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- Asean expected to tell Myanmar military to stop violence, release Aung San Suu Kyi and civilian leaders
- ‘Stop meddling’: Beijing accuses Taiwan of hypocrisy over Hong Kong arrests
- China’s ‘two sessions’: Beijing set to signal post-Covid economic confidence
- Coronavirus could cost China US$417 billion in 2021, researchers say
- Singapore’s economy is slowly recovering as income and spending tick upwards, DBS data shows
- Boeing, Australia complete test flight for ‘Loyal Wingman’ pilotless fighter-like jet
- Nigeria says all 279 kidnapped schoolgirls safely released
- Hong Kong woman, 81, killed in fire following suspected gas canister explosion at residential tower in Kowloon
- Philippines fires former Brazil ambassador over domestic worker abuse
- Winston Churchill painting sold by Angelina Jolie smashes auction record
- Coronavirus: Hong Kong expands testing notifications for those who used government app at K11 Musea; city expects fewer than 10 new cases
- Coronavirus: President Xi offers China’s vaccines and a bigger market for farm goods to Poland
- How smart 5G vehicle communication system will reduce Hong Kong’s fatal road accidents and congestion
- Myanmar coup: military asks security forces not to use live ammunition on protesters
- Biden looks to reset US ties with Mexico, discusses immigration, Covid-19 with Lopez Obrador
- National security law: Hong Kong court resumes hearings for accused opposition activists after marathon session ends with hospital visits for four
- China executes man who killed his mum for the money to buy an apartment
- China denies report that cyber sabotage behind Mumbai power outage last year
- Is China behind mystery Kashmir ceasefire between India and Pakistan?
- Myanmar’s UN envoy Kyaw Moe Tun is still rightful occupant of seat, US and United Nations say
- Homosexuality can be called a mental disorder, Chinese court rules; LGBT community disappointed
- Lady Gaga’s dog walker speaks out after Hollywood shooting
- Hong Kong’s ‘kingmakers’: will city’s tycoons have their political wings clipped as Beijing pushes city on electoral reforms?
- Will a new law bring China’s dying Yangtze River back to life?
- China’s local laws under scrutiny as Xi Jinping condemns ‘legislative slack’
- Coronavirus: Trumps were vaccinated in January before leaving White House
- These Canadians say they will never return to Hong Kong, amid dual citizenship debate
- Coronavirus: Tokyo asks China to stop anal swab tests on Japanese citizens
- Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers say HSBC ‘fully knew’ that Huawei controlled affiliates that did business in Iran
- Coronavirus: US and China should join forces to find the animal host, top Chinese scientists say
- Tackling Uygur forced labour in China a priority on Joe Biden’s trade agenda
- US must face artificial intelligence competition from China, national security commission report says
- New worldwide coronavirus infections up for first time in 7 weeks, WHO says
- American duo wanted in Carlos Ghosn escape handed over to Japanese custody
- Britain’s Prince Philip moved to specialised London heart hospital
- Hong Kong residents safer and better protected now city has national security law, minister tells UN officials
- Why have Hong Kong’s opposition figures been charged with subversion and does the camp now face total wipeout?
- ‘Two sessions’ 2021: five things you need to know about China’s biggest political gatherings
- New boss takes helm at under-fire Hong Kong public broadcaster – and is greeted with union protest, word of resignations
- Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancée demands Saudi prince Mohammed bin Salman be punished for killing
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- Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to jail
- China’s ‘two sessions’: Covid-19 vaccines, tests and limited media access
- As Myanmar’s protesters and military dig in, can Asean, the US or China help the situation?
