Two months after Cambodia launched its Covid-19 vaccination programme with 1.2 million shots made by China’s Sinopharm and India’s Serum Institute-produced AstraZeneca vaccine, the government on Tuesday said garment factory workers, who number ab...

Hong Kong authorities were considering ways to incentivise residents to take the coronavirus jab amid a sluggish start to the city’s vaccination roll-out, a government adviser said on Sunday, as top officials renewed their push for a programme they...

China must ensure manufacturing remains the backbone of its economy and not allow it to slowly wither, as had happened in the United States, economists say.Cai Fang, a former deputy head of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences who now works as an a...

South Korea’s “hurry, hurry” culture has propelled the country’s economic development and given rise to its renowned service culture, but the mindset is not without side effects. These include a corporate culture notorious for overworking emp...

A sandstorm that hit Beijing on Sunday morning pushed air pollution levels off the charts, turned the sky yellow and reduced the sun to a blue spot.The storm was the second to hit the Chinese capital in less than two weeks and came after the Beijing ...

The Philippine military is sending light fighter aircraft to fly over hundreds of Chinese vessels in disputed waters in the South China Sea, its defence minister said, as he repeated his demand the flotilla be withdrawn immediately.International conc...

An attacker armed with a knife stabbed and killed one woman and wounded another five people at a library in the Canadian city of Vancouver on Saturday, police said.Although the motive for the attack was not immediately clear, police said they had arr...

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Indonesia has began its transition towards clean energy, especially in its transport sector, which is the largest user of fossil fuels after the industrial sector. Such a move will increase Indonesia’s energy security, r...

Hong Kong recorded a single imported coronavirus case on Sunday – its lowest daily total in more than five months – though authorities were investigating 10 preliminary-positive tests that were likely to halt the city’s two-day streak of zero c...

A suspected suicide bomber blew up outside a Catholic Church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding nine people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, police and a witness said.The congregation had been inside the church on the isl...

Kenya will continue to work with Huawei Technologies Co. on 5G, the country’s IT minister said on Friday, despite a US-led campaign to shut the Chinese firm out of global networks.Speaking at the launch of Safaricom’s new superfast 5G service in ...

The military chiefs of a dozen countries including the United States, Britain, Japan and South Korea joined together on Saturday to condemn Myanmar’s use of lethal force against unarmed civilians.The rare joint condemnation was released after Myanm...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday that China’s tit-for-tat sanctions against two Americans in the growing dispute over Beijing’s treatment of Uygurs were “baseless” and would only shine a spotlight on the “genocide” in...

Veteran Hong Kong filmmaker Alex Cheung Kwok-ming never imagined he would once again step into Kong Ha Wai, a historic mansion in rural Yuen Long, and revisit his childhood memories after he was unable to enter the site two decades ago. The 27-room ...

If one overlooked the white face masks dotting the tightly packed crowd of music lovers, it was almost like pre-pandemic times in Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi concert hall on Saturday night.Five thousand rock fans enjoyed a real-as-can-be concert a...

  Indonesians are no strangers to celebrity gossip, but when it emerged that President Joko Widodo’s youngest son, Kaesang Pangarep, had been through a bad break-up with his Singapore-based girlfriend of five years, Felicia Chew, the news set soc...

The Philippines on Saturday ordered more than 25 million people in and around Manila into a coronavirus lockdown, reimposing the restrictions of last year as the Philippines logged a record 9,595 new Covid-19 cases and active infections rose to 118,1...

A number of Hong Kong opposition district councillors have said they would rather resign than take an oath of allegiance, with some worried that even if they gave in to the new requirement, they could be asked to return public funds if their pledges ...

Prosecutors in Seattle and San Francisco have charged men with hate crimes in separate incidents that authorities say targeted people of Asian descent amid a wave of high-profile and sometimes deadly violence which has spiked since the coronavirus pa...

Top crude exporter Saudi Arabia on Saturday unveiled a sweeping campaign to tackle climate change and reduce carbon emissions, including a plan to plant billions of trees in the coming decades.The OPEC kingpin seems an unlikely champion of clean ener...

Japan may find itself in the firing line if mainland China attacks Taiwan because of the multiple US bases on its soil, analysts have said.Last week, Japanese and US defence chiefs agreed to cooperate closely if Beijing decides to attack the island, ...

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Koreatown on Saturday for a unity rally and march down Olympic Boulevard to demand an end to the surge in anti-Asian hate and violence, including the Atlanta-area killings earlier this month that have stoked fear...

Cities around the world were turning off their lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, with this year’s event highlighting the link between the destruction of nature and increasing outbreaks of diseases such as Covid-19.In London, the Houses of Parliame...

France, Belgium and Poland on Saturday tightened curbs as coronavirus cases surged in Europe while the Philippines readied for a giant lockdown and Chile confined over 80 per cent of its population.France admitted the situation is “critical” and ...

It wasn’t so long ago that New Zealand officially did away with a law designed to exclude the ethnic Chinese community.The government in 1944 axed the Chinese Immigration Act, a measure established in 1881 at the height of anti-Chinese sentiment th...

