Hong Kong woman arrested at airport over knuckleduster in carry-on luggage
A traveller bound for Singapore has been arrested at the Hong Kong airport for allegedly carrying a knuckleduster in her luggage, according to police....
Hong Kong reserves 4,000 homes for tenants hit by subdivided flats overhaul
Hong Kong authorities have pledged to reserve nearly a fifth of the city’s 21,000 transitional homes for tenants displaced by a new law regulating...
Russia says suspect in shooting of top general detained in Dubai
Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Sunday that the man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence agency in Moscow was...
Hong Kong food poisoning cases linked to raw oysters spike to 27 in 1 week
Hong Kong’s health authorities are investigating two food poisoning clusters linked to five people falling ill after eating raw oysters, with the city recording...
First China-Philippines talks in over a year: is a South China Sea thaw in the offing?
A war of words between Chinese diplomats and Philippine politicians over the disputed South China Sea has prompted calls in Manila to declare the...
Assistant of successful China influencer steals identities, earning US$158,000 in tips
A fashion influencer with three million followers says her personal assistant is a con artist who stole her online profiles and pretended to be...
Are Hong Kong’s lawmakers also to blame over the seat belt law blunder?
Hong Kong’s U-turn on its seat belt rule for buses is a sobering reminder to lawmakers that they must meet higher standards even under...
Iran defies Trump and US pressure over uranium enrichment
Iran will never surrender the right to enrich uranium, even if war “is imposed on us”, its foreign minister said on Sunday, defying pressure...
China’s ‘micro drama’ industry emerges as jobs lifeline in tough graduate labour market
Over 10 million students graduate from Chinese universities every year, straining an already crowded labour market. Yet the “micro drama” industry is emerging as...