- Hong Kong patriots: civil service chief backs promotion of senior official accused of ignoring Lennon Walls in 2019 unrest
- Bitcoin mining in northern Chinese province to be halted amid energy-saving push
- China enters heavy rocket race with planned 100-tonne launch vehicle
- Malaysiakini editor Steven Gan questioned by police over sedition allegations
- Scepticism over China’s Sinovac jab as Philippines rolls out coronavirus vaccination programme
- China charges blogger who questioned official death toll in India border clash
- China’s ban on Taiwanese pineapples leads cross-strait trade into troubled waters
- China rejoices as Chloé Zhao makes history at the Golden Globe with best film and best director wins
- WeChat’s emoji makeover removes cigar image to help stub out smoking among minors
- Senior Beijing official calls for three ‘extremely bad’ Hong Kong opposition figures to be ‘strictly punished’
- National security law: Chinese University of Hong Kong’s new student union steps down after school cut it off citing possible legal breaches
- Hong Kong woman sues Uber over 2018 accident that left one dead and four injured
- China’s ban on Taiwanese pineapples sours sentiment towards Beijing and stokes self-reliance
- Asean foreign ministers to meet Myanmar military on Tuesday, Singapore confirms
- China-India border dispute: Delhi security officials fear DMZ favours Beijing
- Hong Kong’s ‘Instagram Pier’ closed to the public by officials reportedly citing Covid-19 concerns
- Myanmar protesters march again after bloodiest post-coup unrest, Aung San Suu Kyi hit with one more charge
- South China Sea: PLA embarks on month-long drill in push to modernise soldiers while resisting US operations
- Indian PM Narendra Modi gets coronavirus vaccine amid spike in new cases
- China using Covid-19 as ‘yet another way to control journalists’, media group says
- Australia rocked by rape allegation against minister, in test for PM Scott Morrison
- China’s rare earths facing ‘race to the bottom’ due to underpricing
- Prince Harry tells Oprah stepping back from royal life was ‘unbelievably tough’
- Coronavirus: bookings for Hong Kong’s first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccinations to open on Wednesday, with jabs starting next week
- Nine-year-old boy dies after fall from window of 15th-floor Hong Kong flat
- South Korea’s Moon calls for Japan talks, separation of historical disputes from future ties
- Coronavirus: K11 Musea extends closure amid ‘super-spreader’ cluster; experts say city’s restaurant staff should be vaccine priority
- Golden Globes 2021: Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland scoops best picture, The Crown scores numerous awards in a big night’s win for Netflix
- Standard Chartered will revamp its Hong Kong branches without shrinking its network, says local CEO
- WTO reform: hopes for momentum as new boss Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes charge in Geneva
- In Malaysia, power struggles, pandemic woes mar Muhyiddin’s first year in office
- Donald Trump says China ‘ripped us off for years’, hints at 2024 run for presidency
- National security law: hundreds of supporters queue, chant ahead of hearing for 47 opposition figures charged on Sunday
- China EV war: Top 5 investment funds in electric vehicles to watch out for in 2021
- Coronavirus: stuck in limbo, Hongkongers stranded in Britain want to know when they will be able to return home
- China’s manufacturing activity growth slips to lowest level since May
- Colossal titanosaur found in Argentina could be the oldest example ever found, say scientists
- Bilibili is transforming into China’s YouTube as dedicated ‘uploaders’ look beyond niche anime, comics and games
- China saw number of ultra-wealthy individuals rise the fastest globally in 2020, Knight Frank study finds
- Coronavirus: Up to six cases of Manaus variant, first found in Brazil, detected in UK
- Hong Kong’s electoral reform: is this the end of confrontational opposition, and who decides what’s a patriot?
- Why Singapore’s US$19 billion coronavirus Jobs Support Scheme is the envy of Asia
- Xi Jinping says China has a legal problem: finding the lawyers to defend its interests abroad
- June 4 Museum reopens amid concerns over national security law’s new ‘red lines’ in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong hotel operators mull converting their properties to residential buildings as home prices defy the economic downturn
- Golfers honour injured Tiger Woods by wearing signature colours red and black at tournament
- Do not rejoin Iran nuclear deal, Republican senators urge US president Joe Biden
- Argentinians hang mock body bags to protest against ‘VIP vaccinations’
- Three children killed and 15 injured in fire at Syrian refugee camp, Unicef says
- ‘Many’ in Saudi Arabia want normalised ties with Israel, claims ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo
- New York governor Andrew Cuomo backs down on plan to pick lawyer to review alleged sexual misconduct
- Police attacked with stones at Jewish costume festival Purim in Israel
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- Indonesia condemns Myanmar violence after bloodiest day of protests
- Russia sends Navalny to notorious prison camp feared by inmates
- About 70 per cent of Hong Kong teachers polled support proposed revamp of liberal studies
- US-China trade deal: Biden’s team seem unlikely to relent on Beijing’s commitments
- Venezuelans protest femicide after three women killed
- Canada hypocritical to label Xinjiang genocide, Chinese state newspaper says
- #MilkTeaAlliance springs to life as Thailand pro-democracy protesters march on Prayuth’s home
