Caritas Wu Cheng-chung Secondary School (CWCC) embraces ‘glocalisation’ to optimise its students’ learning experience as well as their personal growth and character building. ⌘ Read more
Caritas Wu Cheng-chung Secondary School (CWCC) embraces ‘glocalisation’ to optimise its students’ learning experience as well as their personal growth and character building. ⌘ Read more
Six men and one woman arrested over alleged conspiracy to defraud or commit theft involving second iteration of consumption voucher scheme. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong’s testing authority will allow students to submit scores from the Test of Proficiency in Korean in the foreign language category of the city’s university entrance exam starting from 2025. ⌘ Read more
Lilia Guillermo says there is no doubt the controversial tax liability will be collected, but needs documents ascertaining amount. Marcos family have owed the tax for more than 30 years since the death of dictator Ferdinand Senior. ⌘ Read more
Russia is seeking to seize a vast swathe of eastern Ukraine, the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting in Europe since World War II. ⌘ Read more
Former senior child carer Barbara Heung, 46, admitted before Kowloon City Court that she had twice assaulted a two-year-old boy last year. ⌘ Read more
The announcement comes after years of criticism by human rights groups that the US had refused to adopt an international treaty banning the deadly devices. Russia is among the countries that haven’t agreed to the ban on landmines. ⌘ Read more
Aim should be to present completed text for passage in 2024, American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan says in annual policy paper. ⌘ Read more
Ip, 71, is the first woman convenor of Executive Council, and first with political affiliation, since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule. ⌘ Read more
Shell plc said it would be taking action ‘to enhance preventive measures’ at its seawater intake areas. A sea turtle got stuck in the same intake bay in 2017. ⌘ Read more
Philadelphia’s mayor expressed shock and sorrow over the killing of John Albert Laylo at the weekend and is offering a US$20,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of the shooter. ⌘ Read more
Local officials say the death toll could rise further if the government fails to dispatch emergency help to the affected areas quickly. ⌘ Read more
Housewife who lives in Tin Shui Estate described Tuesday night’s blackout as ‘total chaos’ and ‘terrifying’. ⌘ Read more
Ten travellers join seven-day trip organised by EGL Tours, which had previously pushed back the departure date from June 11 to June 15 and then to Wednesday. ⌘ Read more
An ancient Buddhist city carved out of immense peaks near Kabul is in danger of disappearing forever, swallowed up by a Chinese consortium exploiting one of the world’s largest copper deposits. ⌘ Read more
Observers say the ship’s cutting-edge electromagnetic catapults and other systems will need months of tests. ⌘ Read more
Security experts say the daily example of Russia tearing apart non-nuclear Ukraine is pushing Asia’s non-nuclear states to consider getting their own weapons – or hosting US ones. ⌘ Read more
The US Senate took an initial step towards passing the country’s first major gun-control legislation in decades, galvanised by two recent mass shootings. ⌘ Read more
The incoming chief executive should include the environment in his key performance indicators for measuring Hong Kong’s progress. Preserving natural habitats will boost people’s physical and mental well-being and make Hong Kong an example for the rest of the Greater Bay Area. ⌘ Read more
A bride-to-be who was abducted and sold as a child poses in her wedding dress to make heartfelt plea for help in finding her birth parents. ⌘ Read more
NPC Standing Committee’s interpretations ‘averted migrant crisis, improved Hongkongers’ understanding of Basic Law’. ⌘ Read more
Russia controls 95 per cent of the area, but pockets of resistance have stopped its forces from overrunning it completely. ⌘ Read more
He emphasised the need to ‘maintain stable and constructive relations’ between Tokyo and Beijing as the latter steps up military activity in the East China Sea. ⌘ Read more
Women have borne the brunt of hardship two years after the pandemic, a new UN report shows. ⌘ Read more
