China has lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Australia for its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties imposed on imports of Chinese railway wheels, wind towers and stainless steel sink products.The move by China came aft...

A Hong Kong driver freed from the crushed cab of his truck died in hospital on Thursday following a predawn collision in Tsuen Wan.The 25-year-old victim was travelling along the Tseun Wan Road flyover towards Kowloon when he collided with another tr...

Just minutes after the news broke that John McAfee died by apparent suicide in a Spanish prison, QAnon conspiracy theorists baselessly suggested that the antivirus software pioneer died by other means.Several top QAnon influencers on Telegram, some o...

Two senior Apple Daily executives have challenged Hong Kong police’s seizure of news articles after their high-profile arrests last week, applying to the High Court for the return of their possessions, and damages.Former editor-in-chief Ryan Law Wa...

Laurel Hubbard is the most reluctant of trailblazers as she prepares to become the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics, reigniting debate on one of the most divisive issues in sport.The New Zealand weightlifter is softly spoken and i...

China’s Belt and Road Initiative has no strings attached and is open to all, said Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in a subtle dig at the US plan to form an alternative infrastructure funding programme based on democratic values.Speaking at a high-level m...

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Sally Goldenberg and Tina Nguyen on politico.com on June 23, 2021.Andrew Yang burst into the New York City mayor’s race with strong name recognition, high...

Generous Indonesians donating their spare change to the poor and needy are unwittingly helping finance deadly terror attacks and jihadist training camps, in a scam that has netted big money for extremist groups.Former radical Khairul Ghazali once spe...

Cathay Pacific has told all its Hong Kong-based flight crew they must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by August 31 or face having their employment with the airline reviewed, the Post has learned.Staff were informed on Thursday that the airline w...

A 72-year-old man in the UK had Covid-19 for more than 10 months in what experts have said is the longest-ever recorded persistent infection with the virus.Academics have described how the man, named by The Guardian as retired driving instructor Dave...

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Andrew Desiderio on politico.com on June 23, 2021.US lawmakers used to laugh when asked about UFOs. Now they have real questions – and they’re eager for...

This is the second of a four-part series on the impact of the national security law, one year after it was imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing on June 30, 2020. Gary Cheung and Lilian Cheng speak to academics who have stopped writing opinion columns for ...

A group of young New Zealanders have become the first humans to trial a new second-generation Covid-19 vaccine from China’s Jiangsu Rec-Biotechnology.About 25 young people started being jabbed with the ReCov vaccine this week as a part of a clinica...

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Maeve Sheehey on politico.com on June 23, 2021.As US President Joe Biden unveiled his gun reform plan on Wednesday, he had a message for rogue gun dealers, ...

Hongkongers were still flocking to purchase copies of the 26-year-old Apple Daily’s final edition as residents made their way to work on Thursday morning, with many supporters emotional as they queued amid drizzling rain.The tabloid-style newspaper...

China is unlikely to attempt a military takeover of Taiwan within the next one to two years, according to General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.“I don’t see it happening right out of the blue, there’s no reason for it,�...

The United Nations and the United States called for an urgent investigation into an air strike on a busy market that killed or wounded dozens in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region.At least 50 people died in the air strike in the town of Togoga on Tu...

Deliveroo has partnered with supermarket chain ParknShop across Hong Kong as competition heats up in the city’s fast-growing grocery delivery market.From Thursday, customers using the food delivery app can order more than 1,000 different grocery it...

Former NSA consultant and data privacy advocate Edward Snowden tweeted on Wednesday that Julian Assange “could be next”, after antivirus mogul John McAfee died by apparent suicide in a Barcelona prison cell following news that he was being extrad...

The House Judiciary Committee voted on Wednesday to approve a bill to increase the budgets of antitrust enforcers and increase fees on the biggest mergers as the panel considered six antitrust bills, many aimed at reining in Big Tech.US Representativ...

Singapore is drawing up a blueprint for Covid-19 becoming endemic in a plan that may include “multi-year” vaccine booster shots such as those given for the flu virus, a shift away from monitoring daily cases and a return of mass gatherings like t...

Former Philippine President Benigno Aquino, the son of two of the Southeast Asian country’s democracy icons, died on Thursday.The 61-year-old was president of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016, overseeing the fastest period of growth since the 1970...

Karate Kid, meet “kung fu granny”, a 98-year-old villager in southeastern China who has become famous by practising the martial art her entire life.The woman, named Zhang Hexian, even received the stamp of approval from the corridors of power whe...

The Biden administration on Wednesday ordered a ban on US imports of a key solar panel material from Chinese-based Hoshine Silicon Industry over forced labour allegations, said two sources briefed on the matter.The US Commerce Department separately r...

Hong Kong’s struggling food trucks may soon be taken off the road after more than four years in service, with the government refusing to rule out ditching the scheme when it expires early next year.Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Ed...