- Group of Hong Kong heritage enthusiasts urges authorities to declare century-old Bishop Hill reservoir a monument
- China’s fiscal risks ‘extremely severe’, former finance minister warns ahead of key meetings
- ‘Game-changer’: Philippines finally receives coronavirus vaccine after stalled roll-out
- China reinforces ban on single women freezing their eggs, leading to accusations online of discrimination and of forcing women into marriage
- Easy as pie? Chinese police find suspect in iPhone apple milk case
- Chinese investment in Australia plummets in 2020 amid tensions
- Coronavirus: Indonesia teams with Grab on Bali drive-through vaccination campaign
- Beijing intervenes to ease chip shortage, prevent disruptions in domestic car production
- Golden Globes kicks off pandemic-era Hollywood awards season
- China’s market for children’s goods and services grows as family incomes rise
- Chinese refineries reject call to halt summer maintenance programme to help curb pollution
- Thailand’s Phuket aims to become ‘immunity island’ for tourists as it seeks post-coronavirus bounce-back
- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo accused of sexual harassment by second former aide
- Fewer cash handouts for Hongkongers in coming years amid economic recovery, finance chief warns
- Saudi Arabia thwarts Houthi missile attack on capital Riyadh: military
- Coronavirus: Hong Kong facing about 20 new cases, K11 Musea mall starts mobile tests for staff, tenants after fears of ‘super-spreader’ cluster
- China’s economic recovery slowed more than expected in February
- National security law: 47 Hong Kong opposition figures charged with conspiring to subvert state power, after arrests over roles in bloc’s primary
- Coronavirus: unlikely clues to Covid-19 ancestry found in Cambodia lab freezer, Thai drain pipe
- Lights, camera, marriage: in India, pre-wedding shoots are clicking with couples
- Thailand begins vaccine roll-out with jabs from China’s Sinovac
- Hong Kong’s national security law eight months on: arrests, moves to ensure ‘patriots’ take charge, university cuts off student union
- Drop by drop, China’s Yangtze River is drying up
- Indonesia woos Tesla, Chinese and South Korean firms, in bid for electric vehicle battery crown
- Hong Kong budget: nothing bold about the dish served up by Paul Chan
- China’s coal share of energy consumption falls in 2020 but overall coal use up
- Myanmar police kill two protesters in renewed crackdown on anti-coup demonstrations
- Senior state official Xia Baolong joins Shenzhen seminar to hear views on Hong Kong electoral reforms as part of push for ‘patriots governing city’
- Hit by coronavirus, Philippine beach resorts target local long-stay tourists, digital nomads
- Chinese dams, pollution send Vietnamese in Mekong Delta in search of greener pastures
- The hopefuls lining up to lead Taiwan’s Kuomintang out of the wilderness
- Canadian diplomat does not expect China fallout over ‘blanket’ permit to welcome Hong Kong migrants
- Campaigners frustrated over Biden’s decision not to sanction Saudi prince for Jamal Khashoggi murder
- South China Sea: why France is flexing its muscles in the contested waters
- Myanmar’s UN ambassador vows to fight after being fired by the junta
- Hong Kong Museum of History must flesh out the city’s story
- UK finance chief Rishi Sunak to provide £5 billion in grants to pandemic-hit businesses in budget
- Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina shrugs off protests over writer’s death in jail
- Coronavirus: Hundreds of protesters in Ireland clash with police in anti-lockdown demonstration
- South China Sea: PLA stages live-fire missile drill, US Navy on Paracels patrol
- Gang frees victims of Nigeria school abduction a day after second kidnapping
- United States’ Conservative Political Action Conference puts its focus on China
- Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Tunisia as political crisis deepens
- One patient killed and one wounded in oxygen explosion at Ukraine hospital
- China on watch for mutant African swine fever strains
- Hong Kong opposition activists disband Power for Democracy group in face of national security law
- Gorbachev urges Putin, Biden to aim for deeper curbs on nuclear weapons
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- UK bids farewell to coronavirus hero Captain Tom Moore with plane fly-past, gun salute at funeral
- Legendary Hong Kong actor Ng Man-tat dies of liver cancer at 70
- South China Sea: how the US Navy aims to better home in on targets
- Hong Kong’s homebuyers return to snap up Wheelock’s Grande Monaco flats at the former airport site in Kowloon
- Hong Kong is heading for coronavirus fatigue if ‘suppress and release’ policy is not reviewed
- After picking beauty queens, joining protests for democracy, Hong Kong university student unions now face impact of national security law
- Hong Kong Legco elections to run this September, but minister says he doesn’t know how they will proceed, with Beijing weighing up reforms
- Coronavirus: Chinese teams have been looking for vaccines for Covid-19 variants for ‘a long time’, expert says
- Pair of black swans spotted in Hong Kong, and experts think they could have escaped from Chinese zoo
- Troubled Chinese semiconductor plant has ‘no plans’ to resume operations, 240 lose their jobs
- Coronavirus brings Europe’s shopping mecca Oxford Street to its knees
- South China Sea: how the French navy is charting its own course between China and the US
- FBI zeroes in on suspect in death of US Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick
- House passes Joe Biden’s US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package
- ‘Cina’ to ‘Tionghoa’: why do Indonesians use English to talk about the Chinese?