The Biden administration is not requiring FBI fingerprint background checks of caregivers at its rapidly expanding network of emergency sites to hold thousands of immigrant teenagers, alarming child welfare experts who say the waiver compromises safe...

Fuel shipments to Syria have been delayed by the blockage of Egypt’s Suez Canal, authorities in Damascus said on Saturday, warning they were “rationing” fuel to avoid shortages.Syria, mired in civil war since 2011 and facing a severe economic c...

The Netherlands national team protested in support of human rights in Qatar ahead of Saturday’s 2022 World Cup qualifier match against Latvia after similar gestures from Norway and Germany’s players.Frank de Boer’s side went out onto the pitch ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed on Saturday to stick with his planned unwinding of a coronavirus lockdown, relishing the prospect of a pint and a haircut even as scientists warn of new variants.Launching his Conservative party’s campaign...

Hundreds of women across Turkey on Saturday took to the streets for the second weekend in a row to protest against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to withdraw from the world’s first binding treaty to combat violence against women.Erdoga...

Hongkongers who received the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine before the roll-out was suspended have urged the government to boost capacity when the inoculation scheme resumes so they can get their second jab within the recommended time.The government on Sa...

China announced sanctions on American and Canadian officials in charge of religious affairs on Saturday as it hit back at Western countries that have accused it of human rights abuses in Xinjiang.Those targeted by the new sanctions include Gayle Manc...

Bangladesh has deployed border guards to help maintain order, a senior officer said on Saturday after deadly protests by hardline Islamists against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rocked the Muslim-majority nation.The violence, which b...

China and Russia have presented a united front in denouncing US-led sanctions against them but observers say there are limits to how close the giant neighbours can get.“There is no doubt that the two countries are walking closer under the pressure ...

The government departments involved in tackling Hong Kong’s marine rubbish said they would do more to combat the problem, after an Audit Commission report highlighted several areas that needed improving.An interdepartmental working group involving ...

Iran and China on Saturday signed a 25-year strategic cooperation agreement addressing economic issues amid crippling US sanctions on Iran, state TV reported.The agreement dubbed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, covers a variety of economic a...

The authorities in Xinjiang are stepping up efforts to promote Mandarin-language education and to sinicise Islam despite the growing international outcry over its policies in the far Western region.International fashion chains that have said they wil...

Hotels and guest houses remain cautious over the government’s plan to turn hundreds of rooms in their sectors into temporary homes for people waiting for public housing flats, ahead of online briefings on the pilot scheme next week. Michael Li Hon-...

China will conduct a military drill in the South China Sea next Monday and Tuesday as tensions in the region continue to rise.The China Maritime Safety Administration issued a notice on Friday afternoon, saying an area between China’s southernmost ...

A veteran pro-establishment lawmaker in Hong Kong has said opposition voices would still be heard in the city after the overhaul of the electoral system because half of the seats directly elected by the public would still favour them, a claim her opp...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the report on its mission to Wuhan to trace the origin of the coronavirus will be ready in a few days.The agency was now fact checking and translating the document, Peter Ben Embarek, a Danish scientist and WH...

Another daughter of Hong Kong actor Richard Ng Yiu-hon was arrested on Friday night after customs officers allegedly uncovered marijuana during a raid on her home, making her the second of the long-time star’s children to be brought in over the dru...

A growing number of Chinese independent crude oil refineries, known as teapots, have ramped up imports of highly discounted Iranian oil, analysts say.While smaller Chinese firms are importing from Iran, China’s state-owned oil majors fear they may ...

Bollywood superstar Priyanka Chopra’s announcement that she would be launching an Indian restaurant in New York City this month has created a buzz among foodies and fans. No sooner had the 38-year-old posted about the eatery – to be called Sona, ...

A new tourism project featuring augmented reality enables smartphone users to enjoy panoramic views of what Hong Kong looked like in the past – part of a bid by officials to bolster the city’s appeal ahead of the much-anticipated return of foreig...

Sophea* froze when the footage of Cambodian cosmetics entrepreneur Deth Malina being battered by her then-husband flashed up on social media. “It was difficult to watch,” the mother-of-three, 36, recalled. “It reminded me of my home life and wh...

The Philippines on Saturday announced that more than 24 million people in and around Manila will go into lockdown next week, as hospitals in the capital struggle to cope with a surge in coronavirus infections.The tougher restrictions in the country�...

A Chinese man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping a 10-year-old girl who became pregnant as a result of the assault, according to official reports.The case came to light when the child, identified only by the pseudonym Xiaoye, from ea...

One person was killed and a candidate’s car attacked Saturday as the state of West Bengal – India’s worst hotbed of political violence – held elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to unseat one of his fiercest opponents.Victory...

China is home to the most self-made women entrepreneurs in the world, according to a new report. The country minted 24 new femalebillionaires to start 2021, bringing the total number to 85, said Hurun Research Institute. China’s 85 female billion...