The United Nations’ new envoy to China has defended international cooperation under the platform, saying it is still crucial for resolving global challenges even though it has been criticised as an inefficient talk shop.Siddharth Chatterjee said th...

Sri Lanka’s police on Saturday arrested a top Muslim leader and member of parliament in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks that killed 279 people as pressure to speed up the investigation mounted.Detectives took Rishad Bathiudeen, leade...

When Myanmar railway switch operator Ko Thet, 34, and his family were evicted on March 22 from the home they had lived in for generations, they did not have time to pack much.The family of six took “only our essentials: clothes, some pots, and bowl...

Hongkong Post has released a food-themed series of stamps featuring local snacks such as fish balls, buttered pineapple buns, peanut candy and steamed rice rolls, but the choice of menu items has left some craving more as critics decry other signatur...

Hopes of rescuing dozens aboard a missing Indonesian submarine faded on Saturday as its oxygen reserves were believed to have run out, with the US and Australia joining the hunt in waters off Bali.While warships, planes and hundreds of military perso...

On April 14, Ana Patricia Non set up a small bamboo cart on a pavement in a Quezon City village, stocking it with 800 pesos (US$16.50) worth of groceries, including vegetables, packs of rice and noodles, canned food, and bottles of water.The 26-year-...

The United States will urge its Group of Seven (G7) allies to increase pressure on China over the use of forced labour in its northwestern Xinjiang province, home to the Muslim Uygur minority, a top White House official said on Friday.US President Jo...

A nasal spray Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Hong Kong could be available on the market in two to three years, one of its researchers has said, with ongoing clinical trials so far showing the product to be safe.The city on Satu...

Israeli police said 44 people were arrested and 20 officers were wounded in a night of chaos in Jerusalem, where security forces separately clashed with Palestinians angry about Ramadan restrictions and Jewish extremists who held an anti-Arab march n...

China has officially named the nation’s first Mars rover Zhu Rong, after the mythical god of fire and war, preferring it to the humbler option – Hongyi, which means to have an open mind.In Chinese legend Zhu Rong was a formidable character who ha...

Beijing has repeatedly asked if South Korea will join the Quad – a US-led grouping which includes Japan, Australia and India – showing China is increasingly worried about the expansion of what it sees as a move to contain its influence in the reg...

Hong Kong police are investigating a suspected murder after a man in his 80s died in hospital on Friday night following a fight at a home for the elderly in Tuen Mun.Another man, in his 70s and also a resident of the care home, was arrested, authorit...

The arrest of well-known Malaysian graphic artist and activist Fahmi Reza for allegedly insulting the country’s queen – who is under fire for a social media faux pas – has triggered an outcry among free speech advocates who say authorities are...

With this week’s release of the official trailer of the first Marvel movie that features a superhero of Asian descent, many Asians across the world are collectively rejoicing at what they perceive as a “victory”. Within two days of its rele...

When a photograph of a Hong Kong schoolgirl pointing a toy gun at her classmate during the city’s first National Security Education Day was shared widely online recently, few imagined it would spark calls for a new law against “fake news”. App...

Earlier this year, Singapore’s Education Minister Lawrence Wong sparked a debate among younger citizens and LGBT activists after he said that gender identity issues had become part of Western “culture wars” and that Singaporeans should be caref...

New Zealand has put a pause on part of its newly opened travel bubble with Australia, the government in Wellington said on Friday, after a Covid-19 outbreak in its larger neighbour.“As set out in our Trans-Tasman bubble protocols, travel between Ne...

Ten years ago, as radio presenter Joshua Simon was about to share a photo and a video on Facebook, he felt nervous. The images were of him, his friends and hordes of other people enjoying the 2011 edition of Singapore’s Pink Dot rally, a celebratio...

After seven years together, Poon and her fiancé were ready to marry and start a family last year, but the Covid-19 pandemic spoiled their plans. At 33, she worries that her chances of getting pregnant will decline as she grows older. The Hongkonge...

A suicide bombing in southwest Pakistan may not have been aimed at China but it highlights security risks with Beijing’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative project in the region, observers said.At least five people died and a dozen were wounded on W...

The heartfelt Korean immigrant tale in Minari resonated with many Asian-Americans, but for some in South Korea the film presented a far too dated view of immigration to the United States.Minari, directed by a Korean-American and produced in the US, w...

US health officials lifted an 11-day pause on Covid-19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot on Friday, after scientific advisers decided its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot.The government uncovered 15 vaccine recipien...

Former US president Donald Trump on Friday accused his South Korean counterpart of ripping off the United States, while continuing to highlight his supposed friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.“Kim Jong-un of North Korea, who I have got...

A suspension bridge in Mozambique. A deep seaport in Pakistan. A dam in Niger. Beijing has countless projects like these as part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) global infrastructure plan, but experts have warned of their vulnerability to the c...

Relations between China and Australia have become fraught over the past year after Canberra pushed for an international probe into the origin of the coronavirus without diplomatic consultations beforehand, and Beijing eventually responded with a nu...