- Bulk of China’s tightened belt and road energy finance goes to Africa
- Coronavirus: Hong Kong logs 33 new cases and fears of wider outbreak at upscale shopping centre grow
- Hong Kong’s HK$5,000 vouchers scheme could be changed to improve flexibility for residents, finance chief says
- Coronavirus: Philippines extends curbs; South Korea ramps up vaccinations
- Hong Kong children returning to school after long time at home risk catching common cold, experts warn
- What does Chinese University’s move to cut ties with student union mean for civil rights movement in Hong Kong?
- Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs returned after being snatched in armed robbery
- Like Nasa’s Swati Mohan, India’s women scientists are breaking barriers in space exploration
- Chinese cinema ticket sales hit record US$1.7 billion in February
- Coronavirus: 580,000 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines arrive in Hong Kong, offering boost to jabs campaign
- In Thailand, death of a ‘pretty’ underscores dangers of life as a hostess
- Top Haiti gang leader among 25 killed in prison break, hundreds on the run
- China fails to meet research spending goal but aims to double efforts in applied research, science minister says
- She sold two village homes, jewellery, to run Hong Kong Homeless Dog Shelter, even as donations dried up amid Covid-19 pandemic
- Big Tech set for starring role at Beijing’s ‘two sessions’ political gala amid regulatory heat and US tech war
- Hong Kong national security law: Chinese University’s student union withdraws election statements, after management severed ties citing possible legal breaches
- Hong Kong’s retail sector to rebound with coronavirus vaccine, says New World Development
- Huawei’s European executives ‘promoted content on fabricated news sites’
- Lavish Hong Kong weddings on hold as Covid-19 forces couples to scale down or ‘marry first, party later’
- China-Laos railway may be ‘badly needed good news’ for Beijing. And the region?
- Horrors of taxes and social justice await Hongkongers fleeing to the West
- As Southeast Asia puts its electric vehicle revolution in gear, are Musk & Co all hype?
- Hate crime charges added in New York Chinatown stabbing case
- Two South Korean billionaires who grew up poor pledge to give away half their wealth
- Myanmar envoy makes emotional appeal for UN action against coup
- US charges Hong Kong-based businessman Winsman Ng with stealing trade secrets from GE
- Pentagon: remarks supporting Tokyo’s claim on Diaoyu Islands sovereignty ‘were an error’
- China’s health-conscious consumers push liquid milk imports to ‘major milestones’ at expense of infant formula
- China launches agency to cement gains against abject poverty
- Amid China-India tensions, Bollywood and cinema can help bridge divides
- Joe Biden travels to Texas to survey damage from winter storm that killed at least two dozen people
- Saudi prince approved killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, declassified US report reveals
- More than 300 abandoned cats rescued from two Bangkok houses
- UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet accuses China of restricting civil rights in Xinjiang and Hong Kong
- Rwandan court rules it can try ‘Hotel Rwanda hero’ on terrorism charges
- Former Scotland leader Alex Salmond slams ‘failed’ government in feud rocking Scotland
- China-India border clash: Shenzhen drone maker helps Chinese army keep tabs on ‘foreign force’, praises workers
- National security law: move by Chinese University of Hong Kong to cut ties with student union draws outrage, as thousands sign petition
- China’s ‘difficult’ job market to be inundated with 15 million new urban applicants this year
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- Gunmen abduct 317 girls from school in Nigeria
- ‘British press was destroying my mental health’: Prince Harry on why he left UK
- German radio station apologises after host compares K-pop’s BTS to coronavirus
- US-China rivalry: America test-fires Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile
- Coronavirus outbreaks hit two US Navy warships in Middle East
- China’s CDC set for US$270 million expansion to address Covid-19 failings
- Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong ‘to move out of Causeway Bay’
- Genocide claim ‘lie of the century’ says China in double serve for Europe
- Pfizer coronavirus vaccine reduces transmission after one dose, UK study finds
- Phoenix Media names Shanghai’s former city spokesman as CEO, splitting founder Liu’s job to improve corporate governance
- Women-only spaces under threat? Australian professor assailed for highlighting claims of encroachment by trans people
- China bans Taiwanese pineapples over biosafety fears
- Islamic State bride Shamima Begum cannot return to Britain, Supreme Court rules
- Hong Kong Baptist University calls off exhibition featuring photos of 2019 protests over fears of clashes, source says
- Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou takes HSBC to court in Hong Kong to seek access to bank’s internal papers
- Myanmar police detain Japanese journalist at protest over coup
