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Capital

Chișinău

Head of State

President Maia Sandu

Head of Government

Prime Minister Dorin Recean

A grave sculpture at a cemetery as smoke rises in the background above a Wildberries facility, following a reported Ukrainian drone strike at the Koledino Industrial Park near Podolsk, Moscow Region, Russia, on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Ukraine war

Moscow strikes Ukrainian steel plant as Kyiv targets Russian economy

Romania, which borders Ukraine, said an F-18 fighter on a Nato air policing mission had shot down a drone that breached its airspace during the latest attacks.

16 Aug 2026 - 9:28PM

Ukraine war

Russia and Ukraine exchange strikes, leaving 7 dead and dozens injured

10 Aug 2026 - 11:08AM

Ukraine war

Zelensky proposes meeting Putin in US after Russian leader ‘ignores’ G7 invite

16 Jun 2026 - 5:38AM

United States

Bus driver charged in US crash that killed 5, including family

Bus driver Jing S. Dong, 48, faces manslaughter charges as the US transportation secretary says the native of China does not speak English.

1 Jun 2026 - 8:24AM

The scene of a fatal accident involving a passenger bus and other vehicles on Interstate 95 near Quantico, Virginia on Friday. Photo: Virginia State Police via AP

Hong Kong transport

Hongkong Post’s airmail services to 24 countries affected by strikes in Middle East

Public postal service suspends airmail to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, affecting ‘services transiting through these locations’.

1 Mar 2026 - 11:50PM

Ukraine war

10 arrested over Russian plot to kill top Ukrainian officials

Moscow promised to pay the assassins up to US$100,000, depending on the notoriety and influence of the potential victim, prosecutor says.

20 Feb 2026 - 6:58PM

European Union

‘Work to be done’: EU says it’s not ready to give Ukraine a membership date

Ukraine applied to join the ‌EU days after Russia’s invasion almost four years ago, seeking to anchor itself to the West.

15 Feb 2026 - 8:49PMvideocam

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas addresses the media in Brussels in November. Photo: AP

Ukraine war

Electricity lines between Ukraine, Moldova, Romania fail, with mass outages

The incident, in sub-zero temperatures, prompted a complete shutdown of Kyiv’s metro network and knocked out its water supplies.

31 Jan 2026 - 11:40PMvideocam

European Union

Moldova’s pro-EU party tops polls in elections hit by Russian meddling claims

The small EU candidate nation has long been divided over whether to move closer to Brussels or maintain Soviet-era relations with Moscow.

29 Sep 2025 - 6:08PM

Ukraine war

US, Russia spar over Ukraine war amid calls for ‘killing to stop’

‘If the Russians refuse to negotiate in good faith, I think it’s going to be very, very bad for their country,’ Vance warns.

25 Sep 2025 - 2:32PMvideocam

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of Russian drone strikes on infrastructure in Nizhyn district, Chernihiv region, on September 15. Photo: EPA/State Emergency Service of Ukraine

United States

Trump announces new tariffs on Brazil, 6 smaller economies

‘Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from reciprocal,’ letters say, adding alleged deficits are threats to US national security.

11 Jul 2025 - 1:55AMvideocam

US President Donald Trump dispatched tariff letters to six more countries on Wednesday. Photo: AP

European Union

Moldova’s pro-West president wins run-off after Russia meddling allegations

Overseas voters played a crucial role in the Moldova vote, which was overshadowed by interfering allegations.

4 Nov 2024 - 11:25AM

European Union

Moldova votes in election, EU referendum in shadow of alleged Russia meddling

The former Soviet republic has accelerated its push to escape Moscow’s orbit and embarked on the long process of EU accession talks.

20 Oct 2024 - 11:02PM

US-China relations

Letters | In the land of the free, there’s another side to free speech

Readers discuss what migrants find at the end of the rainbow, and the wisdom of the South Korean opposition on the Taiwan issue.

25 Jul 2024 - 2:30PM

Chinese migrants wait to be processed after crossing the US-Mexico border on May 8, near Jacumba Hot Springs, California. Photo: AP

The Football Association of Hong Kong, China

No Messi repeat? Star names, ticket price revealed for Atletico’s Hong Kong game

Euro 2024 and Copa America stars will appear, host club Kitchee say, raising prospect of seeing likes of World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann.

