Hongkonger jailed 3½ years for molesting girlfriend’s daughter, filming assaults
A moving services manager has been sentenced to 3½ years in prison for molesting his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter at home and filming and photographing...
Hong Kong government loses appeal over Fanling golf course housing plan
Published: 7:08pm, 31 Aug 2026Updated: 9:24pm, 31 Aug 2026 The government’s push to boost short-term public housing supply has suffered a setback after it...
Xi Jinping’s Cairo trip marks ‘best ties in history’ as Egypt seeks to balance West
Chinese President Xi Jinping is returning to Egypt after a decade as Beijing deepens its economic, military and diplomatic ties with Cairo and seeks...
Hong Kong emerges as Asia’s top hub for start-up potential, ranks fifth worldwide: study
Hong Kong leads Asia in high-growth start-up potential and ranks fifth globally, showing the city’s growing strength in nurturing scalable ventures and unicorns, according...
How a tree in Hanoi points to flowering of dissent among Vietnam’s Gen Z
A tree in Hanoi has become a symbol of how Vietnam’s Gen Z views its country – but it is not the enviable growth...
50 arrested in HK$500m building maintenance bid-rigging crackdown
Published: 6:26pm, 31 Aug 2026Updated: 10:45pm, 31 Aug 2026 Hong Kong authorities have arrested 50 people, including some with alleged triad backgrounds, in a...
Countries must consider reparations for slave trade, UN committee says
A UN committee has said countries are legally obliged to consider reparations for the transatlantic slave trade and take other measures to address the...
South Korea’s Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja jailed 2 years for bribing officials
A South Korean court sentenced the leader of the secretive and powerful Unification Church on Monday to two years in prison on charges of...
Student admits forging reference letter for PhD place at Education University
A student has admitted forging a reference letter to secure admission to a doctoral programme at a university in Hong Kong, after repeatedly failing...