‘My way or the highway’ is no way to make informed policy for Hong Kong
Published: 9:30am, 18 May 2026Updated: 11:00am, 18 May 2026 Hong Kong’s government will launch a consultation exercise on the city’s first five-year plan next...
Hong Kong records 10 tremor reports after magnitude 5.2 quake hits Guangxi
Published: 9:07am, 18 May 2026Updated: 11:32am, 18 May 2026 The Hong Kong Observatory received more than 10 reports of a locally felt tremor from...
French bulldog in China known for collecting plastic bottles faces threats from animal abusers
Published: 9:00am, 18 May 2026Updated: 11:59am, 18 May 2026 A man in southern China suspected of poisoning an online celebrity dog which is famous...
What’s behind the rise in firings linked to disability discrimination in Hong Kong?
Published: 8:30am, 18 May 2026Updated: 8:34am, 18 May 2026 Complaints to Hong Kong’s equality watchdog about firings linked to suspected disability discrimination have more...
How does the Strait of Hormuz stand-off look in the wake of the Trump-Xi summit?
The deadlock over the Strait of Hormuz was one of the key issues discussed during the summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping last...
UAE ditches oil for AI to build Global South tech ‘bridge’
No country on Earth has adopted artificial intelligence faster than the United Arab Emirates – and the Middle Eastern cultural crossroad’s ambitions to become...
Trump-backed mass prayer rally draws thousands to Washington
US President Donald Trump and top cabinet officials addressed thousands of Americans at a mass prayer rally in Washington on Sunday – an event...
Israel strikes kill at least 7 in Lebanon as Hezbollah denounces US-brokered talks
Israeli strikes killed seven people in Lebanon on Sunday, including an Islamic Jihad commander, Lebanese authorities and state media said, despite a fragile ceasefire...
US citizens in DR Congo potentially exposed to Ebola in outbreak, report says
Published: 6:50am, 18 May 2026Updated: 8:30am, 18 May 2026 A number of Americans currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo are believed to have...