27 Jun 2024 - 9:53PM

France midfielder Antoine Griezmann could line up in Hong Kong in August. Photo: AFP

Ukraine war

Ukraine starts ‘historic’ EU membership talks amid war with Russia

The start of negotiations is a significant step for Kyiv, but many technical, legal and political hurdles lie ahead.

26 Jun 2024 - 1:09AM

European Union

EU nations to start membership negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova

The opening of talks sends another strong signal of solidarity with Ukraine on top of the huge financial support provided by the EU.

21 Jun 2024 - 9:41PM

Hong Kong society

Hongkongers 8km from festival complain about noise although levels within limits

S2O Hong Kong Songkran Music Festival was held at the weekend at the Central harbourfront.

13 Jun 2024 - 12:54AM

Hong Kong environmental authorities received noise complaints about the S2O Hong Kong Songkran Music Festival held in Central on Saturday and Sunday. Photo: Eugene Lee

Crime

Multinational operation breaks up scheme for sabotaging Interpol red notices

The FBI and European crime agencies mounted raids on a group suspected of running a scheme to pay millions of dollars in bribes to officials in return for blocking Interpol red notices.

5 Jun 2024 - 1:10PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid Gaza civilian deaths: experts

Defence experts reviewed debris images from an Israeli air strike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians. They said the bombs used were likely US-made.

31 May 2024 - 2:31PM

US-China relations

US urges Nato wariness over China’s support for Russia in Ukraine

Clear that Beijing has ‘picked sides’ by supplying Moscow dual-use components for conflict, says Washington’s envoy to transatlantic security alliance.

31 May 2024 - 6:52AMvideocam

German soldiers wear gas masks during a Nato military exercise in Pabrade, Lithuania, on Wednesday. Photo: Bloomberg

My Take

My Take | Subversive US influence over unrest in Georgia

As in Hong Kong in 2019, the US-funded National Endowment for Democracy has fingerprints all over protests in Tbilisi.

9 May 2024 - 11:21PM

Protesters barricade the entrance of Parliament during a rally to protest against a bill on “foreign agents”, in Tbilisi, Georgia on May 2. Photo: Reuters

Ukraine war

Macron reaffirms idea to send troops to Ukraine, warns of ‘hidden Brexiteers’

During an interview with the Economist, Macron said “I’m not ruling anything out”, when asked if he stood by comments earlier this year about the potential to send Western troops to Ukraine.

2 May 2024 - 9:49PM

Banking & finance

Letters | What ‘old money’ can learn from ‘new money’– and how Hong Kong can help

Readers compare the attitude of businesses in the Global North and Global South, the next industrial revolution, and China’s electric vehicle makers.

28 Apr 2024 - 11:30AM

Ukraine war

Zelensky says Ukraine will have to retreat if US fails to give weapons

The president said if there is no US support, ‘we will go back, retreat, step by step, in small steps’.

30 Mar 2024 - 12:45PMvideocam

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) visits the Sumy region on March 27. Photo: Ukrainian presidential press service/AFP

Ukraine war

Time could be ripe for a China-led peace proposal to end Ukraine-Russia war

After two years of war, China hasn’t been able to help broker peace in Ukraine. But that could be about to change.

29 Feb 2024 - 9:25AMvideocam

Russia

Breakaway Moldovan region asks Russia for ‘protection’, raising Ukraine tensions

The call for help from Moscow fuelled comparisons with February 2022, when Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine called for protection against what they said was relentless attacks and shelling by Kyiv’s forces.

29 Feb 2024 - 3:55PM

Racism and other prejudice

As Greece legalises same-sex unions, will other Orthodox nations join them?

Eastern Orthodox leadership has been united in opposing recognition of same-sex relationships, but there are signs of change with small majority-Orthodox countries of Montenegro and Cyprus authorising same-sex unions in recent years, as did Greece in 2015.

18 Feb 2024 - 8:00AMvideocam

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Moldova

Moscow strikes Ukrainian steel plant as Kyiv targets Russian economy

Romania, which borders Ukraine, said an F-18 fighter on a Nato air policing mission had shot down a drone that breached its airspace during the latest attacks.

Russia and Ukraine exchange strikes, leaving 7 dead and dozens injured

Zelensky proposes meeting Putin in US after Russian leader ‘ignores’ G7 invite

Bus driver charged in US crash that killed 5, including family

Bus driver Jing S. Dong, 48, faces manslaughter charges as the US transportation secretary says the native of China does not speak English.

Hongkong Post’s airmail services to 24 countries affected by strikes in Middle East

Public postal service suspends airmail to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, affecting ‘services transiting through these locations’.

