Secretary for JusticeTeresa Cheng Yeuk-wah is the latest senior figure in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government to support the central governme
China continued to see a generally stable housing market in January, with home prices in 70 major cities showing mild month-on-month rises, official data showed on Tuesday.New house prices in four fi
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) kicks off its regular session, and EU leaders hold a virtual summit. Human rights amid a pandemic The UNHRC will hold its forty-sixth regular session f
VCG Belarus on Friday received a planeload of 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines donated by China to bolster the country's efforts against the virus.The Sinopharm vaccine is the first approved by China
Major Indian opposition parties boycotted the opening day of Parliament’s budget session on Friday in solidarity with protesting farmers engaged in a 2-month standoff o
Malawi joined Lesotho in suspending its football league due to a surge in the number of coronavirus infections. /VCG Image Malawi became the latest African country to suspend its top flight fo
Malawi joined Lesotho in suspending its football league due to a surge in the number of coronavirus infections. /VCG Image Malawi became the latest African country to suspend its top flight fo
Carrie Lam, chief executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Monday congratulated the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal, Andrew Ch
The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases has surpassed 20 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. /Getty Images The number of confirmed U.S. coronavirus cases has surpa
Headquarters of the People's Bank of China in Beijing, China. /VCGChina will implement a prudent monetary policy that is flexible, precise, reasonable and moderate, and
Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved parliament on Sunday at the request of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's cabinet, according to a presidential statement.
President Alassane Ouattara is sworn in for a third term as President in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Monday Dec. 14, 2020. Ouattara, who received some 94.3 percent of the vote, had been expected to e
China's market regulator said on Monday it will fine Alibaba Group, Tencent-backed China Literature and smart locker company Hive Box 500,000 yuan ($76,460) each for not reporting deals for anti-m
The top decision-making body of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vowed on Friday to strengthen anti-monopoly effor
Natanz nuclear facility 300km south of Tehran. /Reuters Iran plans to install hundreds more advanced uranium-enriching centrifuges at an underground plant in breach of its deal with major powe
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), on Tuesday, disclosed that the number of Ethiopian refugees fleeing to neighboring Sudan surpassed 41,193 amid the ongoing fighting betw
FILE PHOTO: Nigerian Army soldiers stand at a base. /Getty Images The Nigerian military said that it killed several suspected bandits and arrested three others following a series of security o
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