- China offers France chance for joint action with eastern Europe
- Philippines set to roll out Sinovac Covid-19 jabs, but some businesses can’t wait
- Hong Kong-Singapore air travel bubble unlikely to launch soon, with coronavirus pandemic still deemed too unstable
- Hong Kong teen who tried to flee to Taiwan with other fugitives faces new bail-jumping charge
- Hong Kong ex-leader CY Leung says city can’t expect chief executive to enjoy powers granted by Beijing, yet disregard state’s role in choosing post
- US study finds coronavirus spreads rapidly in gyms when masks not worn
- Police lose contact with family of late protester ‘raincoat man’ ahead of inquest into his death
- Female stand-up comics, a K-pop power couple and the value of housework
- Interest rate rises off the table as Asian economies try to curb speculation and asset prices
- Drunk man escapes serious injury after attempting to climb into third-floor Hong Kong flat by scaling pipes
- Coronavirus Singapore: Briton jailed for breaking quarantine order by meeting fiancée in hotel
- China approves two more Covid-19 vaccines for general use
- Hong Kong expecting around 20 new coronavirus cases, as health authorities rush to contain expanding restaurant cluster
- Hong Kong’s electric vehicle goal ‘the most progressive in Asia’, and could become more progressive still, environment minister says
- Singapore minister on Myanmar coup: ‘difficult to conclude’ for now whether companies should pull out amid political crisis
- Sharing ‘deepfake’ pornography should be criminalised, UK review finds
- Video: Myanmar military coup: Yangon residents make noise to protest against army takeover
- Hong Kong customs officers seize HK$126 million of cocaine hidden in grape shipment from Peru
- China-India border dispute: ministers speak for first time in 5 months, urge more talks
- India unveils new rules to regulate Facebook, WhatsApp content
- National security law: 52 former lawmakers, activists arrested in January told to report to police on Sunday – more than a month early – with some expecting charges
- Japan’s territorial disputes: China, South Korea, Russia and more
- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny sent to prison outside Moscow
- China GDP: economy could grow 8-9 per cent this year from low 2020 base, central bank adviser says
- Russian diplomats leave North Korea by pushing themselves over border on rail trolley
- South Korea starts coronavirus vaccination campaign
- Biden orders US air strikes on Iran-backed militia in Syria
- National security law: English Schools Foundation tells parents practices will not change under new Hong Kong guidelines
- Reformist military men helped Indonesia’s democracy. Why not in Myanmar?
- ‘Lucky’ coins that visitors throw into Chinese spring risk polluting the water, staff warn
- Outlook for major Hong Kong developers still gloomy as Covid-19 travel restrictions batter hotel, shopping mall businesses
- Beyond the US and China, European powers in the South China Sea will be a key focus of the dispute this year
- China sets 15-year transport expansion plan as it seeks to double size of economy by 2035
- Coronavirus: queues around city greet launch of Hong Kong’s mass vaccination programme; slots filled until March 11
- Why focus on social-emotional development helps international school’s students ‘reach full potential’
- US-China relations: companies in south China have no appetite for decoupling, but expect tensions to grow, says AmCham
- Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach John Geddert kills himself after sex assault charges
- Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent rank low in protecting digital rights, but it’s not all their fault, study finds
- Joe Biden calls Saudi Arabia’s King Salman as Khashoggi report looms
- Hunt for Covid-19 origins: questions surface over China’s testing of suspect animals
- US Supreme Court asked to ban race in Harvard admissions
- Donald Trump supporters want to ‘blow up’ US Capitol during Joe Biden speech, police chief warns
- ByteDance agrees to US$92 million privacy settlement with US TikTok users
- Worldwide coronavirus deaths top 2.5 million
- Lady Gaga offers US$500,000 reward after dog walker shot, French bulldogs stolen
- New York prosecutor gets Donald Trump tax records after long fight
- Dutch parliament declares China’s treatment of Uygurs is genocide
- Xi Jinping declares extreme poverty has been wiped out in China
- Hong Kong national security law: Chinese University cuts ties with student union, accuses body of ‘exploiting’ campus, bringing school into ‘disrepute’
- China-US relations: ‘let’s fix our own national messes before competing with Beijing’, says former diplomat
- China’s rare earth dominance casts shadow over Europe’s ambitious climate targets
- Number of new homes expected under Hong Kong land-sale programme plunges to 11-year low
- Biden’s nominee for trade representative speaks of US-China competition in her confirmation hearing
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- Coronavirus vaccines block disease, but do they protect people from getting infected?