The patient in Singapore is a British man who works as a flight attendant and had flown in and out of the country this month; South Korea is seeking to confirm two suspected infections. ⌘ Read more
Research team says latest Sunway machine is on a par with the US Frontier, named as the world’s most powerful just weeks earlier. ⌘ Read more
At the fourth public Capitol riot hearing, investigators sought to tie the ex-US president directly to a pressure campaign on electors after his defeat by Joe Biden. ⌘ Read more
Former Chinese officials say Beijing must ‘consider’ neighbouring nations who have signed onto Washington’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, despite growing rivalry with the United States. ⌘ Read more
Druids, pagans and other revellers greeted the 4.49am sunrise at the ancient stone circle in southern England, for the first time since the pandemic began. ⌘ Read more
The attack was the first such strike against offshore energy infrastructure in Crimea since the start of Moscow’s invasion in February. ⌘ Read more
The judges blocked Grenoble’s bid to allow all types of swimwear; a change to allow women to bathe topless was not challenged. ⌘ Read more
Sorties comprising 17 fighter jets, six bombers and supporting aircraft entered the air defence identification zone from the southwest, island’s defence ministry says. ⌘ Read more
China’s internet watchdog wants all social platforms to review all user comments before they are published, fanning concerns that freedom of speech will be further restricted. ⌘ Read more
Former acting deputy US trade representative Wendy Cutler believes Washington will soon unveil its plan for how to handle the US$350 billion of Trump-era trade tariffs that have been imposed on Chinese goods for almost four years. ⌘ Read more
Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, threatened retaliation after Lithuania banned the transit of sanctioned goods to the Baltic exclave. ⌘ Read more
Parents of the former youth minister, who was sacked from PPBM for objecting to the party’s defection in 2020, say he is a ‘political victim’. ⌘ Read more
Cotton products, tomatoes and polysilicon, a material used in the solar panel industry, are among the ‘high priority’ sectors that will face scrutiny by US customs agents. ⌘ Read more
A deputy district commander was dismissed from his post with the others being investigated by the local disciplinary watchdog ⌘ Read more
Three ships passed to the southeast of Chiba prefecture on Monday, defence ministry says. It comes days after seven Russian vessels went past the Izu Islands south of Tokyo. ⌘ Read more
Cable and bridge on fire on Tuesday evening, no injuries reported so far. ⌘ Read more
Analysts say findings were impacted by immigration wave as those who were not in favour of the Communist Party may have left. ⌘ Read more
North Korea is facing a potentially dire food situation this year, which has been exacerbated by disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In May, its monthly imports of Chinese soybeans surged. ⌘ Read more
Hunan authorities say women can negotiate with their employers to take up to a year off work after they give birth. ⌘ Read more
The Kremlin said Andy Huynh and Alexander Drueke were mercenaries not covered by the Geneva Conventions and could face the death penalty for their actions. ⌘ Read more
Centre for Food Safety halts sale of Häagen-Dazs’ pint-sized and bulk-sized vanilla ice cream after Taiwan’s food authorities found ethylene oxide in them. ⌘ Read more
Le Yucheng, the deputy foreign minister and Russia expert, has been shunted aside as Beijing’s relationship with Moscow faces increasing scrutiny. ⌘ Read more
Student, 18, and boy, 15, plead guilty to count of criminal damage for attack on Arome Bakery in Tseung Kwan O Plaza. ⌘ Read more
A 15-day bag-packing effort by a Chinese university student for dorm mates stranded by Covid-19 goes viral. ⌘ Read more
Article, headlined ‘Hong Kong’s development is always close to my heart’ compiles a number of Xi’s past speeches which touched on city. ⌘ Read more
More than 50,000 members of rail union RMT walked out in a dispute over pay after last-ditch talks to avert the industrial action broke down on Monday. ⌘ Read more
WeChat is banning secondary trading of NFTs, heeding Chinese regulators’ guidelines to steer clear of the financial aspect of such digital assets. ⌘ Read more
