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Members of the Chinese Communist Party are set to converge in Beijing in the latter half of 2022 for their 20th national party congress. Such gatherings take place about once every five years, but the upcoming congress is expected to be the most significant political event for China in decades. It will be the first …
China’s first home-grown passenger jet is certified to fly after passing natural icing flight tests, which were delayed due to the pandemic and unfavourable weather. The single-aisle C919 is manufactured by the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China. China Eastern Airlines is expected to be the first c…
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A family outing turned into a nightmare for Andi Hariyanto, who had brought his family to watch their favourite football club at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in the Indonesian province of East Java on October 1, 2022. He lost his wife and two daughters in the football stampede that killed at least 131 people, after police…
Fuel may once again become more expensive after weeks of falling prices at the pumps following a decision by oil producing countries to slash production for the first time since the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Members of the Opec+ group said the September 5, 2022, decision to reduce supply is needed to bring abou…
China’s Xinjiang autonomous region has suspended all passenger trains leaving the region in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19. There has been a resurgence of cases since mid-September 2022. Xinjiang officials have admitted mistakes in their virus-control measures, citing a lack of testing capacity and mishandling…
Japanese professional wrestling star turned politician Antonio Inoki has died aged 79. Inoki was widely known for his June 1976 match with US boxing legend Muhammad Ali in a high-profile bout many consider a precursor of what is today known as mixed martial arts (MMA). Later as a lawmaker he made numerous visits to …
Marking the 73rd Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee joined about 1,400 guests at a flag-raising ceremony in the city’s Golden Bauhinia Square. Lee later officiated at a National Day reception at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, where he pl…
Authorities in China’s northern Heilongjiang province have vowed to investigate an incident which appeared in a viral video showing health workers dumping rice and eggs that residents under lockdown had bought online. The video taken in the city of Jiamusi, which has been under lockdown since September 18, 2022, was…
Travellers to Hong Kong no longer have to undergo hotel quarantine, as of September 26, 2022. It marks the first time that the city, once a global transport hub, has fully reopened to travellers since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Zhang Jing and his business partners operate three hidden “speakeasy” bars in the Chinese capital Beijing that serve up cocktails with an unexpected twist. Patrons are offered drinks in exchange old books. Zhang said they have taken in more than 2,600 old as payment, enough to start filling a small library in their …
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Japan announced, on September 22, 2022, that it will lift its tough Covid restrictions on foreign tourists, reopening its borders after two and a half years. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the pandemic has interrupted the free flow of people, goods and capital that had helped the nation flourish. “From October 11…
Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu announced an end to the city’s mandatory hotel quarantine policy on September 23, 2022, ending some of the world’s toughest Covid-19 restrictions. The current policy requires overseas arrivals to quarantine in designated hotels for three days and be put under home medical surveillan…
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Covid-19 battered the live-performance industry around the world, especially in the first 18 months of the pandemic. The hardship has lasted longest and hit hardest in Hong Kong, with a ban on live performances in any place that serves food or drink for over 650 days, as of September 20, 2022. While live gigs, festi…
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A senior state official has backed Hong Kong’s adjustments to Covid-19 pandemic measures in maintaining global connectivity as “understandable” and said local authorities do not have to choose between opening up to the world and the rest of the country, marking the first major signal of Beijing’s blessing for the ci…
London is facing a huge security challenge as hundreds of world leaders and dignitaries arrive in the British capital for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth on September 19, 2022. US President Joe Biden and his wife paid their respects to the late monarch at Westminster Hall on September 18, and met her son King Charles…
The driver of a school bus and two other people were injured when a 15-metre (50ft) flame tree toppled onto their vehicles in Hong Kong on September 16, 2022. The school bus, driven by a 62-year-old man, was on its way to pick up students with a female nanny, the only passenger, according to police. The bus driver s…
The driver of a school bus and two other people were injured when a 15-metre (50ft) flame tree toppled onto their vehicles in Hong Kong on September 16, 2022. The school bus driven by a 62-year-old man was on its way to pick up students with only a female caretaker on board, according to police. The bus driver suffe…
The world has “never been in a better position” to end the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. But the UN health agency’s chief said on September 14, 2022, that amid the optimism, countries must still keep up efforts to fight the virus that has …
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan on September 14, 2022, for a three-day visit to the central Asian nation and neighbouring Uzbekistan, state news agency Xinhua said of his first trip outside China in more than 2½ years.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan on September 14, 2022, for a three-day visit to the Central Asian nation and neighbouring Uzbekistan. State news agency Xinhua said it was his first trip outside China in more than two and a half years.
The popularity of low and non-alcoholic drinks has risen worldwide, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which led many people to be more health conscious. The effect has been especially pronounced in Japan, where the older population, which tends to drink more, is shrinking rapidly.