- Japan could fire at foreign official vessels aiming to enter waters near Senkakus
- Covid-19 lockdowns give China breathing room on air quality targets
- Union threatens industrial action over Hong Kong bus giant KMB’s plan to slash working hours of staff aged 60 and above
- Is Sinovac’s early shipment to Singapore ‘unusual’ or just part of China’s vaccine diplomacy?
- Pfizer testing third dose of coronavirus vaccine to protect against variants
- Biden push to reduce US dependence on foreign suppliers in key sectors ‘faces many hurdles’
- Coronavirus: Beijing denies making US diplomats take anal swab tests
- Hong Kong protests: court hears of ‘chaotic’ Yuen Long attack as witness testifies to being chased, assaulted while helping reporter
- Hong Kong film producer and son denied visas to live in Taiwan because of pro-Beijing stance
- German charged for leaking parliament plans to Russia
- Hong Kong signals wider Connect scheme, counting on Chinese funds to get stock market’s mojo back after raising stamp duty
- Loyalty, not love, key element of ‘patriots governing Hong Kong’, local delegate to China’s top legislative body says
- South China Sea: ‘reasonable’ for Asean nations to be worried about Beijing’s coastguard law
- China’s ‘two sessions’: Beijing must juggle competition and cooperation in historically uprnprecedented global trade environment
- Abuse, death of Myanmar domestic worker ‘shocking’: Singapore law minister
- Japan tells China it ‘can’t tolerate mass arrests’ under Hong Kong’s national security law
- Covid-19 vaccines may give you antibodies that prevent you entering China
- Man, 60, dies in hospital a week after being hit by taxi in Hong Kong’s seventh road fatality over last 14 days
- Hong Kong pilot scheme to turn hotel, guest-house rooms into temporary housing for low-income residents attracts at least 10 inquiries
- Zoom’s 400 per cent surge propels ‘Superman’ Li Ka-shing back to the top of Hong Kong’s rich list
- Man wins Malaysia’s first legal challenge against Islamic law banning gay sex
- China to push ahead with Hambantota port project amid reports of Sri Lanka having second thoughts
- Armenia’s Nikol Pashinyan warns of coup attempt after army demands his resignation
- Hong Kong officials say HK$8 billion earmarked for national security has nothing to do with Beijing’s office in the city, but remain tight-lipped on details
- Coronavirus: Chinese woman spent six months behind bars for Covid-19 social media post, court document shows
- Russian man gets 8-year jail for passing secrets to China
- Hong Kong police seize more than HK$63 million worth of suspected cocaine, shut down drugs storage facility
- Hong Kong appeal court increases sentences of pair who acted as lookouts while protesters beat up police officer
- Asia starts rolling out coronavirus vaccinations, after initial caution
- Hong Kong’s finance minister maintains tax, fee increases for car owners aimed at curbing congestion, not generating revenue
- Finance chief says Hong Kong’s wet markets, restaurants will be fair game for HK$5,000 vouchers, pledges to prevent misuse
- Biden lifts Trump ban on green cards, saying legal immigration benefits US
- Hong Kong records 13 new coronavirus infections, three of them untraceable
- Innovation, not low costs, will energise Hong Kong stock market, finance chief says in defending tax increase
- Chinese bombers in strike exercises after US escalation in South China Sea
- Chinese film Hi, Mom delivers tears of joy, sorrow and love for mothers in a huge box-office hit
- ‘Real world’ study finds Pfizer coronavirus vaccine 94 per cent effective
- Elderly woman arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband with a meat cleaver at a Hong Kong housing estate
- Myanmar coup: Facebook bans all accounts, ads linked to military
- First coronavirus vaccines under Covax Facility delivered to Ghana
- SCMP China Conference: former Beijing official makes pitch for Asean countries to go big into Greater Bay Area and work with Hong Kong
- Carlos Ghosn: Turkey sentences pilots, airline official for their role in escape from Japan
- As Australia mulls ban on Xinjiang-made goods, critics ask why China is being singled out for forced labour
- Chinese sellers on Amazon hawk spit bowls as fruit baskets to foreigners for up to 20 times the local price
- Fled civil war in Myanmar, lost job to coronavirus and died in Malaysia: young mother’s suicide highlights refugees’ plight
- Rural brain drain: China appeals to urban tech talent to move to the countryside
- Coronavirus: apart from Wuhan, China’s death rates didn’t rise at start of pandemic, study finds
- Hong Kong budget: what did finance minister Paul Chan do right and why are pro-Beijing lawmakers still grumbling?
