a man clinging to the bonnet of her vehicle in a desperate bid to stop her from leaving.Police said the woman drove for at lea...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has sought to dispel concerns from European business groups over what they characterised as the erosion of Hong Kong’s freedoms and rule of law – while at the same time calling on the EU to keep its hand...

The chief of Indonesia’s Maritime Security Agency has warned that China’s new coastguard law has heightened the risk of a “spillover conflict” into Indonesia’s territorial waters around the Natuna Islands, the site of past sea skirmishes be...

The Chinese government should ditch its “Wolf Warrior” diplomacy and reach out to the new Biden administration to shape a more mutually beneficial relationship, a former senior US official has said.Interactions at the start of a new administratio...

Germany’s government on Friday welcomed a decision by President Joe Biden to put on hold plans to reduce US troops in the country, saying their presence was in both nations’ mutual interest.“We have always been convinced that American troops be...

Beijing said it was “firmly opposed” to Britain’s decision to revoke a Chinese state media outlet’s broadcasting licence and threatened to retaliate, as relations deteriorate over human rights issues in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.The Office of Co...

The threshold in determining whether to grant bail to suspects in Hong Kong’s national security law cases should be “much higher” than for those charged with ordinary crimes, a criminal law expert from mainland China has said.Professor Xiong Qi...

A Chinese actress has shared shocking photos of her “nightmare” botched nose operation, warning fans of the dangers of cosmetic surgery.Gao Liu posted candid pictures of her post-surgery face on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform, which showed...

Indonesia has banned schools from forcing girls to wear headscarves after the case of a Christian pupil pressured to cover up sparked outrage in the world’s most populous Muslim nation.The move was applauded on Friday by rights activists, who say n...