Fashion chain said pre-tax profits rose 64% to $640 million in the three months to the end of November compared with pandemic-hit 2020

This comes as the wave of infections fuelled by the highly contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19 recedes in the country, officials said

The IMF says China's crackdown on tech companies, private education providers and others has increased policy uncertainty.

Takeshi Kasai is accused of presiding over a "toxic atmosphere" at the regional office with a culture of "systemic bullying and ridiculing"

The Chinese city is one of the few places left still pursuing a "zero-Covid" strategy that has left the finance hub internationally isolated

A shift to casual clothing during the coronavirus pandemic has boosted demand for Levi’s jeans, including newer styles with a looser fit

Beijing's Fengtai district said residents in more areas should not leave their residential compounds for unnecessary reasons and must have a daily covid test

Covid prompts soul-searching among many relatively affluent expats in Singapore, where foreigners workers make up a fifth of the 5.5 million population

The Adelaide, a landing helicopter dock ship, was deployed as part of an international aid effort after the January 15 volcano eruption

Plan comes as carrier restructures its business with passenger flights grounded since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020

"We anticipate an exodus of foreigners, probably the largest that Hong Kong has ever seen, and one of the largest in absolute terms from any city in the region in recent history," it said.

The consumer sentiment index rose as investors became more optimistic about the outlook of Asia’s fourth-largest economy