A holiday marked by family reunions and gazing at the full moon, this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival fell on September 10, 2022. The event is China's second biggest annual festival after the Lunar New Year, and features public activities ranging from traditional performances to calligraphy exhibitions. Amid continued co…
Hongkongers paid tribute to Britain's Queen Elizabeth on September 9, 2022, after news broke of the monarch's death overnight, local time. Britain controlled Hong Kong from 1841 to 1997. A hospital, a stadium and several other facilities in the city were named after Queen Elizabeth and have remained so, despite the …
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Queen Elizabeth died on September 8, 2022, at the age of 96 after Buckingham Palace said her doctors were “concerned” for her health and recommended that she remain under medical supervision. The queen – Britain’s longest-serving monarch – had been dogged by health problems that had left her struggling to walk and s…
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Transgender performance shows in Pattaya, Thailand resumed on September 1, 2022, after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic. As performers welcomed their return on stage, show organisers said most of the current bookings were from locals and individuals, which means fewer showtimes. Thailand relies heavily on tou…
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Canadian police closed a massive manhunt on September 7, 2022, after arresting a second suspect in the mass stabbings that killed 10 people in the Saskatchewan province. But Myles Sanderson died hours later, after complaining of “medical distress” while in police custody, said Rhonda Blackmore, Assistant Commissione…
American television writer Heidi Ferrer came down with Covid-19 in 2020 and never fully recovered. Long Covid left her in debilitating pain and suffering from severe neurological tremors that made it impossible for her to sleep and walk. She took her own life in May 2021 at age 50. Nearly 150 million people worldwid…
A tower crane collapsed on a container, which struck a group of workers at a public housing construction site in Hong Kong on September 7, 2022. Three men were killed and six were rushed to hospital. The case has been classified as an industrial accident and officers are investigating what caused the crane to collapse.
Health authorities in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, which has been under a Covid-19 lockdown since September 1, 2022, have said that ensuring people’s safety must take priority in case of emergencies. The clarification came following a deadly September 5 earthquake that left at least 66 people dead in Si…
China has accused the US of using Trojan virus cyberattacks to steal high-value data from servers belonging to a state-funded university in the northwestern province of Shaanxi. China’s foreign ministry urged Washington to “stop stealing [from] and attacking other countries”, as the allegations based on an investiga…
At the start of a new academic year in Hong Kong, secondary school students in Tin Hau expressed their excitement about the first day in class after many months of no face-to-face courses. Pupils at a primary school in Tsing Yi district grappled with strict health protection measures set out by the Education Bureau,…
After struggling to hire enough staff, some restaurants in New York have started using robots to serve their customers. The feline-themed mechanical waiters are made in China and not exactly cheap, but the US$16,000 BellaBot can reliably deliver food orders from the kitchen to the table. WowRobee, the company that h…
The International Monetary Fund has preliminarily agreed to a US$2.9 billion conditional bailout for Sri Lanka. The proposed four-year programme would boost government revenue, encourage fiscal consolidation, introduce new pricing for fuel and electricity, hike social spending, bolster central bank autonomy and rebu…
Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have extended the opening hours of local amusement parks to promote nighttime tourism in China’s key economic hub. The move is part of recovery efforts to help boost the local economy that has taken a hit from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Singapore lifted its indoor mask requirement for most spaces on August 29, 2022, easing one of the country’s few remaining pandemic restrictions as it forges ahead with a policy of living with Covid-19. The move will make Singapore one of the first countries in Asia to ease indoor mask-wearing. Officials also announ…
Men were hooked up to an electronic device that induces pain similar to what women feel during menstruation during the annual Calgary Stampede rodeo and exhibition in the Canadian province of Alberta in July 2022. Organised by Vancouver-based company Somedays, the simulations were meant to tackle social stigmas and …
Hundreds of people who work in Thailand's horse-racing industry have been barely scraping by since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Races were suspended as authorities moved to curb the spread of the coronavirus. But horse owners and jockeys still had to care for their animals, feeding and exercising them every d…
A medical team from Linzhi county, Tibet in southwestern China rode on horses to reach a pasture in Jina village to carry out Covid-19 tests on herdsmen. The medical team was organised by the local government to offer help in remote areas as part of efforts to contain Tibet’s first major outbreak of the disease. Pre…
Australian authorities have seized 1.6 tonnes of methamphetamine hidden in marble tiles shipped from the Middle East to Sydney. Police described it as the largest-ever seizure of the illicit drug in Australia. Police estimate the meth's street value at A$1.6 billion (US$1.1 billion), reflecting the higher prices tha…