From July 1 travellers will only need to apply for electronic travel authorisation and obtain approval 72 hours before boarding. ⌘ Read more
Adult Singaporeans earning below S$34,000 (US$24,500) a year will receive S$300 in cash in August, and every household will get S$100 to offset utilities. ⌘ Read more
A series of clandestine, against-the-odds helicopter missions to reach besieged soldiers are being celebrated in Ukraine as one of the riskiest, most heroic feats in the four-month war against Russia. ⌘ Read more
Zhao Faqi’s 7½-year sentence for bribery and theft of state secrets was upheld in verdict that lasted just a few minutes, according to his wife Cathy Li. ⌘ Read more
In Montreal in December, about 200 member states of the CBD are expected to finalise a new accord to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 and achieve recovery by 2050. ⌘ Read more
A new wave of digital-first enterprises focused on NFT and metaverse projects may be in a position to deliver the city’s next tech breakthrough, nearly 25 years since the Octopus card was launched. ⌘ Read more
Tencent collected US$92 million by selling down its stake in Koolearn Technology in two transactions this month after the education group switched its focus to live-streaming business. ⌘ Read more
Looming military enlistment for the older members of BTS is creating a headache for the company behind the band. Last week’s shock announcement also leaves the group’s social justice efforts in doubt. ⌘ Read more
Vladimir Putin, who has likened himself to Peter the Great, has used recent public appearances to articulate his raw imperial ambitions. ⌘ Read more
Examples of content that could be blocked reportedly include live-streamed videos of mass shootings and viral social media challenges that encourage young people to perform dangerous stunts. ⌘ Read more
Chamber of Commerce chief Joerg Wuttke says companies will find it difficult to prove their supply chains are free of forced labour links. ⌘ Read more
Chinese video gaming giant NetEase plans to introduce its Yaotai app as early as August to help expand the virtual meeting platform’s user base. ⌘ Read more
Quirky China: A factory is caught using a mannequin to police fire warnings, three students have turned a train bench into a homework desk and a school is allowing pupils to attend classes dressed in traditional hanfu costumes. ⌘ Read more
Pyongyang only acknowledged that it had a coronavirus outbreak last month. Yet state media claims cases are already plummeting and says just 73 people have died – a widely disputed fatality rate of 0.002 per cent, the lowest in the world. ⌘ Read more
Belgium handed over the last remains of slain Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba – a tooth – to his family, turning a page on a grim chapter in its colonial past. ⌘ Read more
Vivian Jenna Wilson cited gender identity as a reason for the name change and ‘the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form’. ⌘ Read more
The envisaged meeting on the sidelines of next week’s gathering of Nato leaders in Spain is reportedly seen by the four nations as an attempt to keep an assertive China in check. ⌘ Read more
The city weathered the global financial crisis in a relatively calmer period domestically, but the seeds of activism were sowed over the demolition of Queen’s Pier. ⌘ Read more
A group called Khilafatul Muslimin aims to turn Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, into an Islamic caliphate, which is ‘very dangerous’ for the nation, according to the national terrorism prevention chief. ⌘ Read more
American Express International claimed Regina Leung Tong Ching-yee had ‘refused, failed or otherwise neglected’ to settle an outstanding bill of HK$93,155 as of April 28. ⌘ Read more
Police in China helping a distraught woman recover some of the money she’d saved for an operation after her daughter stole it and blew it on online games, mobile phones and clothing. ⌘ Read more
120 cadres from ruling parties attend workshop at the US$40 million facility in Tanzania funded by the Chinese Communist Party. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong’s satire today takes the shape of internet memes, cartoons, protest props, chants of clever word plays, and derivative works to express opposition. ⌘ Read more
Much-hyped deliveries of military aid have not kept pace with the defenders’ needs, and they are forced to conserve ammunition as Moscow’s forces pummel them. ⌘ Read more