- Coronavirus: Moderna vaccine for South Africa variant ready for testing
- Australia passes world-first law forcing Facebook, Google to pay for news
- US triple-murder suspect accused of cooking woman’s heart and serving it to other victims
- Legal scholars warn vague wording in Hong Kong bill would grant authorities broad powers to disqualify officials, quash dissent
- ‘A mistake’: China can extend Hambantota port lease to 198 years, Sri Lankan minister says
- Tiger Woods crash ‘purely an accident,’ no charges planned, sheriff says
- China’s ‘two sessions’: leaders must decide whether to scale back economic stimulus as debt risks loom
- Drink-driving charges against Bruce Springsteen dropped
- China-Australia relations: more than 23,000 litres of wine stopped at Chinese ports as trade spat continues
- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo kissed her and suggested strip poker, ex-aide Lindsey Boylan says
- Chinese mum pays over US$150,000 to have ‘perfect’ seven kids, bucking country’s declining childbirth trend
- US fashion designer Alexander Wang accused of sexually assaulting student
- Joe Biden to seek review of US supply chains amid fears of reliance on China
- Joe Biden’s CIA nominee William Burns calls China an ‘authoritarian adversary’
- Hong Kong budget 2021-22: ‘better than nothing’ but cash handouts would have been best, residents say
- Putin tells spy agency to be on guard against foreign efforts to ‘destabilise’ Russia
- Hong Kong protests: prosecutors admit no evidence six men on trial over Yuen Long attack were the organisers
- Gerard Depardieu, as flawed as he is flamboyant, rose from poverty to personify an unabashed Frenchness, but the love affair soured
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- EU-China investment deal faces backlash in European Parliament
- Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine effective and safe: US FDA
- Hong Kong raises equity trading stamp duty first time in three decades as stock exchange posts third straight year of record profit
- Hong Kong budget: officials quiet on how HK$8 billion earmarked for national security will be spent
- US seeks seat on UN Human Rights Council three years after Trump withdrawal
- Hong Kong budget: HK$9.5 billion package of relief measures gives businesses shot in arm amid Covid-19 woes
- Hong Kong budget: city bets big on electric vehicles and green finance, but concern groups say more needed to hit 2050 carbon neutrality goal
- Coronavirus: Chinese scientists enhance pandemic prediction with climate data to create early warning system
- Hungary starts using China’s Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine in EU first
- Hong Kong budget: civil service departments must keep staffing levels same and cut spending by 1 per cent
- China space programme: Tianwen-1 enters Mars’ parking orbit ahead of touchdown in May
- Hong Kong budget: full economic recovery will take time, say experts, despite expectation that HK$100 billion infrastructure spending spree will fuel growth
- Covid-19 vaccines made by China’s Sinopharm, CanSino release efficacy data
- Hong Kong budget: registration tax, licence fees for private cars shoot up 15 and 30 per cent, respectively
- Beijing blast an ill wind for Taiwan’s cross-strait affairs moderate
- Hong Kong budget: millions to be spent upgrading city’s health technology for fight against Covid-19
- Hong Kong budget: five commercial land parcels at old airport may be used for private housing
- Russian fugitive on the run for two weeks after fleeing deportation arrested in Bali
- Government seeks to beef up Hong Kong’s role as Asia’s bond hub by accelerating Bond Connect, increasing use of green bonds
- Hong Kong budget: finance chief announces unprecedented government-backed loan scheme for the unemployed
- China’s new trade chief urges US to return relations to right track
- Coronavirus vaccine roll-out in Philippines gets boost with law to give drug companies immunity from lawsuits
- Residents to receive HK$5,000 in digital vouchers but doubts remain whether scheme will deliver much-needed boost to Hong Kong’s economy
- Coronavirus: more than 83 million masks Hong Kong purchased amid pandemic were defective or from dubious sources
- Malaysia’s king says parliament can sit despite national emergency to tackle coronavirus pandemic
- Germany convicts Syria ex-intelligence agent in landmark torture trial
- China forex regulator calls for greater oversight of overseas entities, but avoid ‘US-style financial hegemony’
- Hong Kong protests: man who bit off the tip of a police officer’s finger found guilty of four charges
- What is the Quad, and how will it impact US-China relations under the Biden administration?
