Meanwhile the country’s zero-Covid policy means millions of people must queue for PCR tests in the middle of a heatwave that has seen temperatures top 40C.

Extension of anti-epidemic curbs in Macau comes as week-long lockdown was set to expire on Sunday.

Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak says appointment system for district councillors would not necessarily produce lack of public representation.

Firefighters battled blazes in France, Portugal and Spain while Britain issued its first ever ‘red’ warning for exceptional heat.

Liu Tsz-man and Cheng Tsz-ho handed sentence on Saturday, a day after they were sent to prison for jumping bail in asylum bid with 10 others in August 2020.

Police in China use DNA taken from dead mosquitoes that bit a burglar who stayed the night after a break-in to identify and catch the culprit.

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau acknowledges suggestions from HKU experts, two of whom are government advisers, but warns ‘policymaking doesn’t depend on a certain theory’.

Companies’ owner hopes bringing the operations together will reduce overlapping routes and cut costs.

Proposed sale will help sustain recipient’s vehicles, small arms, combat weapon systems and logistical support items, Pentagon says.

Thousands of Indians were taken to Fiji by British colonialists to be sugar cane workers; their descendants are now under threat, as they own little land, there’s far less sugar production, and Chinese businesses are arriving.

The postmortem also found Walker had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop in June.

Friends of Hong Kong admits members had personally provided support for Tsang Chi-kin, 21, who survived being shot in the chest during a violent protest in 2019.

The opposition leader also acknowledged that he faces a tough task in securing the parliamentary support needed to succeed in the July 20 election.

The chief of Ukraine’s nuclear agency said situation at the Zaporizhzhia plant was ‘extremely tense’.

Improvements to China’s military projection and logistics capabilities in Himalayas include bigger barracks, hardened blast pens for fighter jets.

Holidaymakers impatient for a break after more than two years of pandemic travel restrictions

A woman in China went viral after a video emerged of her strapping her big elderly dog to her back after its walk to carry it back to their home.

While hydropower has a low carbon footprint, it has a destructive impact on the environment and local communities, leading to ‘large inequalities’, analysts say.

Caro Quintero, convicted for the murder of US Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena in 1985, was arrested in Sinaloa state.

As Beijing’s tough stance on online credit persuaded Big Tech firms to scale back their services, smaller platforms have proliferated, luring young consumers into borrowing for a lifestyle they can ill afford.

Musk’s lawyers said the social media firm’s ‘unjustifiable request’ to rush the merger case to trial in two months should be rejected.

Hong Kong people should retake ownership of the phrase ‘Hong Kong, add oil’ – after years of Covid-19 and economic downturn, the city needs to add oil as well as peace and love.

China’s national emissions trading scheme regulates 2,162 companies from the power generation sector, which together emit around 4.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.

Two little calligraphers have gone viral on mainland social media after one of their mothers began posting videos online of the boys practising the art form.

Joe Biden’s short-lived boycott of Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi has come at an end. Will Washington find the benefits outweigh the moral costs?

Popular with bright, better-off students, semi-private schools’ enrolment rate sinks to record low.

No obvious front-runner for Tory leadership has emerged as yet, with the five remaining contenders going head-to-head in a TV debate.

Customers at four rural banks in Henan province and one in neighbouring Anhui have been cut off from their savings since April, leading to protests and promises from authorities that some of the money will be repaid.

As Taiwan seeks more of the high mobility rockets, their likely role in a potential cross-strait conflict is under scrutiny.

Penny Mordaunt, the bookmaker’s favourite to replace Boris Johnson, has 4 beloved Burmese cats – and it could get crowded if she becomes prime minister.

Doctors have not told Liza Dmitrieva’s mother Iryna about her death, as she was badly hurt in the attack, and they are afraid the bad news would kill her too.

The US president’s interaction with the royal – including a fist bump – signals a contentious bid to reset relations with the kingdom he once vowed to snub.

The Nasa-Roscosmos pact will allow Russian cosmonauts to fly on US-made spacecraft in exchange for American astronauts being able to ride on Moscow’s Soyuz.

Duo releases two videos, saying they provided more than HK$1 million of their own money to help pay for protesters’ expenses during their 20-month hideout.

Researchers say they have found new evidence supporting a 4,000-year-old legend about the founder of China’s first dynasty.

DBG executive says despite overseas expansion, the sophistication of China’s smartphone supply chain will remain an enduring advantage.

China’s economy grew by just 0.4 per cent in the second quarter, compared with a year earlier, threatening Beijing’s annual growth target.

Base fares for Uber’s more affordable options to rise by at least 15 per cent during peak hours and weekends, with increase in per-kilometre charges most significant in the New Territories.

The announcement came as the US president and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a joint pledge in Jerusalem to deny Iran nuclear arms.

China’s broader urban unemployment rate eased slightly to 5.5 per cent in June, continuing trend after touching two-year-high mark in April, but youth unemployment rate soared to 19.3 per cent.

Stop wrong practices that damage bilateral relations and regional strategic stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urges US.

The Shanghai government has pledged support for Web3 development in its 14th five-year plan, but industry professionals are sceptical about what this means for them.

Special exhibition tickets, which cost HK$120, have been going for HK$150 to $200 online, while others that can be booked for free are being sold for HK$75.

Team spent three years collecting material from more than 100 points on the skull of ‘Mengzi Ren’ to have enough for genetic sequencing.

Police in southwest China are investigating a popular influencer after she was accused of eating a protected baby great white shark on her vlog with millions of followers.

While some customers successfully registered and received their money, others were faced with a string of problems when trying to sign up for the overloaded system.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban called on the EU to reconsider its strategy, saying prolonged punitive measures will ‘kill off the European economy’.

About 240,000 people disqualified from HK$5,000 consumption voucher scheme after officials rule there is no evidence they are Hong Kong residents.

It could set up a stand-off with the United States, whose latest resolution does not reflect Beijing’s proposal.

While the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is still in people’s minds and most accept that yet more energy will be needed when the weather cools, nuclear power critics worry about active fault lines, volcanoes and evacuation procedures.