Paul Chan surprises with a tax review and defence of predecessor John Tsang, but will he be around to give a second budget speech next year? PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 22 February, 2017, 6:33pm. UPDATED : Wednesday, 22 February, 2017, 6:33pm.

The leaders of Japan and the US spoke positively of their decision on Friday to set up a dialogue on bilateral trade, but forthcoming negotiations may cost Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe political capital at home. Stopping short of declaring the ...

A session of South Africa's parliament that was convened for a keynote address by the president descended into chaos on Thursday as far-left lawmakers brawled with orderlies after interrupting the speech and the main opposition party walked out ...

Former United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, one of the world's most recognised South Koreans, announced Wednesday he will not stand for the presidency of his country. Ban returned home last month after a decade in New York and was widely ...

Donald Trump is poised to take office with the lowest approval ratings of any new president in recent history, but despite a chaotic transition Americans trust the billionaire on one crucial point. Jobs. Since the real estate developer's White House ...

Jay Y. Lee was questioned on bribery suspicions in an influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye. PUBLISHED : Friday, 13 January, 2017, 1:08pm. UPDATED : Friday, 13 January, 2017, 1:30pm. Comments: Lee Jae-yong, vice-chairman ...

Jay Y. Lee was questioned on bribery suspicions in an influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye. PUBLISHED : Friday, 13 January, 2017, 1:08pm. UPDATED : Friday, 13 January, 2017, 1:30pm. Comments: Lee Jae-yong, vice-chairman ...

General James Mattis, secretary of defence nominee for US president-elect Donald Trump, arrives to a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on Thursday. Photo: Bloomberg. Agence France-Presse ...

Secretary of State-designate Rex Tillerson gestures while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: AP. Reuters. Share. 13. PrintEmail. Related topics. Donald Trump Donald Trump inauguration Sino-US relations. More on this story.

Alan Pardew is sacked by Crystal Palace but left with praise for the club and its owners. Photo: AFP. Peter Simpson. Share. PrintEmail. Related topics. English Premier League 2016-17. Related Articles. Bookmakers have Sam Allardyce as an odds-on ...

A man dressed in traditional Andean clothes walks past the logo of the APEC 2016 summit in Lima, Peru. Photo: AP. David Dodwell. Share. PrintEmail. Related topics. Inside Out & Outside In. Related Articles. Cargo containers on a ship at a port in ...

A man dressed in traditional Andean clothes walks past the logo of the APEC 2016 summit in Lima, Peru. Photo: AP. David Dodwell. Share. PrintEmail. Related topics. Inside Out & Outside In. Related Articles. Cargo containers on a ship at a port in ...

A man dressed in traditional Andean clothes walks past the logo of the APEC 2016 summit in Lima, Peru. Photo: AP. David Dodwell. Share. PrintEmail. Related topics. Inside Out & Outside In. Related Articles. Cargo containers on a ship at a port in ...

FBI Director James Comey announced on Sunday that the bureau had found no reason to change its July recommendation that Hillary Clinton should not be charged over her email practices. Photo: AFP. The Washington Post ...

Pakistani paramedics treat an injured blast victim at a hospital in Bajaur Agency near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border following a suicide bombing at a mosque. Photo: AFP. Associated Press. Share. PrintEmail. A suicide bomber attacked a Sunni mosque in ...

Pakistani paramedics treat an injured blast victim at a hospital in Bajaur Agency near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border following a suicide bombing at a mosque. Photo: AFP. Associated Press. Share. PrintEmail. A suicide bomber attacked a Sunni mosque in ...

Pakistani paramedics treat an injured blast victim at a hospital in Bajaur Agency near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border following a suicide bombing at a mosque. Photo: AFP. Associated Press. Share. PrintEmail. A suicide bomber attacked a Sunni mosque in ...

Pakistani paramedics treat an injured blast victim at a hospital in Bajaur Agency near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border following a suicide bombing at a mosque. Photo: AFP. Associated Press. Share. PrintEmail. A suicide bomber attacked a Sunni mosque in ...

Pakistani paramedics treat an injured blast victim at a hospital in Bajaur Agency near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border following a suicide bombing at a mosque. Photo: AFP. Associated Press. Share. PrintEmail. A suicide bomber attacked a Sunni mosque in ...

TAIPEI -- Hung Yu-ting (洪郁婷) had only a few minutes to act after her TransAsia Airways (復興航空) Flight 222 crashed through the rain and darkness on the outlying island county of Penghu Wednesday evening. The 34-year-old's quick thinking — with a ...