- Hong Kong budget 2020-21: digital voucher scheme tops list of targeted relief measures; economic growth of up to 5.5 per cent predicted for year ahead
- Hong Kong budget: finance chief announces raft of tax relief measures, though many are smaller than in years past
- Hong Kong’s January lived-in home prices rise, reversing three months of decline as property buyers return to the market
- Beijing is exploring digital yuan cross-border payments by joining with Hong Kong, Thailand, UAE and the Bank of International Settlements
- Police seize HK$10 million in illegal cigarettes after chasing overloaded truck in northern Hong Kong
- Hong Kong budget: deficit, stamp duty and national security law spending among key takeaways from finance minister’s speech
- Singapore discusses coronavirus vaccine certification; Malaysian PM receives first dose
- Myanmar minister in Thailand amid Asean efforts to resolve coup crisis
- Coronavirus: Hong Kong finance chief says vaccination push city’s top priority; more than 10 new cases expected
- China and Singapore start joint naval drills as Beijing boosts ties in Asia
- Man admits murdering Malta journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
- US Capitol attack: security officials blame missed FBI intelligence
- Hong Kong restaurant belonging to famed culinary Good Samaritan, known for feeding the poor of Sham Shui Po, burgled
- Philippines offers nurses in exchange for coronavirus vaccines from UK, Germany
- China poverty: Xi Jinping’s war drives some to riches, but leaves others behind
- China says it has eradicated poverty, but what exactly has been achieved?
- India has a history of involvement in its neighbours’ affairs. Why has it not condemned the Myanmar coup?
- US, Canada will cooperate to ‘better compete’ with China, Joe Biden says after first bilateral meeting
- Singapore woman who fatally abused Myanmar domestic worker pleads guilty, faces life
- Hong Kong forecasts growth of 3.5 to 5.5 per cent in 2021 with budget to dish out coupons worth HK$5,000 to residents
- US-China relations: who’s the alpha male? America’s friends and allies are watching closely
- China-India border dispute: Will the pullback of troops revive economic cooperation?
- Joe Biden still has not nominated a US ambassador to China, but names are circulating
- Woman’s ride-hailing death in China sparks fresh anger over lack of safety and security
- Hong Kong electoral reforms: Beijing considers ‘breaking up Legco constituencies, scrapping super seats’
- Mars rover’s giant parachute carried a secret message – but what did it say?
- At least 50 inmates dead in Ecuador prison riots
- Race relations: what Covid-19 has exposed, Asian Americans must no longer ignore
- China’s top diplomat holds debt talks with Zambia after appeal for restructure under G20 common framework
- China military may face tough year ahead as Beijing tightens purse strings
- Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt stresses ‘urgency’ in countering China on artificial intelligence as US-China tech war continues
- Linda Thomas-Greenfield headed to crisis-plagued UN as China challenges loom
- Tiger Woods in surgery after rollover car crash
- Chinese divorce court orders husband to pay wife for years of housework in first ruling of its kind
- French star Gerard Depardieu, 72, charged with raping actress in her 20s
- Wally Adeyemo, Joe Biden’s pick for Treasury No 2 urges get-tough attitude on China
- In Israel, mayo provides miracle for endangered turtles after devastating oil spill
- China’s BeiDou satellite system more visible from space than its US rival GPS, study finds
- Coronavirus: US may soon ease rules for fully vaccinated people, Fauci says
- Joe Biden rebuked by advocates for not naming any Asian-American to a primary cabinet seat
- Hong Kong’s first trial over 2019 Yuen Long mob attack opens after anonymity order for eyewitnesses, victims