In spite of special arrangement students still struggle to cross border in time to start school.

Blaze in Yuen Long plunged about 175,000 households and businesses into darkness.

While the decision to remove the colonial-era ban is something to celebrate, there are questions on whether it could inspire greater resistance to marriage equality in a still conservative society.

Leading quantum scientist Pan Jianwei says it is a brave first step towards bringing the futuristic technology out of the laboratory.

The Ukrainian president said the last regular line supplying power to the facility was restored hours after being cut by nearby fires.

Former part-time cook Chan Chim-tak, 48, and restaurant worker Lai Chi-san, 36, were accused by their helper of rape and paying her HK$150 in hush money.

People’s Bank of China deputy governor Chen Yulu has been appointed as the president of Nankai University ahead of the 20th Party Congress later this year.

Rodrigo Ventosilla’s family said the Peruvian transgender activist, arrested on drug charges, was a victim of police mistreatment and transphobic.

Zhejiang Leapmotor Tech has won approval from the Hong Kong stock exchange’s listing committee, says a source, with the deal launch slated for September.

Citrus and mackerel are the latest targets of the import bans, but mainland China has steered clear of blocking Taiwan’s most crucial goods such as semiconductors and high-end machinery.

Respiratory medicine expert Dr Leung Chi-chiu warns growth of variant cases doubling every week.

Critics have slammed the march as a ‘stale idea’, not having a clear message to voters and Gandhi’s lack of accountability to Congress party supporters.

The device can stimulate air flow and increase the lift coefficient of an aircraft by nearly a third, preventing the aircraft from stalling, say researchers.

The increasing frequency of extreme climate events and the transition to low-carbon energy will spur demand for storage facilities and digital power grid management systems, say analysts.

The president urged Democrats at a rally to prevent Trump’s Republicans from taking control of Congress in the November 8 midterm vote.

Peiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko will testify before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on September 13 to address allegations that Twitter failed to protect user data.

Tokyo aims to double its defence outlays over the next five years that could propel it from ninth in the world for military spending to a third spot behind the US and China.

The platform, used by more than 33 million people around the world, said it doesn’t believe any passwords were taken as part of the breach.

Chief Executive John Lee, community leaders and alumni marked the occasion at the university, which next aims to help Hong Kong develop as an I&T hub using its position as a world-class research institution.

The tentative concessions, still under intense debate, are among China’s latest overtures to relieve some of the tensions that have routed Chinese stocks listed in mainland China, the US and in Hong Kong.

To provide a deterrent to China’s domination of the South China Sea, the US would need to place its warships, planes and missiles in the region, possibly the Philippines. However, any scenario that doesn’t involve US accommodation of Chinese inte...

Amateur reality videos about the humorous daily life of an uncle in China caring for 16 nieces and nephews and two daughters over the holidays is a viral hit with mainland internet users.

South Korean military has said it will be ‘normalising’ the joint exercises that have been portrayed as invasion rehearsals by the North.

Founder Benny Chia and administrator Catherine Lau to step down on Saturday after struggling to run club during pandemic.

The mountain of single-use plastic waste from Covid-19 has seriously set back sustainable development goals for Hong Kong and the world. We need to take account of all the plastic waste when formulating testing, quarantine and mask policies, build ef...

The decision means the public could soon get some additional details on what led FBI agents look for classified files at the ex-US president’s Mar-a-Lago home.

As Biden maintains Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods, experts in affected industries say the punitive taxes no longer matters like they did, calling them ‘entirely political, not economic’.

A government report warns that favouring traits like ‘emotional and social maturity’ will hurt boys’ development and create demographic problems.

Chinese stocks in the US surge upon news of a plan for American inspectors travel to the city to review businesses’ audit documents.

Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander stole Ashley Biden’s personal items and peddled them to Project Veritas for US$40,000.

Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, arrives in Taipei for a three-day stay, according to Taiwan’s foreign ministry.

In the world’s first such case, a coronavirus patient broke out in a rash, leading to further tests that revealed the other 2 infections.

Much like the Soviet Union’s collapse reinforced China’s focus on economics at the end of the Cold War, Russia is again giving Beijing food for thought. Russia’s overconfidence and underperformance in Ukraine are likely to weigh on China’s th...

Rain and temperatures have started to fall in Sichuan province, but concerns remain that the economic and inflation fallout from China’s power crisis could still be ‘felt for months’.

World Health Organization boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus questioned if the world was really on top of the virus and urged more vaccinations.

Zhuhai Orbita Aerospace Science & Technology said it complies with laws and regulations and that all of its business operations are normal.

Energoatom said ‘actions of invaders’ caused ‘complete disconnection’ of Zaporizhzhia from national grid, the first in the plant’s history.

Nation has contract with Russian state-run firm to help build Egypt’s first nuclear power plant; Seoul said US was consulted and technologies supplied will not clash with international sanctions against Moscow over war in Ukraine.

The decree, in effect from January 1, did not state whether ranks will be increased by more conscripts, more volunteers, or a combination of both.

Promise of more support comes after both Alibaba and internet giant Tencent have cut thousands of jobs this year.

Heavy rains swept across parts of Sichuan, which has been suffering from a prolonged drought as a result of the worst heatwave in 6 decades.

Reynolds raved about the food at Light of India on Instagram after he visited the Cheshire diner to reportedly celebrate his football team’s win.

Shadeed Abdulmateen was found guilty of killing the woman named Chen by a court in Ningbo earlier this year.

The animal figure is the largest ever uncovered from the mysterious site, which is believed to contain the treasures of a kingdom dating back 4,500 years.

Tributes from the public to the late leader flowed online on the anniversary of Deng’s birth.

Immigration specialists say Covid-19 restrictions and demand for education in the UK continue to fuel demand.

Members of the European Parliament say raw sewage is being dumped in UK rivers and along coastline fronting Channel and North Sea.

Xi Jinping’s wide-ranging economic reforms have seen China expand its global influence with the Belt and Road Initiative and reorient domestic development through ‘Dual Circulation’.

Congratulatory letters read out at receptions in Beijing and Seoul, with Xi hailing ‘good neighbours’ and Yoon expressing hope for face-to-face talks.

Scientists use efficient and low-cost graphene product to extract gold from disused electronics, technology that may one day be applied on a large scale to mine tailings and electroplating waste water.