10 arrested over Russian plot to kill top Ukrainian officials

Moscow promised to pay the assassins up to US$100,000, depending on the notoriety and influence of the potential victim, prosecutor says.

‘Work to be done’: EU says it’s not ready to give Ukraine a membership date

Ukraine applied to join the ‌EU days after Russia’s invasion almost four years ago, seeking to anchor itself to the West.

Electricity lines between Ukraine, Moldova, Romania fail, with mass outages

The incident, in sub-zero temperatures, prompted a complete shutdown of Kyiv’s metro network and knocked out its water supplies.

Moldova’s pro-EU party tops polls in elections hit by Russian meddling claims

The small EU candidate nation has long been divided over whether to move closer to Brussels or maintain Soviet-era relations with Moscow.

US, Russia spar over Ukraine war amid calls for ‘killing to stop’

‘If the Russians refuse to negotiate in good faith, I think it’s going to be very, very bad for their country,’ Vance warns.

Trump announces new tariffs on Brazil, 6 smaller economies

‘Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from reciprocal,’ letters say, adding alleged deficits are threats to US national security.

Moldova’s pro-West president wins run-off after Russia meddling allegations

Overseas voters played a crucial role in the Moldova vote, which was overshadowed by interfering allegations.

Moldova votes in election, EU referendum in shadow of alleged Russia meddling

The former Soviet republic has accelerated its push to escape Moscow’s orbit and embarked on the long process of EU accession talks.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Letters | In the land of the free, there’s another side to free speech

Readers discuss what migrants find at the end of the rainbow, and the wisdom of the South Korean opposition on the Taiwan issue.

No Messi repeat? Star names, ticket price revealed for Atletico’s Hong Kong game

Euro 2024 and Copa America stars will appear, host club Kitchee say, raising prospect of seeing likes of World Cup winner Antoine Griezmann.

Ukraine starts ‘historic’ EU membership talks amid war with Russia

The start of negotiations is a significant step for Kyiv, but many technical, legal and political hurdles lie ahead.

EU nations to start membership negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova

The opening of talks sends another strong signal of solidarity with Ukraine on top of the huge financial support provided by the EU.

Hongkongers 8km from festival complain about noise although levels within limits

S2O Hong Kong Songkran Music Festival was held at the weekend at the Central harbourfront.

Multinational operation breaks up scheme for sabotaging Interpol red notices

The FBI and European crime agencies mounted raids on a group suspected of running a scheme to pay millions of dollars in bribes to officials in return for blocking Interpol red notices.

Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid Gaza civilian deaths: experts

Defence experts reviewed debris images from an Israeli air strike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians. They said the bombs used were likely US-made.

US urges Nato wariness over China’s support for Russia in Ukraine

Clear that Beijing has ‘picked sides’ by supplying Moscow dual-use components for conflict, says Washington’s envoy to transatlantic security alliance.

My Take | Subversive US influence over unrest in Georgia

As in Hong Kong in 2019, the US-funded National Endowment for Democracy has fingerprints all over protests in Tbilisi.

Macron reaffirms idea to send troops to Ukraine, warns of ‘hidden Brexiteers’

During an interview with the Economist, Macron said “I’m not ruling anything out”, when asked if he stood by comments earlier this year about the potential to send Western troops to Ukraine.

Letters | What ‘old money’ can learn from ‘new money’– and how Hong Kong can help

Readers compare the attitude of businesses in the Global North and Global South, the next industrial revolution, and China’s electric vehicle makers.

Zelensky says Ukraine will have to retreat if US fails to give weapons

The president said if there is no US support, ‘we will go back, retreat, step by step, in small steps’.

Time could be ripe for a China-led peace proposal to end Ukraine-Russia war

After two years of war, China hasn’t been able to help broker peace in Ukraine. But that could be about to change.

Breakaway Moldovan region asks Russia for ‘protection’, raising Ukraine tensions

The call for help from Moscow fuelled comparisons with February 2022, when Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine called for protection against what they said was relentless attacks and shelling by Kyiv’s forces.

As Greece legalises same-sex unions, will other Orthodox nations join them?

Eastern Orthodox leadership has been united in opposing recognition of same-sex relationships, but there are signs of change with small majority-Orthodox countries of Montenegro and Cyprus authorising same-sex unions in recent years, as did Greece in 2015.

Letters | In the land of the free, there’s another side to free speech