In a bid to shape international public opinion about China, President Xi Jinping told senior officials that the country needed to present a more “credible, lovable, and respectable” image of China. This surprising formulation is more than a call ...

American pop singer Britney Spears urged a judge to end a controversial guardianship that has given her father control of her affairs since 2008 during an emotional court hearing on Wednesday.“I just want my life back. It’s been 13 years and it�...

Is Apple Daily more than a newspaper?Critics loathed its sensationalist, pro-opposition and anti-China slant. But loyal readers loved its fearless reporting against those in power, and advancing its own understanding of what democracy ought to look l...

A prominent Chinese academic is facing a backlash after he apparently defended Beijing’s efforts to control historical narratives, a row that has erupted as the ruling Communist Party counts down to its centenary next week.Photos showing key points...

Seven senior members of Greece’s Orthodox Church and three others were hospitalised with burns on Wednesday after being attacked with a caustic liquid, allegedly by a priest facing a disciplinary hearing, authorities said.The incident occurred at a...

Australian businesses and industry groups with connections to Taiwan are trying to coax Canberra into advocating for Taiwan’s membership into a large trans-Pacific trade block, spurred on by Britain becoming the first new country to begin talks to ...

Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell in Spain on Wednesday, officials said, shortly after a court approved his extradition to the United States where he was wanted for tax evasion.The 75-year-old was found dead in hi...

When Papua New Guinea politician Dame Meg Taylor ended her term as leader of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in March, she sounded an alarm to the 18 nations and territories, including Australia and New Zealand, that are part of the political groupin...

Forty cows escaped a slaughterhouse and ended up in a Los Angeles suburb where one was killed after charging a family, authorities said on Wednesday.The cows ran loose on the streets of Pico Rivera on Tuesday evening after a gate at a meat packing fa...

Most of us have seen headlines, and perhaps even research reports, on the impact of Covid-19 on women in the workforce. In various countries, large numbers of women have left the workforce because of the pressures of caring for and home-schooling chi...

Japan’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that laws requiring married couples to have the same surname are constitutional, dismissing a challenge by three couples seeking to keep their original names.The decision to affirm a 2015 Supreme Court rulin...

China has attacked the United States, Australia, Canada and Britain over their records on migrants and refugees, continuing a blistering war of words with the West at the UN Human Rights Council this week.Wednesday was the third day in which soaring ...

A British police officer who tasered ex-Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson and kicked him twice in the head was Wednesday convicted of manslaughter but cleared of murder in a verdict labelled “historic” by campaigners.Jurors at Birmingham Cro...

A group of 20 Canadian parliamentarians are calling on the government to audit the “financial and personal connections” of top Hong Kong officials and their spouses to Canada, a preliminary step to enact sanctions against anyone responsible for �...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday extolled Britain’s decision to “take back control of our destiny”, five years after a divisive Brexit referendum whose political and economic aftershocks are still reverberating.The coronavirus pandemic...

The story of Hong Kong’s Apple Daily must start with its founder, maverick businessman-turned-activist and Beijing’s nemesis Jimmy Lai Chee-ying.A proverbial rags-to-riches protagonist the city was once famous for, Lai fled to Hong Kong from Guan...

This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Doug Palmer on politico.com on June 23, 2021.US President Joe Biden is trying to lead on Asia without any firm plan to go to Asia this year.The president’...

Most officers in Hong Kong’s disciplinary services should get a pay rise, a government review has recommended.Officials said the increase was needed to attract and retain talent, with the increasingly complex jobs involving more hardship since the ...

North Korea’s foreign minister on Wednesday ruled out any talks with the United States, saying dialogue with Washington would “get us nowhere”.His comments come after Sung Kim, the top US envoy in charge of North Korea negotiations, visited Sou...

A key military pact between the Philippines and the United States is likely to stay in limbo – neither signed nor scrapped – until President Rodrigo Duterte steps down from office next year. The status of the 23-year-old Visiting Forces Agreemen...

Hongkongers rushed overnight to buy one of a million copies of Apple Daily’s last-ever edition, which hit the streets in the early hours of Thursday to close the final chapter of the tabloid-style newspaper’s 26 years in business.As queues of cus...

China has urged New Zealand to increase cooperation between the two countries, including helping the Pacific islands recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.Beijing has stepped up engagement with Wellington, which is the only member of the Five Eyes allia...

China has started building a laboratory deep underground in the Gobi Desert to assess whether it would be a suitable location for a nuclear waste dump, amid moves to expand its nuclear power capacity.The Beishan Underground Research Laboratory in ...

For nearly three months, from dusk to dawn, Rita Devi has followed a similar drill. Her day begins with physical training, followed by classes on border management and on collaborating with police and border guards in the event of skirmishes along th...

Hong Kong’s once-a-decade population census began on Wednesday with an emphasis on measuring the city’s growing proportion of elderly people.A newly added data topic in the 2021 census asks respondents about the number of elderly requiring care w...