City launches counterterrorism initiative as law enforcement says they have dealt with 20 cases related to explosives or precursor chemicals since mid-2019. ⌘ Read more
Such a move would further restrict Moscow’s energy revenue, in addition to existing or planned Western restrictions over the Ukraine invasion. ⌘ Read more
Offer at first-of-its-kind peace and governance gathering in Addis Ababa finds Beijing positioning itself as a ‘different kind of external actor’ in conflict-prone region. ⌘ Read more
A dispute with Türkiye, which is blocking their bid to join the alliance, appears unlikely to be resolved before a summit in Spain next week. ⌘ Read more
European ambassadors from Switzerland, France, Norway, Italy and Croatia have appealed to China to relax rules that prevent face-to-face meetings, saying direct communication will help reduce international tensions. ⌘ Read more
Fugitive Lu Ke is accused of filming young villagers saying racist things about themselves in Chinese, then selling the footage on social media. ⌘ Read more
China’s timeline is two years ahead of a US-European planned Mars mission to return samples to Earth for laboratory testing, according to Sun Zezhou. ⌘ Read more
Besieged PM Naftali Bennett will be replaced by Foreign Minister Yair Lapid until new polls can be held. ⌘ Read more
The ‘one country, two systems’ principle was supposed to provide a ‘high degree of autonomy’ to Hong Kong, but the agreement to protect that autonomy has been ‘breached comprehensively’ in recent years, according to Chris Patten, the city’s last British governor. ⌘ Read more
The crash in cryptocurrencies shows how the fundamental principle of DeFi – the pursuit of higher yields in the era of cheap money to disrupt and replace traditional banks – has been upended by rising interest rates. ⌘ Read more
The stingray measures almost 4 metres from snout to tail and weighs about 300kg. Scientists say it’s a hopeful sign for the waterway that faces environmental challenges. ⌘ Read more
Museum to amplify global influence of Chinese culture, Wang says two days ahead of opening ceremony. ⌘ Read more
Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises says the vessel capsized as it was passing Paracel Islands in South China Sea during the weekend. ⌘ Read more
Beijing sends rescue task force to region as heavy rain forces nearly 150,000 residents to flee. ⌘ Read more
Kindergartens have fewer pupils due to plunging birth rate, emigration wave and absence of cross-border pupils. ⌘ Read more
All eligible elderly single people with assets of no more than HK$374,000 and couples with no more than HK$568,000 will receive HK$3,915 a month. ⌘ Read more
The District Court in Osaka rejected arguments made by three same-sex couples as part of a series of suits filed by activists seeking marriage equality. ⌘ Read more
Pro-Beijing legislators say some residents have misunderstandings about history due to lack of education about Basic Law and nation’s constitution. ⌘ Read more
‘It has to become a beginning of a flash mob as an example to follow so people auction their valuable possessions to help Ukrainians,’ said Dmitry Muratov, who shared Nobel Peace Prize with Filipino journalist Maria Ressa. ⌘ Read more
Marcos’ plan to slash local rice prices to 20 pesos a kg (37 cents) is ‘impossible’, agriculture economist said Though not unprecedented, it is unusual for a Philippines president to hold a post in their own cabinet. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong is better prepared today to withstand future financial crises, such as a property market slump, according to former HKMA CEO Norman Chan Tak-lam. ⌘ Read more
Seats on international flights are about 90 per cent full, and daily services between Sydney and London via Singapore on the Airbus superjumbo are fully booked for weeks. ‘There’s massive demand’, Qantas CEO said. ⌘ Read more
Research on Shanghai’s outbreak points to low risk of milder cases becoming severe. ⌘ Read more
The VP-elect’s move to take her oath 11 days early, in a ceremony attended by diplomats including China’s ambassador, shows she remains a ‘force’ beyond her office, analysts say. ⌘ Read more
Launched in 2015, Kuai Bao has failed to grow big enough to remain competitive against rivals led by ByteDance-owned Jinri Toutiao. ⌘ Read more