Hong Kong authorities and HKUST deny claim of winning bid for new medical school
Published: 10:24pm, 18 Aug 2025Updated: 10:59pm, 18 Aug 2025 The Hong Kong government and a university have denied a claim made by a major...
Hongkongers urged to avoid travel to Iran, Israel despite risk downgrade
Published: 10:22pm, 18 Aug 2025Updated: 11:49pm, 18 Aug 2025 Hong Kong has advised residents to avoid non-essential travel to Israel and Iran despite lowering...
Son of Norwegian princess is charged with 4 rapes, faces 10 years in prison
Published: 10:15pm, 18 Aug 2025Updated: 11:07pm, 18 Aug 2025 A son of Norway’s crown princess has been charged with 32 offences, including four rapes...
Trump was put up for Nobel Peace Prize, so he must be a top mediator. Right?
Published: 10:00pm, 18 Aug 2025Updated: 10:30pm, 18 Aug 2025 US President Donald Trump’s methods for mediating international conflicts may backfire and lead to more...
Zelensky warns against ‘rewarding’ Russia for Ukraine war ahead of Trump meet
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said ahead of talks with Donald Trump on Monday that Russia should not be “rewarded” for its invasion, after the...
Marks and Spencer to close Mong Kok branch in Hong Kong after 10 years
Marks and Spencer’s Mong Kok branch in Hong Kong will close by the end of the month, after close to 10 years in operation....
China’s latest weapons on show, US human rights slammed: SCMP daily highlights
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Mainland China IDs may mean loss of job, Taiwanese status, Taipei warns public
Taiwan on Monday warned government employees and the wider public against obtaining mainland Chinese identification documents, stating that violators could lose Taiwanese citizenship and...
James Shing, former executive of Hong Kong’s ATV, dies at 48 after cancer battle
Published: 9:10pm, 18 Aug 2025Updated: 9:14pm, 18 Aug 2025 James Shing Pan-yu, former executive of Hong Kong’s defunct free-to-air broadcaster Asia Television (ATV), has...