Facing resilient Republican opposition to his new climate commitments, US President Joe Biden rallied with other world leaders on Friday to tout the opportunities for economic growth and job creation offered by aggressive action.“It’s an opportun...

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal sex trafficking charges in the US case accusing her of helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein recruit and sexually abuse girls.Maxwell, 59, entered her plea through her l...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s former top aide launched an extraordinary tirade Friday after a series of incriminating leaks, claiming the Conservative leader lacks “competence and integrity”.Dominic Cummings, who stepped down as his to...

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Ben Leonard on politico.com on April 23, 2021.Joe Biden will head to Europe for his first overseas trip as president, the White House announced on Friday, t...

Beijing-based ByteDance, owner of the globally-successful TikTok app and its Chinese version Douyin, said in a statement on Friday that it is not ready to file for an initial public offering, at least for the time being. “There has been recent medi...

Olympic champion and Kardashian clan member Caitlyn Jenner on Friday said she has filed paperwork to run for governor of California, in a bid to become the first transgender American to win such a high-profile post.“I’m in!” the 71-year-old tra...

A man fatally stabbed a police administrative worker as she walked into a police station in a Paris commuter town on Friday, and President Emmanuel Macron said France had again been the victim of a terrorist attack.The attacker stabbed the woman in t...

Hong Kong’s bars and pubs are set to reopen on April 29 after a closure of more than four months amid the coronavirus pandemic, but customers will be required to be vaccinated to enter the premises. Friday’s announcement was part of the governmen...

SpaceX launched its third crew to the International Space Station an hour before sunrise Friday, recycling a rocket and spacecraft for the first time.The Crew-2 mission, which includes the first European, Thomas Pesquet of France, blasted off from pa...

A woman in central Henan province was so concerned about traffic safety at her child’s school that she spent more than one million yuan (US$154,000) of her own money building two footbridges.Traffic congestion, an absence of traffic lights and its ...

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy marked its 72nd anniversary on Friday at the country’s biggest naval base, but no new warships were unveiled.The China Maritime Safety Administration issued a notice on Wednesday saying an area near Yalon...

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Friday that he was halting his three-week hunger strike following advice from his doctors and thanked his supporters.Navalny made the announcement after his personal doctors said in an open letter on Thurs...

An Indonesian court has sentenced six terrorists to death for their role in a 2018 prison riot in which five police officers were brutally killed and one inmate shot dead.The six defendants – Wawan Kurniawan, 45, Syawaludin Pakpahan, 46, Anang Rahm...

The West must urgently act to ensure that China does not dominate the key technologies of the 21st century or the communist state could effectively grab control of the world’s global “operating system”, Britain’s top cyber spy said.Britain’...

China has put the spotlight on its advanced radars, highlighting improvements in its ability to track US stealth aircraft at an industry expo, according to state media.The hardware on display at the three-day World Radar Expo in the eastern Chinese c...

The first-quarter jump in tech powerhouse Taiwan’s export orders from mainland China and Hong Kong will probably be sustainable through 2021 due to competitive demand for semiconductors amid the rapid global economic recovery, economists say.Orders...

A new batch of six locally bred puppies will follow in the footsteps of their parents and continue their legacy in government service, joining the “sniffer force” under two disciplined units by early next year. The six English springer spaniels, ...

Hong Kong’s pro-establishment lawmakers on Friday took the Legal Aid Department to task for helping a woman who suffered a serious eye injury during the 2019 anti-government protests in her lawsuit seeking copies of two search warrants police used ...

Indonesia’s desperate search for a missing submarine and its 53 crew was focused on a signal from an unidentified object on Friday, with just hours to go until the stricken vessel’s oxygen reserves run out.Nearly two dozen warships were taking pa...

Hong Kong Airlines (HKA) pilots face losing their jobs over problematic work-visa renewals, the Post has learned, while hundreds of those serving Cathay Pacific who have expired or short-term work permits are stuck in limbo. HKA pilots were given the...

A new US congressional report warns that Beijing’s efforts to boost domestic semiconductor capabilities could upend American dominance in technology, and calls on lawmakers to push the administration of President Joe Biden to join forces with Japan...

China’s ambitious carbon-neutrality goals do not bode well for miners in the coal-producing province of Shanxi, which is already facing financing difficulties after a series of high-profile domestic bond defaults last year.As a result, local author...

In Singapore, a 28-year-old maid was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her 59-year-old employer in 2016, after plotting with the family’s other maid to retrieve her passport and flee back to Indonesia.Daryati, who goes by o...

Chinese technology titan Baidu and carmaking giant Geely are to pour 50 billion yuan (US$7.7 billion) into making next-generation cars.Jidu Auto, the electric vehicle (EV) venture formed by Baidu and Geely in January, will invest the money over the n...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has committed China to hitting peak coal consumption by 2025 and then cutting its reliance on the fossil fuel after that.“China will strictly control coal-fired power generation projects, and strictly limit the increase...