China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday called for regional countries to reshape the international order at a summit in Uzbekistan touted as a challenge to Western global influence. Leaders sh…

The members of the self-proclaimed “revolutionary” political group Returning Valiant were ignorant of the national security law and the consequences of breaking it, one of their defence lawyers told a Hong Kong court on Friday. Leung Wan-yung, Kwok Man-hei…

The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon has been cancelled with organisers saying that the government had failed to give approval in time amid the Covid-19 outbreak. Hong Kong Marathon 2021. Phot…

By Mathias Cena Life may seem tranquil on Japan’s remote Yonaguni island, where wild horses graze and tourists dive to spot hammerhead sharks, but China’s recent huge military exercises…

Of all the traumatic occasions in Wall-fare’s brief but eventful existence, the founder of the prisoners’ rights group will above all remember March last year – when tearful and panicky relatives of dozens of detained pro-democracy figures thronged its office…

The hazards of comparing statistics from different times and places are well known. But not, apparently, in Hong Kong public health circles, where Covid-19 figures are looking distinctly shaky. Pri…

by Holmes Chan Inside the bowels of a Hong Kong industrial building, Eric Pun was among two dozen people crammed into a classroom learning to drill holes — acquiring a new set of skills befor…

Mr Wong, a market stall trader, had one thing to say of the day that Britain’s late Queen Elizabeth II visited a Hong Kong public housing estate in 1975: “We didn’t sell many vegetables that day.” The young monarch toured the newly completed Oi Man Estate…

The world’s top dragon boat competition will ditch Hong Kong in favour of Thailand next year due to the city’s stringent coronavirus rules, organisers announced on Saturday. Hong Kong i…

Hong Kong is considering axing compulsory Covid-19 hotel quarantine for arrivals, according to the city’s health chief and local media. Health secretary Lo Chung-mau said on a Commercial Radio show on Saturday that the government was looking into putting…

The Hong Kong government’s fiscal situation will likely be “worse than expected,” Financial Secretary Paul Chan has said, as he predicted the city could see a deficit of more than HK$100 billion this year, its second-ever highest. In a blog post published…

By Laurie Chen Twenty-seven people died en route to a Covid-19 quarantine facility when their bus crashed in southwest China on Sunday, local authorities said, in the country’s deadliest road accident this year.  The crash took place on a highway in rural…

Reprimanding a police officer for firing a sponge grenade does not mean that the act was wrong, Hong Kong’s security chief has said. His comment came after the police ruled that a complaint filed by a journalist who was allegedly hit by a non-lethal projectile…

Ronson Chan, the chairperson of the city’s largest journalist group the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA), has been officially charged with obstructing police officers while reporting. Speaking to reporters outside Mong Kok Police Station on Monday…

By Sebastian Smith President Joe Biden issued forceful warnings to China and Russia on Sunday and expressed optimism over the US economic rebound, but surprised many by hedging on whether he’ll seek reelection. In a rare, wide-ranging interview with the CBS…

by Jitendra Joshi & Phil Hazlewood Britain said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday at a state funeral attended by world leaders, before a historic last ceremonial journey through the streets of London packed with sorrowful mourners. Huge crowds gathered…

A 20-year-old Hong Kong student has been convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl after a seven-member jury returned a guilty verdict on Monday. Fong Ka-lok appeared in front of the jury and judge Anna Lai at the High Court, local media reported. He was accused…

Chief Secretary Eric Chan has been appointed the chairperson of the committee that screens candidates standing for elections in Hong Kong. Chan, the city’s number two official, will replace Financial Secretary Paul Chan as the head of the Candidate Eligibility…

Hong Kong’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.1 per cent in June to August, the latest government statistics have shown, as around 161,900 people remain jobless. The number of unemployed Hongkongers declined by around 6,300 in June to August compared to 168…

Beijing on Monday said President Joe Biden’s latest comments that the United States would defend Taiwan against a Chinese invasion “severely violate” Washington’s policy tow…