Bui, who had mistakenly tracked his device to the home using an app, faces up to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder charges.

The event, featuring pieces by Yasmina Qanzal, pushes the envelope in a country where women were required to wear body-covering robes less than a decade ago.

Lun Lun and Yang Yang, along with their US-born twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun, are likely to be returned between October and December, though there is no set date.

The other two captives were identified as 28-year-old woman, Amit Buskila, and a 56-year-old man, Itzhak Gelerenter.

As Taipei prepares to inaugurate William Lai as president, his ‘force of nature’ second-in-command has Beijing concerned about her sway in Washington.

Property investment in China fell again in the first four months of the year and retail sales growth cooled in April, but industrial output remained strong last month, data released on Friday showed.

TikTok is testing 60-minute video uploads, and has gradually increased its video length limits to 10 minutes for all users. Longer video uploads may shift viewership from streaming services like YouTube.

Sophisticated scam first of its kind in city, police say, with digital recreations of company staff appearing in video conference to convince victim.

A foreign government may level accusations of espionage when it thinks its boundary has been crossed, international relations expert Wilson Chan says.

McCartney wealth is estimated at US$1.26 billion, partly due to government plans to scrap the ‘non-dom tax status’ where people do not pay tax on overseas earnings, and Beyoncé covering a Beatles’ song, the Sunday Times Rich List said.

At expo opening in Harbin, Russian leader tries to woo Chinese investors in the Far East and calls for upgrade to cross-border infrastructure.

French President Emmanuel Macron’s ambitions to deepen French influence in the Pacific, where China is expanding its security ties, could be put at risk by the heavy-handed response to civil unrest in New Caledonia

But one legislator warns of impacts of possible sanctions, which he says may prevent city from importing technology it needs to produce chips.

BYD Electronic, which makes electronic devices such as smartphones for brands including Huawei, will add HK$76.15 billion (US$9.8 billion) in market capitalisation to the benchmark.

The ‘general data’ list, covering 64 categories, will enable certain firms to make data transfers overseas without a security assessment.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico had a second operation, that lasted about two hours deputy prime minister Robert Kalinak told reporters.

A civil society group is urging Marcos Jnr to start a social media regulatory board but analysts fear the move could be targeted at silencing critics.

Adrian Low, a specialist in stress research, says students who witnessed such events may have ‘heightened fear and anxiety’ in the days or weeks that follow.

The US$370 million project is key to New Delhi’s plans to ramp up trade with Central Asia and promote it as a counterweight to Beijing’s growing economic presence in the region.

He Lifeng stressed the need to ‘carry on the battle’ to surmount the risks that unfinished and unconstructed homes represent, as the health of the property market is tied closely to social wellness and economic development.

Roll-out provides a safe, convenient means of payment for Hongkongers spending in mainland China and mainland users in Hong Kong, HKMA says.

Beijing has launched a 300 billion-yuan fund to help clear excess housing inventory, as well as measures to ensure developers have access to financing and that homes are delivered on time.

An analysis from TechInsights has found 33 China-sourced components in the standard Pura 70 handset, compared with five sourced from overseas.

Zhang Zhan, arrested in May 2020 after reporting on coronavirus in Wuhan, has not been heard from since her expected prison release date earlier this week, advocates say.

Honour for Pan Jianwei, a leading physicist who built the world’s first quantum satellite, comes shortly after US ‘Entities List’ targets ‘almost all of China’s core strength’ in quantum information research.