Emergency personnel called to roadwork site near Nam Wan Tunnel after a 60-year-old man suffered multiple injuries from a hit-and-run incident.

A band of Taiwanese civilians has been keeping an ear on Beijing’s air force missions and publishing the recordings online.

Code-named ‘Defender’, operation took place ahead of expected visit by state leaders next month to mark handover and oversee swearing-in of John Lee.

Tai, 57, had admitted the breaches in connection with ‘ThunderGo’ strategy that was aimed at maximising chances of opposition hopefuls in 2016 Legco election.

State media reported no new deaths for the first time in nearly two weeks on Tuesday. But doubts have been raised about the accuracy of Pyongyang’s statistics.

A carpet that decorated the imperial palace during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) sold for US$324,500 in an auction held by Skinner’s in Boston, on the east coast of the US.

Illicit e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn cigarettes and tobacco products confiscated

US President says policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’ has not changed a day after he said he was willing to use force to defend the island.

China’s capital reports 48 new local infections on Tuesday, after recording 99 infections the day before.

Hong Kong Catholic diocese reveals decision on Tuesday, saying there are ‘different ways to remember the deceased’.

Chinese foreign minister says some anti-China forces use human rights issues to try to suppress the country.

Over 100 suspected and confirmed monkeypox cases in a recent outbreak in Europe and North America have not been severe, the WHO said.

‘Many say that Putin and I are both killers … But I kill criminals, I don’t kill children and the elderly,’ the outgoing Philippine president said in a televised rebuke of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Credit card firm says it has rolled out a ‘Tap to Phone’ service for taxis, allowing passengers to use their contactless cards on cabbies’ Android mobiles.

Six appear before West Kowloon Court for the first time since their arrest by national security police two weeks ago.

US President Joe Biden and his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan began discussions in Tokyo on Tuesday at a meeting that could affect the geopolitics and security of the entire region.

In the running for the coveted Palme d’Or is ‘Decision to Leave’ by director Park Chan-wook, and ‘Broker’, which features a South Korean all-star cast and is directed by Japan’s Hirokazu Kore-eda.

Aerosol version of CanSino adenovirus vaccine produced up to 24 times the antibodies against Delta than the control group, according to paper.

Hotel quarantine, passenger vaccination and ‘test and hold’ will remain in place, chief executive says.

Shanghai’s authorities have set June 1 as the date for officially lifting the city’s two-month long lockdown, aiming to restore China’s commercial and financial hub to normality by the end of the month.

Last year’s active-shooter carnage left 103 people dead and 140 wounded in the biggest number of such attacks on record, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said.

A punishing heatwave that has claimed at least 90 lives across India and Pakistan in recent months ‘is a sign of things to come’, said climate scientists behind a new rapid-response report.

US President Joe Biden on Monday said he is considering removing some of the tariffs and would talk with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about it after returning to the United States from Asia.

A firefighter in China has been praised as a hero for his quick actions in saving a small girl who was trapped hanging from a six-floor window last week.

Western sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine have renewed debate in China about overhauling the exchange rate regime and loosening dependence on the US dollar.

Government pandemic advisers say Hong Kong is not yet ready to ditch its mask mandate because of crowded living environment, low three-dose vaccination rate and negotiations on reopening mainland border.

Malaysia’s Foreign Minister this week informally met a member of Myanmar’s opposition NUG party, in a departure from Asean’s policy of seeking consensus among the 10 members.

A group of nearly four dozens and organisations seeking to aid Kyiv was briefed by Ukraine Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.

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The leaders of the security pact are set to announce details of the plan at their meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.

Popular online map services in China, such as those from Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent, have included information on nearest testing booths for users, as nucleic-acid tests become part of everyday life.

The US president’s assertion that America would be willing to get involved militarily to defend the self-governing island appears to erode a long-standing policy of strategic ambiguity.

The Turkish president also says he will no longer talk to Greece’s PM, accusing him of discouraging Washington from selling F-16 jets to Ankara.

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she was coerced into signing the document at the airport while in the presence of a UK diplomat, who said nothing.

Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, was accused of plying the 15-year-old with alcohol and asking to watch pornography before assaulting him at a house party.

The images of the prime minister raising a toast at a gathering were said to be taken during a national lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Boris Bondarev, who worked at the country’s mission at the UN in Geneva, says he can no longer share in this ‘bloody, witless and absolutely needless ignominy’.

The coffee giant, in Russia since 2007, will pay its almost 2000 Russian employees for six months and help them find new workplaces.

Health minister Karl Lauterbach said men who have sex with unknown partners were currently a risk group and should be warned about the infectious disease ‘without any stigmatisation’.

Washington insists US policy has not changed after the president said the US had made a ‘commitment; to defend Taiwan if attacked by the mainland.

Kitty Hui Pui-lan, 65, was diagnosed with inflammation of the heart muscle and is not expected to live much longer without a transplant, doctors say.

M. Tariq is seeking HK$104,000 in damages from Gurkhas Group (G3S) Charity Foundation, which terminated his contract just one week into his employment.

Centre for Health Protection sends out letter to help private doctors identify suspected monkeypox infections, advises possible cases to be isolated from other patients.

German camera maker Leica is teaming up with Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi after ending a seven-year partnership with Huawei, whose handset business has been hamstrung by US sanctions.

Activist says: ‘Whatever she sees in China will be carefully choreographed, but I do hope that she can see the reality.’

Foreign minister highlights Beijing’s practical efforts to promote long-term development in the region.

Ukraine’s top military intelligence official has told a Ukrainian newspaper there was an attempt on the Russian president’s life in March, and appears to say Ukraine was not behind it.

Club says it informed authorities in December last year of its intention to remain at current premises, has written to Information Services Department for timeline.

The Chinese delegation at Davos this year is unusually small due to the country’s stringent travel rules, robbing Beijing of an opportunity to make its voice heard on the global stage, observers say.