The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has used the government coronavirus briefing to defend his senior advisor Dominic Cummings. Mr Cummings has faced calls to resign after it emerged he had driven several hundred kilometres to the northeast of Eng...

Beijing has not set a target for economic growth this year, saying it's difficult to predict a figure because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the state of global markets. Premier Li Keqiang made the announcement as he opened the NPC plenary session in the...

Legal scholar Eric Cheung says Beijing's decision to impose national security laws on Hong Kong is alarming, and a de-facto declaration that 'One Country, Two Systems' has failed. And Cheung, a principal lecturer at the University of Hong Kong's Facult...

The Consumer Council says it has found increases in fuel prices to be larger than price reductions over the past seven years. But it also says there was no evidence companies were quick to raise the prices following jumps in the international market. T...

Many areas remain cut off in eastern India and Bangladesh because of the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan. Large parts of Kolkata were flooded and fifteen million people lost power supplies. In Khulna, a coastal district of Bangladesh, a three-metre sur...

Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen has reiterated she will not accept the One Country, Two Systems arrangement for reunification - as she was inaugurated for a second term as the island's leader. In her inauguration speech, Ms Tsai said she would not accept...

Security Secretary John Lee has dismissed criticism of an Independent Police Complaints Council report into the city's unrest, saying some of the accusations made against it were unfair and biased. He has urged the public to read through the watchdog's...